Richard Rose's Book Signing Will Benefit AWL
July 5, 2017 at 5:10 p.m.
Richard Rose's Book Signing Will Benefit AWL
By Staff Report-
The book-signing event for his latest novel, “The Gumshoe,” and his first book, “The Lazarus Conspiracies,” will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. July 15 at The Tippy Creek Winery, 5920 N. CR 200E, Leesburg.
“The Gumshoe” is set in circa 1947 Chicago. Private investigator Matt McBride runs afoul of corrupt politicians, mobsters and a trigger-happy Texan Femme fatale to prove that the suicidie of his best friend was murder, according to a provided synopsis. The book was published by Savant Books and Publications. It’s available at Amazon, Ingram and Barnes & Noble.
Rose hails from Kokomo. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Wabash College. After a tour of duty fighting the Cold War on the East/West German border, Rose began a long career as a first vice president with a major investment firm in Chicago, where he did market reports on TV and radio.
Richard's wife, Kay, supports his passion for writing, which includes short stories, novels and screenplays.
"Fun as it was to write ‘The Gumshoe,’ researching the story was quite challenging," said Rose. "Since I didn't have H. G. Wells' time machine to whisk me back to Chicago in 1947, I had to create my own. This involved many hours searching the internet and interviewing people who were in Chicago at that time. They gave me the lowdown regarding the corruption that contaminated city hall while reminiscing about the famous night clubs, like the long gone Chez Paree, and others that are still around today. Included in the book are The Green Mill, Al Capone's favorite jazz haunt, and the Pump Room, where syndicated columnist, Irv Kupcinet, held court for movie stars at table number one."
Rose continued, "The book's main character, private investigator Matt McBride, also has his origin in the past. It was Howard Duff's performance of Sam Spade on a popular radio program in the late 1940s that inspired my creation of McBride. Unlike Dashiell Hammett's cynical and unscrupulous Spade in ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ and Humphry Bogart's portrayal in the 1941 movie version, ‘Duff's Spade’ - and my McBride – have compassionate hearts and a jocular sense of humor that blend with a knight errand's penchant for rescuing dames – or damsels if you will – in distress.”
Rose also is writing a sequel to “The Lazarus Conspiracies,”?most of which will take place in the Warsaw, North Webster and Syracuse lakes areas. In the sequel, a Chicago Police Department cop returns to where he spent his summers as a boy to confront the perpetrators who killed his younger brother and those who covered the crime up.
Visit Rose’s website at www.richardroseonline.com.
The book-signing event for his latest novel, “The Gumshoe,” and his first book, “The Lazarus Conspiracies,” will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. July 15 at The Tippy Creek Winery, 5920 N. CR 200E, Leesburg.
“The Gumshoe” is set in circa 1947 Chicago. Private investigator Matt McBride runs afoul of corrupt politicians, mobsters and a trigger-happy Texan Femme fatale to prove that the suicidie of his best friend was murder, according to a provided synopsis. The book was published by Savant Books and Publications. It’s available at Amazon, Ingram and Barnes & Noble.
Rose hails from Kokomo. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Wabash College. After a tour of duty fighting the Cold War on the East/West German border, Rose began a long career as a first vice president with a major investment firm in Chicago, where he did market reports on TV and radio.
Richard's wife, Kay, supports his passion for writing, which includes short stories, novels and screenplays.
"Fun as it was to write ‘The Gumshoe,’ researching the story was quite challenging," said Rose. "Since I didn't have H. G. Wells' time machine to whisk me back to Chicago in 1947, I had to create my own. This involved many hours searching the internet and interviewing people who were in Chicago at that time. They gave me the lowdown regarding the corruption that contaminated city hall while reminiscing about the famous night clubs, like the long gone Chez Paree, and others that are still around today. Included in the book are The Green Mill, Al Capone's favorite jazz haunt, and the Pump Room, where syndicated columnist, Irv Kupcinet, held court for movie stars at table number one."
Rose continued, "The book's main character, private investigator Matt McBride, also has his origin in the past. It was Howard Duff's performance of Sam Spade on a popular radio program in the late 1940s that inspired my creation of McBride. Unlike Dashiell Hammett's cynical and unscrupulous Spade in ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ and Humphry Bogart's portrayal in the 1941 movie version, ‘Duff's Spade’ - and my McBride – have compassionate hearts and a jocular sense of humor that blend with a knight errand's penchant for rescuing dames – or damsels if you will – in distress.”
Rose also is writing a sequel to “The Lazarus Conspiracies,”?most of which will take place in the Warsaw, North Webster and Syracuse lakes areas. In the sequel, a Chicago Police Department cop returns to where he spent his summers as a boy to confront the perpetrators who killed his younger brother and those who covered the crime up.
Visit Rose’s website at www.richardroseonline.com.
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