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William Bayer


Biography

New York Times best-selling author WILLIAM BAYER has written numerous crime novels. His books have won several prizes, including the "best novel" Edgar, have been published in fifteen foreign languages, and his Janek series novels have been made into seven television movies all broadcast on CBS. He and his wife, cookbook author, Paula Wolfert, lived in the Sonoma Valley in Northern California.

Where to find William Bayer online

Website: http://www.williambayer.com

Books

Mirror Maze - Book III in the Janek Detective Series    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 119080 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 30, 2012. Fiction.
A beautiful young woman meets her latest "pickup" in a Manhattan hotel bar and goes back with him to his room, where she drugs him, robs him, and humiliates him. Several hours later, the "mark" is found dead, the mysterious young woman is wanted for the murder, and Janek and his team of detectives are assigned to the case.
Trick of Light - A Kay Farrow Novel    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 122690 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 31, 2012. Fiction.
A shocking and provocative new thriller from the author of the national bestseller The Magician's Tale. Kay Farrow, a color-blind photographer who sees the world in black, white and shades of gray, probes the mysterious death of her beloved mentor on a quest that takes her to the darkest intersections of San Francisco's Mission District.
The Magician's Tale - A Kay Farrow Novel    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 125270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 31, 2012. Fiction.
A woman who sees what others cannot see seeks the murderer of a young street hustler, a man she had befriended in photographing San Francisco's dark, sexually charged netherworld.
The Dream of the Broken Horses    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 122140 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 30, 2012. Fiction.
One hot summer afternoon a quarter century ago, a wealthy socialite and her young lover, a private school teacher, were gunned down in a cheap hotel room on the outskirts of the Midwestern city of Calista. Now, forensic sketch artist David Weiss has returned to his hometown to cover a routine celebrity murder trial for ABC, and to reconcile his past.
Visions of Isabelle    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 94270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 19, 2012. Fiction.
In 1903, a tall woman with flashing Tartar eyes was the talk of military circles, newspaper offices and salons. Her name was Isabelle Eberhardt, and the life she actually led made her justifiably the object of the most scandalous gossip in Paris as well as in North Africa. This compelling novel is a fictional biography.
Blind Side    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 91760 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 28, 2011. Fiction.
Geoffrey Barnett is a photographer. Due to a mysterious trauma in his past, he has for many years been unable to photograph people. When Kimberly Yates suddenly enters his life, Geoffrey's world is turned upside down. She nurtures him back to life-emotionally, mentally and sexually. Eventually he is able to photograph her. Then she disappears...
Wallflower - Book II in the Janek Series    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 103680 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 30, 2011. Fiction.
New York Police Lieutenant Frank Janek, hero of William Bayer's million-copy bestseller Switch, returns to solve his strongest, most obsessive, most dangerous case- Wallflower. Riveting psychological suspense, psychosexual intrigue and terror, a labyrinthine journey into a murderer's twisted, tormented past-all the hallmarks of William Bayer's extraordinary crime fiction are here.
Tangier    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 118370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 13, 2011. Fiction.
Tangier, a sweeping novel of romance and intrigue set in a fabled North African resort, may remind readers of the Alexandria Quartet. In this book Tangier is more than just a place; it is a city of unholy loves. Titled Europeans, Moroccan hustlers, aging former Nazis, decadents of every sort play out their rituals, competing for stunning lovers and social power.
Switch - Book One of the Janek Series    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 95150 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 23, 2011. Fiction.
Detective Frank Janek immediately knows that he has entered the realm of a lethal madness. Middle-aged, divorced, a man centered solely on his work, Janek is practiced in piercing the minds of the criminals he pursues. In the absence of clues from the killer, he has only the awful symmetry of the crime to work with, only his own finely honed intuition.
Pattern Crimes    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 104440 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 19, 2011. Fiction.
This is a book about patterns – in love, in relationships, in politics, in art, in death. And always at the center is David Bar-Lev, one of the most memorable characters in recent crime fiction, relentlessly searching for the pattern that will unlock his case – the pattern he must uncover in order to clarify his vision … of himself, his family, and the country that he loves.

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