Allan McLeod
Allan McLeod was born and raised in a collection of small rural villages in Southern and Central Alberta. At the mostly four-room schools he attended, he was fortunate to encounter a string of dedicated teachers who fostered a love for reading and writing the English language, skills he took with him through his career in finance and then into writing full time. At age eighteen, he left home and went to work as a junior clerk in the local bank. Good luck and timing followed and he ended up having a rewarding and challenging banking career that took him to Calgary, Montreal, and New York. He’s lived in New York City since 1970. Subsequent to leaving the banking business in 1982, he started three small companies, one in Florida, and two in New York City. He has since sold those businesses. McLeod began writing his first novel in 1995 and has been writing full-time since 2000. |
The Praetorian File, a Paige Harrington Mystery
Synopsis: The second book in this acclaimed mystery series takes place in New York City, where a women’s powerhouse magazine hires Paige to write a story about Jenny Ross, a young, genius PhD, who has created thinking robots. Someone murders Jenny Ross in her office the day before the initial interview. Because she didn’t know Jenny and has no personal involvement, Paige wants out of the assignment feeling she isn’t the right person to tell the story. That quickly changes when a young woman Paige has never met warns her that an investor group known as Praetorian murdered Jenny, and is coming after Paige to stop her from disclosing what she knows. Two days later, the young woman turns up near death in a hospital emergency ward, and Paige knows she is next on the list. Praetorian starts to close in, and to lure her into a deadly trap, kidnaps her dearest friend. Fearing Praetorian will kill them both, Paige seeks the help of a powerful group of lawyers, police, and government agents, who tell her the only way to save her friend and destroy Praetorian is to put her life on the line. |