My debut novel, “Red Gold” received the Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction of 2015, and won Best Mystery of 2015, and Best eBook at the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. “Red Gold” is the first novel in the Gabe McKenna Mystery series from Black Range Media. Its sequel, “Get Lost,” was selected Best Mystery and Best eBook at the 2016 NM/AZ Book Awards. The third Gabe McKenna Mystery, “Cut.Print.Kill.” made its debut on September 5, 2017 and was selected as Best Action/Adventure novel of 2018 at the NM/AZ Book Competition. My fourth Gabe McKenna novel, "Midnight Blues" debuted in October of 2018. I'm a proud member of Southwest Writers, Military Writers of America, Western Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers organizations. My wife Annette and I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico with creatures large and small. I have two daughters, a grandson, and granddaughter.
My debut novel, “Red Gold” received the Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction of 2015, and won Best Mystery of 2015, and Best eBook at the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. “Red Gold” is the first novel in the Gabe McKenna Mystery series from Black Range Media. Its sequel, “Get Lost,” was selected Best Mystery and Best eBook at the 2016 NM/AZ Book Awards. The third Gabe McKenna Mystery, “Cut.Print.Kill.” made its debut on September 5, 2017 and...
“If you’re going through hell, keep going…” Shaken by the death of his beloved wife and wrestling with powerful personal demons, Professor Gabriel McKenna leaves New York City for New Mexico to claim an inheritance from a mysterious distant relative. He finds something other than a Land of Enchantment. Unseen enemies threaten his life. Old...
All Gabe McKenna wanted was a new floor for his barn. What he got were seven corpses, all long dead. Seven rich men, missing from New York. One of his closest childhood friends is gunned down in a New Mexico casino. After escaping two attempts on his own life and with time running out, McKenna must uncover the connection between these events to...
Reeling from family betrayal and tragedy, Gabe McKenna charts a new course as historical consultant on a motion picture filming in New Mexico. Before you can say “Action!”, he is entangled in a web of illusion and deceit, with death playing a starring role. With the help of The Onion, a private investigator and long-time friend from New York,...
