Hammer and Sharpe Noir Mystery Thrillers

Junior is murdering prostitutes, and Mama is making him do it. Private Investigator Sam Sharpe is hired to find one of the missing girls, another of whom works for local crime boss Judah Hammer. The stakes are raised when the Towson mayoral election turns bizarre and violent, and Dante’s Inferno, a rival crime organization, lays claim to Judah’s turf. Mama’s Boy is book 3 in the Hammer & Sharpe Noir Mystery Thriller Series, all of which feature Judah Hammer, a Jewish crime boss with a heart of gold, and Sam Sharpe, a private investigator who struggles with heroin and opioid addiction.

When Marlon Newberry is gunned down outside a the apartment house where he has attended a party, the case reeks of something more sinister than a street hit. Detectives Abe Gold and Barbara Cortez follow the trail, but it’s private investigator Sam Sharpe who’s hired to uncover the truth. What Sharpe finds is a shadow world of cons and corruption—fake antiques sold for fortunes, fortune-tellers bleeding the wealthy dry, and real estate scams designed to ruin lives.