The Judge is being blackmailed
and Roark’s been hired to put a stop to it!

AN ANDY ROARK MYSTERY

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About the Andy Roark Mysteries

Peter Colt is a US Army veteran and New England police officer, the latest instalment in the Andy Roark mystery series will appeal to fans who love a hard-boiled protagonist with a complex backstory and a plot filled with unexpected twists and action-packed scenes.

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About the Author

Colt is a Army Veteran who served in Kosovo and Operation Iraqi Freedom, a Police Officer in Providence, RI, a husband and father. He enjoys, cooking, camping and kayaking. He is the author of the Andy Roark series of mystery novels.

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Praise

“Page-turning...
the balance of plot and character is perfect.”

—Publishers Weekly, starred review of The Ambassador

“As good as, and maybe even better, than Robert Parker or Dennis Lehane, Peter Colt’s Andy Roark is my new favorite sleuth.”

—International aid worker, journalist and writer Roberta Gately, author of the Jessie Novak mysteries

“Fans of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels... will be eager to see more of Roark.”

—Publishers Weekly

“A classical mystery with an honor-bound detective and a keen sense of place... Roark is genuinely likable (not too tough, but not a patsy) and very much a character of his time.”

—The New York Times Book Review, on Back Bay Blues

“... Long on atmosphere, detail, and character, it could place detective Andy Roark amongst the classic noir sleuths.”

—Raymond Benson, author of
Blues in the Dark

“Gritty prose, lively characters, and deep local color... A smooth, atmospheric mystery with a shamus you’ll root for.”

—Kirkus Reviews, The Judge 

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Too good to last.

 In my early twenties I was restless. I had graduated from college and while I was commissioned in the Army I didn’t get put on Active Duty. The girl I dated in college moved on and I can’t blame her. I was working a job that I didn’t like and didn’t pay particularly well. The answer to all of these problems, according to…

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