Robert A. Henricks

Robert A. Henricks (born April 22, 1952), is an American writer of historical and crime fiction. His culinary/FBI series of books features chef/agent Harry Wells and fellow agent Ronnie Malcolm. The action stories follow Chef Wells' passion as a foodie as well as the involvement he develops with the FBI regarding criminal investigations into organized crime, international intrigue and home grown terror. His Bureau partner, Malcolm, is a career agent who meets Wells while investigating a Chinese drug cartel. The two find common ground in dealing with the criminal element, though in other respects they work together despite their differences.

In the Harry Wells mystery series, Chef Wells' passion for cooking mirrors that of the author. Harry Wells is a former DIA operative turned executive chef of a small Greek restaurant in Alexandria, New York, but who moonlights for the FBI with fellow agent Malcolm. The two develop a comradery which plays off of their racial diversity, with Wells being caucasian and Malcolm African-American. In time the two come to depend on each other and to rely on each other's training and well hone talents to see them through one harrowing circumstance to another.

Henricks' penchant for history is evident in his period novels such as, FOURTEEN DAYS IN JUNE, an alternative account of D-Day in 1944, GHOST MISSION, the tale of a RAF pilot shot down in the air war with Germany and JEWELS OF THE CROWN, the fictionalized story of the loss and recovery of the crown jewels of King John.