Paul Bishop Presents...Pattern of Behavior: Ten Tales of Murder & Mayhem

by Paul Bishop

EVERY STORY IS A GEM OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT...

Bestselling author and crime fiction expert, Paul Bishop brings together ten tales of murder and mayhem from the devious imaginations of both top crime writers and the genre’s rising stars.

Filled with unforeseen twists and turns, these tales range from dark to deadly, each one designed to snatch your breath away.

Includes Stories by Paul Bishop, Eric Beetner, Nicholas Cain, Ben Boulden, Brian Drake, Christine Matthews, L.J. Martin, Richard Prosch, Robert Randisi, and Nicole Nelson-Hicks.

406 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2019

About the author

A thirty-five year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, Paul Bishop’s career has included a three year tour with his department's Anti-Terrorist Division and over twenty-five years’ experience in the investigation of sex crimes. His Special Assaults Units regularly produced the highest number of detective initiated arrests and highest crime clearance rates in the city. Twice honored as Detective of the Year, Paul also received the Quality and Productivity Commission Award from the City of Los Angeles.

As a nationally recognized interrogator, Paul starred as the lead interrogator and driving force behind the ABC TV reality show Take The Money And Run from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Based on his expertise in deception detection, he currently conducts interrogation seminars for law enforcement, military, and human resource organizations.

Paul has published twelve novels, including five in his L.A.P.D. Detective Fey Croaker series. He has also written numerous scripts for episodic television and feature films. He currently writes and edits the Fight Card series of hardboiled boxing novel under the pseudonym Jack Tunney.

Reviews

[Robert C. smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful Mystery Short Stories!
Readers looking for an enjoyable collection of easy reading short stories will take delight in this group of just that.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another creative collaboration put together by former L.A. detective turned writer, Paul Bishop. I’m a fan of Bishop’s mystery and crime novels as well as his past collaborations with other writers, on books like the FIGHT CARD novel series (which helped launch the careers of a number of fiction authors), PULSE FICTION (an anthology of “new pulp” yarns) and 52 WEEKS * 52 WESTERN MOVIES (a lushly-illustrated guide to Western films). For PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR, Bishop turned a spec TV series script he wrote into a short story featuring characters from his popular Fey Croaker police procedural novel series. Then he recruited nine of his writer friends to contribute crime-related short stories. All of these “Ten Tales of Murder & Mayhem,” as the anthology’s subtitle aptly calls them, are quick, fast-moving reads. Like any anthology, you’ll probably enjoy some stories better than others. I particularly enjoyed Paul Bishop’s detective story, Eric Beetner’s noir tale of a boxer squeezed between two mobsters, the PI story by veteran master of many genres, Robert Randisi, and the casino crime yarn with a satisfying final twist penned by Ben Boulden.

[Bryan Boswell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good collection of crime stories. I really enjoy this genre. The authors make you feel like your there. I received an advance copy for an honest review.

[Rubin Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good good Read !
This Anthology was one of the best I've ever read.
Usually in my experience with anthologies
you have one good short story maybe
then some ok stories and then afterwords suffer to finish the others not so in this one
each had its own signature style
that alone makes it worthwhile
Thanks to this Antholgy I have new Authors to seek out
Happy Reading !