The Abe Lincoln mystery series

I'm working on a series of mystery novels about Arturo B. "Abe" Lincoln, a half-black, half-Hispanic newspaper reporter. The first book, "Dreadful Selfish Crime," named for the Robert Earl Keen song, involves political corruption in small-town Texas. It was an award-winner at the Craft of Writing Conference held at the University of North Texas by the Greater Dallas Writers Association.

I'm at work on the second book, "Dead Crickets," which moves Abe to South Austin where the prostitutes and bubbas keep him busy.