Mystery, Romance and Mainstream Novels by Neil Plakcy

The Golden Retriever Mysteries
#1 - In Dog We Trust at Amazon or ibooks
#2 - The Kingdom of Dog at Amazon or ibooks
#3 - Dog Helps Those at Amazon or ibooks
#4 - Dog Bless You at Amazon or ibooks
#5 - Whom Dog Hath Joined at Amazon or ibooks
#6 - Dog Have Mercy at Amazon or ibooks
# 7 - Honest to Dog at Amazon or ibooks
# 8 - Dog is in the Details at Amazon or ibooks

Have Body, Will Guard
#1 - Three Wrong Turns in the Desert at Audible or ibooks
# 2 - Dancing with the Tide at Audible or ibooks
# 3 - Teach Me Tonight at Audible or ibooks
#4 - Olives for the Stranger at Audible or ibooks

Genie for Hire: A Biff Andromeda Mystery at Amazon or ibooks
The Cat Who Got Married and Other Purr-fectly Romantic Stories at Amazon


Dog is in the Details

	In this eighth of the golden retriever mysteries, Steve explores a part of his background I hadn't looked at yet -- growing up Jewish in the Trenton suburbs. Since he has a lot in common with me (except for the whole divorce and imprisonment thing) it seemed logical that he'd share this part of my own heritage. Years ago, I took my first golden, Samwise, to a blessing of the animals at our synagogue here in South Florida, and that seemed like a good place to start a new story, one that would lead Steve to explore his roots. A young man suffering from mental illness disrupts the blessing of the animals at the synagogue he attends, a congregation where he grew up and celebrated his bar mitzvah. This starts Steve and Rochester on their newest investigation, one that will take Steve back into the past of his family, his congregation, and the Jewish population of the city where he was born.
As Steve teaches a class in Jewish American literature, he and Rochester nose out suspects and dig up clues to present-day crimes-and ones in the past which still influence the living. From the rabbi's Talmud study group to a homeless shelter in Trenton, our two intrepid sleuths are on the trail of someone with deep secrets, and the will to kill to protect them. Order from Amazon in print or e-book, or here for purchase links on other major e-retailers including Apple, Nook, Kobo, Scribd, and Angus & Robertson.

See You Soon?

I'm looking forward to Bouchercon in St. Petersburg, where I hope to be on a panel. I also plan to attend the MWA Florida cocktail party on Friday, and be a part of a mass signing for the Bouchercon anthology, where I have an Angus Green short story.

Now in Audio

If you like audiobooks, I hope you'll consider mine. The Golden Retriever Mysteries #1 - In Dog We Trust at Amazon or ibooks #2 - The Kingdom of Dog at Amazon or ibooks #3 - Dog Helps Those at Amazon or ibooks #4 - Dog Bless You at Amazon or ibooks #5 - Whom Dog Hath Joined at Amazon or ibooks #6 - Dog Have Mercy at Amazon or ibooks # 7 - Honest to Dog at Amazon or ibooks # 8 - Dog is in the Details at Amazon or ibooks Have Body, Will Guard #1 - Three Wrong Turns in the Desert at Audible or ibooks # 2 - Dancing with the Tide at Audible or ibooks # 3 - Teach Me Tonight at Audible or ibooks #4 - Olives for the Stranger at Audible or ibooks Genie for Hire: A Biff Andromeda Mystery at Amazon or ibooks The Cat Who Got Married and Other Purr-fectly Romantic Stories at Amazon Cleis has created audiobook editions of the anthologies I've edited for them: Hard Hats (Amazon or ibooks), Surfer Boys (Amazon or ibooks), Beach Bums (Amazon or ibooks), Sexy Sailors (Amazon or ibooks), Model Men (Amazon or ibooks) The Handsome Prince (Amazon or ibooks).

