Mike Connolly Mystery Books
Mike Connolly, a divorced, alcoholic, fifty-something attorney finds that his life takes an unpredictable turn when he is appointed to defend an indigent man accused of murdering a prominent plaintiff's attorney. While defending his client, Connolly stumbles into a conspiracy and quickly finds himself in the midst of a complicated web of intrigue and deceit. The action builds to a dramatic and surprising conclusion as Connolly faces certain death and learns that sometimes even time and circumstance must yield to the purposes of God. Click Here to Meet the Author Download the Readers' Guide.
Since we saw him last in Sober Justice , Mike Connolly has moved on from his live-in girlfriend and he's still sober, but his law practice remains on the skids—until he's asked to represent a former police officer suspected in the bombing death of a wealthy Southern heir. Mike needs all the help he can get to solve this case that involves infidelity, drugs, money, and espionage. He finds himself unraveling a knotted case with a kind of foresight and help he hadn't even believed in before. Double Take is set in Mobile, Alabama, against a backdrop of shrimpers, strip clubs, and rowdy bars with dog-fights for entertainment. It's not gratuitous but realistic, and satisfies readers of gritty mysteries. Download the Readers' Guide.
Mike Connolly, a fifty-something attorney, is now a recovering alcoholic, divorced from his wife and estranged from his daughter. While researching a murder case, a string of clues takes him to a tanning salon that is a front for prostitution and pornography. Connolly presses on, moving deep into a world where negative forces slowly and subtly turn him back toward who he was before he turned his life around. Surrounded by deception, Connolly does not recognize what is happening until it's too late. Download the Readers' Guide.
Dibber Landry lives in his uncle's house on Dauphin Island, a barrier island near the mouth of Mobile Bay. As a hurricane approaches, most of the island's permanent residents evacuate, but not Dibber, who has plundering on his mind. While rummaging through Inez Marchand's house, Dibber finds more than he expected-a dead body. Charged with murder, he turns to Mike Connolly for help. It's up to Mike to untangle a web of secrets no one else will touch.
Told in real time, The Deposition continues the story of Mike Connolly, the-down-and-out attorney. This time, Mike's story is told through the eyes of his friends—and his enemies. The woman he rescued from a life of prostitution has a lot to say, if she can stay alive long enough to say it. Then there's the lawyer who wants to make certain she never does and the priest who won't talk even if it means losing his life. They're locked in a high-stakes race to see who lives to tell the dark secrets of men in powerful places, and who dies to keep them quiet.