John Leister - Books and biography

New York City. 1975. Lee is now the Sheriff of Verdant Vale, New York State.Once he discovers the master plan of real-estate developerLarry Appleton, the clock starts ticking for the lives ofevery man,...

New York City. 1974. Lee is hired by film director Alistair Riceto investigate the death of movie-starSteve McKenzie.  When Alistair himselfis murdered, the case turns in an entirelynew direction.

New York City. 1987. Lee and Tommy Ryder, AKA the Urban Tiger,reunite to investigate the murder of fourteen-year oldRobert Infantino.

New York City. 1978. While investigating the murder of high school teacherAlex Worthington, Lee discovers that key members ofthe Queens School Board are members of theKu Klux Klan.

The near future.Thirty-year old Mitch Knight enters the Seventh Portal of Hell and squares offagainst Satan himself.But to save the world, he must do more than that.He must confront his own inner demons,...

New York City. 1977. When a woman is found brutally murdered in her own home,the main suspect is none other than Alison Hacklyn:Lee's mother!

New York City. 1977. Stacey Shannon, the widow of movie reviewer Roger Shannon,the latest victim of "The Movie Critic Killer," hires Lee to investigate hismurder.Meanwhile, Sid Phelps, one of Lee's fellow...

New York City. 1984. In 1975, fifteen-year old Tommy Ryder, after his friend, Mark Dixon,was assaulted and robbed, decided to become, in his mind, theworld's first real-life superhero:  the Urban Tiger....

New York City. 1976.Lee is hired to investigate the murder of pop-star Lily "Lilac" Jacks.When Lee discovers the identities of the men responsible forLily's murder, he takes matters into his own hands...

New York City.  1975. New gig for Lee:  Chief-of-Security for the brand-spanking new Big Apple DisCorp Tower.Alas, SPOILER WARNING, the gig is as short-lived as the building itself.

Germany, West and East. 1989. Lee, along with his fellow private eyes, Sid Phelps and Clint Courage, are posingas CBC journalists and representatives from a charity agency called Save TheWorld, in search...

New York City. 1976.Lee is hired by television producer Flynn MacIntyre,creator of the hit series, The Freeling Family, toinvestigate the murder of actress Delly Rhodes.

Queens, New York City. 1975. Ten-year old comic-book fan Clint Wagner is abusedat home and bullied at school.His not-quite-yet-friend, Billy West, is the leader ofa nerdy group called The Treehouse Avengers.Clint...

New York City. The 1980s. When Lee returns a runaway girl back to her family,her father is murdered shortly thereafter.And Lee is the prime suspect.

New York City. 1980. Lee is hired by Theatre Arts Professor Horace Lookinland to investigatethe murder of Truman University student George Vale.

New York City. 1978. St. Wesley's Hospital Admitting Clerk Lacy Houlihan hires Lee toinvestigate the death of her husband, Jake, a security supervisorand Vietnam War veteran.  Lacy suspects that the guards...

New York City. 1978. St. Wesley's Hospital Admitting Clerk Lacy Houlihan hires Leeto investigate the death of her husband, Jake.Meanwhile, nineteen-year old Tommy RyderAKA the Urban Tiger, has a new job:...

New York City.  1987. Dr. Leo Labaya has created a new kind of pill that he claimsinstantly relieves stress and anxiety.When Lee is hired to spy on Ophelia Hall, Leo's receptionist,he discovers that the...

  New York City. 1977.Santino De Luca, and his wife, Maria, and their three kids,live in a beautiful condominium called Carnegie Hill Place.Shortly after Santino announces his intention to run in the...

New York City. 1974. Who murdered fashion model Monica Kane?All signs point to her jealous sister, Michelle,but Lee thinks she's innocent.He's determined to find Monica's actual killer,before he strikes...

New York City. 1976. Lee is hired by X-rated movie director Frank "Happy" Trails for double-duty:One, to investigate the murder of porn actor Dick Longhard.Two, to provide security for Frank's production...

New York City. 1980. Lee is hired by a shadowy government operative to find a missingnuclear scientist, Dr. Gunther Beckenbauer.  By the time Lee findshim, with the help of his partner, Clint Courage,...

Queens, New York City, 1982 Tommy Ryder, AKA, the Urban Tiger, and his sister, Molly,AKA the Urban-Tigress, are challenged by the Hawk-DoStudio of Martial Arts to compete at the first annual NYCMartial...

New York City. 1976. Denise Franz has been murdered.The prime suspect is Lt. Jay Franz of NYPD,friend and father-figure to sixteen-year oldTommy Ryder AKA the Urban Tiger.

New York City. 1989. Lee must race against time to preventthe deaths of hundreds of people ona film-set.

Queens.  New York City. 1976. Defense Attorney Cordell Thomas hires Lee to investigatethe murder of his son, Eric, who was a junior executivewith the Washboard Consortium. 

New York City. 1975. Rosa Parks High School juniors Nancy Hardy, Tom Drew and his brother Eddie,hire Lee...well, they politely ask him...to investigate the murder of their favoriteteacher, Simon Humphrey.

New York City. 1975. Lee is hired by Winner's Delight Casino security guard Gladys Van Peltto investigate the murder of her boyfriend, Dan Bannerman.  

New York City. 1975. Who killed NYPD Internal Affairs Officer Jack Hale?His brother, security guard Elmer Hale, suspects that Jack was killedby the officers he was assigned to investigate.He hires Lee...

New York City. 1974.Stop!  Or my Mom will investigate!Lee is off to the City of Dreams, Los Angeles, to investigate thesuspicious death of Hollywood stuntman Dane Schaffer...and this time,Alison Hacklyn,...