Aaron Philip Clark
Books &
Short Stories
Paul Little Series
The Science of Paul & A Healthy Fear of Man
In The Science of Paul, ex-convict Paul Little returns to the Philadelphia street life and finds himself immersed in the murder of a petty thug. When Paul is later implicated in the crime, he must contend with a volatile gangster accused of the crime and the straight-laced detective who put Paul behind bars years ago.
In A Healthy Fear of Man, Paul seeks solace on his deceased grandfather's farm in rural North Carolina and begins a new life. But Paul's self-imposed exile is short-lived when he meets "Bo," his grandfather's old friend, and Gilly Catlett, a precocious girl with a dark secret. When Paul finds Gilly drowned in his pond, it brings the attention of angry locals and a corrupt Sheriff eager to see Paul dead or behind bars.
THE FURIOUS WAY
Lucy Ramos is out for blood—she needs to kill a man, but she has no clue how. Lucy calls on the help of aged hitman Tito Garza—also known as El Perro of Pedro. Garza’s signature method of killing? Using dogs to maul his targets to death. Now, in his golden years, Garza lives a mundane life in San Pedro, a port town south of downtown Los Angeles. With a backpack full of cash, Lucy persuades Garza to help her murder her mother’s killer, Assistant District Attorney Victor Soto. Together, the forgotten hitman hungry for a comeback and the girl whose life was shattered as a child set out to kill the man responsible and risk destroying themselves in the process.
Detective Trevor Finnegan Series
In Under Color of Law, Black rookie cop Trevor “Finn” Finnegan aspires to become a top-ranking officer in the Los Angeles Police Department and fix a broken department. A fast-track promotion to detective in the coveted Robbery-Homicide Division puts him closer to achieving his goal, but when the body of a murdered Black academy recruit is found in the Angeles National Forest, Finn is tasked to investigate. As the pressure mounts to solve the crime and avoid a PR nightmare, Finn scours the underbelly of a volatile city where power, violence, and race intersect.
In Blue Like Me, Finn makes his triumphant return. Now a private investigator, he's adopted a new mandate: catch the LAPD’s worst in the act. While on surveillance in Venice Beach, Finn tails two potentially dirty cops: Detective Martin Riley and Finn’s ex-partner, Detective Sally Munoz. Things take a deadly turn when an unknown assailant executes Riley and wounds Munoz. In an instant, Finn goes from private eye to eyewitness. To prevent more bloodshed and avoid becoming the next targets on the killer’s list, Finn and Munoz will have to bury their complicated past, trust each other, and come face-to-face with painful secrets that could destroy them both.
In The Bluest Night, LAPD detective-turned-private investigator Trevor "Finn" Finnegan gets pulled into a nightmare he can't escape when his half-brother, Avery, goes missing in Malibu along with his girlfriend, Keisha. Trevor quickly realizes he can't count on the Sheriff to find them. After all, the Sheriff's Station maintains "The Wall of the Missing," a somber collection of people, mostly vagrants and runaways, who have vanished from the idyllic beach town. But when Avery is found alive and Keisha is found dead, Avery soon becomes the prime suspect. Determined to clear his brother's name, Trevor and his father, Shaun "Pop" Finnegan, work together to uncover the truth. But the more Trevor investigates, the closer he gets to exposing a vast and deadly conspiracy that, if he survives, will change him forever.
In Blues For The Dead, a billionaire suspect dies in federal custody, setting off a chain of events that puts Trevor in the crosshairs of the billionaire's son, a tech guru who threatens to destroy the life Trevor has worked hard to build, putting his pregnant wife in danger and his detective agency on the brink of collapse. And if that's not enough, the guru's insidious plans to shape an AI-driven future where only the wealthy prosper may mark the end our intrepid hero.
Under Color of Law, Blue Like Me, and The Bluest Night
WITNESSES FOR THE DEAD: STORIES
"Death at the Sundial Motel"
Inspired by recent true events, the all-original stories in Witnesses for the Dead are set in motion by the act of witnessing. The characters who populate these pages are not themselves the perpetrators of the crimes they see, but as they grapple with what to do—take action or retreat into the shadows—their lives are indelibly changed.
In "Death at the Sundial Motel," a Haitian mother witnesses the aftermath of her son's killing by a Border Patrol Agent. When the agent is set free, the grieving mother seeks revenge and inadvertently uncovers a human trafficking ring in her apartment building.
The Talented Mr. Ripley meets the Wu-Tang Clan: An American Saga in this dark psychological thriller.
Thomas “Maz” Kincaid lives a lavish life as a rising rap star: money, influence, and fame. But Maz’s success rests on a lie—his lyrics to his chart-topping album belong to someone else, his foster brother, Adonis.
Adonis, fresh out of prison is done watching his brother live off his talent and launches a calculated campaign of vengeance. But Maz won’t let all he’s worked for be taken away. He’s willing to lie, manipulate, and even kill to protect the fraudulent life he’s built.
As the rivalry escalates, the line between victim and villain blurs. With both men—damaged, cunning, and ruthless, locked in a psychological war where only one can survive the spotlight. Who will rule the stage, and who will end up in a grave?
Dark, complex, and suspenseful, All the Smoke is a cautionary tale, exploring identity, trauma, and the psychopathy behind stardom in the music industry.
All the smoke: a thriller