Duffy Mysteries

Duffy is back!After almost a decade, our social working, pro boxing, Schlitz drinking, Basset Hound loving, bleeding heart tough guy has no idea what he's in store for.His world literally blows up with a new gig, a career shift, another hound, and though he's still spending most of the time in AJ's, now it is from the other side of the bar.Duffy's buddy and the owner of his drinking haunt dies suddenly, and before he knows it, Duffy is in the tavern business. AJ's cryptic note left to Duffy asks him to look into his demise, and when a thick-necked goon comes around to scare Duff off, well, we know our man decides to go all in.Now, Duffy is up against the Chicago mob, a dirty drug business preying on the addicted, and his hometown's worst street gang.It's a good thing Al the Basset Hound is on his side Tom Schreck has written on topics as broad as boxing, business, pets, fitness, psychology, relationships, golf, diners, drive-ins and prison for publications that include The Business Review, Fightnews.com, Westchester Magazine, American Health and Fitness, Professional Counselor and Catfancy, among others.A former director of an inner city drug clinic and now a world championship boxing official, Schreck has combined his varied experience and created his first novel. On the Ropes is the story of a drug counseling professional fighter, his Black Muslim basset hound, and their pursuit to save a kidnapped little girl while foiling a terrorist plot to blow up Yankee Stadium.Tom Schreck graduated from The University of Notre Dame and has a master's degree in Psychology. He lives in Albany, New York.

Duffy Dombrowski is not your average social worker. When he's not counseling sex addicts and drug users in a town outside of New York City, you can find him digging Elvis tunes, getting Schlitz-ed with his quirky friends, or fighting ex-Olympians in the boxing ring. Our less-than-perfect hero occasionally uses his mean left hook on pimps and other lowlives, too. But at least he cares about his clients.When Walanda, a schizophrenic, crack-addicted prostitute, is murdered, Duffy pledges to take care of her Basset Hound and find her missing stepdaughter, Shony. He's horrified to discover the teenager is ensnared in a web-porn ring, a vile enterprise that enslaves crack addicted women and their children.On the verge of losing his job, and his life, Duffy also gets mixed up with a creepy doctor who has ties to Pakistani extremists. Still, nothing will stop this conflicted Robin Hood from trying to save Shoney and foil the terrorist plot. Tom Schreck has written on topics as broad as boxing, business, pets, fitness, psychology, relationships, golf, diners, drive-ins and prison for publications that include The Business Review, Fightnews.com, Westchester Magazine, American Health and Fitness, Professional Counselor and Catfancy, among others.A former director of an inner city drug clinic and now a world championship boxing official, Schreck has combined his varied experience and created his first novel. On the Ropes is the story of a drug counseling professional fighter, his Black Muslim basset hound, and their pursuit to save a kidnapped little girl while foiling a terrorist plot to blow up Yankee Stadium.Tom Schreck graduated from The University of Notre Dame and has a master's degree in Psychology. He lives in Albany, New York.

When Duffy helps a young city girl get treatment for her addiction in a Florida rehab, he thinks he did good, that is until he finds out she's caught up in the shuffle, a diabolical exploitation of addicted women. When she realizes she's not there to get help but to be forced into prostitution, kept on drugs, and coerced into financially exploiting the system for her captors, she splits. When a mass shooting destroys the rehab, and the evidence points to her, Duffy knows she's been set up. Adding the governor of the state with an eye toward the White House taking more than a usual interest in her, Duffy knows something is rotten. It is time to head South. Tom Schreck has written on topics as broad as boxing, business, pets, fitness, psychology, relationships, golf, diners, drive-ins and prison for publications that include The Business Review, Fightnews.com, Westchester Magazine, American Health and Fitness, Professional Counselor and Catfancy, among others.A former director of an inner city drug clinic and now a world championship boxing official, Schreck has combined his varied experience and created his first novel. On the Ropes is the story of a drug counseling professional fighter, his Black Muslim basset hound, and their pursuit to save a kidnapped little girl while foiling a terrorist plot to blow up Yankee Stadium.Tom Schreck graduated from The University of Notre Dame and has a master's degree in Psychology. He lives in Albany, New York.

The brutal throat-slashing murder of Crawford Academy's football coach has the city on edge. The fact that his body was found in the gay section of Jefferson Park has created more than a few whispers about the macho coach. That creeps social worker Duffy Dombrowski out enough, but not nearly as much as the fact that the kid he's counseling said he wanted to slit the coach's throat the day before. Now Duffy is assigned to the high school as a grief counselor, and before he can confront his client, the kid gets beaten into a coma by the captain of the football team. As rumors of a high school sex club run rampant, murder becomes routine in Crawford, until a victim is someone close to Duffy. Everything points to the coach's sex life, his players, and maybe to the coach leading the team into a different arena. Duffy is not so sure. Add in a new love affair with TJ Dunn, a concussion that might drive Duff out of the boxing game, and the daily challenges of Al the Basset Hound, and you have the fastest paced, most complex, and culturally challenging Duffy mystery yet. Tom Schreck has written on topics as broad as boxing, business, pets, fitness, psychology, relationships, golf, diners, drive-ins and prison for publications that include The Business Review, Fightnews.com, Westchester Magazine, American Health and Fitness, Professional Counselor and Catfancy, among others.A former director of an inner city drug clinic and now a world championship boxing official, Schreck has combined his varied experience and created his first novel. On the Ropes is the story of a drug counseling professional fighter, his Black Muslim basset hound, and their pursuit to save a kidnapped little girl while foiling a terrorist plot to blow up Yankee Stadium.Tom Schreck graduated from The University of Notre Dame and has a master's degree in Psychology. He lives in Albany, New York.

When Karl, the schizophrenic, ex-GI with post traumatic issues shows up on Duffy's caseload talking about governmental conspiracy predictions Duff takes it in stride. When Karl's terrorist predictions start coming true and he prattles on about the motives of defense contractors, security firms and the profits of war, Duff begins to pay attention. But when Duff suffers his own traumatic brain injury getting knocked out in the ring, Karl doesn't look so crazy any more. With his own sanity on the line Duffy, Al and Karl travel across the country to foil the terrorists at the Notre Dame football opener and the Columbine-type massacre. Oh yeah, and in the meantime there s that evil basset hound puppymill to deal with. Step into the ring for round three and join Duffy, Al the basset hound, that collection of lovable drunks, the Fearsome Foursome for their greatest adventure yet. Pull up a bar stool, crack a cold Schlitz, let Elvis light up the jukebox and get ready for the most therapeutic social worker moonlighting as a pro boxer. When Duffy hears the bell everyone should keep their guard up. Tom Schreck has written on topics as broad as boxing, business, pets, fitness, psychology, relationships, golf, diners, drive-ins and prison for publications that include The Business Review, Fightnews.com, Westchester Magazine, American Health and Fitness, Professional Counselor and Catfancy, among others.A former director of an inner city drug clinic and now a world championship boxing official, Schreck has combined his varied experience and created his first novel. On the Ropes is the story of a drug counseling professional fighter, his Black Muslim basset hound, and their pursuit to save a kidnapped little girl while foiling a terrorist plot to blow up Yankee Stadium.Tom Schreck graduated from The University of Notre Dame and has a master's degree in Psychology. He lives in Albany, New York.