The Surreal Killer is leaving a trail of dead women across Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. The victims all seem to have been murdered in exactly the same way. There may be a link to a small group of scientists who meet annually in different locations in the region. Roger Bowman and Suzanne Foster are asked to attend this year’s meeting of the group in Lima, Peru to try to find out whether a lunatic was lurking at the previous meetings when the murders occurred. And the reader is off on a fast-paced … [Read more...] about The Surreal Killer by Jerold Last
Tahoe Trauma by Jerold Last
There seem to be a lot of people in California and Nevada who wanted to see Roger’s client Sebastian Cobb, a seedy lawyer, dead. Which one killed him on the Tahoe ski slope? From the lush forests, well-groomed ski slopes, and scenic grandeur of the Tahoe wilderness to the glitzy casinos of Reno and the sumptuous excesses of the Hollywood party scene, Roger and his colleagues follow a twisted trail of treachery to a killer who just might have committed the perfect murder. The suspenseful … [Read more...] about Tahoe Trauma by Jerold Last
Rum, Cigars, and Corpses by Jerold Last
*NEW RELEASE* A cancer researcher from California dies in a suspicious accident while touring Cuba. The tour guide, who was fired for negligence, hires Roger to clear her reputation. Roger’s first problem is how to get to Cuba where another complex case awaits solution. Fortunately, he has Suzanne. His second problem is how to proceed in a foreign country where he doesn’t know anybody and nobody knows him. Before long the reader is touring Cuba with our detective couple, very much on … [Read more...] about Rum, Cigars, and Corpses by Jerold Last
Hunter Down by Jerold Last
What inspired you to write your book? My wife Elaine breeds and raises German shorthaired pointers, which participate in hunt tests similar to those in the novel. I know the setting and the training techniques very well. The milieu seemed a perfect backdrop for a sequel to a very popular earlier novel in this series, The Deadly Dog Show. With Elaine's help with the technical parts and editing the book, it pretty much wrote itself. By an odd coincidence, Juliet and Romeo, the canine stars of the … [Read more...] about Hunter Down by Jerold Last
Bargain Book: The Ambivalent Corpse by Jerold Last
What do a dismembered corpse and South American indigenous creation legends have in common? The answer to this question is a crucial clue as Roger Bowman and Suzanne Foster solve a brutal murder in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Ambivalent Corpse, the first novel in the Roger and Suzanne mystery series, introduces several of the characters featured in subsequent books in the series. Free from Kindle Unlimited and KOLL. Targeted Age Group: Adult Link To Buy Bargain Book … [Read more...] about Bargain Book: The Ambivalent Corpse by Jerold Last
The Surreal Killer by Jerold Last
The Surreal Killer is a multi-5-Star psychological thriller that takes us deep into the mind of a serial killer as the suspense mounts to a shocking conclusion. The Indie Book of the Day prizewinning novel is set in Peru and Chile. The Surreal Killer seamlessly mixes the genres of whodunit thriller and travel to exotic places to introduce the reader to the regional culture and history of the Incas, while a mysterious modern-day murderer proves we reap what we sow. The gripping story blends … [Read more...] about The Surreal Killer by Jerold Last
The Origin Of Murder by Jerold Last
Roger and Suzanne take a vacation cruise through the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles west of Ecuador. Suzanne finds a dead body floating with a couple of bullet holes in its back floating in the Pacific Ocean and we're off to solve another deadly mystery. Among the suspects is a treacherous travel agent with an eye-opening secret, a cheerful couple of bird watchers from Germany, a happy honeymooning couple, two sensual sisters from San Francisco, two recent retirees from Australia working through … [Read more...] about The Origin Of Murder by Jerold Last
The Deadly Dog Show by Jerold Last
What inspired you to write your book? My wife, Elaine, breeds and shows German Shorthaired Pointers. She wanted me to write a mystery novel that featured this particular niche of the world, and volunteered to be my technical adviser so it would be factually correct in all the dog scenes. The canine star of this novel, Juliet, is very, very much based on our own Jolie, who also offered her help in the dog scenes. On top of that, my series characters, Roger and Suzanne, had a new baby and we all … [Read more...] about The Deadly Dog Show by Jerold Last
