L A Morse

L. A. Morse won a Best Paperback Original Edgar Award from the MWA (Mystery Writers of America) for his first novel, THE OLD DICK, an homage to the classic detective tale with an 80-year-old working detective. He went on to publish two novels in an over-the-top re-take on the private-eye style mystery, SLEAZE and THE BIG ENCHILADA. Under a pseudonym, Runa Fairleigh, he switched sub-genres and created a perfect example of the classic cozy mystery, AN OLD-FASHIONED MYSTERY. In a complete change...See more

L. A. Morse won a Best Paperback Original Edgar Award from the MWA (Mystery Writers of America) for his first novel, THE OLD DICK, an homage to the classic detective tale with an 80-year-old working detective. He went on to publish two novels in an over-the-top re-take on the private-eye style mystery, SLEAZE and THE BIG ENCHILADA. Under a pseudonym, Runa Fairleigh, he switched sub-genres and created a perfect example of the classic cozy mystery, AN OLD-FASHIONED MYSTERY. In a complete change of styles, he then wrote a period thriller based on the historical character Sawney Beane, the notorious and legendary cannibal killer of Highland Scotland, called THE FLESH EATERS. See less