NOVELIST, WRITER, AND LAWYER

BACKGROUND AND CAREER
Writings
- The Only Pure Thing, Beckham Publications Group (Silver Spring, MD), 2006
- Contributor to periodicals, including CLIO: A Journal of History, Capital Crimes, Defender, and Washington City Paper
Member
- Washington, DC, Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association (former President)
- International Thriller Writers
- Mystery Writers of America (former member of the executive board; past vice president, Mid-Atlantic Chapter; former bylaws and legal committee chair)
- Sisters In Crime; member of the Chessie Chapter
SIDELIGHTS
In his debut novel, Hyde’s veteran criminal defense attorney must negotiate the seedy back alleys and hidden nooks of Washington, DC to represent his client and seek justice. Throughout the story, Hyde “keeps a few surprises up his own sleeve, and creates a page-turner that will surprise the most jaded mystery reader,” remarked Susan Illis on the New Mystery Reader Web Site. Hyde “has whipped up a tangled complex tale replete with a diverse set of mad characters enhanced with his knowledge of the legal profession,” commented BookIdeas.com reviewer Norman Goldman, who concluded that “the plot’s well-pacing with its twists and turns continually deceive readers, keeping them off balance until the last page.” In assessing the novel’s intricate story line and detailed Washington, DC, setting, Booklist reviewer David Pitt called Hyde a “crime author who recognizes that a carefully evoked setting can steal the show.”