Survival is a Dying Art

	Special Agent Angus Green returns in this follow up to The Next One Will Kill You and Nobody Rides for Free. Angus is still in his twenties, and his red hair and good looks often make people underestimate him, but he’s a smart, fearless cop who believes in the FBI motto: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity. Fort Lauderdale retiree Frank Sena is working with pawn shop owner Jesse Venable to retrieve a painting stolen from Frank’s uncle, a gay Venetian killed during the Holocaust. Angus volunteers to help Frank, and discovers Venable is the subject of a task force looking into smuggling immigrants out of war-torn countries in the Middle East. Angus, who knows nothing about art and speaks no Italian, may be in over his head as he is assigned to befriend, and ultimately betray, Venable. But with the help of his Italian-speaking brother and his art-loving boyfriend, he may be able not only to retrieve the painting, but solve a smuggling case and potentially save thousands of lives.
The investigation will take him from the sun-drenched rooftops of Venice to a private yacht speeding down Fort Lauderdale’s New River. Along the way, he’ll learn the true meaning of survival. Available in print or e-book from Amazon, and in ebook from other retailers.

If you belong to Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program, I hope you'll check out the collections I've put together of the first six golden retriever mysteries. (Of course, they're also offered for sale.) Three Dogs in a Row includes the first three books in the series: In Dog We Trust, The Kingdom of Dog, and Dog Helps Those. The second collection, Three More Dogs in A Row, includes the next three: Dog Bless You, Whom Dog Hath Joined and Dog Have Mercy. I also have a collection of erotic stories, called Get Your Rocks Off, which includes two of my story collections, Hot Steamy Shorts and Mr. Surfer and Other Romantic Erotica.


In His Kiss

	Michael Torani thinks of himself as an average seventeen-year-old — certainly not the smartest nor the most popular boy in his school. So he has no clue that his crush on the super cute but nerdy new guy Daniel Florez will soon result in their sharing a deep soul kiss — a kiss that will change Michael’s life forever. Suddenly, he's plunged into a world of FBI agents, gangster thugs, and Cuban exiles. And what's up with his brain? How come he's so much smarter than he used to be? Just one kiss from Daniel turns Michael's world into something from the Sci-Fi Channel -- have Daniel’s brain cells been leaking into him? How's that possible? And yet he’s reading faster than he ever has before, scoring higher on school tests, and even helping his parents understand what’s wrong with his brother, the Big Mistake. Michael's wry, funny attitude about growing up, falling in love and getting away from his parents will make you want to be his new best friend. Fans of Richelle Mead and Stephenie Meyer will fall in love with Michael and Daniel as they depend on their brains and their deep emotional connection to survive-- and maybe even graduate from high school along the way.
Buy it from MLR's Featherweight website here or from Amazon.


Loose Id Books at New, Lower Prices!

When Loose Id closed its doors, the rights to all fifteen books I’ve published with them reverted to me, and I’ve published them myself, some with new covers, and all at new low prices. If you haven’t read the Have Body, Will Guard series, or the Love on series, now’s a great time to start. Check the Romance page for information on each book, and links to purchase at Amazon, Smashwords, and other major retailers.


Love on the Map

	Fans of the Love on series, as well as readers of my Three Lambs erotic anthology, will remember Eric Mueller, the veteran of two campaigns in Afghanistan who has returned to FU to finish a graduate degree in cartography. I loved writing “The Vet and the Hippie” in Three Lambs, and Eric kept poking at me, asking for his own book. I loved the trope of the stepbrother romance in M/F fiction, and wondered if I could write one with an M/M twist. And as soon as I started thinking about Eric, I realized where his story would go. When a man whose career is making maps loses himself, where does he turn? In Eric Mueller’s case, he unwillingly must rely on his step-brother, Alexander Brittain. But Allie has his own problems—he’s disappointed his mother and Eric’s father in dozens of ways, and he can’t seem to grow up. Can these two very different men make each other change in the ways they need to, and become the lovers they’ve been destined to be since their teen years? Or will step-brothers be as close as they can ever get? Buy it from Amazon or from ibooks, Google Play, Kobo or Scribd.


Translations

I translated my award-winning story "Christmas in Honolulu" into French, then hired a copy editor to make sure that if my college French teacher read it she wouldn't scream in horror. "Un Noel Hawaiien" is now available as an ebook through Amazon.com. The same story in German, "Weihnachten auf Honolulu," is available as well. The Italian translation of the first golden retriever mystery is available, as is translation into Brazilian Portuguese.


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