Book Synopsis
Ted Milo, until recently
the Charles Dickens of obit writers, is dislodged from his carefree new life by
a bizarre collision of homicides and hemorrhoids in the fancy Los Angeles
suburb of Friendly Lake. Actually…not so friendly, Ted and his wife, Liv, soon
discover.
Ted has ditched his long newspaper career to
embrace the nouveau riche life he’d always ridiculed after inheriting a fortune
from a distant relative. He is floating blissfully, contemplating the fruits of
wealth, little on his fiftyish mind beyond bladder control, when a visit to a
physician turns him into a sleuth with cold-blooded murders to solve.
“You’re doing this why, because the Navy
SEALS aren’t hiring?” chides Liv when learning she’s now married to Sam Spade.
“And your dream of playing center field for the Dodgers—dashed?”
Every gumshoe requires a “tomato,” though, and
Liv is Ted’s when bodies hit the slab in this twisty mystery that exposes the
warty underside of seemingly tranquil suburbia.
Goodreads: Up Yours!
Author Bio
Howard Rosenberg earned a Pulitzer
Prize and numerous other honors during 25 years as TV critic for the Los
Angeles Times. He teaches news ethics, critical writing and a TV symposium at
the University of Southern California and resides in a far-off Los Angeles
suburb with his wife, two cats and a bird, all of whom tend to ignore
him.
His favorite pastime is slam dunking and working
out with the Los Angeles Lakers.
In his dreams.
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