Not Today is a Killer Nashville Best Mystery Finalist.

Dora Ellison’s traumatic past is her secret weapon. Dora is a garbage collector in the town of Beach City, and a survivor of childhood trauma. Her tough exterior covers a deep well of buried pain and anger … which comes in handy.

Dora’s police officer lover, Francesca Hart, is receiving bizarre phone calls from a disguised voice advising her to investigate a long ago covered up murder—a coverup that led to decades of rampant city-wide corruption, violence and murder.

Hart’s investigation leads to tragedy, which draws a grieving and devastated Dora into the dark web of a violent cabal that is running the city. A savage assassin is dispatched to deal with Dora, but he has no idea of who he’s up against—Not Today, Dora Ellison Mystery Book 1.

Will Dora survive long enough bring the vicious gang running Beach City to justice?

Two days before Halloween, seven-year-old Kyle Robinson does not return home from school, and private investigator, recovering addict, and avowed cynic Sam Sharpe is hired by his parents, Sheila and Arthur Robinson, to find the boy. Sharpe soon finds himself entangled with local crime lord Wallace North and his savage enforcers.

Meanwhile, Judah Hammer, a tough ex-con with a good heart, is release from jail after serving three years for manslaughter, and returns home to his large and loving family. Judah’s father, a well-respected banker, is killed by a bomb that goes off at his bank, and Judah suspects that North is behind his father’s death.

This noir mystery thriller includes a strong cast of fascinating, ongoing supporting characters, from vicious killers to femme fatales, and multiple riveting interwoven stories.