J.C. Moore is the author of the Shadow Bay series, the Frank Mallory thrillers, and the Shattered Horizon books. His novels blend crime fiction, psychological suspense, and hardboiled storytelling with damaged characters, violent crimes, missing persons, and people trying to survive situations that keep getting worse.
Influenced by writers like Robert B. Parker, Lee Child, James Patterson, Karin Slaughter, and Michael Connelly, Moore’s stories focus on tension, atmosphere, and flawed people pushed past their limits.
Before writing full time, Moore worked as a bartender, IT technician, touring musician, horse farm manager, and restaurant owner. His music has appeared in television and film.
He lives in upstate New York with his partner and their dog and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America.
J.C. Moore is the author of the Shadow Bay series, the Frank Mallory thrillers, and the Shattered Horizon books. His novels blend crime fiction, psychological suspense, and hardboiled storytelling with damaged characters, violent crimes, missing persons, and people trying to survive situations that keep getting worse.
Influenced by writers like Robert B. Parker, Lee Child, James Patterson, Karin Slaughter, and Michael Connelly, Moore’s stories...
He took the case. Now the case is coming after him.
Frank Mallory survived the hit that killed his wife. He left New York, set up in Buffalo, and opened a small P.I. office. The work is steady. The rules are simple. Keep it clean. Keep it quiet.
Then a woman walks in.
Her brother took a job with a security company called Sable Grove and...
Two women are dead. A third has vanished without a trace.
Chief of Police Shauna Peterson thought she knew the quiet town of Shadow Bay. But when another young woman disappears and a body is discovered stitched with red thread, Shauna realizes she is hunting a killer unlike any she has seen before—methodical, patient,...
Shadow Bay braces for a late-winter storm when a longtime local is found dead in his garage. The scene is too neat. Too controlled. And Chief Shauna Peterson knows a staged job when she sees one.
The investigation drags her back to a summer the town refuses to face—a teenage girl who vanished, a night built on lies, and a secret that never...
Pennsylvania friends - I'll be at the MontCo Book Fest in Skippack Saturday, June 13, 2026 from 11am – 4pm at 4039 Skippack Pike. The rain date is Saturday, June 20. Come by and grab some signed copies and let's chat about the Shadow Bay and Frank Mallory series. For more information, visit https://montcobookfest.com/
On June 20th, 2026, I’ll be speaking at Graestone Manor during their Midsummer Market and Lecture Series. It’s going to be a full day of craft vendors, psychics, tarot readings, wine tastings, oddities, and more.
General admission for the Artisan Market and lecture series is $25. VIP tickets include a private investigation of Graestone Manor with Adam Berry and Heather Mattison, plus meet and greets and additional paranormal lectures.
