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SAVING MYLES

When the FBI can't help free his son from kidnappers, an unassuming banker takes matters into his own hands.

He joins a bank owned by a drug cartel and negotiates.

Wade gets his son back.

But now he needs to save his family.

Winner of the
Lefty Award for Best Debut Novel 2020
San Diego Book Award for Best Mystery 2020
Kops-Fetherling Phoenix Award for Best New Voice
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MURDERABILIA

No one was supposed to know that banker William McNary is a serial killer's son.

Until one night... the phone rang.

In an instant, the safe banker’s life William has built for his young family is torn away.

Then the killings begin.

Winner of the
Lefty Award for Best Debut Novel 2020
San Diego Book Award for Best Mystery 2020
Kops-Fetherling Phoenix Award for Best New Voice
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Praise for Saving Myles

Chilling, immersive, and utterly heartbreaking…. will have you racing to the gasp-worthy ending.
—Author Hank Phillippi Ryan
Take a breath and hang on.
—Author Steve Berry

Vonderau is an author whose storytelling ability promises a great future.
—Author William Kent Krueger

[A]n intense and suspenseful story of love, loyalty, and danger.
—Author Meg Gardiner

If you haven’t heard of Carl Vonderau yet, you will after Saving Myles.
—Author Matt Coyle

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About

Carl Vonderau is an award-winning author of crime fiction. As a child growing up in Cleveland, he loved to write. His ghost stories scared the bejesus out of other kids. But it took a long time to become a full-time author. He left Cleveland to study at Stanford, then spent more than thirty years as a banker in the U.S., Latin America, and North Africa. Those international settings were sources of inspiration for his books. His first novel, Murderabilia was published in 2019 and won a Left Coast Crime award for Best Debut, and a San Diego Book award for Best Mystery. His second novel, Saving Myles, was published in August, 2023.

Author Carl Vonderau