Peter W. J. Hayes was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and lived in Paris and Taipei before settling in Sewickley, a village just north of Pittsburgh. He worked as a journalist, advertising copywriter and marketing executive—including six years as Chief Marketing officer for a multinational corporation before turning to mystery and crime writing.

Peter is the author of the Silver Falchion-nominated Pittsburgh Trilogy, a police procedural mystery series, and is a Derringer-nominated author of more than fifteen short stories. His short work has appeared in Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, Pulp Modern and various anthologies, including two Malice Domestic collections and The Best New England Crime Stories.

The Things That Last Forever  A lost daughter…a father’s justice. Pittsburgh detective Vic Lenoski is desperate to find the woman who injured his partner and kidnapped his daughter. Her trail leads to North Dakota, where Vic’s luck starts to fade along with his long-cherished definitions of good and bad. Vic chooses one last audacious roll of the dice. Can he stay alive, discover the whereabouts of his daughter and rebuild his life? Or is everything from his past lost forever

Peter’s books include:

The Things That Aren’t There (2018)
The Things That Are Different (2019)
The Things That Last Forever (2020)

Peters works have received the following recognitions.

Finalist, 2020 Silver Falchion Award (for The Things That Are Different); Finalist 2020 SMFS Derringer Award (for the short story Pretty Dreams); Winner, 2014 Pennwriters Novel Beginnings Contest (for The Dog of Erbil); Winner, 2015 Pennwriters Short Story Contest (for The Long White Walk); Finalist and Highly Commended, 2014 Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger Award (for The Dog of Erbil).

He can be found at www.peterwjhayes.com.