Douglas Herle
Edmonton author Douglas Herle delivers gripping noir thrillers following private detective Benjamin Thomas through a shadowy world of conspiracy, corruption, and moral reckoning—where every case pulls him closer to danger, and the truth may cost him everything.
No Solace in Death
Private detective Benjamin Thomas is hired to find Beatrice Chasingly, a woman with a troubled past. A smarmy ex-husband, a cunning insurance salesman, a landlord with knuckledusters, and a psychiatrist with links to MKUltra all seemed to have played a part in her disappearance. Ben follows a trail of dead bodies down a rabbit hole where he uncovers a sinister plot, certain to change America’s future. His final showdown against the conspirators not only has him facing death, but the loss of his soul.
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Dark Side of Mercy
Notorious businessman, Horatio Lundlum hires Benjamin Thomas to retrieve a stolen ledger that can expose a criminal network. Ben is quickly pulled into a vortex of blackmail and murder that forces him to confront the city’s most powerful figures while battling demons that have haunted him since his wife’s murder.
While unravelling the mystery, Ben falls for Linda Lundlum, Horatio’s daughter—a striking and alluring woman whose motives seem to be to protect her father at all costs. In a world where truth hides in shadows and every clue leads deeper into the city’s corruption, Ben’s only hope to solve the case may rest in the hands of a recluse Holocaust survivor.
Dark Side of Mercy is the follow-up novel to No Solace in Death. Douglas Herle’s complex noir tale delves into the nature of corruption, while exploring tragic characters living in a world where making moral choices may not be the right ones.
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Douglas Herle
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About the Author
Doug Herle lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Doug cultivated his love of literature and films, particularly detective novels and film noir. It was his love of reading that drove Doug to write No Solace in Death. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Communications, with distinction, from MacEwan University. His focus was on speechwriting, essays, and fiction.