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Andy Straka
Featured by Publishers Weekly as one of ten rising stars in crime fiction, Andy Straka's debut private eye novel, A Witness Above, was a regional and independent mystery store bestseller and garnered Shamus, Anthony, and Agatha Award nominations for best first novel in 2002. That was followed by the second book in the Pavlicek series, A Killing Sky, which has recently been nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original Novel as well as received a Library of Virginia literary award nomination. Andy is a native of upstate New York. He graduated from Williams College where he majored in English and was captain of the basketball team, and then worked in publishing and medical sales for nearly fifteen years. Now a full time writer, he is also a falconry enthusiast and a registered private investigator, not to mention an identical twin. The newest release in the Pavlicek series is Cold Quarry. Andy is currently at work on the fourth Pavlicek novel as well as a suspense thriller.website is http://www.andystraka.com.
Cold Quarry
When master falconer Chester Carew is found dead in the woods, private investigator Frank Pavlicek doesn't buy the official report of an accidental shooting. Hunting for clues, Frank stumbles across evidence of a toxic agent contaminating the area --- something the authorities refuse to discuss.The trail leads to a shadowy group of domestic terrorists --- and to Frank's former NYPD partner, Jake Toronto, who is accused of being involved with their plot. To prove Jake's innocence, Frank will have to trap the real killers before they can carry out their terrifying agenda.
Andy Straka's Summer Reading List
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
In the Company of Heroes
by Michael J. Durant
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
The Sinister Pig
by Tony Hillerman
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
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