T. D. Herrick writes about contemporary California. The author crosses genres quite successfully, from literary drama to modern detective and police procedural novels. California's cultural mix, physical beauty, business and leisure activities all play important roles in the author's story-telling. From the beaches of Southern California to the redwoods of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Silicon Valley, T. D. Herrick takes the reader on a virtual tour of the various novels' settings. The characters develop in relationship to each other and their environment in a way that engulfs the reader in their lives.