Sam Reaves has written seven Chicago-based crime novels, most recently Mean Town Blues. As Dominic Martell he has penned a European-based suspense trilogy.  Reaves has traveled widely in Europe and the Middle East but has lived in the Chicago area most of his life.  He has worked as a teacher and a translator.

List of Titles:

A Long Cold Fall (Putnam:  New York, 1991)
Fear Will Do It (Putnam:  New York, 1992)
Bury It Deep (Putnam: New York, 1993)
Get What’s Coming (Putnam: New York, 1995)

Dooley’s Back (Carroll & Graf:  New York, 2002; Carroll & Graf:  New York (trade paper) 2007)
Homicide 69 (Carroll & Graf:  New York, 2007)
Mean Town Blues (Pegasus:  New York, 2008; Pegasus:  New York, (trade paper) 2010)