Mike Lawson's Books
Jun.19.2012
DeMarco is asked to look into the murder conviction of a lobbyist. But he has other worries on his mind: his boss is no longer Speaker,his girlfriend has left him, andhis friend Emma may be dying. DeMarco doesn’t expect to free the lobbyist – much less to become the target of two of the most callous killers he and Emma have ever encountered.
Jun.08.2010
In House Justice, an American defense contractor attempts to sell U.S. missile technology to the Iranians - and the CIA knows all about it thanks to a spy in Tehran. But then the story is leaked to an ambitious journalist and the spy is exposed, brutally tortured, and executed.
The director of the CIA isn't about to let the death of his spy go unpunished. A valuable asset has been...
Jul.08.2009
In House Secrets, a retired congressman asks John Mahoney — the cagey, hard-drinking Speaker of the House — to look into the death of a reporter who worked the political beat for the Washington Post. Mahoney sends his reluctant bagman, Joe DeMarco, to investigate – or, as Mahoney puts it, to turn over some rocks and see what sort of creatures crawl out.
DeMarco soon learns that...
About Mike
I was raised in Pueblo, Colorado with a passel of brothers and one sister, then attended college at Seattle University and got a degree in engineering. After college, I went to work for the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineer and spent about thirty years working...