Is Allison Shafer dead or alive? Finding the answer may be the only thing that will save John Standard's life.Standard is a freelance writer who believed he had chronicled the last days of a beautiful woman dying of cancer and determined to end her life using a physician-assisted suicide law. But did she really die? Standard believes she did. Shafer's gangster boyfriend isn't so sure and thinks Standard may be in on the hoax.The search for the truth takes Standard back to w...

After representatives from the world's most prestigious art museums are murdered in the Mexican beach town of Zihuatanejo, John Standard gets entangled in a deadly art heist.Standard is hired to transport a package from the airport to a local hotel. Inside is a lost masterpiece by Rafael, worth an estimated $350 million. When the art dealer is killed, Standard finds himself the custodian of the painting, and a target in a deadly game.Believing that the reclusive billionaire...

The first three books in 'John Standard', a series of mystery novels by Tom Towslee, now available in one volume!Chasing The Dead: John Standard will need to figure out whether Allison Shafer is dead or alive - or risk losing his own life. The search for the truth takes Standard back to when he first met Shafer, and eventually halfway around the world - chasing the dead.Paradise Girls: In Zihuatanejo, Mexico, freelance writer John Standard ...

Books 1-3 in in the Northwest Noir series by Tom Towslee, now available in one volume!Graves Point: In the fog-shrouded village of Graves Point, people live under the weight of a secret. After Sonny Malloy returns home after years away, old memories begin to resurface. Was the death of his childhood friend, Dinah, really an accident... or has someone in the village spent years making sure the truth stayed buried?The Shattered Man: After for...

After forensic psychologist Alex Windsor's wife becomes a victim in a string of brutal murders, he is consumed by guilt.Convinced that his published profile helped The Meat Man strike one last time, he vanishes into the isolation of Oregon’s high country. A year later, his self-imposed exile ends when he learns that his wife’s death may not have been what it seemed.Returning to Portland, he is determined to unravel the tangled web behind the killings and confront his past. ...

Tracey Bauer has been missing for five years. Everyone in the small town of Brunswick believes the young girl is dead - and they know who did it.Assistant District Attorney Jason Caine isn’t so sure. He’s also convinced that she’s not the only one. When a retired deputy is murdered, Caine becomes more convinced there’s a conspiracy to hide the truth and shift the blame to an innocent man.Searching for the truth, Caine crosses swords with the county’s corrupt and inept sheri...