Welcome to the web home of Jeff Cohen, author of funny mystery novels and books on parenting a child with an Autism-Spectrum Disorder. Here you’ll find information on all of Jeff’s books, some news about upcoming events, and hopefully a few surprises. You’ll be able to contact Jeff, there are links to social media and bookselling sites, and maybe even a fun music video or a word about comedy and mystery.You’ll also see a link to the home page for E.J. Copperman, Jeff’s alter ego.
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Book Sales:
You can buy (almost) all of the books from Jeff Cohen and E.J. Copperman at discount prices directly from the author! Just go to the Book Sale Site to see the available titles and (believe us) low prices!
Kirkus Reviews published an article on mystery writers who are “transforming the genre.” Guess who one of them was?
Samuel Hoenig appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine in a story called, “The Question of the Befuddled Judge.” It was nominated for a Derringer Award and you can read it right here on the website for free! But you want to hear the author read it, you say? Sure! Just click here! Elliot Freed is back! No, it’s not another Comedy Tonight novel, but Elliot and company appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine! Loyal fans got a brief continuation of the storylines, but new readers will not be lost! The story, “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Girl!” takes Elliot and Sharon to the delivery room for the birth of their child–but you know things aren’t going to go as planned. And when Elliot seems something he shouldn’t see…
You can read the story for free courtesy of the Black Cat Weekly! Want an autographed IT HAPPENED ONE KNIFE bookmark? Want if for FREE? No problem! Just send an email to jeff [at] jeffcohenbooks [dot] com and it’ll be on its way! (Make sure you include email and snail mail addresses!) BIG NEWS: The Comedy Tonight Mysteries are back! New editions of Some Like It Hot-Buttered are now available for Kindle, for Nook, and from Smashwords for other formats, and in print from Amazon. It Happened One Knife is available for Kindle, Nook and Smashwords, and again in print from Amazon, and A Night at the Operation can be found for Kindle, Nook and Smashwords, and in print from Amazon. Will there be more stories from Elliot and the gang? Only sales will tell (if enough people want them…) The French version of As Dog Is My Witness (or as we now call it, Un Témoin Qui A Du Chien) is now on bookstore shelves in, you know, France! I’ve received my copies, and I’m taking them at their word that it’s the same book. A brilliant (I’m sure) translation by Claire Beton, and a very neat cover! “The Gun Also Rises,” the Aaron Tucker short story that ran in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, won the Barry Award for best short story (given by the fine folks at Deadly Pleasures Magazine) at Bouchercon at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH! You say you want to write a novel, but story is driving you nuts? 21 authors (full disclosure: the other 20 aren’t me) give you their best advice in Making Story: 21 Writers on How They Plot, a new e-book for the Kindle (other formats are on their way)! Only $3.99! Jeff also wrote an article for the Good Men Project, asking, What if we celebrated science like we do the Olympics? Also, one on the lack of male role models in comedy–take a look! Audiobook News: The Aaron Tucker series of audiobooks is now available on Audible! “The Gun Also Rises” is also available as an e-book! Look here for Nook, here for Kindle, and here for everything else! As little as 99-cents! See Aaron as a younger dad, trying to figure out who framed his son for a heinous crime–bringing a water pistol to school–while investigating the death of a minor league baseball player. My first e-book, so let me know (by downloading it) that you’re interested! And for E.J. Copperman fans: All of the Haunted Guesthouse mysteries AND three of the Asperger’s (Samuel Hoenig) Mysteries (by E.J. Copperman/Jeff Cohen) are now available as audiobooks from Audible! What people have said about Jeff Cohen’s books… “Cohen may be the funniest mystery writer on the planet.” “Jeffrey Cohen is the Dave Barry of the New Jersey Turnpike.” “Movies, murder, characters who are real people, laughs, danger, and damn good writing.” “He doesn’t just make you laugh, he makes you care about his characters.”News:
—J.A. Konrath
—Julia Spencer-Fleming
—Linda Ellerbee
—Chris Grabenstein