If Elmore Leonard and Kurt Vonnegut had a '60s love child, it would be... Far Out Man Jack Crost is a professor of sixties literature with a painful past who teaches the ideals of peace and love. His beliefs are tested when a series of vicious attacks cost him his job and his life – and then things get worse. After a near-death experience in the emergency room that includes an encounter with a famous TV puppet, his resuscitated life takes off in a wild new direction as he tries to figure o...

Professor Andrew Picken's scholarly knowledge of Detroit's violent past puts him in present danger when a wild-eyed stranger barges into his class and asks for his help in solving a ninety-year-old mystery. The man introduces himself as Murphy – no first name. Murphy is a retired Detroit cop who once served as an Army Ranger in Vietnam and is now a private detective. He is old, fat and sloppy, a heavy drinker, a self-proclaimed Buddhist and a legend in law enforcement circles for reasons g...

The Guardian of Detritus is about a failed rock musician and disgraced reporter working in pubic relations in Detroit. On the far side of middle age and the brink of divorce, Will Harkanen sees an obituary for an old friend and decides to quit his job and pursue the dreams of his youth. Hustling between the icons of Detroit's glorious past and the wreckage of its gritty present, Will begins unraveling a mess of blackmail and corruption that may have led to his friend's death. As he chases ...