The Naked Butterfly

The twelfth in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

The One True Crime

The eleventh in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

A Royal Flush

You’ve been dealt the perfect hand: Four Human stories, one canine tale: Vintage Riley King.

Beware of Darkness

The tenth in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

Nowhere Man

The ninth in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

Jackson's Book

Riley King uses a down period in his investigations business to help an old man with Alzheimer’s memorialize his incredible heroic past.

Brilliant Disguise

 A gorgeous reality show star is missing. Her rough-hewn husband is her suspected killer. Are the police rousting an innocent man, or is Boomer Purdy not what he appears to be?

Three Chords and the Truth

Jason Black became a rock star over forty years ago but his big break was achieved by ruthlessly betraying someone he loved. Now the FBI threatens to upend his life and reveal his secret if he doesn’t cross that line again.

Wrecking Ball

The seventh in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

An American Storm

The sixth book in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

The Punch List

The fifth book in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

The Last Resort

The fourth book in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

Indian Summer

The third book in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

The Master Builders

The second book in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

Something of the Night

The first book in the acclaimed Riley King private investigator series

Spirits in the Night

New free Riley King short story

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Richard’s new recording of the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

A masterwork of modern PI fiction

-Reed Farrel Coleman

Riley King leaps from the page and digs deep to find the truth

-Paul Levine

Richard Neer does a masterful job of building a suspenseful plot

-John Feinstein

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Knowing When to Leave

I just read an interesting piece about why the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, succeeded beyond all expectations and Rocketman, the Elton John story, is not resonating with audiences.It has little to do with artistic merit, the NY Post posits, but the fact that Elton...

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Privacy in Public Life

When a president invokes executive privilege, it troubles me. What is he hiding? is the natural response. But in order for any business or government to function, there must be secrets.Why?Take the example of the recently resigned British Ambassador, Kim Darroch. In a...

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NBA Hijinks

A Happy Clipper Some fans are in an uproar that NBA players now are able to not only select the team they wish to play for, but choose their teammates as well. I say more power to them. The draft is inherently unfair to players but seems to be the best way to maintain...

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Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball is the seventh novel in my Riley King series of mysteries. Some very big changes happen in this one, including the death of an important character. Riley is now living on Hilton Head Island full time. His friend Rick Stone (spoiler if you haven't read...

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Richard Neer began his radio career at WLIR, fostering it through its birth as the first suburban progressive station in the nation. WNEW-FM was his radio home for almost thirty years; it was there that he became friends with a fellow Jersey kid named Bruce Springsteen, who called him frequently when he was working the late shift.

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