Although her request is a stark departure from his usual fare, he accepts the case despite his limited homicide experience. His charge expands when he is later hired by Judge Barrington, a wealthy retired power-broker, to find the killer of his daughter, Justine, who was also murdered with a vibrator.
The effect of Justine’s death is unknown upon Barrington’s wife, Bernice, who has been institutionally confined for psychiatric reasons. Additionally, Justine’s husband, Kevin Rutledge, a scientist working on a top secret government computer project, has disappeared without explanation.
Chauncey must wade his way through a zany cast of memorable characters to gain information on the murders, but is vexed at every turn. He must first contend with Luther Del Dotto, police lieutenant and personal nemesis, who puts Chauncey down at every opportunity because of his weight and low career status.
He then suffers the indignity of being twice abducted by powerful parties interested in his findings. The first is by Armand Duvalier, suave but brutal crime boss, who hires Chauncey to find Rutledge to recover gambling debts. The second is at the command of Apollo, a federal intelligence agency head, who is also seeking Rutledge for national security reasons.
Despite Chauncey’s earnest efforts, the body count climbs as his investigation widens. He is always a step behind the killer which causes his self-esteem to further plummet. It is not until he survives a brutal attack on his own life that he is able to bring a complex case to conclusion and achieve personal and professional redemption.
Author’s Biography and Publication History
- Dan Anderson was born in Vidalia, Georgia, whose claim to fame is being “The Onion Capital of the World.” His family moved to Florida to escape the stress caused by all the publicity from living in such a famous place.
- His fascination with humor became evident when he was elected the Wittiest Senior in his high school class (it was a small class and he was too chubby for Most Athletic, too ugly for Most Popular, and too dumb for Most Likely to Succeed).
- He graduated from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee thanks to curricula outlines (think Cliff’s Notes) and buying the notes of students who had actually attended classes.
- After college, he was drafted by the Army and served with the Americal Infantry Division in Vietnam. However, he was shipped back to the states a year later when it became apparent that his lethargic military skills had no discernible positive impact upon the war.
- On a positive note, he later managed to obtain his MBA from California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, California by milking the G. I. Bill until his educational benefits ran out.
- Forced to seek employment, and lacking demonstrable talents, he found a career with good pay and low demands: an executive position with a large U. S. financial corporation. When it eventually became evident that he was an imposter in the areas of leadership, organizational theory, and decision-making, he was downsized (i.e., a polite business euphemism for being fired).
- He then wandered into insurance and investment sales with another financial company and became wildly successful. This was a total surprise to his colleagues since he rarely showed up at the office, and scheduled few appointments with clients in order not to overtax himself and interfere with his afternoon naps.
- Having honed his writing skills completing unemployment applications and wildly fictitious resumes, it was only natural that he would become an author of fiction. He elected early retirement and took up writing on a fulltime basis. Killing Me Softly With Your Love is a republication of Bad Vibrations, his first mystery, which was published in June 2008 and has won a number of literary awards including:
- The Independent Publishers IPPY Book Award—Silver Medal, Best Regional Fiction 2009
- The Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Award—First Place, Published Mystery 2008
- Books and Authors—Murder Mystery Book of the Year 2008
- The second novel in this series Black Magic Woman will be republished in January 2012 and is a republication of Death Cruise, published in August 2010, which won the Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Award – First Place, Unpublished Mystery 2008 and the Royal Dragonfly Book Award.
Dan currently resides in Henderson, NV and spends many of his waking hours lounging around his pool puttering with his laptop and consuming pitchers of frosty margaritas. When not so engaged, he can be found on the road doing book signings and giving presentations at conferences and writers’ meetings.
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First Mystery: KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH YOUR LOVE
To be published on November 9, 2011.
To be published on November 9, 2011.
ISBN: 978-0-9837552-3-4
Second Mystery: BLACK MAGIC WOMAN
To be published January 25, 2012
To be published January 25, 2012
Third Mystery: EYE OF THE TIGER
Available soon at/through local bookstores and all popular e-readers
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