"PSI: Blue is intoxicating in its wicked tendencies. Characters that beg to be explored and saved, weaved into a story that is hauntingly evil in nature. There is no escaping the hypnotic talent of this writing master."
– Okeechobee Book Reviews 

"PSI: Blue is laugh out loud funny and creepy at once! Walker's created a terrific character; ranks up there with Carl Hiassen and Janet Evonovich for sheer nerve. What happens in this book should not happen even to a fictitious person, but Rae Murphy Hiyakawa is up to the challenge! She's all woman and a hell of a psychic detective. Makes TV's Medium look like child's play."
– J.A. Konrath, author Rusty Nail, a Jack Daniels Mystery

Robert is currently working on DEAD ON, due out May-June 2009, a modern-day noir that Bogie himself could star in if we could bring him back from the grave.

Also, he is currently working on BLOODROOT, a new historical thriller on Salem Witch Craft and what Deodat Lawson, minister at the time called The Invisible World.  Creepy and historically "true" biting look at why your neighbor might think you're a witch or a wizard and wanna hang you for it.

City For Ransom

"Set in a time when cops used their brains and guts--not test tubes--to solve crimes, CITY FOR RANSOM is crime-noir at its finest.  Walker's crisp, unapologetic prose takes us on a gritty, haunting hunt for a serial killer in 1890s Chicago.  Walker knows how to scare you, he knows how to keep the pages flying, crime-fighting, this novel is an old-fashioned but fresh surprise."  --David W. Ellis

Reviews: 

• Ron Estrada Blogspot
• Books 'n Bytes
• Amazon.com

 Shadows in the White City

Robert's new book is set against the backdrop of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, "EXPO."

"Gut-wrenchingly suspenseful, luridly atmospheric, and utterly plausible, Walker's creation is a brilliant mix of Conan Doyle, Erik Larson, and Wes Craven.   Yo'll be shocked, stunned, beaten to hell, and riveted to the peerless quality of this page-turner."  --Jay Boninsinga, author of Frozen & The Sinking of the Eastland

Available Now: City of the Absent

Robert W. Walker

Harper Collins, $7.99

paperback

An avenging angel haunted by the ghosts and mistakes of his past, Ransom called the slain detective, Nell Hartigan, "friend" and his unorthodox inquiries into her murder are pointing him toward a fiend who's targeting the city's most unremarkable and disposable citizens. But in a great urban slaughterhouse, where foul corruption festers in every dark corner, Ransom will find himself accused of the one crime he did not commit . . . and facing the final judgment of the hangman's noose.