Rex Miller

Rex Miller was a reputed American writer of horror, detective fiction, and war novels. He was particularly famous for writing the Chaingang series, featuring the fictional homicide detective named Jack Eichord. The series penned by Rex features the detailing of the investigations carried out by Jack Eichord in catching criminals. Jack is depicted in the books as a specialist in tracking down and catching serial killers. The first book of this series has the title Slob. This 1981 book also introduced the character of a killing machine of half a ton called Daniel Bunkowski. Author Rex was nominated for the 1987 Bram Stoker Award for Slob in the category of the Best First Novel. After introducing Daniel Bunkowski in the first book, Rex resurrected him in last novels of the series, Savant, Butcher, and Chaingang, which do not follow the continuity of the Jack Eichord stories. Besides writing the successful Chaingang series, Rex is also credited to have written several widely successful standalone books in his career.