Wilmont Kreis

Jackson Ivorie and Randall Riley are certainly my favorite characters in The Corridor. Representing some of the diamonds in the rough among the lost soles in an inner city slum, they far outpaced my original expectations. As the book progressed they continued to demand a larger role, and I am not disappointed that I gave in to their demands.  Read More 

Sitting on the northwest end of the Cass Corridor is an oasis of culture. The setting of Wayne State University, The Hilberry Theater, and the Detroit Cultural Center including the Library and Institute of Art provides a perfect haven for our fugitive heroes to seek shelter. The area is certainly worth a walking tour including the interior of the Library. Read More 

As Nicole’s work goes deeper into the inner city, we are introduced to another level of healthcare fraud where the victims are more vulnerable and the perpetrators more evil. All the scams are taken from actual cases in the news and the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the people involved will stop at nothing to preserve their gold mine.  Read More 

Nicole Allard is a doctor shopper, more accurately a professional patient actor similar to those used today to train medical students, and her background in theater makes her ideal for the job. Shoppers have been used for years by clinics or insurers. Many doctors see shoppers in their practice and never know it. They report to their employer the nature of the visit—what was done and how, allowing the third party to determine the quality and value of the visit as well as the practice. Later shoppers like Nicole were used by insurers to investigate improper billing. Finally they were used by the government to root out criminal fraud. Initially they were government agents, but when I saw the administration considering using professional shoppers instead, Jack hired Nicole and the fun (and chase scenes) began.  Read More 

While I was researching for The Corridor, the Detroit Free Press began a series on healthcare fraud in the inner city. It was here I first learned of, THE BEACH, an oddly-named desolate spot of the Motor City. Located on the corner of Martin Luther King (formerly Mack) and Cass Avenue, it is in the center of the area referred to by locals as the Cass Corridor. A veritable social study of American urban culture, this three mile corridor runs from the riverfront and tall buildings of downtown through the worst area of burned out despair imaginable, to a rebirth and rejuvenation of homes and businesses old and new ending at the pleasant Wayne State University campus and the Cultural Center of Detroit. What a setting for a novel…! Read More 

Although like the Allard Series, The Corridor is based on actual stories from the news and court cases, is at base a work of fiction as are the actual events and characters. In some ways this is more fun than historical fiction where the author is tied to a certain body of facts. When the characters won’t behave, they can be changed or fired. Here the author is truly in charge of the story… Read More 

I’ve been asked to blog a bit about my latest work, The Corridor, a modern-day tale of medical fraud in the slums of the Motor City.
Upon completion of the The Allard Series. I began to wonder how I would while away my spare hours. It was at that time Susan returned from a legal seminar on healthcare fraud armed with wonderful tales of healthcare scammers and cheats. Soon I was attending Department of Justice seminars online and a year or so later, The Corridor was born. More on the details later… Read More 

Readers ask, “Must I read the Allard series in sequence?” My father told me the only two things one must do is pay taxes and die, although I have heard if you are rich enough one of these can be avoided. The Allard series does follow a trail, but each book can be read for itself. Most readers begin with the first book following this they usually read the others (or at least they buy them—I hope they read them). Although there is some character overlap, each is a stand-alone story with unique characters and plot. Each book begins with a scene from the present that will start the thread of the story. The opening scene of Book One: The New World begins with the modern-day discovery of an old medallion which serves as a connecting thread through all eight books.

The books are novels, each a story of a group of people in a specific era—filled with their lives, loves, tragedies, etc. You can view each and read selections on amazon at Wilmont Kreis, or click: Amazon.com Read More 

Readers ask, “Must I read the Allard series in sequence?” My father told me the only two things one must do is pay taxes and die, although I have heard if you are rich enough one of these can be avoided. The Allard series does follow a trail, but each book can be read for itself. Most readers begin with the first book following this they usually read the others (or at least they buy them—I hope they read them). Although there is some character overlap, each is a stand-alone story with unique characters and plot. Each book begins with a scene from the present that will start the thread of the story. The opening scene of Book One: The New World begins with the modern-day discovery of an old medallion which serves as a connecting thread through all eight books.

The books are novels, each a story of a group of people in a specific era—filled with their lives, loves, tragedies, etc. You can view each and read selections on amazon at Wilmont Kreis, or click: Amazon.com Read More 

—Book One: The New World: From France to Quebec. 1665-1676.
—Book Two: The Hunter: Early Quebec and Antoine Cadillac. 1679-1725.
—Book Three: Peace and War: Quebec through the French and Indian War. 1725-1761.
—Book Four: The Voyageur: Travels to the frontier and growth of Detroit. 1761-1803.
—Book Five: The City in The Wilderness: Lewis and Clark to rebuilding Detroit. 1803-1832.
—Book Six: The Medallion: Underground Railroad. 1833-1860.
—Book Seven: The Witch: Civil War to the Industrial Revolution. 1860-1892.
—Book Eight: The Chief: The automobile, Prohibition, Great Depression, two World Wars. 1895-1948.  Read More