BELOW IS THE LATEST NEWS AND MEDIA SURROUNDING PAUL A. BARRA AND HIS WORK.
"A compelling, suspenseful and moving novel... the writing is so evocative you can hear the silence, feel the heat, sense the danger, anticipate the final joy" - Joan Baum, NPR
A racetrack chaplain seeking his own redemption assists police to investigate a paddock death caused by an unruly stallion—or maybe a cunning denizen of the backstretch did the killing. He unearths a tale of lust, race fixing, murder, and high drama in the Adirondack Mountains.
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With a prospective release date of October 2024, Barra tells an enticing tale set in 1969 Wyoming during the Vietnam war. A veteran cowboy's complex decision to help a Vietnamese widow leads him down a road of thrilling twists and turns.
It's 1967, Tran Thi Linh wants to partner with Gil Ford as the PI tries to solve the Case of the Pigeon-Blood Rubies in the wilds of eastern Wyoming. An obstacle stands in her way: she is dying in the Mekong delta. Ford rescues her, however, and so begins the tale known as SGT. FORD'S WIDOW, a modern Western and an oddball love story set in a milieu of action and danger. By the end of their adventure, Linh is a criminal justice legend locally, who bows to fellow westerners—and has them bowing back..
September 26th - 29th 2024
Strangers and Sojourners released June 11th, 2024.
The Apostle Spoons released June 13th, 2024.
Both available for download now on Kindle and Amazon.
The first novel of the Samson and the Charleston Spy series is set to be released this August. The novel is a refreshing mystery taking place in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. This work will be the first novel Barra has written for middle grade readers since The Secret of Maggie's Swamp.
Find a sense of the inspiration for the soon to be released Sgt. Ford's Widow directly from Barra himself. In this guest blog, Barra speaks of memories from his naval past that set forth the ideas for the new novel.
A thrilling short story containing a sense of urgency amongst isolation written by Barra for Mystery Magazine.
A collaboration work that includes "Assignment:
Sheepshead Bay" by Paul Barra
It’s August, 1968 and the rural community of Titus Town, South Carolina is looking forward to the cow bingo fundraiser. But before Katie Hammet’s Jersey cow can do her thing, Deputy Sandy Buford has to figure out who snuffed out the local hip-pocket lender and emptied his till.
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