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Member Since:
Oct. 18, 2017
W.A. Winter
Biography
W.A. Winter is the pen name of William Swanson, a Minneapolis-based journalist and author who has written extensively about crime, law enforcement, and the courts. See You/See Me, Handyman, and Wolfie's Game are his first ebook novels. As William Swanson, he is the author of three true-crime books: Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson, Black White Blue: The Assassination of Patrolman Sackett, and Stolen from the Garden: The Kidnapping of Virginia Piper. Dial M was the basis of an Investigation Discovery Network docudrama and has been optioned for a feature film.
In April 2021, Seventh Street Books published W.A. Winter's novel, The Secret Lives of Dentists, inspired by an infamous Minneapolis murder case in 1955. Seventh Street Books will publish another Midwestern noir novel, My Name Is Joe LaVoie, also inspired by actual events, in August of this year.
In April 2021, Seventh Street Books published W.A. Winter's novel, The Secret Lives of Dentists, inspired by an infamous Minneapolis murder case in 1955. Seventh Street Books will publish another Midwestern noir novel, My Name Is Joe LaVoie, also inspired by actual events, in August of this year.
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Books
Wolfie's Game
by W.A. Winter
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 80,490.
Language:
English.
Published: June 18, 2018.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Scam artist Werther Wolfe and ex-cop Rennie Beausoleil have been rivals all their lives. Not coincidentally, Wolfie is married to Rennie's stepsister, Denise, whose seductive charms have tormented Rennie since the three of them were kids. Wolfie also happens to be a killer who’s determined to kill again, and this time the intended victim of his “perfect murder” is Rennie himself.
Handyman
by W.A. Winter
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 80,780.
Language:
English.
Published: May 25, 2018.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
"Fixer" Frank Gates wants to hire "handyman" Harry Fairchild to murder a wealthy executive's cheating wife. Frank's unstable stepson, meanwhile, wants to kill the executive and run off with the woman. And a relentless homicide detective is determined to make Frank and Harry pay for an old crime. The second in a series of period noir novels inspired by Patricia Highsmith and George V. Higgins.
See You / See Me
by W.A. Winter
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 69,110.
Language:
English.
Published: October 18, 2017.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
The first in a series of noir novels inspired by Patricia Highsmith, John D. MacDonald, and George V. Higgins. Set in postwar Minneapolis, Minnesota, See You / See Me tells the tale of ordinary people who become fatally entangled in their own desires, frustrations, and lies. When the curtain falls, this much is clear: Death is in the eye of the beholder.