Ronald Tierney's Stone Veil introduced semi-retired, Indianapolis-based private investigator "Deets" Shanahan. The book was a finalist in St. Martin Press' "Best First Private Eye Novel" competition, and nominated for the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for "Best First Novel." Tierney, who has written ten novels in the Shanahan series and three in the Paladino and Lang mystery series, was founding editor of NUVO, an Indianapolis alternative newspaper and the editor of a San Francisco monthly. He currently lives in the City by the Bay, where he is involved in other fiction projects.