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W.A. Winter

Biography

W.A. Winter

Writing as W.A. Winter, Minneapolis journalist William Swanson is the author of four noir suspense novels, including THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS, described by Publishers Weekly as “a riveting crime novel” and the New York Journal of Books as “a masterful work of narrative fiction.” Swanson’s nonfiction includes three true-crime books, including DIAL M: The Murder of Carol Thompson and BLACK WHITE BLUE: The Assassination of Patrolman Sackett.

W.A. Winter

Books by W.A. Winter

My Name is Joe LaVoie
by W.A. Winter - Fiction, Mystery

On Thanksgiving Day, 1991, the tattered remnants of the notorious LaVoie crime family gather for a melancholy reunion. Sister Ronnie, a faded beauty who’s outlived three husbands and countless lovers, is the host. Her guests include eldest brother Eugene, the family’s detested Judas; Adriana, the flamboyant widow of youngest brother Michael, who was presumed killed in Vietnam; and Joe, the sole survivor of a fraternal trio of pint-sized desperadoes who terrorized the Upper Midwest during the summer of 1953. Crippled by a police bullet during the climactic shootout, Joe has spent the past 38 years in a wheelchair. Now, dying, he’s desperate to know --- yet terrified to learn --- the awful truth behind his family’s demise.