Robert Wangard Robert Wangard is a crime-fiction writer who splits his time between Chicago, where he practiced law for many years, and northern Michigan. Victim is the seventh Pete Thorsen novel. The first six, Target, Malice, Deceit, Payback, Stalked, and Framed have been widely acclaimed by reviewers. Payback was also named as a 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist. Besides his novels, Wangard is the author of Hard Water Blues, an anthology of crime-fiction short stories. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and other writers organizations. Read More Read Less