Dead Eyes: Book One in the Matt Jagger, P.I. Triliogy, "Three Times Dead" (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781517292744)

Gordon R. Ross has been writing published fiction and non-fiction for over half a century, first as a wire service reporter and correspondent, newspaper journalist, editorial writer and later as an advertising copywriter and illustrator for newspapers and magazines. With assignments all over the West and Midwest, from big cities to rural settings, his experiences have led to a creative career in semi-retirement as a successful fiction writer of short stories, plays, and novels. Of particular interest to Ross are the turbulent years preceding and during World War II, when America and its citizens were just beginning to shake off the depression and discover their country's possibilities...both good and bad. The fictional heroes and heroines in his works are a rousing mix of human qualities, needs and flaws. Some of his villains and supporting cast are based on real people of the period as well as actual events. Matching the literary pulp fiction tone of the 1930's, Ross writes in tough first-person prose of good guys bending the law but with honorable intentions, fighting morally base, corrupt villains with evil premeditation and holding the upper hand while no quarter is given by either side. The third edition of "Dead Eyes," first novel in the Matt Jagger, P.I. Series, "Three Times Dead," is available on Amazon in print, as a download on line, and from Kindle books. Books 2 and 3, "Dead Silence" and "Dead Certain," also in their third edition, are likewise available from Amazon and Kindle. Plus: Finding a home at Amazon and Kindle Books is "Tales from Tidy Vale," a collection of graveyard short stories by Gordon R. Ross. Twelve different parables of people who should have known better... before it was too late.