Trace Conger's Blog
October 18, 2021
FIVE WILL DIE - Now Available
Goodreaders, my new crime thriller, FIVE WILL DIE, is now available. In the novel, a serial killer stalks a sleepy Ohio town while a seasoned sheriff tries to stop him before he reaches his deadly quota of five lives.
See all the juicy details at www.traceconger.com.
Here's the description:
Shamus Award-winning author Trace Conger’s thrilling crime story about a serial killer stalking a sleepy Ohio town.
Nothing ever happens in Lincoln, Ohio. Sheriff Tim Burke likes it that way. That’s why he moved to the tranquil town after a panic disorder, triggered by a gruesome unsolved case, forced him to retire from Cleveland’s Homicide Division.
These days, the only thing Burke has to worry about is who spray-painted the side of Walt Tanner’s barn. That all changes when someone slips a note under Burke’s door. A note claiming five people will die in Lincoln.
At first, Burke and his two deputies dismiss it as a prank by local teenagers, the same troublemakers he singled out for defacing Walt’s barn.
Then the first body turns up. Then the second.
Consumed by the murder investigation, Burke uncovers a link to another small Ohio town, where a killer left a similar note, claimed five victims, and vanished without a trace. Burke also discovers something else. His panic disorder, which had been dormant since retiring three years ago, has returned more paralyzing than ever.
Will Burke overcome his debilitating condition and stop the killer before he claims his fifth victim and leaves Lincoln forever?
See all the juicy details at www.traceconger.com.
Here's the description:
Shamus Award-winning author Trace Conger’s thrilling crime story about a serial killer stalking a sleepy Ohio town.
Nothing ever happens in Lincoln, Ohio. Sheriff Tim Burke likes it that way. That’s why he moved to the tranquil town after a panic disorder, triggered by a gruesome unsolved case, forced him to retire from Cleveland’s Homicide Division.
These days, the only thing Burke has to worry about is who spray-painted the side of Walt Tanner’s barn. That all changes when someone slips a note under Burke’s door. A note claiming five people will die in Lincoln.
At first, Burke and his two deputies dismiss it as a prank by local teenagers, the same troublemakers he singled out for defacing Walt’s barn.
Then the first body turns up. Then the second.
Consumed by the murder investigation, Burke uncovers a link to another small Ohio town, where a killer left a similar note, claimed five victims, and vanished without a trace. Burke also discovers something else. His panic disorder, which had been dormant since retiring three years ago, has returned more paralyzing than ever.
Will Burke overcome his debilitating condition and stop the killer before he claims his fifth victim and leaves Lincoln forever?
January 19, 2021
MIRAGE MAN is Now Available
Hello all. I wanted to let you that my new thriller, MIRAGE MAN is now available. This is the first novel in the new Connor Harding series.
Mirage Man: A Connor Harding Thriller
Here's the Description:
Connor Harding is a Mirage Man for the New York mob. He’s smart, relentless, and a master of a trade that few people know exists. When it comes to solving problems for the underworld’s most dangerous criminals, he’s the go-to man. If you’ve got a problem, you want him on your side, but if you ARE the problem, you never want to meet him.
In Connor’s line of work, mistakes get you killed. Until now, the only mistake he made was thinking his past would never come back to haunt him. Connor’s professional skills are tested when, three years after leaving the criminal life and retiring into obscurity, an eager triggerman arrives at his home to kill him.
What begins with a dead man on Connor’s kitchen floor spirals into a high-stakes chase that takes him back to his New York City stomping grounds. There, he becomes entangled in a criminal power struggle, mob turf war, and a federal investigation that put his former boss in prison. Connor is determined to find those responsible for the attempt on his life and cancel the contract before someone else cancels him.
Interested? Check it out at www.traceconger.com.
Cheers.
