{"product_id":"a-darker-shade-of-blue-jack-montague-9798894198941","title":"A Darker Shade of Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author was born in Oswego, NY, and introduced to the outdoors before he could walk-camping with his parents at just six months old. Growing up in Rumford, Rhode Island, he spent his days fishing, snorkeling and boating on Narragansett Bay, discovering fly fishing at age ten. Around that time, he stumbled upon the scene of a serial killer's first victim while returning from ice fishing. Local police failing to timely follow up led to his interest in law enforcement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater his family moved to Suffern, NY, where he became the youngest charter member of the prestigious Theodore Gordon Fly Fishers, the who's who of fly fishing personalities. He spent summers learning fly tying from legendary fly tyers Harry and Elsie Darbee in the Catskills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe then studied law enforcement and criminal investigation at SUNY @ Farmingdale under C. Dana Kuhn, renowned for investigating the Boston Strangler cases and head of the Boston Crime Lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis law enforcement career took him from South Nyack and Wappinger's Falls to Newburgh, NY-then, as now known as the \"Murder Capital of NY.\" In the 1970s, he worked in conjunction with the NYSP BCI and the New York State Crime Commission on police corruption, which later inspired the novel, \u003cem\u003e\"A Darker Shade of Blue.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter retiring from the City of Newburgh PD due to injuries sustained in the line of duty, he became a private investigator and animal cruelty investigator. Alongside his career, he served as VP of the Eastern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers and spent 25 years consulting for G. Loomis Rods and other fly fishing companies as a district sales representative and consultant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Montague\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798894198941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ewings Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.48d","brand":"Jack Montague","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460267815167,"sku":"9798894198941","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f735aa7-23a9-4be0-8344-00027caf4f8d.jpg?v=1777413641","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-darker-shade-of-blue-jack-montague-9798894198941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}