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Before Alan stepped off the corporate merry-go-round, he had an eclectic (some might say disjointed) career. As an engineer, he worked on nuclear submarines, supervised assembly workers in factories, facilitated technology transfer from the Star Wars program, and learned to stack washing machines three high in a warehouse with a forklift. He even started his own recycling and waste reduction newsletter business. Now he writes fiction.

His debut mystery, DIAMONDS FOR THE DEAD, was a finalist for the Best First Novel Agatha Award. He writes the Last Laff Mystery Series: KILLER ROUTINE (#1) and DEADLY CAMPAIGN (#2), and has three e-book originals, THE TASTE (horror/thriller), FIRST TIME KILLER (thriller), and RIDE-ALONG (suspense).

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	First Time Killer by Alan Orloff (Goodreads Author), Zak Allen 3.60 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diamonds for the Dead 3.63 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running From the Past 3.84 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Killer Routine (A Last Laff Mystery #1) 3.71 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	I Know Where You Sleep 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Deadly Campaign (A Last Laff Mystery #2) 3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I just finished an ARC of “Driving the Bugmobile”. Is there going to be a sequel? I really hope the answer is yes!

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Thank you SO MUCH for reading BUGMOBILE! And thanks for dropping me this note--you know, so often we write our books and don't hear anything at all, and we wonder if our book is connecting with readers. I'm glad you enjoyed this one!

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message 6: by Stan

Apr 03, 2013 05:42PM

A belated thanks for choosing me to be among your friends, Alan. It may interest you that one of my books, "Marvin Clark—In Search of Freedom", is now a matching FREE download on Amazon Kindle. Enjoy it while you can. (A little review on Amazon wouldn't hurt either!)
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message 5: by Christine

Feb 21, 2012 05:39AM

thanks for being my friend

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message 4: by Savannah

Feb 02, 2012 01:39PM

Alan, thank you for the friendship. Have a wonderful day.

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message 3: by Stephen

Aug 22, 2011 08:03PM

Hi Alan, thanks for the Goodreads invite! Have a great week.

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message 2: by Alan

Jun 06, 2010 01:12PM

Beth wrote: "Hi Alan,
It's good to see another Midnight Ink author here on Goodreads! I suggest you check out my friends list to find ones you know, too, and that you join the mystery groups that I belong to."

Thanks, Beth. I'm kinda new to Goodreads, so I think I'll follow your suggestions. You seem to have this online stuff down pat!

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message 1: by Beth

Jun 04, 2010 04:50PM

Hi Alan,
It's good to see another Midnight Ink author here on Goodreads! I suggest you check out my friends list to find ones you know, too, and that you join the mystery groups that I belong to.

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