A WRITER’S ANNOUNCEMENT

You can pretty much guarantee that most writers do the same social media posts when it comes to a new book. The first is when a contract has been signed. That’s just lighting the fuse on the fireworks. Of course, you’ll see the video of the “opening of the box” to reveal actual live books. This, to me, is like a rabbi unscrolling the Torah on High Holiday services.

Right now, I’m at the middle one. This is the Book Release Announcement coupled with the Cover Reveal. Trust me, this is one instance where I don’t need to be different from other writers.

“The Crop of Wickedness, Volume 3 of The Wichita Chronicles” will be released on October 8, 2025. Pre-orders are currently available on Amazon.

As with all writers, I couldn’t be more thrilled. The main character was created as a way to go against the standard hard-boiled tropes and be someone of deeper integrity and thoughtfulness. I couldn’t have expected his development in this fashion.

Before the cover reveal, here is the blurb:

Harold Bergman, Jewish shamus and WW II vet, is ready to settle down with his high school flame. When a society lady offers a job too simple, Harold winds up neck-deep in a 25-year-old murder tied to a dead gangster and secrets no one wants unearthed. Just as the dust settles, a regular job with an insurance outfit drags him into something darker and more sinister. Now the dead are whispering and the living are lying. He’ll need the strength of his five-thousand-year-old religion to survive the wickedness of the past.

Here is the cover by the incomparable Tina Lynn Stout:

I hope you’ll continue to follow Harold Bergman as he navigates the dark side of the human condition.

“THE PAST HAS COME TO HARVEST”