November’s Past

Larry Macklin Mysteries Book 1

In the first book of this bestselling mystery series, criminal investigator Larry Macklin is faced with 

a mutilated corpse that he suspects is tied to the smokey ruins of an old home in his rural North Florida 
town. The difficulty for Larry is that the arson case is in the hands of an investigator who despises him. 
On top of all this, Larry must navigate the difficult relationship he has with the sheriff, who is not only his boss but also his father.  

 

The case heats up as Larry suspects that the motive for the murder is buried in his father’s past. The 
common thread is a tight group of friends who were in high school together in the ’70s. Before Larry can 
rule any of them out as the killer, one of them is killed. Why is the murderer targeting this particular 
group? What secrets are worth killing for decades later? Larry is running out of time and suspects, and his search for the truth may make him the next victim 
 

This this taut thriller will leave you guessing until the very end.  

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December’s Secrets

Larry Macklin Mysteries Book 2

Still smarting from his disastrous last date with Cara Laursen, criminal investigator Larry Macklin is nevertheless thrilled to get a call from her. But when he arrives at her house, he finds the chief suspect in his latest murder case sitting in her living room—her father, Henry.

Henry claims he is being framed and Larry wants to believe him, but evidence suggests otherwise. And when another murder occurs with direct links to Henry, Larry can’t stop him from being taken into custody.

For Cara’s sake, Larry will do anything to prove Henry’s innocence, but will he have to sacrifice his own ethics and risk obstructing justice in order to do it?

 

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January’s Betrayal

Larry Macklin Mysteries Book 3

The specter of corruption has hovered over the Adams County Sheriff’s Office for months. Criminal investigator Larry Macklin is convinced he’s identified a mole for drug dealers within the department, but he doesn’t have enough evidence to prove it.

Larry’s attention is diverted when a recently released suspect in a series of rapes is shot and killed in the act of raping and murdering a woman… or so it seems. But the more Larry digs into the case, the more it becomes clear that the incident is part of a larger conspiracy—one that could have a devastating effect on his father’s career as sheriff.

Larry is desperate to find the real killer and to protect the reputation of the sheriff’s office, but it just might lead him to make the biggest mistake of his career.

 

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February’s Regrets

Larry Macklin Mysteries Book 4

Following his resignation as an investigator with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Larry Macklin is working part time as a reserve deputy and trying to decide what to do with his life.

He’s drawn back into investigating against his will when his friend, Shantel Williams, asks for his help to find her missing niece, Tonya. While Larry initially believes that there’s a reasonable explanation for Tonya’s lack of communication with her aunt, it quickly becomes obvious that her disappearance is part of something more serious. The Swamp Hacker, a serial killer who stalked Adams County fifteen years ago, has returned and is killing again.

Unable to resist the hunt for a predator that eluded the sheriff so many years ago, Larry agrees to assist with the current investigation. It becomes a race against time as the murders become more brutal and more frequent. Will the killer escape justice a second time?

 

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March’s Luck

Larry Macklin Mysteries Book 5

Though happy to be back at his job as a criminal investigator, Larry Macklin is struggling to adapt to life with his new partner. But concerns about his work relationship quickly take a back seat to his personal life when his irrational ex-girlfriend, Marcy, returns to town.

Larry soon has bigger problems when members of a prominent local family are killed off one by one. As he tries to find the murderer before anyone else in the family loses their life, Larry’s investigation intersects with a hare-brained search for stolen Nazi gold.

Are the bumbling treasure hunters—Marcy among them—somehow responsible for the murders? Or is someone else picking off members of the family for financial gain? With a long list of suspects and a very short list of motives, Larry is going to need a lot of luck to solve this case.

 

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April’s Desires

Larry Macklin Mysteries Book 6

The peace of spring is shattered for criminal investigator Larry Macklin when his best friend, Pete Henley, is accused of brutally killing his daughter’s ex-boyfriend.  Larry knows that Pete is innocent, but the evidence is heavily weighted against him.

Before Larry can even begin to clear Pete’s name, he is pulled off of the case to investigate another murder where the prime suspect is the local chief of police.  As Larry investigates the latest death, it soon becomes clear that the murders may be related, part of a string of killings stretching back almost two decades.

In order to solve the case, Larry will have to risk everything he holds dear—his ethics, his friendships, his loyalty to the sheriff’s department… and his life.

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May’s Danger

Larry Macklin Mysteries Book 7

Murder strikes close to home for criminal investigator Larry Macklin when his girlfriend, Cara 
Laursen, finds a body at the veterinary clinic where she works. 
 
There are no signs of forced entry, making it clear that someone at the clinic must be involved in 
the murder.  But before Larry and his partner, Darlene Marks, can make much headway in the 
investigation, another body is discovered and the clinic’s office manager, Sandra Strom, 
disappears. 
 
Is Sandra a murderer or just another victim?  Frustrated and increasingly concerned for Cara’s 
safety, Larry follows a trail of evidence that leads across state lines and deep into the world of a 
major drug operation.  In over his head, Larry is forced to seek help from his old nemesis Matt 
Greene, now working for the DEA.  Will they be able to find Sandra before it’s too late? 
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June’s Troubles

Larry Macklin Mysteries Book 8

Criminal investigator Larry Macklin is enjoying a relaxing family vacation on the Florida 
coast… until a body washes up next door and all hell breaks loose.  It’s soon apparent that the 
island’s hapless police chief is not up to the task of finding a murderer. 
 
As more bodies are discovered, Larry and his father are drawn into the investigation against their 
will and far out of their jurisdiction.  The situation is not improved by the arrival of the local 
sheriff, Will Duncan, a harsh man who resents the Macklins involvement. 
 
Larry soon finds himself juggling both the murder investigations and his father’s increasingly 
tense relationship with the rival sheriff.  When Duncan charges an innocent man with one of the 
murders, Larry knows he’s running out of time.  Will he be able to find the real killer before his 
father is arrested for obstruction of justice… or worse? 
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About the Narrator

James D. Sasser

With a career spanning Broadway, off-Broadway, and television, James has been involved in the development of dozens of new works as an award-winning writer, actor, director and producer. James made his Broadway debut as a singer for Riverdance and has worked with outfits ranging from NY City Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar (as Pilate), the NY cast of Forbidden Broadway, The O’Neill, Playwrights Horizons, New Dramatists, Goodspeed and many more. Stage favorites include Emile in South Pacific at Houston TUTS, and Lawrence in Engeman’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. TV appearances include Succession, The Good Fight and Madam Secretary.

As a writer, his TV pilot Forsyth County has garnered nine awards, including Best TV Screenplay at the HollyShorts festival in Hollywood. As one half of the writing team Burwell & Sasser, their musicals include Bottle Shock! (based on the hit film and nominated for 14 Broadway World awards), CUBAMOR, Le Comte Noir and the new operetta By Georges! the first ever new works commission by Lamplighters Music Theatre. As a producer with 959 Group, his first outing won two Tony awards and was nominated for twelve with Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812, marking Josh Groban’s Broadway debut.

Along with voicing The Larry Macklin Mysteries for A.E. Howe, James can be heard in hundreds of commercials, audiobooks and video games, where he’s most often a law enforcement professional, swashbuckling bodice ripper, drawling gunslinger or quite often British.

@jamesdsasser