Mystery Novel, “Pigeons of Death,” to be published May 28

Livermore, Calif., May 20, 2024: ?“Pigeons of Death,” a new Luke Ryder mystery/thriller novel, will be published May 28 by Rough Edges Press, an imprint of Wolfpack Publishing. This is the latest book by Livermore novelist John G. Bluck.

“This mystery is about drugs, murder and money laundering enabled by the sale of expensive racehorses,” Bluck said. “Deputy Sheriff Luke Ryder goes undercover as a stable hand to investigate the murder of the owner of a Kentucky horse farm.”

According to Bluck, he chose the title, “Pigeons of Death,” because birds play a role in the story by carrying narcotics from Mexico to Kentucky in a Pony Express-like system.

“Pigeons” is the fourth book in the Luke Ryder mystery/thriller series. The first Ryder novel is “Death in the Holler.” In this book Luke solves a murder that takes place on a Kentucky farm's food plot. A 2023 New York Post article recommends “Holler” as one of 20 action-packed books to take on vacation.

In book two of the series, “Murder at NASA,” Luke goes undercover at a NASA center in California to investigate a cold case murder. The third book, “Mayhem at Sea,” is a thriller. While on an Alaska vacation cruise, Luke deals with pirates who hijack the ship and demand ransom payments. Both “Murder at NASA” and “Mayhem” won Public Safety Writer Association book awards.

To preorder "Pigeons of Death," visit https://geni.us/WXA8 .

Bluck and his wife, Sheryl, are residents of Livermore, Calif. Bluck retired from NASA after thirty years of service. Before that, he was an engineer at ABC radio network, and he also filmed daytime crime in Washington, D.C., for WMAL-TV (now WJLA-TV). Earlier, during the Vietnam War, he served in the Army as a journalist at Ft. Lewis, Washington.?

Founded in 2013, Wolfpack Publishing (https://www.wolfpackpublishing.com ) is an award-winning independent publishing company based in Tampa, Fla. Wolfpack was named as one of the fastest-growing independent publishers of 2022 by Publisher’s Weekly magazine and one of Inc. Magazine’s fast-growing private companies in 2021 and 2022.?

For more information about Bluck’s novels, visit his website: https://www.bluckart.com and his Rough Edges Press webpage, https://roughedgespress.com/project/john-g-bluck/ . Readers can subscribe to Bluck’s e-mail list at https://eepurl.com/cJh_pP .

For more information about Bluck, visit writer Mary Deal’s blog: https://writeanygenre.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/john-g-bluck/ .