David J. Walker: Mystery Author

Welcome! Thanks for visiting my web site.

I’m David J. Walker and I’m the author of nine mystery novels.

I’m a past president of the Midwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and I live with my wife Ellen, just north of Chicago. I’ve been a parish priest, an investigator for the Chicago Police Department, and a lawyer. Now I sit around and write. In the unlikely event that you’d like to know more about me, you might read an interview of me published on the Sisters in Crime-Chicago web site.

NEWS

[cover] 1. After eight private eye books, I've switched gears. My first stand-alone novel (not one in any series) is called Saving Paulo, and it came out in June, 2008. In Saving Paulo, three people—a young man going nowhere, a young woman with everything, and an elderly fortune teller—are drawn together in a struggle to save a strange, silent little boy from murderous kidnappers. Read more about Saving Paulo.

2. My first short story, "A Weekend in the Country," appeared in the anthology Chicago Blues, published in October, 2007, by Bleak House Books. Being in a "blues" anthology, it’s a bit more pessimistic than most of my stuff. Read more about Chicago Blues.

3. Another recent project is a "novella" I co-wrote with another Chicago mystery writer, Libby Fischer Hellmann. This mystery, called So Many Books, was commissioned by the Winnetka Public Library, and was great fun to write. It takes place in and around the library, and uses the names of library staff as character names. It will be released by the library in the fall of 2008.

4. Right now I am finishing up another stand-alone novel. It’s called Bad Company, and is a "Catholic priest/CIA/regime change/ long-lost son" story.