Michael Thomas Ford

"On the morning James McCloud, a Seattle district attorney, gets a call from his sister, Celeste, he senses his own long-buried family history is about to be dragged into the light. James's father, Daniel, a police officer, disappeared eight years ago. Now his body has finally been found. James always believed that his father committed suicide after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the evidence leaves no doubt: Daniel was murdered. James...

In this much-anticipated follow-up to Suicide Notes, Jeff, who is now home from the psych hospital after a suicide attempt, returns to school, feeling stronger and more comfortable being his true self, but finds it hard to come back to an old life when he has a new perspective on it. Simultaneous eBook.

Marine biologist Ben Ransome understands the sea, but not people. His 16-year-old daughter Caddie is coming to stay the summer, but the sweet, happy child he remembers has been replaced by a wounded, angry stranger who resents everything about her father. Hudson Jones has come to Monterey to find answers. The young, ambitious graduate student believes he's found a lost Steinbeck novel that hints at the author's love for his best friend. Ben and Hudson...

In this book, Ford introduces a diverse group of men in a small, upstate New York town, struggling with dreams and desires, coping through friendship, and searching for the things they want--or the things they think they want. Mike is the bartender at a meeting place for the small but thriving community of gay men in Cold Falls. As witness to the men who come here looking for what they need--sex, direction, friendship, spiritual fulfillment, and love--he...