The Bricklayer

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A woman steps out of the shower in her Los Angeles home and is startled by an intruder sitting calmly in her bedroom holding a gun. But she is frozen with fear by what he has to say about the FBI—and what he says he must do... The new edition contains considerably more information than the previous book and makes greater use of step-by-step photographs to illustrate to the reader the procedures to be followed in acquiring a lifetime skill. Boyd died in 2011, at the age of 68. Noah Boyd was the pseudonym Paul Lindsay, of a former FBI agent who spent more than twenty years working on some of the Bureau's toughest investigations, including the Green River Killer case and the Highland Park Strangler case (which he's credited with solving). Noah Boyd was the pseudonym Paul Lindsay, of a former FBI agent who spent more than twenty years working on some of the Bureau's toughest investigations, including the Green River Killer case and the Highland Park Strangler case (which he's credited with solving).

Steve Vail Series by Noah Boyd - Goodreads

Author Boyd had written this book under his own name and with its release, he went on to be recognized as a published novelist. He used the pen name for the first time for writing the first book in the Steve Vail series. The last novel that author Boyd wrote before his death was released under the title ‘Agent X’. Author Boyd is credited as being a part of the team of FBI agents that solved the Highland Park case. He believed that this was the highlight of his 20 year long career at the FBI. The Steve Vail series written by author Boyd consists of 2 books in total. These books were published between 2009 and 2011. As author Boyd had the experience of working as an FBI agent, he did not find any difficulty in developing the criminal and mysterious plots of all his books and series. As far as the Steve Vail series is concerned, author Boyd has said that it was made possible only because of his extensive knowledge about the operation techniques of the Bureau. The vast knowledge also helped him to create the intriguing characters and the interesting stories. Boyd also knew about the flaws in the Bureau. He used this knowledge to show the weaknesses of the FBI in the novels, due to which the criminals used to become successful in getting away on a number of occasions. Author Boyd got the authenticity to create the character of agent Steve Vail and describe the investigative procedures in great detail in the mystery series because of his vast on-field experience while working for the FBI.

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Noah Boyd is the pen name which was used by the popular American author named Paul Lindsay for writing one of his successful mystery series. He has written a number of novels based on a variety of genres, including crime-fiction, thriller, and mystery. Author Boyd is known to have written the famous novel series, ‘Novels of the FBI’, under his original name. With the use of his pseudonym, he has written the mystery series titled ‘Steve Vail’. Before going on to become a published author and start his writing career, author Boyd graduated in the year 1968 from the MacMurray College. No sooner did he finished his graduation, than he enrolled himself to serve in the Marine Corps. He was sent to Vietnam as a part of his first duty tour. However, he did not serve for long in the Marine Corps and later joined the FBI as a field agent. Author Boyd served in the FBI for a total of 20 years before his retirement. During his stay at the FBI, he got the chance to become a part of many important and difficult cases. The investigation of the Highland Park Strangler and Green River Murderer case are two of the most well known cases that he was associated with. Author Boyd died in 2011 at the age of sixty eight. The first novel that he wrote in his writing career was titled as ‘Witness to the Truth’. It was published in 1992.