Author Biography

Rob Leininger grew up in California before joining the navy. He served aboard heavy cruisers during the Vietnam War and also at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. He received a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Nevada and worked on Trident missiles for Hercules, and "black" defense projects for Northrop Corp. Leininger's novels Black Sun and Killing Suki Flood have been optioned for feature films by Warner Bros. Before deciding to write full time, Leininger taught high school math in Reno, Nevada, where he now lives.

Review

" Gumshoe , the first in the series, was a Shamus nominee, and the author continues to develop Mort's character and his snappy repartee. Readers who loved Robert B. Parker's Spenser or Matt Goldman's Nils Shapiro will appreciate the humor and investigative work in this outstanding example of the PI novel." Library Journal (Starred Review)
"A stunning bit of bravura writing." Booklist
" Gumshoe Rock is a knock-your-socks-off mystery with a healthy dose of graveyard humor." Foreword Reviews
"Rob Leininger's attention to philosophical detail mirrors my own: Bad often begets good. Witty humor softens grisly crime scene descriptions, making Mort my go-to gumshoe. Gumshoe Rock rocks!" Bookreporter
Praise for the Gumshoe series "Mortimer Angel is my new favorite private eye." âJohn Lescroart, New York Times best-selling author
"The Mort Angel books are instant PI classics--smart, slick, charming, and highly recommended." âLee Child, New York Times best-selling author
"Outstanding! From its opening line to its satisfying denouement, Rob Leininger's Gumshoe in the Dark is a tightly plotted, deftly executed, wickedly funny, and wildly entertaining story. Find a comfortable chair and enjoy a ride through the backroads of Nevada. Highly recommended." Sheldon Siegel, New York Times best-selling author
"Once this novel is picked up, the reader will be reluctant to put it down . . . bring on the next adventure, Mr. Leininger. We'll be waiting!" â New York Journal of Books

Long Description

Ronald Soranden, chief IRS agent in northern Nevada, has been missing for almost three months when his clean, white skull is dropped through the slashed top of a Mustang convertible, which belongs to PI Mortimer Angel's beautiful assistant, Lucy Landry. Once again, Mort is thrust into the national spotlight. But Soranden's reappearance, however dramatic, is a police problem. It has nothing to do with Mort or the embezzlement case that he and Lucy are investigating-or so they thought. The more Mort and Lucy discover about their own case, the closer they find themselves to Soranden's murder and the most lethal situation of their lives.

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" Gumshoe , the first in the series, was a Shamus nominee, and the author continues to develop Mort's character and his snappy repartee. Readers who loved Robert B. Parker's Spenser or Matt Goldman's Nils Shapiro will appreciate the humor and investigative work in this outstanding example of the PI novel." -- Library Journal (Starred Review)

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