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Ringers
In the bestselling tradition of Dick Francis, Ringers is a compelling, highly-charged story of a professional handicapper accused of stealing millions in mob money on a horse racing bet. Sure to please lovers of horse racing and suspense, Underwood's debut work promises thrills at every turn.
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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About the author
Tim Underwood
4 booksI always wanted to be a writer. My love of books began when I was a child and continues today. I was in an Honors English program at Ohio University before transferring to the Ohio State University where I graduated. I worked my way through school in television production.
The pressures of supporting a young family steered me into business in the area of sales and marketing. I was a corporate executive before opening my own business in Detroit, MI. I started my first novel, "Ringers," there. It was published in 1992 by Penguin USA.
After selling my business in 1989, I went to work as a features writer for a newspaper in Southern Ohio and moved from features to investigative writing and community affairs reporting. In both areas I won Associated Press Awards. I also wrote most of the paper's editorials and a thrice weekly column that developed a following outside of the circulation area.
After leaving the newspaper just as "Ringers" was released, I started a small manufacturers' representative business which grew very quickly. I became addicted to the income stream and didn't go back to writing until 2009. "Razzle Dazzle" was the book I always wanted to write. Frustrated by my inability to find an agent, I self-published it in 2011. I followed with "Ravenwood" in 2012 and "The Aquarian" in 2013. I am currently working on a sequel to "The Aquarian"
and a thriller with a new character entitled "Rook."
I write thrillers but I like to add an aspect of what I call "lore:" perhaps some little known history or cultural lore...things that the reader is not likely to know. I love historical fiction and alternative histories.
The pressures of supporting a young family steered me into business in the area of sales and marketing. I was a corporate executive before opening my own business in Detroit, MI. I started my first novel, "Ringers," there. It was published in 1992 by Penguin USA.
After selling my business in 1989, I went to work as a features writer for a newspaper in Southern Ohio and moved from features to investigative writing and community affairs reporting. In both areas I won Associated Press Awards. I also wrote most of the paper's editorials and a thrice weekly column that developed a following outside of the circulation area.
After leaving the newspaper just as "Ringers" was released, I started a small manufacturers' representative business which grew very quickly. I became addicted to the income stream and didn't go back to writing until 2009. "Razzle Dazzle" was the book I always wanted to write. Frustrated by my inability to find an agent, I self-published it in 2011. I followed with "Ravenwood" in 2012 and "The Aquarian" in 2013. I am currently working on a sequel to "The Aquarian"
and a thriller with a new character entitled "Rook."
I write thrillers but I like to add an aspect of what I call "lore:" perhaps some little known history or cultural lore...things that the reader is not likely to know. I love historical fiction and alternative histories.
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