Anderson & Carrie West

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Created by Alan Orloff
Pseudonyms include Zak Allen

Now here’s something you don’t see everyday….

A brother and sister detective team.

First-person narrator ANDERSON WEST and his impulsive and flaky, soft-hearted kid sister CARRIE ANDERSON are the entire staff of Virginia’s West Investigations. He’s the serious one, the straight arrow handling the detective chores; she manages the office (poorly), does online research (better) and, occasionally, much against Anderson’s wishes, does a little impromptu leg work (often illegal). Anderson’s a widower, the grown up with two children and their mother to take care of; Carrie’s single, foot loose and fancy free, with lousy work habits and a checkered past, including a felony conviction.

In their only appearance to date, 2020’s I Know Where You Sleep, the mismatched siblings are approached by Jessica Smith, a twenty-something waitress who’s the victim of a series of unwanted and increasingly troubling phone calls, they take the case.

Pro-bono, at Carrie’s insistence.

But what they both think will be a a simple case escalates into breaking and entering, assault, increasing violence, assorted legal threats from the suspects (including the reverend at Jessica’s church and a couple of Jessica’s boyfriends, past and present), and Jessica herself, whose past is also a little checkered, it turns out.

I Know Where You Sleep was a Shamus Award finalist for Best First PI Novel.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Before he stepped off the corporate merry-go-round, Alan Orloff had a rather eclectic career, working as an engineer on nuclear subs, supervising assembly workers in factories, facilitating technology transfers for the Star Wars program, and learning to forklift washing machines three high in a warehouse. Now he writes award-winning crime fiction in a variety of sub-genres, and avoids heavy lifting. His debut mystery, Diamonds for the Dead was a 2010 Agatha Award Finalist for Best First Novel, and he’s written two books in the Last Laff mystery series, Killer Routine and Deadly Campaign. Other books include Pray for the Innocent, I Play One on TV, Running from the Past, The Taste, First Time killer and Ride-Along. His PI novel, I Know Where You Sleep, was a Shamus Award Finalist for Best First PI Novel, and he’s won the ITW Thriller Award, the Agatha Award, the Anthony Award and a Derringer. Meanwhile, his short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including Jewish Noir, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning, Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Mystery Most Geographical, Guns + Tacos, and Mickey Finn: 21St Century Noir. He lives in Boca Raton, FL

UNDER OATH

  • “Sleep is one thing that readers won’t get much of when they pick up this stellar novel! Gripping from first page to last, Orloff’s I Know Where You Sleep virtually defines the psychological thriller. And Anderson and Carrie are two of the most compelling—and appealing—heroes in crime fiction to come along in years. You’ll love them just as much as you’ll be swept up by Orloff’s brilliant plot.”
    — Jeffery Deaver

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Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.

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