Harry Grouch Mysteries

"The Witch of Maple Park" is book 1 in the popular Harry Grouch mystery series. Based on the true story of an 1843 Ax murder in NYC that was at the time as infamous as Lizzy Borden. Harry investigates a contemporary crime having an uncanny resemblance to the historic event. To solve it, he faces a criminal justice system willing to do anything to get a conviction, even condemn an innocent suspect.

When 6 hospital patients die mysteriously from Rapidly Progressive Dementia, Harry Grouch is hired to investigate the cause. Is it a biological accident involving a new and mysterious pathogen, or is it murder using a unique murder weapon, a nanobe: a tiny organism that may or may not be alive but, if living, would be the smallest form of life, 1/10 the size of the smallest known bacteria?

Who is killing classical composers all over America? A serial killer is on the loose and Harry Grouch must find out why and catch the murderer. "Stradella's Revenge" is based on the real life conflicts of two 17th century Italian composers, Tomaso Albinoni and Alessandro Stradella and the lust for revenge inflicted on their 20th century descendants.

Do these things really happen? Do unscrupulous medical malpractice lawyers pay hospital nurses to report patient incidents that could lead to profitable lawsuits? Harry Grouch and Judy Pacas uncover a national ring of such lawyers controlled by organized crime. When the FBI deputizes Harry to investigate, all becomes clear—but not before some dangerous adventures befall our favorite detectives.