John A. Hoda

John A. Hoda (1954-) "Crime fiction where courage and conscience win the hard way."

John is a former Police Officer, Insurance Fraud Investigator and for the last 29 years has run a successful Private Investigations business. Many of his cases made the headlines of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Haven Register.

Through the years, he told his stories about his latest cases over coffee, at parties, or at dinner engagements. He finally wrote them down with Mugshots: My Favorite Detective Stories. From a simple traffic stop to the largest insurance fraud/RICO case in Pa. history to working homicides on both sides of the aisle.

In the Fall of 2026, John is taking care of unfinished business with the release of the Ashley Jansen Truth Matters series with The Oath (Nov. '26) and The Badge (Dec. "26) Telling the truth now about a crime she witnessed as a child may get her kicked or the force or killed.

In 2019, he was a debut novelist, panelist, and Shamus Judge for short stories at the Mystery Writers of America conference.

His six-book Marsha O'Shea series about a badass FBI agent kicked off in 2021.

The four- book Gwendolyn Strong Small Town Mystery Series debuted in Fall of 2022.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde chase Jack the Ripper in Hyde & Seek, book one of his Victorian Mystery series released in 2025-2026

John is a lifetime athlete, running marathons, playing adult soccer and semi-professional football. He enjoys amateur acting and watercoloring.