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Aaron Paul Lazar

Goodreads author profile

born

March 17, 1953 in Boston, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.lazarbooks.com

twitter username

aplazar

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Young Adult

influences

John D. MacDonald, Dick Francis, Dean Koontz, Laurie R. King, S. W. Va...more

member since

June 2007

About this author

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Aaron Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. The author of LeGarde Mysteries and Moore Mysteries savors the countryside in the Genesee Valley in upstate New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys.

Visit his website at www.lazarbooks.com.

more about the author:

Aaron Paul Lazar wasn’t always a mystery writer. It wasn’t until eight members of his family and friends died within five years that the urge to write became overwhelming. “When my father died, I lost it. I needed an outlet, and writing provided the kind of solace I couldn’t find elsewhere.”

Lazar created the Gus LeGarde mystery series, with the founding novel, DOUBLE FORTÉ (2004), a chilling winter mystery se...more Aaron Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. The author of LeGarde Mysteries and Moore Mysteries savors the countryside in the Genesee Valley in upstate New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys.

Visit his website at www.lazarbooks.com.

more about the author:

Aaron Paul Lazar wasn’t always a mystery writer. It wasn’t until eight members of his family and friends died within five years that the urge to write became overwhelming. “When my father died, I lost it. I needed an outlet, and writing provided the kind of solace I couldn’t find elsewhere.”

Lazar created the Gus LeGarde mystery series, with the founding novel, DOUBLE FORTÉ (2004), a chilling winter mystery set in the Genesee Valley of upstate New York. Like Lazar’s father, protagonist Gus LeGarde is a classical music professor. Gus, a grandfather, gardener, chef, and nature lover, plays Chopin etudes to feed his soul and thinks of himself as a “Renaissance man caught in the 21st century.”

The creation of the series lent Lazar the comfort he sought, yet in the process, a new passion was unleashed. Obsessed with his parallel universe, he now lives, breathes, and dreams about his characters, and has written ten LeGarde mysteries in eight years. (UPSTAGED – 2005; TREMOLO:CRY OF THE LOON – 2007 Twilight Times Books; MAZURKA – 2009 Twilight Times Books, with more to come.)

One day while rototilling his gardens, Lazar unearthed a green cat’s eye marble, which prompted the new paranormal mystery series featuring Sam Moore, retired country doctor and zealous gardener. The green marble, a powerful talisman, connects all three of the books in the series, whisking Sam back in time to uncover his brother’s dreadful fate fifty years earlier. (HEALEY’S CAVE, 2010; TERROR COMES KNOCKING, 2011, FOR KEEPS, 2012) Lazar intends to continue both series.

Lazar’s books feature breathless chase scenes, nasty villains, and taut suspense, but are also intensely human stories, replete with kids, dogs, horses, food, romance, and humor. The author calls them, “country mysteries,” although reviewers have dubbed them “literary mysteries.”

“It seems as though every image ever impressed upon my brain finds its way into my work. Whether it’s the light dancing through stained-glass windows in a Parisian chapel, curly slate-green lichen covering a boulder at the edge of a pond in Maine, or hoarfrost dangling from a cherry tree branch in mid-winter, these images burrow into my memory cells. In time they bubble back, persistently itching, until they are poured out on the page.”

Lazar lives on a ridge overlooking the Genesee Valley in upstate New York with his wife, mother-in-law, beloved Cavi-poo, Balto, Cavi-bichon, Amber, and cat, Cameo. Although they were recent empty-nesters for a few years, most of the kids and grandkids have just moved home again (with another dog and two more cats), so now he doesn't have to throw away all those huge pots of food he couldn't seem to stop cooking when there were just two at home.

Lazar maintains several websites and blogs and writes his monthly “Seedlings” columns for the Voice in the Dark literary journal and the Future Mystery Anthology Magazine. He has been published in Absolute Write as well as The Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine. (less)

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Aaron Paul Lazar's Blog: Seedlings

Writer's Rant (My name is not Paul!)

