Talk Murder To Me: A Tricky Dick Mystery

Tricky Dick’, the protagonist of ＂Talk Murder to Me＂ had a problem. That problem wasn’t finding someone to blame the murder on. It was finding someone - anyone - who wasn’t confessing to being the murderer. The last thing Dick expected to see after spending seven days on his sailboat in Key West communing with high tides, the full moon, a talking manatee and possibly a woman, was a dead body. Even more shocking to him was discovering that the chief of police had been replaced by his one-time boss - and frequent nemesis - from when Dick worked for the government. Wanting nothing to do with either him or the corpse, Dick tries to walk away, but his boss forces him back into action. His only clues are veins full of antifreeze and a belly full of fishing weights. What there is no shortage of, however, are suspects. Not because he is finding them, but because they are finding him. It seems everybody wanted the victim dead, but each story falls apart, leaving Dick more confused than ever. When the big reveal comes, it only raises more questions, including how many people are actually dead and just how safe Dick might be.＂Talk Murder to Me＂ is the first in a series of murder mystery novels set in Key West Florida. As each novel unfolds, not only will Tricky Dick (known as Richard Lockhart to those who insist on formality) discover more and more of the hidden secrets of the island paradise he calls home, not to mention more bodies as well, he will also discover - along with the reader - just how interconnected everything is, including the past life he thought he left behind. Fans of any crime fiction set in southeast Florida, especially those of Travis McGee, will find a new anti-hero they can believe in.

Jack Terry has made a modest living by immodestly following his heart’s desires, and that includes writing. Born and raised in central Connecticut, Jack attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Armed with a prestigious, if slightly impractical, degree in theater he did what most people in his family had done before him: hightailed it to San Francisco. That began a lifestyle lasting more than 20 years which has seen Jack live and work in various places across the country, first while pursuing acting before transitioning into writing, the whole time paying his bills by saying ＂shaken or stirred?＂ For five years he spent working on both those skills by living in Key West. During this time he managed to win recognition for his writing, travel the country talking about rum, and most importantly get to learn a little bit about life on an island that’s also at the end of the road. Most of Jack’s writing has been best described as ＂slice of life...with a twist.＂ Exploring issues of loss, redemption and love, he is not afraid to push the boundaries of traditional fiction, just a little bit, to create a world that looks just enough like the one the reader is familiar with that the differences, when they appear, do not come with a sudden surprise but rather slip silently through the side door. Currently (Spring 2016) Jack has two novels available for purchase. ＂Chasing Ghosts＂ (released in 2010) tells the story of a man so tormented by the loss of a girlfriend that he finds himself becoming lost in time, and it falls to a mysterious woman from a mysterious company to track down the truth and help set him free. ＂Talk Murder to Me＂ introduces readers to tricky Dick, an early retiree from a shadowy government job who wakes up one morning to find a dead body floating under his dock and a host of people who want to take credit for the murder. To find out more about Jack and what goes on in his mind, visit his website at www.popcornjackterry.com