Trace
Mirage Man: A Connor Harding Thriller
Here's the Description:
Connor Harding is a Mirage Man for the New York mob. He’s smart, relentless, and a master of a trade that few people know exists. When it comes to solving problems for the underworld’s most dangerous criminals, he’s the go-to man. If you’ve got a problem, you want him on your side, but if you ARE the problem, you never want to meet him.
In Connor’s line of work, mistakes get you killed. Until now, the only mistake he made was thinking his past would never come back to haunt him. Connor’s professional skills are tested when, three years after leaving the criminal life and retiring into obscurity, an eager triggerman arrives at his home to kill him.
What begins with a dead man on Connor’s kitchen floor spirals into a high-stakes chase that takes him back to his New York City stomping grounds. There, he becomes entangled in a criminal power struggle, mob turf war, and a federal investigation that put his former boss in prison. Connor is determined to find those responsible for the attempt on his life and cancel the contract before someone else cancels him.
Interested? Check it out at www.traceconger.com.
Cheers.
Trace
June 8, 2017
Snag a free copy of The Shadow Broker
Love award-winning crime novels? Dig free stuff? You're in luck.
For a limited time, you can get a free ebook edition of my award-winning debut crime novel, The Shadow Broker (Mr. Finn #1). Click the link below to claim your free copy.
https://instafreebie.com/free/DgC2A
-- Winner of a 2015 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel --
When finding criminals is your business, it's easy to make a killing.
Finn Harding (Mr. Finn to his clients) specializes in finding people who don't want to be found. Stripped of his PI license, Finn begins working for the type of clientele who operate in the shadows, pay in cash, and don't care if he's licensed or not.
As Finn becomes ensnared in a plot to take over a black market information brokerage, he finds himself and his family straddling the thin line between life and death.
With his own clients gunning for him, Finn must evade a psychopathic killer, special agents from the FBI's cybercrime unit, and a Detroit mob boss. Finn is about to find out that working with criminals has its advantages. Staying alive isn't one of them.
In The Shadow Broker, Trace Conger delivers a sharp-edged and gritty tale of crime, murder, and family. It's a fast-paced crime thriller that holds nothing back.
For a limited time, you can get a free ebook edition of my award-winning debut crime novel, The Shadow Broker (Mr. Finn #1). Click the link below to claim your free copy.
https://instafreebie.com/free/DgC2A
-- Winner of a 2015 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel --
When finding criminals is your business, it's easy to make a killing.
Finn Harding (Mr. Finn to his clients) specializes in finding people who don't want to be found. Stripped of his PI license, Finn begins working for the type of clientele who operate in the shadows, pay in cash, and don't care if he's licensed or not.
As Finn becomes ensnared in a plot to take over a black market information brokerage, he finds himself and his family straddling the thin line between life and death.
With his own clients gunning for him, Finn must evade a psychopathic killer, special agents from the FBI's cybercrime unit, and a Detroit mob boss. Finn is about to find out that working with criminals has its advantages. Staying alive isn't one of them.
In The Shadow Broker, Trace Conger delivers a sharp-edged and gritty tale of crime, murder, and family. It's a fast-paced crime thriller that holds nothing back.
May 4, 2017
THE WHITE BOY Now Available
Hello all. Just a quick note to say my new horror novella, THE WHITE BOY is now available. Here's a brief description: ---
"Daddy, there's a boy in my room. And he doesn't have a face."
Quinn Becker doesn't believe in ghosts. Or coincidences. That changes when his five-year-old son, Drew, tells him about the "white boy" who visits him at night. As Drew's encounters with the white boy escalate, Quinn and his wife, Mel, are forced to decipher what is real and what is the product of their son's vivid imagination. As the family searches for answers, they discover a link to a 40-year-old mystery and a connection to Quinn's own past.
But the most unsettling discovery is that the white boy is only the beginning. A much more menacing threat is coming.
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Here's a fun tidbit, while 90% of the story is complete fiction, part of it actually happened to me and my three-year-old son. I won't tell you which part.
Happy reading.
Trace
