H David Whalen

Biography

Mr. H David Whalen, born in Canada, spent his childhood growing up on Vancouver Island. His family moved to San Diego for his formative years and higher education.
After graduating from college, earning a marketing degree, and subsequent corporate career, Mr. Whalen became a serial entrepreneur and inventor.
He spent thirty-five years self-employed, building eight companies, two national, and selling
three.
During his life journey, David invented many products which he sold or licensed.
After Mr. Whalen sold his last business and retired, he pursues a writing career in the crime thrillers genre.

Contact email information: dwhalen@super-supply.com

Smashwords Interview

What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
Well...first I don't sleep a lot anyway. Usually I go to bed around midnight and get up somewhere between five and seven in the morning. My mind seems to race all night with story ideas, or new product inventions.
When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
Drawing products and making prototypes. When I'm exhausted, I play computer games.
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Where to find H David Whalen online

Series

Jake Smith Mystery Series
After his partner gets murdered, Jake Smith ends up the primary suspect, Though the evidence does not stack up, the case remains open and Detective Smith gets drummed out of the San Diego police department. He heads to Arkansas to start over, as a patrol officer. His sarcasm and quick wit are misunderstood and he struggles to fit in with the small department. After years of tribulations, Jake moves back to San Diego to take on his former nemeses, opening his own private investigation company, Hamiton-Adams Investigations. Smith's antecedent reputation keeps him all but clientless. On the verge of bankruptcy, he manages to secure a client. But shortly afterward, the immigration attorney takes a bullet to the back of his head late one steamy night. Solving the crime ahead of the locals, Smith's publicity rockets HAI into success. He moves uptown and hires staff. Along the way, his Arkansas girlfriend moves to town and they end up married. Jake and Alexis probably should not have tied the knot and definitely not become partners. Though they are in love, they have different ideas and life goals. Smith needs to prove his innocence at all costs. Alex wants more in her marriage.

Books

Snowman
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 56,110. Language: English. Published: March 4, 2024 . Categories: Fiction » Horror » General
Derrek’s Yukon friend, medicineman, Flying Crow, introduces him to the Snowman story. The competition between him and Erik, Wild Buck, grow to daring. Do they have the guts to climb the mountain—the bravery to confront Snowman? When opportunity presents itself, Derrek forces his fragile younger bother along. Their gang of six must bond over common needs; survive the mountain, survive the legend.
FOUR: 4 People, 4 Days, 4 Bodies
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 74,280. Language: English. Published: November 23, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
New to the Denver Police Department, Skylar Kayne gets intrigued by a hanging suicide where the woman had run over and killed a lady the previous night. Kayne wondered what she would do in the same circumstance. While digging, she discovers four people died in four days: car accident, hanging suicide, smoke inhalation, and natural cause. Not believing in coincidences she keeps investigating.
Grave Garden: A Jake Smith Mystery Book 6
Series: Jake Smith Mystery Series. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 84,360. Language: English. Published: June 17, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Private Investigator Jake Smith runs on his own rules. Solving the case is the only option, despite his wife or local law enforcement. One-upping the police is always top priority, and reveling as the San Diego hometown hero, even if it is only in his mind. His sarcasm and quick wit often misunderstood or just ignored. Jake presses forward, after a hospital stay or a hoosegow internment.
Angel Snatcher: A Jake Smith Mystery Book 5
Series: Jake Smith Mystery Series. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 95,010. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Early morning Halloween night, a small child abducted from her bed. The police seize the dimwitted teenage culprit living across the street. PI Jake Smith derails the investigation when he tells a reporter it was Angel Snatcher. His sarcasm misunderstood, and she brings the myth forefront. The Angel Snatcher urban legend flourishes. Everyone becomes suspect, and the race for truth begins.
Flowerfield Murder: A Jake Smith Mystery Book 4
Series: Jake Smith Mystery Series. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 103,780. Language: English. Published: December 24, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Charles Westway was bludgeoned to death before the investigating deputy shot point-blank in the forehead. It was a cold, foggy night in a Southern California flower field. The popular news anchor's various aliases and darkest secrets quickly unravel. Seemingly unrelated, rising body counts only complicated matters. The investigation stretches from San Diego to the streets of Hollywood and beyond.
Diego Killer: A Jake Smith Mystery Book 3
Series: Jake Smith Mystery Series. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 94,550. Language: English. Published: May 2, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
A steamy hot August in San Diego, California. The rotting body of an immigration attorney, Diego Ortiz found with a Mexican stiletto protruding from his chest. Disgraced Jake Smith is back from Arkansas and set up a private investigation service. He has been keeping a low profile, not wanting to confront his old nemesis, SDPD Detective Stephen Lyle. Diego Ortiz has a long list of enemies.
Melvin Marcus
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 12,150. Language: English. Published: October 30, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
PRE-SEQUEL TO BANG STICK! This is the story of Melvin Marcus.From his tortuous upbringing to high school hero. Then forced to leave Iowa and head to California. He goes from field worker during the Great Depression to policeman to soldier. Melvin's childhood phycological problems are never far from his mind and uncontrollable urges run his life. BANG STICK picks up where this novella leaves off.
Melvin Marcus
Price: Free! Words: 15,460. Language: English. Published: October 30, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
PRE-SEQUEL TO BANG STICK! This is the story of Melvin Marcus.From his tortuous upbringing to high school hero. Then forced to leave Iowa and head to California. He goes from field worker during the Great Depression to policeman to soldier. Melvin's childhood phycological problems are never far from his mind and uncontrolable urges run his life. BANG STICK picks up where this FREE novella le
Death Runner: A Jake Smith Mystery Book 2
Series: Jake Smith Mystery Series. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 88,820. Language: English. Published: October 23, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
Jake Smith is back. After his firing from the San Diego Police Department as a seasoned detective, he is starting his life over at the bottom in the Fayetteville, Arkansas force. As a rookie patrol officer, Smith receives the crappiest assignments and ends up on the local university campus in the midst of anti-war riots, drugs, and murder. The move certainly was not good for our man. He struggles
Bang Stick: A Jake Smith Mystery Book 1
Series: Jake Smith Mystery Series. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 60,010. Language: English. Published: July 2, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
It is New Year’s Eve in nineteen sixty-nine and Southern California’s normally placid climate is in the middle of a northern cold snap. It is not the weather for murder. The strange unknown weapon constitutes the perfect crime. Bodies are stacking up quicker than chips in a winning hand of high stakes poker. The only thing piling up faster is the ever-growing list of suspects.
Life Check A Human Journey
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 119,520. Language: English. Published: April 17, 2017 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
I was rescued from drowning twice, stood face-to-face with a bear, and almost crushed by a dump truck before age six. My teen and adult life not much better. Not all of the stories are tragic. Many are funny and some are amazing. I’m no stranger to juvenile hall, jail or mental ward. I retired after thirty-four years of being a serial entrepreneur, with numerous licensed inventions.

Smashwords book reviews by H David Whalen

  • Now They Call Me Gunner on Feb. 11, 2013

    Great Read! Action packed and witty. Not a dull page. The story depicts coming of age in a small town complete with drugs, first love and murder and much more. Era factually correct.