How to Write a Mystery Novel: Behind the Scenes: the Creation of a Crime Series (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781450557900)

Gene Grossman worked his way through high school, college and law school as a shoe salesman, welder, process server, bail bondsman, tire changer, saloon piano player and 'extra, ' appearing in seven motion pictures. He then spent 20 years as a trial lawyer, during which time he served as Dean of a small local law school and taught several classes. The film and video company he started while working in the motion picture industry produced over fifty special interest DVD titles on everything from boating to bankruptcy. Now retired from the practice of law, Gene spends his time writing aboard his yacht in Marina del Rey, California, where he is now working on book #15 in the Peter Sharp Mystery Series, All of the Peter Sharp Legal Mysteries are sold by Amazon.com's CreateSpace, including "The Magician's Legacy," considered to be one of the best 'locked-room' mysteries of this century. Number 14 in the series, "Murder Under Way" is a 'locked-boat' mystery, and if you like trying to solve crimes, you'll be hard pressed to outdo little Suzi, Peter's 12-year-old computer genius legal ward.