Psycho-Tropics (The Danny Teakwell Series) - Softcover

Trained as a journalist, "Dorian Box" is a graduate school professor and author of seven nonfiction books, one an Amazon Editors' Favorite Book of the Year.
Psycho-Tropics, his first novel, received a 2015 Writer's Digest Award in Genre Fiction.  Kirkus called it "[a]n engaging thriller with plenty of humor, good characterization, and a memorable villain ...."  The Writer's Digest judge said, "Marrying humor with suspense is not easy, but it comes across masterfully. ... A truly enjoyable read."  
Box is currently working on a series of books tracking the perilous life of a remarkable home invasion survivor named Emily Calby from age twelve through early adulthood.  He's completed, but not published, the first one, The Hiding Girl, which advanced to the semifinals for the Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize, the only unpublished adult manuscript to do so.  It received near perfect scores (9.5/10).  The Critic's Report described The Hiding Girl as:
"[A]n exceptional, heart-pounding story full of raw emotion, deep-seated fear, and an undercurrent of hope and innocence. ... Deeply atmospheric ... without peer in contemporary mysteries/thrillers ... calls back to movies like The Professional and Disney's The Journey of Natty Gann while being wholly and freshly contemporary. Watching the characters evolve ... was absolutely amazing. Subtle nuances ... guided the reader into horrified admiration and a desire to protect them all."
The second book in the series is also complete and the third one is in progress.
In his regular life (DB is a pen name), Box has received awards for both teaching and research, written thousands, possibly millions, of scholarly footnotes, and been interviewed by National Public Radio, the PBS Newshour, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and many other sources.
As a hobby, Box sings and plays guitar in a rock cover band that earns tens of dollars sweating it out until two a.m. in smoky dive bars.

"Psycho-Tropics is like riding Pipeline with a hangover. It's jaw dropping, heart thumping and addictively exhilarating, but with a hint of disorientation, dizziness and an unsettled stomach. But by the end you'll be smiling ear to ear and bursting to tell your mates how good it was." -- Andrew Norton, Surfer Dad UK

"An engaging thriller with plenty of humor, good characterization, and a memorable villain ..." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Clues are tossed out like bait, twisting and turning the storyline along ... The characters are brilliantly constructed ... The dark humor serves to lessen the tension in all the right ways before it heightens again ... Effortlessly captures the wonderful eccentricities of life in South Florida ...." -- IndieReader(Official Seal of Approval)

"A genuinely creepy sadist is the high point of Box's dark thriller set in Florida in 1995." -- Publishers Weekly

"Marrying humor with suspense is not easy, but it comes across masterfully .... A truly enjoyable read." -- Judge, 23rd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards (2015 Award Winner in Genre Fiction)