As long as it’s July, seems a great time to remind devoted readers that they now have three—count ‘em—three Christmas books from me to read. They are…

I can’t believe it has taken me this long to write a short Christmas story. I already have two Christmas-themed novels available, but they are not exactly short. Sorceress Kringle, my gender-swapped Santa fantasy, and its prequel, The Icemaster of New-York, clock in at 600-plus pages. Whereas Christmas time is the perfect time to indulge in something short. I wrote Preston the Provider a while back, but it has taken me this long to design the cover and interior, and have the book copy-edited. It is finally out in the world as of today. You can click on the above image to see the links where to buy it. Rest assured, you can get the ebook or paperback versions, whichever you prefer…

Back in 2013, when the book that was to become my wife’s first bestseller was months away from publication, I found myself with time on my hands. It had taken her seven years to write and research that book, and we were constantly driving up and down the east coast so she could interview people and investigate archives.

But now her book was done, and something I had wanted to write finally had the breathing room to come to life. I envisioned a multi-book series about the life of Kris Kringle. I was inspired by the Mary Stewart books I’d read as a kid, on the life of King Arthur. The first book in that series focused not on Arthur but on Merlin as a boy. Because it had seemed logical to Stewart that we should understand the mentor before the mentee.

I wanted to do something similar…

Two of the novels in my Mesmerist series of books are live and available for purchase in the Apple audiobooks store! These are the seventh and eight books of mine to go live for readers who prefer to consume books that way. They are also the fourth and fifth novels of mine to become an audiobook.

You can learn more about the first two book in the series, The Mesmerist and Ear of God right here.

In a nutshell, this is a thriller series that focuses primarily on psychic phenomena. An FBI agent and a New York City cop team up to investigate strange cases that have no conventional solutions. It’s basically my take on the occult detective genre. Part detective fiction, part urban fantasy…

My novel Sorceress Kringle is live and available for purchase in the Apple audiobooks store! This is the sixth book of mine to go live for readers who prefer to consume books that way. It’s the third novel of mine to become an audiobook.

You can check out the book right here, and buy it outright for $6.99. It’s an epic fantasy novel for grown-ups—NOT KIDS—that imagines that Santa Claus is actually a woman, and has very good reasons for hiding her identity…

My novel Murder on Book Row is live and available for purchase in the Apple audiobooks store! This is the fifth book of mine to go live for readers who prefer to consume books that way. It’s the second of my novels to become an audiobook.

You can check out the book right here, and buy it outright for $4.99. It’s a traditional mystery in which a bookselling sleuth known as the Book Lady solves murders. Some people would call this a cozy, but I don’t think it’s nearly as sweet as modern cozies are expected to be. It’s inspired greatly by the original Nero Wolfe mysteries. I have a soft spot in my heart for the book, considering it is one the first books I ever wrote…

My novel Jersey Heat is live and available for purchase in the Apple audiobooks store! This is the fourth book of mine to go live for readers who prefer to consume books that way. It’s also the first of my novels to become an audiobook.

You can check out the book right here, and buy it outright for $4.99. It’s a crime caper not unlike those of Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen.

One of my short story collections—Arm of Darkness—went live Tuesday afternoon in the Apple Audiobooks store. This is the first piece of my fiction to go live for readers who prefer to consume books that way.

So that’s one cool thing. You can check out the book right here, and buy it outright for $4.99.

The second cool thing is somewhat, well, complicated…