Out in March.Francis Hoyt, arrogant, athletic, brilliant, manipulative and ruthless, is a master burglar. He specializes in stealing high-end silver, breaking into homes that seem impenetrable. He’s never been caught in the act, although he has spent some time in prison on a related charge, time he used to hone his craft and make valuable connections. (Hoyt is based on two real-life master burglars: the so-called Dinnertime Bandit, who only stole when his victims were home, and The Silver Thief, who was only interested in high-end silver). Hoyt follows the money. In the winter, he works down south, primarily in southern Florida and Georgia, around the Atlanta area. Summers, he moves back up north, where he plies his trade in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

A friendly poker game leads Henry Swann out to Hollywood where he tries to find the man, Rusty Jacobs, responsible for embezzling $1,000,000 from his client, and then bring back the dough. Swann finds Jacobs, but the mercurial wannabe film producer is involved in a “surefire” movie project aimed at the growing Christian market. And the money? Well, it seems to have vanished into thin air. Book 4 in the Henry Swann Mystery series.

Author of "Swann's Lake of Despair," the third book in the acclaimed Henry Swann Mystery detective series.

"Devil in the Hole," a work of literary crime fiction that Publisher's Weekly called "a smartly constructed crime novel."

Author of the acclaimed Henry Swann detective series, which includes "Swann’s Last Song," "Swann Dives In," and an upcoming sequel, as well as numerous non-fiction books and articles.

Co-founded an alliance of professional writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, plays and screenplays that now offers a wide range of courses on short fiction, the novel, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, screenplay and playwriting.Grew the workshop from eleven founders to a team of over forty writer/instructors. Published The Portable MFA in Creative Writing and hosts four conferences per year

Authors of numerous articles which have appeared in Esquire, New York Magazine, GQ, The New York Times Book Review, Elle, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, The New York Times Arts and Leisure section, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, among others.

New York Writers Resources is the parent company of New York Writers Workshop, Greenpoint Press and the webzine, Ducts.org