Al LamandaAl Lamanda is a native of New York City. In addition to his many mysteries, he also writes Western novels under the pen name Ethan J. Wolfe. He has been nominated for many awards, and won the Nero Wolfe Award for Best Mystery of the Year for his nove, With 6 You Get Wally, book five in the John Bekker Mysteries. The series continues with Who Killed Joe Italiano? (Encircle Publications, 2018), For Deader or Worse (Encircle Publications, 2019), and The Case of the Missing Fan Dancer (Encircle Publications, 2022). His latest stand-alone novel, City of Darkness, was published by Encircle in January, 2021. He is also the author of the Rollie Finch Mysteries, starting with Once Upon a Time on 9/11 (Encircle Publications, 2021), and book two, Rollie and the Missing Six, is coming from Encircle in August of 2022. Al is always working on his next novel. Read More Read Less