📚 What happens when a former top-performing salesman leaves city life behind and starts writing action thrillers from a ranch in Texas? 

🎙️ In this episode of Author Conversations, Chris Dabbs sits down with Robert Danger Workman, author of ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT! Alone Wolfe.
 
✍️ Robert discusses his remarkable journey from bestselling sales author to thriller novelist, the creation of private investigator Nick Wolfe, and why classic noir legends such as Mickey Spillane continue to influence his writing today.
 
🔎 The conversation explores:
• Political conspiracies and power plays
• Strong female characters who refuse to stay in the background
• Drawing inspiration from real-world events
• The fine line between satire and serious social commentary
• The enduring appeal of classic hard-boiled detective fiction

 
📖 Robert also reveals how his novels evolved from Maximum Prejudice through Immigration Invasion and into ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT! Alone Wolfe, where Nick Wolfe investigates the murder of his mentor and uncovers a conspiracy that could threaten the highest levels of American power.
 
🎧 Plus, Robert explains why he chose to narrate the audiobook himself and shares details of the next Nick Wolfe adventure, Christmas Colt .45.
 
🔥 Whether you enjoy classic detective fiction, political thrillers, neo-noir mysteries or hard-hitting action stories, this is a fascinating conversation with an author who proudly describes his books as:
 
💬 “A wild ride.”

 Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Author Conversations
01:05 Meet Robert Danger Workman
02:20 From writer to salesman to bestselling author
05:15 The story behind Hired Gun
08:30 Why Robert kept getting fired despite being number one
10:45 Leaving Dallas for ranch life in Texas
13:00 Creating the Nick Wolfe series
15:15 The premise behind ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT! Alone Wolfe
18:00 Turning real-world events into thriller fiction
21:10 Walking the line between satire and social commentary
23:30 Who is Nick Wolfe?
26:00 Strong women in the Nick Wolfe universe
29:15 Electra Wolfe, Trouble Wolfe and the female cast
31:45 Mickey Spillane and classic noir influences
34:30 Why Robert writes “tough-guy stories”
37:15 Narrating the audiobook himself
39:40 What surprised him most about Nick Wolfe
42:15 Putting Nick Wolfe through hell
44:20 Why readers call his books “a wild ride”
46:10 The next book: Christmas Colt .45
47:45 Where to find Robert Workman’s books
49:00 Closing thoughts and farewell



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