Steve Leshin

Steve Leshin's Joshua Oates Adventure Series earned Readers' Favorite 5 Star Ratings & made Amazon's Top 100 Best Seller lists ​in Action & Adventure Literary Fiction. His two-fisted, intrepid private eye, Joshua Oates, has been compared to Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, Robert B. Parker's Spenser, and Dashiell Hammett's Pinkerton Detectives. His novels combine classic detective noir with historical fiction. Joshua Oates's friends include Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Damon Runyon, and famous escape artist and magician Harry Houdini. A history major in college, Steve's adventures take place during the Roaring Twenties. While Oates solves murders and mysteries, readers discover historical facts about many iconic fixtures in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles. Steve lives in Connecticut with his wife, Barbara, and enjoys travel, golf, and good food.