With only 30 days to find the real killer…
Rick and girlfriend Laura risk their lives tracking key suspects who had motives to kill…

The Zen Man: Semifinalist Best Indie Books 2012
Until a horrific murder lands private eye Rick Levine in the slammer on first-degree charges…
Rick and girlfriend Laura risk their lives tracking key suspects who had motives to kill…
“Move over Sam Spade, Nick and Nora; make room for a Denver who-dun-it, Colleen Collins’s The Zen Man. Brilliant and fast-paced writing. I couldn’t put it down.”
~ Donnell Ann Bell,
award-winning author of The Past Came Hunting
The story of Rick & Laura before THE ZEN MAN
Finalist 2015 Aspen Gold Contest
“I loved every word of The Zen Man.”
~ Delores Fossen, USA Today bestselling author
“Move over Sam Spade, Nick and Nora; make room for a Denver who-dun-it, Colleen Collins’s, The Zen Man. Brilliant and fast-paced writing. I couldn’t put it down.
~ Donnell Ann Bell, award-winning author of The Past Came Hunting
The 1949 classic film Adam’s Rib starred Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday and Tom Ewell. George Cukor, a close friend of Hepburn and Tracy, directed this courtroom comedy about husband and wife attorneys (Spencer and Hepburn) who are on opposite sides of a criminal prosecution: Hepburn is defending a woman who shot her husband; Tracy is the […]
Continue Reading →"Great humor. Great dialogue. Author did a great job of establishing the relationship between Rick and Laura. It never overshadowed the mystery, but it made the book truly multi-dimensional."
~New York Times best-selling author Dorien Kelly
"A real page turner. I enjoyed this book full of suspense and surprises. I have never read this author before but will look for her next surprise."
~C. Phillips
Westword Magazine: "For These Married Denver Detectives, Truth Is More Fun than Fiction"
Pursuit Magazine: "When Does Surveillance Become Stalking?" by Colleen Collins
Cold Case Squad: "Cold Case: Bullets in the Field" by Colleen Collins & Shaun Kaufman
Novel Rocket: "Top 5 Mistakes Writers Make at a Crime Scene" by Colleen Collins
"I loved The Zen Man and really had fun catching Rick and Laura's first case in the prequel, The Ungrateful Dead. These novels have everything I love in a mystery: smart dialogue, a flawed hero, a little romance and a great plot. Murder at a coroners conference? What could be more fun!"
~ Nancy Warren USA Today Bestselling Author of The Toni Diamond mysteries