The President's Henchman

When McGill was formally introduced to the White House press corps, Helen Thomas asked him how it felt to be the country’s first First Gentleman.
    He responded, “I prefer to think of myself as the president’s henchman.”
    The line got a good laugh from the newsies; even Press Secretary Aggie Wu grinned. But Chief of Staff Galia Mindel reacted to the remark with a mighty frown. McGill saw the look of disapproval but didn’t worry. He didn’t work for her.
    Just wait until Galia learned he’d gotten his P.I. license.
    And his concealed weapon permit.
    She’d be about as thrilled as the Secret Service had been. They’d changed his code name from Valentine to Holmes. Which McGill had laughed at and, on the whole, considered an improvement.
    Galia wasn’t likely to crack wise, though. She’d try to fight him. And lose.
    McGill’s career choice came with a presidential stamp of approval.
    “What exactly does the president’s henchman do?” Candy Crowley inquired.
    “Things nobody else can,” McGill told her with a twinkle in his eye.
    Galia didn’t like that answer either. [read more …]

Farewell Performance

They met at the Rose Café in Venice, two cops trying to look like civilians, not quite pulling it
off …
   Valkonen grinned. "I got assigned to this job because I'm on my boss's shit list … so, Detective Duarte, I have to wonder why you're here this morning."
   She looked at him and said, "You tell me your screw-up, I'll tell you mine." [read more …]

Gasoline, Texas

There hadn't been any gunfire by 8 p.m. on Election Day, but that was about to change if Buckminster Musgrove had his way.
   Buck was the campaign manager for Laddy Johnson, and he had blood in his eye as he asked to hear one more time the report his son, Ben, had just brought in. [read more …]

Hot Type

   Newspaperman Dan Cameron gets a cool old typewriter for his 40th birthday. It once belonged to Ben Hecht, who used it to write the movie "Notorious." Dan uses it to write a best-seller. [read more …]

The Next President

  J.D. Cade was trained to kill by his country. To kill without leaving the slightest suspicion who pulled the trigger. After he came home from the war, J.D. put his past behind him. Or so he thought. [read more…]

Digger

Twenty-five years ago, John Fortunato was a soldier in Viet Nam, fighting in the crushing darkness of the tunnels of Cu Chi, from which the Vietcong launched their deadliest operations. When he got back to his hometown of Elk River, he secretly re-created those
hellish tunnels. [read more …]

The Concrete Inquisition

A cop gets shot …
   He loses his left eye. He loses his job. And that's after he loses his wife. So what's he going to do?
[read more …]

Critical Praise for Joseph Flynn and his novels …

"Flynn is an excellent storyteller with a well-tuned ear for dialogue and a gift for creating memorable characters placed in believable settings."
— Booklist

"Flynn [is] a master of high-octane plotting."
— Chicago Tribune

"[The Next President is a] tough, stylish tale … [Flynn] propels his plot with potent but flexible force, using just the right mix of pressure and release to maintain suspense deep into the story."
— Publishers Weekly

"[Digger is] a mystery cloaked as cleverly as (and perhaps better than) any John Grisham work."
— Denver Post

"A deftly mapped thriller.
Page-turner of the Week."
— People Magazine