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Michael Sears



Michael Sears is the author of Black Fridays, a thriller with a financial twist, released by Duckworth in the UK and by Putnam in the US. It has been nominated for five major awards in the US as Best Debut Novel. Sears was a Managing Director for two different Wall Street firms, where he worked in the bond market for twenty years and, earlier, in foreign exchange and derivatives.
 

Awards: Nero (2022), Shamus (2013)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
December 2024

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Love the Stranger
(Queens Mystery, book 2)
Series
Jason Stafford
   1. Black Fridays (2012)
   2. Mortal Bonds (2013)
   3. Long Way Down (2015)
   4. Saving Jason (2016)
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Queens Mystery
   1. Tower of Babel (2021)
   2. Love the Stranger (2024)
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Books containing stories by Michael Sears
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Cooked to Death: Lying on a Plate (2017)
More Tales of Crime and Cookery
(Cooked to Death, book 2)
edited by
Rhonda Gilliland

Awards
2022 Nero Award : Tower of Babel
2013 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel : Black Fridays

Award nominations
2013 ITW Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Black Fridays
2013 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Black Fridays
2013 Barry Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Black Fridays
2013 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Black Fridays


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The Deep Dark Descending (2017)
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Burning Heat (2016)
(Brack Pelton, book 2)
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"Burnsworth brings to the lowcountry the same unflinching eye that James Lee Burke turns to the bayou."

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