David R Bishop

David R Bishop writes contemporary suspense with J Scott Cordero, using friendship and grief to drive the mystery rather than treating danger as an isolated puzzle. No Good Deed begins after Eric Messer loses his wife in a gas explosion and plans one final trip with his nieces before ending his own life. His meeting with wealthy Paul Drake changes that course, first through an unlikely friendship and then through the revelation that the explosion was not accidental. The 2022 novel follows the consequences of Paul’s knowledge and the secrets attached to his past. Bishop and Cordero build their story around loyalty, generosity, and the difficulty of judging another person’s motives. The collaboration also places the book within their shared body of suspense fiction, which includes the Children of Cain titles. This creates a character-led thriller in which money opens opportunities but cannot secure trust, and in which a seemingly kind action leads toward a much darker history.