"Herrmann is a first-rate writer...His characters are] three-dimensional and] "Murder at the Red Dog" is a well-written story with a great plot."
--Midwest Book Review

"In a marketplace that prefers formula over innovation, Herrmann's tale of the contemporary West breaks away from the pack...Readers seeking...depth in their entertainment must be sure to acquire this one."
--G. Miki Hayden, author of "Writing the Mystery"

""Murder at the Red Dog" is] not only an interesting read, it is] an old-fashioned romp of a mystery."
--"The Missoulian"

" Herrmann's novel] is complex, with enough development to keep even the seasoned reader guessing."
--Luke Croll, Books 'n Bytes

The scene is a northwest Montana mountain community, the crime, the double murder of the owners of a roadside tavern located ten miles from the nearest village. A county prosecutor with eyes on the governor's mansion railroads a young Indian man employed by the victims. But a local newspaperman, Brew Moore, sees it as a set-up and in his digging and travels, turns up a federal cover-up. Why would the FBI and CIA care about the affairs of Kootenai Falls, Montana, and what has the federal government got to hide?

Two people in the novella "Nightmare Garden" are chained to bad or difficult relationships, find each other and escape into their passion for a time that they hope will last forever. The scenes play out in Paris, Madrid, and in cafes of Tangier and Marrakech, Morocco, locations that the author knows well. In the short story "Dust," set in a small town in northwest Montana, a young man discovers that he can both love his uncle but hate him for what he does. "Mother's Helper" was one of the most surprising mystery-horror stories of the year it was published and was mentioned in "The Best Mystery Stories on 1999" as one of thirty-six most distinguished stories. In "An Interview with my Imaginary Friend," the real John Herrmann is interviewed by his last novel's central character in a playful exchange that ultimately reveals the complex nature of fiction writing.

Dieses Buch ist fur alle die geschrieben, die auf der Suche nach einem erfullten, glucklichen und sinnvollen Leben sind. Inhalt: Wie finde ich den Sinn des Lebens? Was sind sinnvolle Lebensziele? Wie wichtig ist Sex? Wie gefahrlich sind Geschlechtskrankheiten? Wer ist der richtige Partner fur mich? Was ist Schicksal? Gibt es Gott? Welche Weltanschauung ist die richtige? Wie wichtig sind gute Freunde? Wie behandelt man seine Feinde? Was ist Gluck? Wie wichtig ist Sport? Wie geht man mit Angst um? Wie sollten wir miteinander sprechen? Wie wichtig ist Schonheit? Was ist gesunde Ernahrung? Wie finde ich den richtigen Beruf? Wie gestalte ich das Leben? Wer bin ich? Was will ich?