Robert Greer

Master storyteller and bestselling local mystery writer Robert Greer is also a professor of pathology, medicine, surgery, and dentistry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He also holds a masters degree in Creative Writing from Boston University and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters ... (more)from Miami University, his alma mater. Greer will read from and sign Astride a Pink Horse ($23.95 North Atlantic Books). “Greer takes a new direction from his popular series character, CJ Floyd (Blackbird, Farewell), and I hope [new characters] Bernadette and Cozy will be back soon. The refreshingly eccentric cast and elaborately structured plot make for an engrossing tale. Think Elmore Leonard, Brad Parks, and Craig Johnson.” —Library Journal

Dr. Robert Greer is the author of the C.J. Floyd mystery series. He has lived in Denver for over 30 years, is a professor of pathology at the University of Colorado Health Science Center, and also owns a cattle ranch in Wyoming. He is the founder of the High Plains Literary Review, and also reviews books ... (more)for Denver’s NPR affiliate.

Greer's engaging eighth mystery to feature black Denver bail bondsman CJ Floyd (after 2008's Blackbird, Farewell), a prequel, reveals much that's new about CJ's background and character. Soon after returning to Denver from two tours of duty in Vietnam in 1971, 20-year-old CJ meets WWII vet Wiley Ames, ... (more)who, like him, collects old license plates. When Ames is gunned down in an alley, Floyd vows to find his friend's killer. Meanwhile, Floyd's alcoholic uncle, Denver's first black bail bondsman, takes on CJ and teaches him the business. CJ never lets go of the search for Ames's murderer, and his slow, painstaking unraveling of the case over the years mirrors his growth as an investigator. As in Greer's earlier books, the black Five Points neighborhood comes vibrantly alive. This is a must-read for series fans and a great introduction for others.