John Leister - Books and biography

Continuing the adventures of Lee Hacklyn,Private Investigator, who frequently puts himself inharm's way.  Sometimes, for money. Usually, because it's right.

New York City. 1976. Sixteen-year old Tommy Ryder, AKA the UrbanTiger, and his sister, Molly, AKA the Urban-Tigress,have a new enemy: A serial killer who calls himself the Truth. Who is he?  And what...

New York City. 1977. Evelyn Remicker, the wife of best-selling author, Victor Remicker, is murdered.A suspect is in NYPD custody.  Shortly thereafter, Victor goes missing.Is he, in fact, the killer?...

London, England. 1976. When Lee's former girlfriend, DS Felicity Waring of New Scotland Yard,is shot by an unknown assassin, Lee and Felicity's Uncle, WinstonWaring of NYPD, head overseas to help her...

New York City. 1980. A serial killer of areobics instructors is at large in the Big Apple.His next target?  None other than Tommy's sister, Molly, AKAthe Urban-Tigress.Meanwhile, Molly's boss, Kylie Gibson,...

Albany, New York State. 1977. After surviving one crisis after another, recent high-school graduatesTommy Ryder, his sister, Molly, and her boy-friend, Mark Dixon,become junior camp counsellors.  Fishing,...

Queens. New York City. 1977. Lee is hired by sports agent Marv Martell to investigate the murderof tennis star, Chloe Hammond.

New York City. 1979.Lee is hired to investigate the death of quiz-show host John "Jack" Hammer.The police have ruled it an accidental drug overdose, but Peter Portman,a contestant who was given the answers...

New York City. 1975. Fifteen-year old Tommy Ryder takesto the streets as the masked vigilanteknown as the Urban Tiger.

New York City. The 1970s. Lee is hired by Vern and Vance Harper toinvestigate police and political corruptionin the once-sleepy town of Verdant Vale,New York State.Once Lee discovers the master planof...

Continuing the adventures of Lee Hacklyn.Private Investigator, who frequently puts himselfin harm's way.Sometimes for money.Usually, because it's right.

New York City. 1978,Lee is hired to investigate the murder of Tom Wyler, lead singer ofa hard rocking band called The Dice.

New York City. 1987. Lee is hired by his old friend, Flynn MacIntyre, a television producer,whose brother, Lloyd, a security chief for the upcoming Miss B.U.T.T.Pageant, was killed by a drunk driver.Flynn...

New York City. 1985. Lee has a new job:  he's Chief-of-Security for Motivational Speakerand Best-Selling Author Robert Nathan.It's a full-time gig that comes with two thingsLee's never had before:  medical...

New York City. 1973. Mob boss Guido Testa, and his wife, Sophia, run the Big Apple.Their next target?  Our boy, Lee.And his family, too.

The Near Future.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Satan has opened the Seven Portals Of Hell and unleashed his Demon-Armyon the human race.  God has chosen our champion.  Not a Navy SEAL, nota Special...

The near future.Thirty-year old security guard Mitch Knight has been chosen by Godto defend the human race against Satan and his Demon-Army.The End Days are here.  Our only hope lies in the hands of a...

Continuing the adventures of Lee Hacklyn,private investigator.He frequently puts himself in harm's way.Sometimes for money.Usually, because it's right.

New York City. The 1970s. Lee has one day to save the life of a good manwho is on death row.

Queens, New York City, 1979. Nineteen-year-old Tommy Ryder AKA the Urban Tiger confronts the killerof his Karate instructor, Sensei Paul Kumuchi.

New York City. 1982. Lee is hired by Connie DeWitt to find the killer of her husband,NYPD Officer Tom DeWitt.  But what is Connie's real agenda?And are there wedding bells ringing for Lee?  Whether he...

New York City. 1978. Lacy Houlihan, admitting clerk at St. Wesley's Hospital, hiresLee to investigate the death of her husband, who also workedthere, as a security supervisor.  She suspects that the guardswho...

New York City. 1980. Lee is hired by Dr. Adam and Esther Abelman to investigatethe disappearnce of their daughter, sixteen-year old Isabella.Meanwhile, what is the deadly secret of Purity Day?And how...

Queens, New York City.  1977. Tommy Ryder, seventeen, AKA the masked vigilante known as the UrbanTiger, his sister, Molly, seventeen, AKA the Urban-Tigress,  and Mark Dixon,seventeen, Tommy's best friend...

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Leo Johnstone is a thirty-year old security guard.One night, after he suffers a vicious beating,he reaches out to God.After that?His life begins to change.

New York City. 1977. Former Mossad agent Dr. Aaron Cohen hires Lee to helphim track down Nazi war criminal, Fritz Sauer.   

New York City. 1980. Seventeen-year old private school student Raymond McMurtryis found dead in the boy's room of the Kurt Schmitt Academyfor Advanced Boys.  A few days later, his mother, Helen, iskilled...

New York City. 1976. Sixteen-year old Tommy RyderAKA the Urban Tiger, and hisgirl-friend, Varvara, are held hostageby three Russian militants.Their real target is Varvara's brotherMaxim.The question is:...

New York City.  1975. Continuing the adventures of sixteen-year old Tommy Ryder.After his best friend, Mark Dixon, is assaulted and robbed,Tommy decides to prowl the mean streets of NYC as themasked vigilante...

New York City. 1980.Lee is hired by oil magnate Larry Yar to investigatethe shooting of his brother, Jayson Yar, President ofYar Oil.Lee, and his partners, Clint Courage and Sid Phelps,are off to Austin,...