Russell Walker/Zandor Zudenigo/Nika Mandiç Mysteries Series by Spider Robinson

Aging baby-boomer Russell Walker wants only to retreat from the world and the shattering death of his beloved wife, into the woods of British Columbia. But the real world won't let him become a hermit. Instead, he finds himself thrust into the mystery of a series of mass murders by a monstrous sadist and serial killer who makes Hannibal Lector look like a boy scout... moreAging baby-boomer Russell Walker wants only to retreat from the world and the shattering death of his beloved wife, into the woods of British Columbia. But the real world won't let him become a hermit. Instead, he finds himself thrust into the mystery of a series of mass murders by a monstrous sadist and serial killer who makes Hannibal Lector look like a boy scout. And he is caught in a frightening predicament: He is the only possible intermediary between a telepath called Smelly, so sensitive he can't stand to be near most people, and a skeptical police officer who needs to hear and believe what Smelly knows about the fiend. This involuntary trio may be the only ones who can catch the inhuman butcher before he kills again-if he doesn't catch them first. less

Target: Smelly the Telepath!Smelly. Hermit by necessity. The world’s most receptive telepath. But now sinister forces within the government are after Smelly for their own nefarious purposes, and only empathetic journalist Russel Walker, with the aid a mysterious former spook who may not have Smelly’s best interest at heart, can stop them!At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management)... moreTarget: Smelly the Telepath!Smelly. Hermit by necessity. The world’s most receptive telepath. But now sinister forces within the government are after Smelly for their own nefarious purposes, and only empathetic journalist Russel Walker, with the aid a mysterious former spook who may not have Smelly’s best interest at heart, can stop them!At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).The sequel to the touching and creepy Very Bad Deaths, another spell-binding thriller and tome of wisdom from master storyteller (and Nebula and three-time Hugo-Award-winner), Spider Robinson!“An inside-out crime tale with a warm and friendly aura…humanistic entertainment." — AudioFile on Spider Robinson’s Very Bad Deaths.Since he began writing professionally in 1972, Spider Robinson has won three Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the E.E. ("Doc") Smith Memorial Award (Skylark), the Pat Terry Memorial Award for Humorous Science Fiction, and Locus Awards for Best Novella and Best Critic. Twenty-four of his 29 books are still in print, in 10 languages. His short work has appeared in magazines around the planet, from Omni and Analog to Xhurnal Izobretatel i Rationalizator (Moscow), and in numerous anthologies. In 2000 he released Belaboring the Obvious, a CD comprising readings of excerpts from Callahan's Key, plus original music performed by Spider with legendary Alberta guitarist Amos Garrett and top session players.Spider was born in New York City on 3 successive days (they had to handle him in sections), and holds a Bachelors degree in English from the State University of New York. He was book reviewer for Galaxy, Analog and New Destinies magazines for nearly a decade, and currently writes occasional book reviews and a regular op-ed column, "Future Tense," for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper.He was married for 35 years to Jeanne Robinson, a Boston-born writer, modern dance choreographer, and former dancer who died in 2010. The Robinsons collaborated on the Hugo-, Nebula-and Locus-winning novel Stardance (included in the Baen volume The Star Dancers).Spider and Jeanne met in the woods of Nova Scotia in the early 1970s, and have lived for the last 16 years in British Columbia, where they raise and exhibit hopes. From 1981 on, they lived together in Canada—primarily in Nova Scotia and British Columbia—where they raised and exhibited hopes. Spider now lives on Bowen Island, Vancouver, BC. less