Meet the Author! Steve Lazarus Signing Call Me Sonny

Join us for a special thriller book signing with Steve Lazarus, debut of the new thriller, Call Me Sonny.

About the Book

Shortly after a corrupt attorney pays a visit to an inmate in a maximum security federal prison, people from the inmate’s past start dying.  Bryce Chandler, a retired FBI agent eking out a living as a private investigator in the Florida Keys, ties the string of killings to a shadowy murder-for-hire ring operating on the Dark Web.  As Bryce digs further into the murders, he discovers the final name on the hit list is his own.

Meanwhile, a simple divorce case turns out to be much more than meets the eye, as Bryce’s investigation of the defendant leads him down a path of international drug smuggling, money laundering, and violent henchmen bent on keeping him silent.  The two storylines run parallel to one another until they eventually converge in a final, bloody outcome. 

“Bryce Chandler is a compelling addition to the pantheon of hard-boiled fictional detectives. Lazarus puts his experience as an FBI agent to good use in Call Me Sonny, and the book feels more realistic than most detective novels. Impossible to put down!”

—Joe Weisberg, Emmy Award-winning writer and creator of The Americans

Steve’s debut novel was inspired by one of his real-life cases. After arresting a subject who threatened to unleash a bioterror attack on the Atlanta subway system, Steve and his partner found themselves on the receiving end of a death threat from the soon-to-be convicted felon. And though that subject would spend the next 25 years in prison, Steve couldn’t help but wonder…what if he could make good on his threat, even from behind bars? The most logical solution would be if he hired a hit man, and…voila! A novel was born. Written over the course of a year in Abu Dhabi, the Florida Keys, and Texas hill country, “Call Me Sonny” was a labor of love incorporating the personalities, anecdotes, and experiences of Steve’s multi-faceted FBI career, and if things work out as planned, it will be the first in a series of Bryce Chandler crime thrillers.

About the Author

Steve Lazarus is a first-time author, retired FBI Special Agent, and United States Air Force veteran.  He served twenty-two years in the FBI, spending the first half of his career investigating drug trafficking organizations and violent street gangs.  Later, he became a full-time bomb technician, an assignment which led him to Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan as part of the Global War on Terror.  After retiring from the Bureau, he spent several years as a national security contractor in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Steve lives on the South Carolina coast with his wife Susan and their amazing wonder dog, Aspen.