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Wayne Zurl

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Brooklyn, NY, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Crime, Suspense

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Wayne Zurl worked as a police officer for twenty years and retired from New York to East Tennessee. In 2006 he began to write crime fiction. More than twenty of his Sam Jenkins mystery novelettes have been published as audio books and eBooks. In January 2011, his first novel, A NEW PROSPECT, was publlished. The story follows the adventures of an ex-New York detective who finds a job as police chief in a small Tennessee city. Seven full-length novels in the Sam Jenkins series either are available in print and as eBooks.

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For many of us writing is fun. It’s what comes afterward, the promotions and marketing, that’s too much like work. But that’s life, and something authors must do.

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Average rating: 4.2 · 727 ratings · 201 reviews · 42 distinct works

	A New Prospect: A Sam Jenkins Mystery 4.36 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes & Lovers (Sam Jenkins Mysteries #3) 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Leprechaun's Lament (Sam Jenkins Mysteries #2) 4.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From New York to the Smokies 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pigeon River Blues (Sam Jenkins Mysteries #4) 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Murder in Knoxville 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bullets Off-Broadway 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Touch of Morning Calm (Sam Jenkins Mysteries #5) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Labor Day Murder 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fate of a Floozy 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Wayne Zurl liked Alison's review of A New Prospect: A Sam Jenkins Mystery: "Recently received a complementary copy of this book from Voracious Readers in return for an Honest review. The storyline unfolded well throughout the book and the characters well written. It was my first book from this author but found it a pleasan..." Read more of this review »
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GENERAL MURDERS by Loren D. Estleman….. Ten long, short stories and novelettes from the case book of Amos Walker. All good stuff that any Walker fan will want to read. A couple had endings a little more abrupt than I would have liked, but there isn’t ...more
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CHOKE (An Imogene Duckworthy Mystery) by Kaye George….. This was a fun book. It’s full of quirky characters and a few downright kooky ones. And the small Texas town of Saltlick even deserves character status itself. If you like small town crime and to ...more
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Wayne Zurl liked Nancy Silk's review of Graceland on Wheels: and more Sam Jenkins Mysteries (Sam Jenkins Mystery Book 11): ""Great Entertaining Short Stories" Readers, you are about to be strongly entertained as this is a collection of six crime novelettes of investigative law enforcement. Author Wayne Zurl knows the trials of law enforcement as a former police officer..." Read more of this review »
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THE LADY FROM ZAGREB by Philip Kerr….. Bernie Günther is again sitting on a veranda sipping schnapps and reminiscing about his miserable life during the Third Reich era. Unlucky Bernie, a former homicide detective in Berlin, was impressed into the SS ...more
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