Mercedes convertible . . . scarf stiff in the breeze . . . semiautomatic Beretta Minx .22 in his shoulder rig . . . attaché case named Friday at his side. Meet Dr. David Brooks, an engaging if somewhat quirky physician/amateur sleuth who encounters more than he had bargained for. What are the secrets of Istanbul? Of Cartagena? What is the connection to the Far East? And the the daggers of the samurai? Will David live to find out? - see details

American historian and international treasure hunter, Paul D’Arneau, fired from his lofty university position, is commissioned by the Parisian Gens de Vérité to determine if Napoleon was murdered. If so, how and by whom? Excursions to the islands of Elba and St. Helena reveal more than Paul bargained for. What takes him to a French monastery? To Volterraio Castle? How does the Mob know of his every move? Where do arsenic and DNA fit in? Or the mysterious Lady Beckett? Despite deadly skirmishes and long odds for success, what convinces him to press on? - see details

A Dr. David Brooks Medical Murder Mystery

Against a backdrop of genetic engineering, cloning and the threat of bioterrorism, a key scientist is murdered, and the stage is set for a terrifying story of mystery and international intrigue. - see details

The latest in the trilogy of medical mysteries featuring Dr. David Brooks, who must navigate the latest research in genetic engineering, cloning and super germs to solve a series of murders performed by an international alliance of bioterrorists. - see details

On a dark fall night at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal in New York City, police uncover a truly grisly scene: The naked corpses of three murdered young women lying on the pier. Weirdly, their bodies are neatly arranged to form a perfect triangle, each face up with one eye glued open and the other shut. A gunshot wound to the side of each woman’s head confirms the initial impression that this was an execution-style killing.  - see details