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Fred Lichtenberg
Detective Mystery

Fred Lichtenberg

After spending a career as a Field Agent with the IRS, Lichtenberg changed gears from crunching numbers to creating fictitious villains and heroes. A native New Yorker, Fred and his wife now live in Florida.

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The Art of Murder

The Hank Reed Mysteries Series

When syndicated romance columnist John Hunter is found dead from an apparent overdose, the townspeople of the sleepy hamlet of Eastpoint accept the outsider's death in stride, until Police Chief Hank Reed discovers a secret room filled with lewd paintings featuring local married women.

Now faced with a town full of suspects, Hank is investigating a crime no one wants solved when a second murder points to his own wife as prime suspect.

His marriage crumbling, the townspeople enraged, and a murderer willing to kill to protect everyone's dignity, Hank Reed is face-to-face with a crisis he may not survive.

Murder on the Rocks

The Hank Reed Mysteries Series

While flying to New York from Paris, Detective Hank Reed is approached by Patrice Dubois, who fears her American fiancé, Luke Dupont, an investigative reporter, is in danger. Intrigued by the beautiful Parisian and her plight, Reed agrees to help find the reporter who is in the thick of a whistleblower investigation in Newport, Rhode Island.

But Hank's investigation quickly reveals that Luke doesn't want to be found and is traveling with an attractive woman named Elena, who is an informant, a lover, or both. At Luke's betrayal, Patrice returns to Paris, but Hank suspects there's more than romance at play.

As an elaborate multi-million dollar Medicare fraud unfolds, the body of the apparent whistleblower washes up below Newport's Cliff Walk convincing Hank that Luke and Elena are in serious danger.

With millions at stake, the body count rising, and perpetrators willing to stop at nothing, a determined killer sets sights on Hank..

The Edge of Murder

The Hank Reed Mysteries Series

Former Detective, Hank Reed, tackles his first case as a Private Investigator when a woman goes missing in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Believed emotionally fragile, Elizabeth was last seen in the apartment of Psychologist, Dr. Nick Ross, after a night of passionate lovemaking. Smitten with Elizabeth, Nick wants her back. But Hank quickly learns the psychologist was recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital and hadn’t been seeing patients for over two months.

Elizabeth's husband wants her back, too, but maybe for the wrong reasons. He's connected to a criminal enterprise which makes Hank wonder whether Elizabeth is involved also.

Uncertain whether he's searching for Elizabeth to save her life or seal her doom, Hank knows one thing for sure: If he doesn’t find the truth, someone is going to die…maybe him.

Bridge to Murder

The Hank Reed Mysteries Series

The shocking disappearance of a teenager under the Whitestone Bridge brings shivers to a fragile community. Two years earlier, a young woman was murdered in the same area. The killer has never been caught.

Hank Reed takes on his most challenging and personal case when the sister of his childhood friend, who had been missing more than twenty-five years, receives an anonymous letter claiming her brother is dead.

Hoax? Maybe, but she hires Hank to investigate, and as he plunges into the cold case, he quickly realizes there is more to the story than just a missing person. His findings will rock the town of Whitestone forever.