FBI Thriller Author | The Neil Hammer Crime Series
A pattern-obsessed investigator hunts killers hiding in plain sight—where every crime follows a code… and every mistake is deadly.
🔥 Coming This Fall — Neil Hammer’s Final Planned Case
Neil Hammer has spent a career finding the patterns other investigators miss. This fall, he follows what may be his last one.
In The Anchor File, Hammer is sixty-two, retired from the FBI, and determined to leave his old life behind. A quiet stay on North Carolina’s Outer Banks should have meant strong coffee, long walks beside the Atlantic, and no more investigations.
Then he pulls a nearly drowned woman from the surf.
Her first words change everything:
“Don’t let them take me back.”
The woman calls herself Mara, but little about her story adds up. A mysterious vessel operating without identification, private security contractors, falsified records, corporate shell companies, and the recurring number 29 draw Hammer into a conspiracy designed to make people, evidence, and responsibility disappear.
Hammer may be retired, but the instincts that made him an investigator never left. Following the trail will force him to decide how much of the man he used to be he is willing to become again.
The Anchor File is a suspense thriller about secrets, corporate power, buried evidence, loyalty—and an old investigator discovering that some cases don't end simply because you turn in the badge.
For Neil Hammer, this may be the last case. But whether every question is finally answered is another matter.
The Anchor File — The final planned Neil Hammer novel. Coming Fall 2026.
The Anchor File
The final planned Neil Hammer novel — coming this fall.
Anthony Mays is the author of the Neil Hammer novels including:
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas still Missing
Operation Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Palm Court Motel
The Fourth Key
Operation Cornered
Three Guardians of the Temple
Fast-paced thrillers.
Layered mysteries.
Justice comes at a cost.
Whether you’re drawn to high-stakes FBI investigations, reflective road-trip fiction, or eerie stories for younger readers, you’ll find a story that won’t let go. But at the heart of these thrillers is one investigator who sees the world differently.
Who is Neil Hammer?
Neil Hammer investigates crimes others can’t solve. Where most investigators see coincidence, Hammer sees patterns—numbers, signals, and structures hidden beneath chaos. Each case unfolds through a series of warnings he calls presagements—and if you miss the presagements, you may never see what’s coming.
Patterns always meant someone was counting.
Get the prequel story: Before the Presagements
Discover the moment Neil Hammer first recognizes the pattern that will shape his career.
Available free only to readers here
