Harley Campbell Book Launch and Signing Party for BLUE BOOK

Sunday, November 13, from 2-4pm

Books, wine and snacks will be available. Free to attend.

Tom Harley Campbell is the author of Satan’s Choir (A John Burke Mystery). Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, he has been a journalist, carpenter, cabinet maker, machinist, and for many years a musician and Nashville songwriter. He lives in Trumansburg, New York.

About BLUE BOOK: Homicide detective John Burke is lured out of retirement when a young man arrives in Dayton, Ohio with a tantalizing clue to a haunting cold case – the unsolved death of a Black cop from Mississippi. As Burke digs into the case, a trail of unexplained deaths leads him to nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where Project Blue Book – the U.S. government’s long since shuttered study of UFO phenomena – rears its ugly head. Burke realizes he could be next.

BLUE BOOK is the second John Burke Mystery. It is dedicated to Karl Quintanilla, one of the authors childhood friends. Karl's father, then Maj. Hector Quintanilla, was the last director of Project Blue Book, the U.S. government's official study of UFOs, located at Wright Patterson AFB. For a journalism class assignment in 1968 (the year before the project was shut down) Harley had the opportunity to interview Hector. Two of the main characters in the book are based loosely on Karl and his father. You can read more at tomharleycampbell.com. Published by Cayuga Street Press. Cover Art: © Gregory M. Dearth 2022

“Blue Book is a vortex of suspense, and Campbell's voice hums on every page.” - Joe Ricker, author of Some Awful Cunning, Porcelain Moths, and All the Good In Evil

“A thrilling ride, careening down crooked roads into the shadowy world of power brokers. Burke dives head-first into these dark waters, uncovering murder, paranoia, and eerie conspiracies. Campbell keeps the twists coming fast.” - Dan Stout, author of the Carter Archives Series (Titanshade, Titan’s Day, Titan Song)

“At last, a solid, deeply driving detective novel willing to take on a subject that many writers understandably shy away from - UFOs. Burke races to understand the ABOVE TOP SECRET world he has unintentionally been drawn into. Well drawn characters and a fast-paced plot engaged me from start to finish.” - Peter Robbins, UFO researcher, investigator, host of the weekly radio program, "Meanwhile, Here On Earth"