Gene Ayres

After winning the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First P.I. Novel competition back in 1992 (for Hour of the Manatee, writing as E. C. Ayres) I published three more Tony Lowell Mysteries over the next six years, then took time off to raise my son.

Following three years living and working in China (2004-2007) my first non-fiction trade book, Inside the New China is now available from Transaction Publishers, on Amazon.com and elsewhere. For those of you who remember my hip-detective Tony Lowell (TL is also the original eco-detective) my new mystery thriller RED TIDE by E. C. Ayres resumes this series and has just been published by Booktrope. It is available now on Amazon.