Author, Robb White

Author, Robb White

Born and raised in Northeastern Ohio, Robb White lives a few houses down from where he grew up, rarely leaves home, although he did make it to China once. He has published several crime, noir, and hardboiled novels as well as crime, horror, and mainstream stories in various magazines like Down & Out, Mystery Weekly, Tough, Mystery Tribune, Switchblade, Out of the Gutter, and Near to the Knuckle under the pseudonyms Robb T., Robb, or Terry White.

While writing articles and doing interviews with boxing celebrities such as Don Elbaum and George Chuvalo, for Boxing World, he published his first collection of short stories: “Out of Breath” and Other Stories (2013). Nominated for a Derringer in 2019, his crime story “Inside Man” was selected for Best American Mystery Stories 2019. He has two hardboiled private eyes: Thomas Haftmann, featured in 4 novels and a collection of short stories, and Raimo Jarvi (Northtown Eclipse, 2018). The U.K. website Murder, Mayhem & More cited When You Run with Wolves (2018) as a finalist for its Top Ten Crime Books of 2018 and Perfect Killer for the same distinction in 2019. A recent crime novella is Dead Cat Bounce (2019). “If I Let You Get Me” was selected for the Bouchercon 2019 anthology and The Russian Heist (2019) selected by Thriller Magazine as its Best Novel winner for 2019.

White rarely leaves his house unless it’s to drive his Jeep Wrangler around Northtown, go to the local library and check out the new arrivals shelf in mysteries or read the local paper for ideas that lend themselves to his fiction (no shortage of mayhem, violence, and stupidity in the Midwest, he believes, or in any city, large or small). He’s been married to Judy for over 50 years (who loves him but never reads him); he has 3 grown children, adores his 3 grandchildren and spoils his black cat Athena. His website: tomhaftmann.wixsite.com/robbtwhite.

"Bullets, Booze and Bastards"

Thomas Haftmann, Private Eye:
The Short Stories (Book 2)

by Robb White,

$4.99 ebook, $14.95 paperback

Ex-cop Thomas Haftmann, formerly of Cleveland Homicide, works as a private investigator in the resort town of Jefferson-on-the-Lake. You will follow his cases in these 15 short neo-noirs. Among them are “The Kneeling Woman,” “Ni Escape, No Turning Back,” “The Riding Boy,” “The Slave Master’s Dungeon,” “Archangel’s Daughter,” “A Woman With Tea-Colored Eyes,” and “The Dog Returneth to His Vomit.” These have been collected from a variety of outstanding publications and blog sites, ranging from Powder Burn Flash to A Twist of Noir to Sex and Murder Magazine. Get ready to know Thomas Haftmann’s dark world of murder and madness.

Small Press Bookwatch had this to say about Thomas Haftmann, Private Eye: The Short Stories:

Synopsis: Ex-cop Thomas Haftmann, formerly of Cleveland Homicide, works as a private investigator in the resort town of Jefferson-on-the-Lake. "Thomas Haftmann, Private Eye: The Short Stories" is an anthology his fifteen of his short neo-noir cases. Among them are "The Kneeling Woman," "Ni Escape, No Turning Back," "The Riding Boy," "The Slave Master's Dungeon," "Archangel's Daughter," "A Woman With Tea-Colored Eyes," and "The Dog Returneth to His Vomit." These have been collected from a variety of outstanding publications and blog sites, ranging from Powder Burn Flash to A Twist of Noir to Sex and Murder Magazine. Thomas Haftmann's dark world of murder and madness that first began with the publication of author Robb White's "Nocturne for Madness" (9780692609026, $14.95 HC, $4.99 Kindle).

Critique: Clearly, author Robb White is a master of the noir-style mystery genre and "Thomas Haftmann, Private Eye: The Short Stories" will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to community library collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of dedicated mystery buffs that "Thomas Haftmann, Private Eye: The Short Stories" is also available in a Kindle format ($4.99). The Mystery/Suspense Shelf

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