Describe the first time you pictured Buck Schatz in your head. Buck Schatz is a 90-year-old World War 2 veteran, and a retired Memphis detective, whose colorful past has a tendency not to stay in the past. The idea I had when I started writing this character was that I wanted to convey to readers…
Part 1 2011: Something I Don’t Want to Remember Chapter 1 Do you understand everything I’ve just told you?” asked the man in the white coat. “Yeah,” I said. In fact, I had no idea what he’d been talking about. I remembered the droning of his voice, but not the words. I hadn’t been listening,…
Don't Ever Look Back by Daniel Friedman is second book featuring 88-year-old retired cop Buck Schatz who is asked for help by an old nemesis from his days on the force (available April 22, 2014). I grew up in what was essentially a three-generation household. My maternal grandparents stayed with us off and on for…
Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman is a funny thriller featuring a feisty retiree who can still kick some serious butt (available May 22, 2012). I can’t think of a more unlikely hero than Baruch “Buck” Schatz. Okay, so he spent decades in the Memphis PD and was quite the hotshot detective—that ended in…
