Karl Kling

The Boys Are Back in Town (October 2023) was the first book in the Brody James Mystery series written by Karl Kling, who has had a varied career. The sequel, Takin' Care of Business, was released in January 2025.

Karl is proud to announce that the third book in the series, Detroit Rock City, will be released in January of 2026, as well as another book that focuses more on the character of Betsy, that should arrive in March of 2026.

Karl just recently released the stand-alone thriller Blown Save: A Killer's Guide to Winning.

A longtime baseball coach, Karl has owned a training facility in Howell, Michigan for the past 13 years with his wife, Debra, and three sons. He has coached at the collegiate level (17 years) and the high school level (9 years). He also currently serves as the Field Director for the Detroit Tigers Summer Youth Camps.

Previously, Karl worked as a Sports Information Director at the collegiate level, was a local newspaper reporter and editor (he guided the Milford Times to the Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year - Class C Weekly - in 2002). He also spent much of the 90s working in politics as well as being a mobile disc jockey for a few years.