Neil S. Plakcy

Gavin has the face, body, and confidence to light up a camera, and Miami’s modeling world is more than happy to use him for exactly that. From underwear shoots to glossy ads, the money is good, the attention constant, and the expectations clear: look pretty, stay quiet, and don’t ask for more.

When Eastern College launches its first winter intersession program, administrator Steve Levitan is excited to host a course on Caribbean cuisine at Friar Lake Conference Center. His wife Lili is co-teaching with her friend, prominent food anthropologist Dr. Yesenia Ubeda.

Forty-two-year-old Steve Levitan has lost everything that matters to him: his marriage, his home, and his career. After finishing a brief prison term for computer hacking, he returns to his home town of Stewart's Crossing, PA, with his tail between his legs....

Warren Updegrove has always been good at following the rules. Football gave him structure, purpose, and a clear future. But when his college career ends without the pro contract he expected, Warren is left drifting, unsure who he is without the game that defined him.

Perfect for fans of dog cozy mysteries, culinary cozy mysteries, lighthearted amateur-sleuth fiction, and behind-the-scenes reality-TV drama. Lights, cameras… and sabotage in the kitchen!

Two cozy novellas explore murder, mystery, and mayhem at the local dog park in this unique collection from authors Neil S. Plakcy and Joanna Campbell Slan.

Caught between desire and self-doubt, career opportunity and emotional risk, Larry must decide whether he’s willing to step out of the shadows and claim both his talent and his heart.

If you love Christmas whodunits, small-town sleuths, and canine partners who always sniff out the truth, this festive double-feature brings together two fan-favorite series: Steve & Rochester from the Golden Retriever Mysteries and Kiki & Gracie from the Kiki Lowenstein Mysteries.

Fresh out of Florida University with a degree in construction management, Manny lands his dream job with Loredo Construction. He’s crushing hard on his thirty-something boss, Walter Loredo: a sexy, successful, and supposedly straight alpha male who commands attention on every job site.

When his mentor, Joe Dagorian, director of admissions at prestigious Eastern College, is murdered during a fundraising event, Steve Levitan feels obliged to investigate....

It's almost time for graduation, and Eastern College is in trouble. A prominent alumna is dead, and a faulty computer program is jeopardizing student records and financial aid. It's up to Steve and Rochester to dig into the situation and retrieve the culprits....

Autumn has come to Bucks County, and Steve Levitan has a new job: Develop a conference center for Eastern College at Friar Lake, a few miles from campus. But on his first visit to the property, his golden retriever, Rochester, makes a disturbing discovery....

Mahu Surfer, the second book in my Mahu Investigations mystery series, sends gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka back to his surfing past. His new boss asks the former competitive surfer to go undercover on Oahu’s North Shore to find the killer of three surfers....

From the sun-drenched hills of the French Riviera to the frozen shadows of Chechnya, bodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough return for three deeply personal—and deeply dangerous—assignments in this gripping audio bundle.

Three charming cozy mysteries with heart-- and fur!

Peggy was a great friend to Steve when they were teens. Can he help her now as she faces the death penalty? As teens, semi-reformed hacker Steve Levitan admired his friend Peggy because of the way she fought back from a difficult childhood....

An Alzheimer’s patient slips away from home on his own and tumbles into the Delaware River. And then Steve’s love Lili suffers the crushing loss of her mother in a Miami Beach hospital. It will be up to Rochester to solve the crime and heal his humans in this new mystery....

There’s a new dog in town--a golden retriever named Luke, in training to be a seeing-eye dog. He and Rochester immediately bond, but there’s something odd about Luke’s human, Ben Ji....

Openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is faced with a new murder that comes dangerously close to his personal life. About a year and a half has passed since the flames engulfed Waahila Ridge State Park at the end of Mahu Fire....

Steve Levitan and Lili Weinstock are on their way to the altar—but dognapping and murder get in the way.