BRUCE ROBERT COFFIN

"Authentic, gripping." — Joseph Wambaugh, Edgar Award-winning author of The Onion Field

​​​"Turner and Mosley know how to put the thrill in thriller." — #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner

"...reads like the real deal— a tale of trial and redemption..."— Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries

"A powerhouse duo of storytelling prowess." — Kristopher Zgorski,

BOLO Books

​​​Bruce Robert Coffin

is an international bestselling novelist and short story writer. A retired police detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, Bruce supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine's largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Bruce spent four years investigating counter-terrorism cases for the FBI, earning the Director's Award, the highest award a non-agent can receive. He is the author of the Detective Justice series, the Detective Byron Mysteries, and co-author of The Turner and Mosley Files (with LynDee Walker).

His novels have garnered Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award. Additionally, Bruce's books have been finalists for the Agatha, Barry, and Anthony Awards. His Anthony Award nominated short fiction has appeared in more than sixteen anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories, 2016.

Bruce is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.

Bruce is represented by Paula Munier at Talcott Notch Literary Services.

He lives and writes in Maine.

​​​"...a superb police procedural, gripping and tight." — Lou Berney, Edgar Award-winning author of Crooks

"I rank Coffin among the luminaries of the genre - right beside Wambaugh, McBain, and Ball." — LA Times bestselling author Baron Birtcher

Author of the​

Detective Justice series

Detective Byron Mysteries

Turner & Mosley Files w/LynDee Walker 

"I could not turn the pages fast enough." — USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan