Michael Prelee is an award winning crime and science-fiction author who grew up in rural Northeast Ohio and graduated from Youngstown State University. He is the author of the Tim Abernathy Mystery Series, published by North Star Press. The first entry in the series is Murder in the Heart of It All. The sequel, Lost Little Sister, won the Midwest Independent Publisher’s Association award for Fiction-Mystery/Thriller. He also writes the Milky Way Repo sci-fi crime series published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy. His new release, The Unworthy, is the third installment of the series.
The Unworthy
The Milky Way Repo Crew is Hunting a Lost Starship
As old enemies lurk, and new threats become apparent, the starship repo agents of Milky Way Repo must overcome their biggest adversary yet – an enigmatic CEO with a nefarious plan and a dangerous secret that could spell disaster for Nathan, the crew, and every single blue-collar worker besieged by class warfare, income inequality, and the lengths that people will go to achieve their goals.
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Lost Little Sister
Kelly Dolan has been Missing for Nine Years
The college graduate was preparing to start her life with a new job in a new city when she vanished over Labor Day Weekend. For almost a decade, her sister Quinn has been searching for her. After an armed robbery at a lakeside store turns to murder, she becomes convinced a serial killer is targeting the small town of Hogan but can’t convince the police. Can reporter Tim Abernathy discover the secrets in Kelly’s life that led to her disappearance before more victims meet a similar fate?
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Lost Little Sister won the Midwest Book Award for Mystery / Thriller!
Murder in a Small Town discussion with the Friends of the Edgewater Library in Chicago.
Lost Little Sister was selected for the 2021 Ohioana Book Festival.
Ohioana Book Festival Danger & Intrigue Panel
Murder in the Heart of It All
Someone is angry in Hogan, Ohio.
Residents of the small town are plagued by vicious, anonymous letters. The personalized notes land in mailboxes with devastating effect, revealing secrets and deeds better kept unknown. Whoever the sender is, they know the town and the people who live there.
Reporter Tim Abernathy is assigned to the story and tasked with finding out who is sending the letters and why. The letter writer doesn’t want to be found, however, and will kill to keep his secret.
A cat-and-mouse game ensues between reporter and letter writer as the violence escalates, shocking the residents of Hogan. Can Tim discover who is terrorizing the town before becoming the next victim?
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Invisible Ships Podcast featuring Murder in the Heart of It All
https://invisibleshipspodcast.com/2021/04/15/circleville-letters-3/
Milky Way Repo
Blue collar Sci Fi in the vein of Firefly.
Running a starship repo company isn’t easy or cheap. It’s just an endless string of fuel costs, ship maintenance, legal red tape, unhappy debt bailers, shady associates and uncooperative dock officials from one end of the galaxy to the other.
Nathan Teller owns and operates Milky Way Repossessions, a company that tracks down and repossesses starships. He should be happy, but when a job turns into a ransom delivery for a starship crew being held hostage by a cult, he suddenly finds himself pursued by a self-immolating loan shark hell bent on collecting a gambling debt.
How will it all turn out? You never know. Especially when Nathan and his Starship repo agents are up against a cult and the mob…
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Bad Rock Beat Down
A sci-fi crime novel set in a dirty, corrupt universe.
The starship repossession agents of Milky Way Repo are sent to the desolate settlement of Bad Rock to retrieve a vessel. Once there, they become entangled with a notorious thug running a smuggling operation for the Syndicate. Struggling to do the right thing while trying to complete their job, things go seriously awry with deadly consequences.
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