Independent author Randy Roeder is a lifelong Midwesterner and former academic librarian whose fictional hero, Cletus Efferding, discovers there is more to life in sleepy Eastern Iowa than he ever thought possible. Sins of Intent, his first novel featuring the indefatigable Efferding, is set in the city of Cedar Rapids and appeared in 2017. His second Efferding adventure, Sins of Omission, involves a vacation trip to the small town of Bellevue and was published in 2018. In his third adventure, Sins of Deception, Cletus goes undercover to rescue a young man from a dnagerous, money-obsessed cult.
Like Cletus, Roeder lives in Cedar Rapids, a city he's called home since 1973. A woodworker and ballroom dancer, Randy spends his time writing, messing up the basement, and exploring the stubborn intricacies of the quickstep. While he longs to upgrade his pedestrian wardrobe, his wife and dachshund prefer he spends the money on them.
Roeder has spent a good part of his life in academe, madly cataloging and classifying books for libraries at Coe College and the University of Iowa. Aware that catalogers enjoy a reputation for anal-retentive eccentricity, he has devoted countless hours to reassuring friends and relatives that, while the rumors are true, he has managed to escape the affliction. He finds the frequent reminders necessary and remains puzzled when they point out that two decades spent recording every known variation on the hand tools produced by the Millers Falls Company is not a normal human activity.
Scarred, tough, and as world-weary as his protagonist Cletus Efferding, Roeder continues his quest for truth, honesty, and good writing from his Eastern Iowa home.
The author's novels, Sins of Intent (Cletus Efferding No. 1), Sins of Omission (Cletus Efferding No. 2), and Sins of Deception (Cletus Efferding No. 3) are available at Amazon.com in paperbound and e-book format. If you prefer, your favorite bookstore will be willing to order copies for you. The Cletus Efferding books are published by Dusty Typewriter Press, an imprint of its parent entity, Broken Typewriter Press.
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