Trouble is What I Do

Ben Perkins #Short Stories

by Rob Kantner

"Ben Perkins is back! It feels so good to say that. Twenty-three years ago, when Rob Kantner introduced his Detroit PI in the short story "C Is for Cookie," he probably had no idea he was heralding in a new era of mystery fiction. Before Rob, the private eye genre was glutted with down-in-their-luck losers who wore trench coats and talked like Bogart. Stereotypes ruled the paperback racks, and a revamp was sorely needed. Rob's genius was to give his hero something more than clichéd one-liners and a drinking problem. Namely, a life." J. A. Konrath, from his introduction This collection includes 18 stories featuring Ben Perkins, from the earliest part of his career to the latest chapter. The final story, "Sex and Violins" has never before been published.

360 pages, Hardcover

First published June 22, 2005

About the author

Born in Ohio, raised in north Georgia, Rob Kantner has spent most of his adult life in Michigan. He served as a journalist in the U. S. Naval Reserve, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in English and journalism.

Rob's business career included a series of management positions for small manufacturing and service firms. Since 1995 he has been self employed as a business management consultant.

Rob has three children: Meaghan, John, and Robert, two grandchildren: Brenna and Evan. He also has two stepchildren: Jonathan and Adrienne. He lives with his wife Deanna on their rural Michigan horse farm.