Brian Drake


Biography

Brian Drake has been a writer of mystery and crime fiction since his first publication at age 25, and discusses important contributions to the hard-boiled canon at his blog, “Brian Drake Explains It All” (www.briadrake88.blogspot.com). In his spare time, Brian, a California native, can be found racing through the back canyon roads of the Central Valley in a bright red hot rod. Someday he may get a dog.

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Books

The Rogue Gentleman #3: The Zeta Connection    by Brian Drake
Price: $0.99 USD. 14780 words. Published on March 14, 2012. Fiction.

Steve Dane continues his hunt for the international arms dealer known only as The Duchess. The latest trail takes him to Mexico, where a chance encounter with an old friends uncovers a lead that will bring him to the Duchess's front door.
The Rogue Gentleman #2: Moving Target    by Brian Drake
Price: $0.99 USD. 13480 words. Published on February 22, 2012. Fiction.

Steve Dane, the Rogue Gentleman, picks up the trail of the Duchess in Paris while protecting a man marked for murder--for reasons he can't figure out. Why would the Duchess want to kill a cosmetics manufacturer? The clues lead to a much more sinister plot where the "target" is just a red herring, and Dane sorts through the web of family secrets and long-burning hatreds to find the truth.
The Rogue Gentleman #1: Private Vendetta    by Brian Drake
Price: $0.99 USD. 17120 words. Published on January 9, 2012. Fiction.

Steve Dane, The Rogue Gentleman, an international adventurer who rights wrongs wherever he finds them, battles gunman and evades police as he discovers the decades-old vendetta behind a young girl’s kidnapping. He soon learns that the grudge is just the beginning and peels back the layers of a more fiendish plan that goes beyond a desire for vengeance.
Bullet for One    by Brian Drake
Price: $2.99 USD. 36640 words. Published on June 25, 2011. Fiction.

Private eye John Coburn dives in to catch the killer of his best friend before the police and FBI. Battling official law enforcement and his own demons, Coburn turns over every lead, rattles every cage, and stretches his own moral code to the breaking point.
Brian Drake's Double Play: Justified Sins & Reaper's Dozen    by Brian Drake
Price: $1.99 USD. 74190 words. Published on June 24, 2011. Fiction.

Non-stop action explodes on every page as Brian Drake brings you a DOUBLE PLAY of his best-selling titles!
Show No Mercy    by Brian Drake
Price: $0.99 USD. 48990 words. Published on February 5, 2011. Fiction.

Michael Dodge owes Harry Ames, the man who filled the fatherly role after the death of his own. But his CIA mentor is accused of murdering a comrade and joining forces with an enemy planning to unleash a lethal biological weapon on the United States. Dodge may have to kill Harry. Can he do it?
Justified Sins    by Brian Drake
Price: $0.99 USD. 32780 words. Published on August 12, 2010. Fiction.

0.25 star(4.33 from 3 reviews)
When his foster sister sends out a call for help, Pierce cannot turn away. Her husband, a safe cracker gone straight, has been murdered after taking one last job to better provide for his pregnant wife, but now the killers are after her too. Pierce dives in with blazing guns to take on a crime syndicate intent on tying up loose ends.
Reaper's Dozen: 12 Tales of Crime & Suspense    by Brian Drake
Price: $0.99 USD. 41500 words. Published on May 28, 2010. Fiction.

Twelve thrilling tales of crime and suspense! Meet private eye John Coburn, who won’t let the law get in the way of revenge; Jack Rose, who helps a ghost solve her murder; and David Hood, who must protect his son when both are taken hostage in their own home. Brian Drake is a writer whom USA Today top selling author Rebecca Forster calls is “a fresh, new voice in modern crime."

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