I'm new. Sort of.

[Richard]

"New" to this discussion group, not to the planet.

My "new" debut novel has been out for a year. WATER: A Vic Bengston Invesgitation (eBook & Paper) follows a baby boomer who returns to his first love - investigative journalism - after 25 years in the corporate world. He plods, jokes, gets into trouble, and tracks down a killer. Sort of.

I have spent my entire life making a living with the written word and I decided it was high time to do what I set out to do in the first place, write novels.

I love mysteries and thrillers. I read them, watch them,. and listen to them (I am a sucker for old time radio shows, and westerns, oddly enough). Reading time is challenged by book research time; I find myself reading a lot of non-fiction in preparation for the next book.

Favorite and influential mystery authors include Elmore Leonard, Michael Connelly, Tony Hillerman, & Robert B. Parker.

I live in Denver, where the Vic Bengston series is based.

[Bill]

Welcome to the Group, Richard. Good luck with your novel.

[Donna, Co-Moderator]

Welcome Richard.

[J.D.]

If you like mysteries, you’ll like this one. A reviewer from The Florida Times-Union loved it.
“In Clay County Florida, where power, prestige and political persuasions run generations deep…Kerrigan has written a powerfully intuitive mystery novel, titled “Greed”. It unravels layers of crime and corruption in the fictitious Northeast Florida town of Bates Run… It shouldn't be surprising that Kerrigan has another book in the planning stages. After all, he spent 40 years in the publishing and advertising world, so writing is in his blood.. . The book is terrific. It is a page-turner…I was especially pleased with the characterizations, local descriptions and the way Kerrigan would occasionally summarize events, keeping the casual reader abreast of what at times is an involved plot that tugs at the underbelly of the worst dregs of society: greedy politicians. Just so readers know, the book is a work of fiction and bears no resemblance to real people, even if some readers think they might detect clues that say otherwise. It just proves that Joe was a quick study in grasping some of the finer points of Southern politics, even if he isn't from around here.”

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