(an older pic of me from 1987 - look at that dark beard and hair! LOL)

When I published the first edition of DOUBLE FORTÉ back in 2004, I had to decide how I'd brand myself as an author. That started, of course, with my "author's name." At first I chose a pen name - "Jack Beauregarde". I was pretty happy with it - after all, there are many beloved "Jack's" in our country's history! But soon I w... read more »

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Books by Aaron Paul Lazar

Average rating: 4.27 · 113 ratings · 43 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Tremolo: Cry of the Loon 3.95 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	FireSong 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	For the Birds 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Double Forté: A Gus Legarde Mystery 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Healey's Cave 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Upstaged: A Gus Legarde Mystery 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Mazurka: a Gus LeGarde mystery 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Terror Comes Knocking 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Essentially Yours 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Don't Let the Wind Catch You 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:

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Series by Aaron Paul Lazar

Gus LeGarde (6 books)
by Aaron Paul Lazar (Goodreads Author)

4.18 avg rating — 88 ratings

Tall Pines Mystery (2 books)
by Aaron Paul Lazar (Goodreads Author)

4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings

Sam Moore Mystery (2 books)
by Aaron Paul Lazar (Goodreads Author)

4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings

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Author appearance, June 23, 2012 10:00AM
Heron Hill Winery, 9301 County Route 76, Hammondsport, NY, US
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Aaron's Writing

Tremolo: cry of the loon (Mystery & Thrillers)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:34pm

Description: Summer, 1964: Beatlemania hits the States, and the world mourns the loss of JFK. For eleven-year-old Gus LeGarde, the powerful events that rocked the nation serve as a backdrop for the most challenging summer of his life. After Gus and his best friends capsize their boat at his grandparents’ lakeside camp, they witness a drunk chasing a girl through the foggy Maine woods. She’s scared. She’s hurt. And she disappears. The camp is thrown into turmoil as the frantic search for Sharon begins. Reports of stolen relics arise, including a church bell cast by Paul Revere. When Gus and his friends stumble on a scepter that may be part of the spoils, they become targets for the evil lurking around the lake. Will they find Sharon before the villain does? And how can Gus–armed only with a big heart, a motorboat, and a nosy beagle–survive the menacing attacks on his life?

Welcome from Gus LeGarde (Mystery & Thrillers)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:34pm

Description: Gus is the progragonist in Lazar's mystery series. See the note from him, below.

Aaron is Currently Reading

Aaron Lazar is currently reading:

Listen to the Shadows

by Joan Hall Hovey (Goodreads Author)

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May 30, 2012 08:26am

Aaron Lazar is currently reading:

Bingoed

by Patricia Rockwell (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 27, 2012 06:52am

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Aaron Lazar gave to: The Womanizer by Warren Adler (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2012	My rating:
I will hopefully write a "real" review shortly, but I wanted to say this was an interesting read - complex psychological profiles of some very human (and often disappointing) characters. (only because of the womanizing fact!) There were some good twi...more
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Aaron Lazar marked as to-read: Tattooed by Pamela Callow (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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May 30, 2012 08:26am
Aaron Lazar made a comment on There's an element of truth to every fictional tale: "Sounds great, J.P.! It is fascinating how life sometimes mimics OUR stories! LOL. I've had that happen more than once, where I'll see a movie or newsc...more "
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Aaron Lazar made a comment in the group Writers and Readers — Do You Want Your Book Featured? topic "Hi, Anita. I'd love to offer up ESSENTIALLY YOURS, a paranormal mystery set in the Adirondacks Mountains featuring Marcella Hollister and her husband,...more "
May 11, 2012 03:07pm
Aaron Lazar made a comment on PW Dowdy's review of Terror Comes Knocking "Thank you, Pat, for this lyrical review. I'm honored! "
May 10, 2012 04:12pm · see review
Aaron Lazar liked PW Dowdy's review of Terror Comes Knocking: " With literary accolades for 'Healey's Cave', Aaron Paul Lazar has written the second installment of his Green Marble Mystery featuring Sam Moore series. 'Terror Comes Knocking' is a cohesive and outstanding read, likely to attract notable honors o... " Read more of this review »
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