Crime/Mystery novelist. I've just completed the second novel in my Trevor Samuels Mystery series.

I've written the first and second novels in my Trevor Samuels Mystery series.

"The Back of My Mind" is the first novel in the series. Trevor Samuels, an investigator with fifteen years experience, is commissioned to investigate three arson losses. After numerous leads fail to generate any suspects, he suddenly gets a break in the form of fifteen-year-old Goth boy named Jesse. Jesse is heavily involved in the contraband cigarette market and he exposes Trevor to this seedy underworld. While trying to determine if the arson's are related to the contraband cigarette market, Trevor uncovers greed, murder and corruption among the people he respects most. Join Trevor as he investigates the most difficult case of his career, a case that will either make his career or haunt him for the remainder of his life.

"The Back of My Mind" is now available for purchase. Please visit my official website noted below for full details on the series, including the reader participation section of each novel, or my CreateSpace E-store located at https://createspace.com/3354075 to purchase your copy! You can also visit my Author's Den page at http://authorsden.com/stevenpayette should you wish to purchase an autographed copy.

I just finished writing "PAIN," the second Trevor Samuels Mystery. Warren Pyke and Martin Michaels have a plan that can't fail, or so they think. People claim fake injuries as a result of staged car accidents all the time, so why shouldn't they get their piece? Enter Trevor Samuels, a veteran detective hired to investigate their claims. Trevor thinks it's a routine "get rich quick" scheme...until things get complicated. When a chop shop and a couple of car thieves get involved, Trevor quickly discovers that things are not as they appear, and if he doesn't act quickly, he too will enter a world of PAIN!

"PAIN" will be published in late 2008 or early 2009.

My novels are unique in that reader participation is encouraged! A question is asked at the end of each novel, and it's up to you, the reader, to decide whether or not a character or team of characters make it into subsequent novels in the series. The character obtaining the most votes from "The Back of My Mind" will definitely be written into the third novel in the series, and the winning character from "PAIN" will be written into the fourth volume.

Please see the reader participation section on my website (http://geocities.com/samuelstrevor/index) for full details. The first few chapters of both novels are also on the site, as are my book trailer and blog talk radio interview.

Please feel free to leave me a comment, they are appreciated!