Karl Kling

The Boys Are Back in Town (October 2023) was the first book in the Brody James Mystery series written by Karl Kling, who has had a varied career. The sequel, Takin' Care of Business, was released in January 2025. Karl is proud to announce that the third, yet unnamed book, will be released in Spring of 2025, as well as another book that focuses more on the character of Betsy, that should arrive on shelves in the summer. Karl is currently writing a manuscript that is not part of the Brody James Mystery series as well. A longtime baseball coach, Karl has owned a training facility in Howell, Michigan for the past 13 years with his wife, Debra, and three sons. He has coached at the collegiate level (17 years) and the high school level (9 years). He also currently serves as the Field Director for the Detroit Tigers Summer Youth Camps. Previously, Karl worked as a Sports Information Director at the collegiate level, was a local newspaper reporter and editor (he guided the Milford Times to the Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year - Class C Weekly - in 2002). He also spent much of the 90s working in politics as well as being a mobile disc jockey for a few years.