Danny R. Smith spent 21 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the last seven as a homicide detective. He now lives in Idaho where he works as a private investigator and consultant. He is blessed with a beautiful wife and two wonderful daughters. He is passionate about his dogs and horses, whom he counts among his friends.

He is the author of the Dickie Floyd Detective Novel series, and he has written articles for trade publications. Danny R. Smith’s Dickie Floyd novels are: A Good Bunch of Men, Door to a Dark Room, Echo Killers, Death after Dishonor and The Color Dead.

According to the book description of A Good Bunch of Men, "Dead prostitutes can seem like part of the landscape in South Los Angeles. What, then, could render two veteran homicide detectives speechless as they stand over their latest victim?

Tightly-wound Dickie Jones and his smart and cocky partner, Matt “Pretty Boy Floyd” Tyler, find themselves entangled with gang members and a sexy drug dealer as they uncover a nefarious plot rife with greed, sex, and betrayal.

Can law enforcement’s “odd couple” survive fights, shootouts, and a sniper who wants them dead? What about their wives, and their captain, all of whom have had it with them both?"

According to the book description of Door to a Dark Room, "residents of one of the nation's safest cities are jolted when a decapitated woman is discovered in the car of a missing realtor.

When detectives home in on her wealthy husband, a mystery begins to unravel, and the investigation heats up.

Los Angeles Sheriff’s Homicide Detective Dickie Jones has returned to work after recovering from gunshot wounds. His wife has left him, and his partner, Matt “Pretty Boy Floyd” Tyler, has been assigned a new partner.

A serial killer is on the loose, which might be just the diversion Dickie needs. When he and Floyd are reunited to hunt down the murderer, all seems right in his world again—until the veteran detectives discover that Dickie is next on the killer’s list.

Door to a Dark Room is a gripping crime thriller with twists and turns. Written by a former homicide detective, this book will take you beyond the yellow tape into the hearts, souls, and tormented minds of those who hunt evil."

According to the book description of Echo Killers, "Fort Hood, Texas, 2016. A vehicle carrying seven soldiers was swept away in a flash flood. Four were killed, three were never found.

Los Angeles, 2018. A runaway boy claims to have witnessed a murder. The story seems farfetched, but Floyd takes the case. Unsure, he turns to his old partner for a second opinion.

But Dickie has problems of his own. He has been assigned a new partner, a good cop but one with a checkered past. It’s the last thing Dickie needs, regardless of how sexy she happens to be. When the two are sent to investigate a murder in Compton, Dickie recognizes the similarities to Floyd’s new case.

Army investigators descend on South Los Angeles in search of AWOL soldiers, while Dickie and Floyd close in on the killers. Are their paths set to collide?

In an exciting, action-packed police drama replete with perilous twists and snaky turns, this murder mystery will drag you beyond the yellow tape and into the minds and souls of killers and those who hunt them."

According to the book description of Death after Dishonor, "Los Angeles detective Dickie Jones won’t rest until every low-life is locked up. Off the clock, he’s helping his newly recovered partner take down the man who held her hostage. But on the job, he’s consumed by the notorious murder of the mayor’s son.

While Dickie fleshes out possible leads, the victim’s long-time friend is found dead. Suspecting a link between the killings, he unearths evidence of a heinous sex crime and the girl who’s key to cracking the case. But before he can confirm his suspicions, she disappears…

Will Dickie locate his star witness and arrest the killer before another body falls?

Death After Dishonor is book five in the thrilling Dickie Floyd Detective mystery series, written by a former homicide investigator. If you like high-octane action, wry humor, and hard-boiled detectives, then you’ll love Danny R. Smith’s authentic police procedural novel."

According to the book description of The Color Dead, "Detective Josefina Sanchez has been taken.

She and her partner, Dickie, had been sent to Gorman, a remote northern outpost in Los Angeles County, where a man had been executed in the woods. Three days later, Josie has vanished.

Had she returned to the mountains over the weekend on her own? If so, what might have happened to her? Or could her disappearance have something to do with any of her other cases, especially one involving the Mexican mafia? The idea that Josie was randomly taken must also be considered, however unlikely.

Dickie and Floyd must find Josie. Their search takes them from the streets of Los Angeles up to the wilds of the Tejon Pass where they find themselves at odds with residents of the backcountry. But time is running out, and nothing will deter the veteran detectives in the search for one of their own. Not even heavily armed and dangerous mountain men."