William Heffernan is one of the finest craftsmen in mystery fiction. The publication of a new Heffernan novel is an event worth cheering, and The Dead Detective is no exception. A mystery treat. A literary treat. –John Lutz, author of Night Kills

The Dead Detective breathes new life into the classic police drama. Jam-packed with strong characters and a powerful plot, this is as fine a book of its genre as I’ve read in decades. –Reed Farrel Coleman, three-time Shamus Award-winning author of Innocent Monster

Heffernan is a master of scene, setting, characterizations, plot, and dialogue. –Nelson DeMille

William Heffernan is one of the rare mystery writers who cares about soul. –Martin Cruz Smith

Heffernan’s novels are not so much about the murder but the effect the murder has on the people involved. That’s not just good mystery writing. That’s good writing, period. – The Denver Post

Harry Doyle was murdered as a ten-year-old child and brought back to life by two Tampa cops. Twenty years later he has dedicated his life to putting killers behind bars as a homicide detective who has the unwanted ability to hear the postmortem whispers of murder victims. Dubbed The Dead Detective by his fellow cops, Doyle now faces his most difficult case–a beautiful murder victim who was a notorious child molester. It is a case that will shake Harry to his very core.

William Heffernan, a three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, is the author of fifteen novels, including such bestsellers as The Corsican,
The Dinosaur Club (a New York Times bestseller), and Tarnished Blue (winner of an Edgar Award). Akashic Books has published trade paperback editions of Heffernan’s novels Beulah Hill,
Cityside, and A Time Gone By. Heffernan lives outside of St. Petersburg, Florida.