J.D. Hardin Western Series

Bob Gleason at Playboy Press decided to launch a new series of western novels, and created two running characters, Doc and Raider. He also came up with the pseudonym J.D. Hardin, which the publisher owned.

I was one of a number of writers hired to write the books, and ended up doing nine of them.

Besides providing a decent payday, working on the series encouraged me to build a good research library on the old west, which I enjoy to this day.

Selected Works

For anyone who aspires to a writer's career, this book is a must-read.
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica helps a young country singer from Cabot Cove who lands in jail in Nashville, accused of murder.
Jessica and George team up to solve a Thanksgiving murder.
Making a television commercial is harder than it seems, especially when Jessica must solve a murder on location.
Jessica Fletcher must solve a 40-year-old murder before an important bequest is lost.
Amid the Fourth of July festivities, Jessica faces a mugging and a murder.
Jessica encounters some very dangerous human wildlife on a cruise to Alaska
My Favorite Book
Madness and mayhem during Prohibition.
Republished
My book of 35 years ago, "Coffee, Tea or Me? was reissued spring 2003, with a new foreword.
Remarkable Tale
A Cold War cult classic, once again available to the reading public.

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