Can two Sleuths put these two puzzles together before college starts in September?
Welcome to one of the January 22nd stops on the blog tour for Brown & McNeil Murder Mysteries by Frank Lazarus with Silver Dagger Book Tours (schedule linked.) Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for more spotlights, reviews, more guest posts, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.
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Author Interview
What is something unique/quirky about you?
After my divorce in 2006, I spent the next six years serial dating on Match.com and other dating websites. During those six years, I met or dated some 102 women.
Scheduled for 2024 publication, the book about this is entitled THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY; 102 FIRST DATES.
The book will surely be a hit with those who have experienced online dating or have always wondered about it. I’m not as sure how the 102 women feel about it.
What are some of your pet peeves?
Mostly people!
90% of anyone’s aggravation is caused by the people in their lives. Even people who are not IN their lives, perhaps just dashing through it.
Much of this may be included in THE BEST OF THE BLOG, but there is just so much material that this could be a new book in 2025.
Have you written any other books that are not published?
Books in development are:
– The Good, Bad, and Ugly: 102 First Dates
– Is Anything All Right?
– April Fool
About the Books
Recruiting Murder
A Brown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book Three
by Frank Lazarus
Published 20 Decmeber 2023
Genre: Murder Mystery, Crime Thriller
Page Count: 249
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The third installment in the Brown and McNeil Mystery Series
Lenny Goldstein and his company, Future Stars, evaluate high school and collegiate basketball talent and sell their rankings to colleges and NBA teams.
From its humble beginnings in 1975, Future Stars had grown into a behemoth; with fifteen NBA teams and seventy-eight colleges paying subscriptions for his rankings.
Lenny is semi-retired these days, with his son and son-in-law running the business until he gets a call from an old buddy in Newport News, who wants him to come look at a high school kid, Lincoln Anderson, in Emporia, Virginia. He believes this Anderson kid has been overlooked by everyone, including Future Stars.
Concurrently, Lenny gets a call from an old buddy, the iconic coach of Duke University, to see what he knows about the college decision of Tyler Longenecker, Future Star’s #5 ranked high school senior from a premier prep school in the tony Boston suburbs.
All seems to be going on script until graduation, when both Lincoln and Tyler are involved in a death and a roofie rape. Suddenly, Lenny’s getting calls about both kids.
Lincoln’s family is related to James McNeil in Philly, and they call him for help. James and his buddy, Detective Vernon Brown of the Philly PD, jump into the car and head South on I-95.
Can the two Sleuths from The Murder Gambit and The Phenom put these two puzzles together before college starts in September?
Once again, Author Frank Lazarus has produced a gripping, suspenseful story that will keep you off Netflix for a day or two.
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The Phenom
A Brown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book Two
by Frank Lazarus
Published 11 September 2023
Genre: Murder Mystery, Crime Thriller
Page Count: 221
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Even before he has played his first game in high school, it would seem nothing can stop Bo Campbell’s meteoric rise to stardom in the basketball world. In Philadelphia, people are already comparing him to his Overbrook High School predecessor, Wilt Chamberlain.
But his dreams are suddenly shattered when he is arrested for the murder of his best friend, Sherman Claxton.
Detective Vernon Brown, and James McNeil, his friend and Bo’s grandfather, search for the truth, but James goes rogue, and soon finds himself in the dangerous underbelly of the Philadelphia drug sub-culture, where the stakes are high and it’s hard to tell who’s friend and who’s foe.
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The Murder Gambit
A Brown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book One
by Frank Lazarus
Published 3 May 2023
Genre: Murder Mystery, Crime Thriller
Page Count: 332
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An unexplained death in a nursing home. A man falls from a balcony. A hit and run in the middle of a city street. An execution in a home. A woman collapses dead after a date.
Five murders. Five methods. Five police jurisdictions.
What’s the connection?
Philadelphia-area detectives are under pressure to solve the murders, while dealing with their own issues.
Speeding like the lead car at Talladega towards a shocking conclusion, is The Murder Gambit a Shakespearean tragedy or a sinister reality?
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About the Author
Frank Lazarus was born and raised in West Philadelphia and attended Overbrook High School, as you may have guessed from his writings.
After graduating high school, Frank spent two years in the U.S. Army during the VietNam War. After his service, he completed his
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at St. Joseph’s University, in Philadelphia.
He was in the Financial Services and Life Insurance industry for fifty-three years before he retired at the end of 2021.
Frank has three adult children and five grandchildren.
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