My next novel, A Killer Present, should be released at the beginning of June 2012. It will be the second novel in the Man of Constant Sorrow series. Leading up to the release date, I'll be posting one chapter each week. For now though, here's the description.

Bill Fairing's task is simple: track down and kill a man responsible for mass murder. When he finds his target operating as a drug runner in South America, Bill thinks his mission is finally over. But his partner is killed and the target escapes. Then Bill gets word that his closest friend has been killed in Chicago. Can he track down his friend's killer when his plate is already full with a mass murderer, a dead partner, and an old girlfriend who seems hell-bent on exposing him?

When the members of a women's support group start turning up dead, Detective Lilly Montgomery sets out to find the killer. But will she succeed when she finds herself pitted against a ruthless and calculating hitman, her own inner demons, and the Chicago Police Department which no longer trusts her?