BOOK 3: SEQUEL TO POSER AND CRACKER. Ambrose has come a long way since his early days as a runaway haunting the streets of San Francisco. Now ensconced in the cozy suburb of Palo Alto with Jessica and Beau— a beautiful, ready-made family—he’s gone from rock-bottom failed drug dealer to loving stepdad and successful entrepreneur. When he gets unexpected news about his incarcerated brother Butch back in Texas, however, he stops counting his blessings and starts scheming for ways to secure a future where he won’t ever need to ask for anyone’s help again.

To complicate things, there’s still that dangerous secret he shares with his not-so-former nemesis and brother-in-law Randy, and the secret feelings he still has for Bennie, Jessica’s sister. Add in the break with his former boss, dominatrix Miss Dover, and the money-making opportunities dangled by Russian restaurateur and gangster, Alexei, and Ambrose is so far in over his head he might as well be peering up at the stars from beneath the waters of Lake Tahoe, a place he’s in no hurry to visit ever again.

Find out why some readers say BALLER is their favorite of the Eucalyptus Lane novels, and why this trilogy is the sun-drenched neo-noir soap opera to keep you warm on cold nights.

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Cheers and see you in the High Desert!

And what a Noir-vember Saturday night this will be!

New short story out!

This collection of crime fiction set to music edited by Sean O’Leary contains short stories based on songs. “Son of A Preacher Man,” features a trio of misfits dreaming of a better future even while their present is complicated by murder and an inconvenient attraction.