Stephen Mertz
Stephen Mertz is an American fiction author who is best known for his mainstream thrillers and novels of suspense. His work covers a wide variety of styles from paranormal dark suspense (Night Wind and Devil Creek) to historical speculative thrillers (Blood Red Sun) and hardboiled noir (Fade to Tomorrow). Mertz is also a popular lecturer on the craft of writing and has appeared as a guest speaker before writer’s groups and at universities.
During high school and college, Steve regularly scandalized his “literary, well-intentioned” creative writing teachers with “thud and blunder melodramas.” Throughout military service, travel, and a wide variety of jobs, his goal remained to become a publishing, full-time freelance professional. “It was never a question for me of if, but always when.” His first national sale was to a mystery magazine, and his first novel, a detective thriller entitled Some Die Hard, was published under the pseudonym of Stephen Brett. Another Brett novel followed, as did a string of mystery and suspense short stories.
Steve’s writing output increased dramatically when he emerged as one of the country’s most in-demand writers of adventure paperback novels, averaging four books per year for ten years. His work on Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan series is regarded by fans as some of the best in that series. He also created the Mark Stone: MIA Hunter and Cody's Army series, written under the pseudonyms Jack Buchanan and Jim Case respectively.
Stephen Mertz has traveled widely and is a U.S. Army veteran. He presently lives in the American Southwest, and he is always at work on a new book.
Novels
The Moses Deception — More Info | Purchase
Blood Red Sun – More Info | Purchase
Dragon Games – More Info | Purchase
The Korean Intercept – More Info | Purchase
The Castro Directive – More Info | Purchase
Hank & Muddy – More Info | Purchase
The Dark of Midnight & Other Stories – More Info | Purchase
Jimi After Dark – More Info | Purchase
Sherlock Holmes: Zombies Over London – More Info | Purchase
North of Tombstone – More Info | Purchase
The King Of Horror & Other Stories – More Info | Purchase
Homicide: Saigon – More Info | Purchase
Night Wind Series
Night Wind (#1) – More Info | Purchase
Devil Creek (#2) – More Info | Purchase
M.I.A. Hunter
Stone: M.I.A. Hunter (#1) – More Info | Purchase
Cambodian Hellhole (#2) –More Info | Purchase
Hanoi Deathgrip (#3) – More Info | Purchase
Mountain Massacre (#4) – More Info | Purchase
Exodus From Hell (#5) – More Info | Purchase
Blood Storm (#6) – More Info | Purchase
Saigon Slaughter (#7) – More Info | Purchase
Escape From Nicaragua (#8) – More Info | Purchase
Invasion U.S.S.R (#9) – More Info | Purchase
Miami War Zone (#10) – More Info | Purchase
Crossfire Kill (#11) – More Info | Purchase
Desert Death Raid (#12) – More Info | Purchase
L.A. Gang War (#13) – More Info | Purchase
Back to ‘Nam (#14) – More Info | Purchase
Heavy Fire (#15) – More Info | Purchase
China Strike (#16) – More Info | Purchase
Hostage Town (#17) – More Info | Purchase
Kilroy Mystery
Cold In The Grave – More Info | Purchase
The Devil's Music – More Info | Purchase
Sweet Blackmail – More Info | Purchase
Some Die Hard – More Info | Purchase
Steve Madison Mysteries
The Vampire Chase (#1) – More Info | Purchase
Fade To Tomorrow (#2) – More Info | Purchase
Cody's War
Dragonfire! (Book 1) – More Info | Purchase
Camp David Has Fallen! (Book 2) – More Info | Purchase
The Fires of Allah (Book 3) – More Info | Purchase
Day of Reckoning (Book 4) – More Info | Purchase
The Last Refuge (Book 5) – More Info | Purchase