Here are the synopses for the next books in the DESIGN FLAWS series, which are currently in development.
Red Ruby Flaws (Coming March 2025)
Grayson Dyle, the co-owner of a fledgling product design firm and budding amateur detective, has developed an uneasy truce with his newly discovered birth father, Catholic Bishop Thomas Brennen. When his father asks him to investigate a rogue priest holding cult-like services at Ruby Ray’s Supper Club, he is reluctant to agree.
But then the club’s Swing Girl is mysteriously murdered while dangling from her swing, and Ray’s infamous Poona Ruby is stolen. When the police accuse his girlfriend, Kate Larson, of both crimes, Grayson has no choice but to uncover the secrets hidden at the Supper Club Church and clear her name.
He soon uncovers multiple double crosses and numerous suspects, including a Las Vegas mob boss, a washed-up motivational speaker, the rogue priest, and even his own girlfriend. As the body count mounts, Grayson realizes he must find the killer before he becomes the next victim!
FAMILY FLAWS (Coming March 2026)
Grayson Dyle, the co-owner of a fledgling product design firm and budding amateur detective, never imagined that a family secret would unravel into murder, scandal, and a desperate fight for the truth. After uncovering his adoption and learning that a Catholic clergy member is his biological father, Grayson must now protect his family’s reputation as a shocking murder shakes the city. Sandra Wilson, daughter of a construction mogul, is found dead after publicly condemning her father’s redevelopment project as a scam. When police DNA evidence implicates someone connected to Grayson’s family tree, he’s thrust into a whirlwind of lies, betrayal, and danger.
With the authorities pressing for answers and tensions rising, Grayson teams up with his tech-savvy brother Dean. Together, they navigate shadowy alliances, political intrigue, and hidden rivalries to unmask the killer before their family’s darkest secrets are exposed. In a race against time, Grayson faces impossible choices—will he sacrifice his hard-earned peace to protect those he loves, or will he let the truth destroy them all? In Family Flaws, the stakes are higher than ever, and trust is the rarest commodity of all.
CRYPTO FLAWS (Coming March 2027)
Grayson Dyle, the owner of a fledgling product design firm and budding amateur detective, is awoken in the middle of the night by a desperate call for help from his brother, Dean, a home automation guru. Dean’s most active client, Mr. X, a reclusive technology and cryptocurrency businessman, has just had his swanky home in Minnesota’s most exclusive neighborhood on Lake Minnetonka invaded. A well-orchestrated team of home intruders bypassed the mansion’s security system, murdered X’s live-in maid, and made off with his plans to take over the cryptocurrency market and his collection of custom-built guitars that famous rockers had signed. Since Dean’s automation team had just upgraded the home security system and installed the latest automation gadgets at X’s, Dean is the main suspect for the break-in.
X is ready to press charges, and the police are prepared to arrest Dean, but Dean convinces X to hold off for three days so he and Grayson can determine how this could have happened and identify the real killers. The intimidations, threats, and bodies pile up as they search for the killers. Grayson and Dean must find the ringleader of the home invasion team in time to prevent more murders, stop them from cornering the cryptocurrency market, and keep them from escaping to a tropical paradise that has no extradition treaty with the US.