Over the years, I have published fifteen novels in my Maggie Keiller/Derek Sloan crime-fiction series. The previous fourteen are: By Precept and Example, 2007; Until He Killed Her, 2010; Lockdown, 2012; First, Do No Harm, 2015; Missing and Murdered, 2017; Nobody Counts On Dying, 2019; The Resurrectionists, 2020; After the Lake Caught Fire, 2021; Lost and Found and Lost Again, 2022, Delayed Penalty, 2023; The Cannabis Murders, 2024; Trafficking In Murder, 2024; The Lonely, Silvery Rain, 2025; and Brothers By Deceit, 2025.

The newest is Not In My Backyard.

The adult film industry is shifting from the fringes of society in Canada to the mainstream, and production studios are becoming a legitimate business providing employment and boosts to local economies. With the unbridled growth of streaming services, the booming industry is connecting with consumers in ways once unimagined.

One such production company, PERVeyors Films, is proposing to open a studio in Port Huntington, a small resort town on the shores of Georgian Bay. Predictably, the community quickly becomes divided between those who see the economic benefits, particularly for themselves, and those who consider pornography in all its forms to be a violation of the moral and ethical values of their community.

Maggie and Derek step up to help the Mayor facilitate dialogue between the two opposing factions, but greedy parties try to take advantage in order to further their own interests. In short order, violence erupts in the community, and four people die mysteriously. When police investigate these deaths with Maggie and Derek’s help, they discover ties to a decade-old murder that was never solved.

The decision as to whether the pornographic film company will locate in Port Huntington is in doubt until the very last moment of this gripping story. And a surprising development at the end brings everything to a conclusion that will satisfy every reader.

If you’ve enjoyed reading the previous books in this acclaimed series, you will surely love this one!

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I have also published ten collections of tales, including: On Top of the Grass: Tales of a Snowbird in Florida, 2008; It Matters to Me: Tales of a Young Father, 2010; The Passing Parade: Tales of a Bemused Bystander, 2017; Tall and True: Tales of an Unrepentant Fibber, 2019; Ranting, Raging, and Surviving the Storm: Tales of a Closet Curmudgeon, 2019; I Haven’t the Time: Tales of a Woke Wayfarer, 2020; I Calls ‘Em The Way I Sees ‘Em: Tales of a Capricious Critic, 2020; My Relentless Muse: Tales of A Vagabond Storyteller, 2023; and Write On! Tales of a Serial Scribbler.

The tenth one, Makin’ It Up As I Go! Tales of a Flagrant Fabulist, was released in 2025.

Fabulists are storytellers, and in this, my tenth book of tales, you will find more than forty stories and poems I’ve written during my years of association with the Pelican Pens writers in southwest Florida. The collection here is selected from more than two-hundred-and-fifty pieces I’ve shared with this group of talented writers.

The flagrant fabulist in the title of this assortment of tales is me, of course, an aging scribe who has spent most of his lifetime writing. I still find myself searching every day for new ideas, new subjects, new stories I can make up to please myself—and, I hope, you—the reader I treasure.

Whether your taste runs to humour, pathos, whimsy, or serious reflection, you will enjoy this book of tales!

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I am currently plugging away on a sixteenth novel in my crime series (working title: The Heist), and a collection of haiku poetry, as yet untitled.

All of the books, some in e-book format, are available for purchase at this safe link—

https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/precept

If you enjoy reading this blog, I know you will enjoy my books.