Posts Tagged ‘A New Prospect’

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Police Mystery Novelist Wayne Zurl

Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after working for twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. Prior to his police career, Zurl served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the reserves. In 2006 he began writing crime fiction. Seven of his Sam Jenkins mysteries have been produced as audio books and simultaneously published as eBooks. His first full-length novel, A New Prospect, traditionally published by Black Rose Writing, debuted in
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A New Prospect Virtual Book Tour June & July 2011

Join Wayne Zurl, author of the police mystery novel, A New Prospect (Black Rose Writing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June & July 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Wayne Zurl Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after working for twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. Prior to his police career, Zurl served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the
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New Book for Review: Mystery Detective ‘A New Prospect’ by Wayne Zurl

Wayne Zurl is touring in June & July 2011 with his mystery detective novel, A New Prospect. Finding a killer in a small Appalachian community doesn’t look that difficult to gritty ex-New York Detective Lieutenant Sam Jenkins. Adjusting to the culture of rural Tennessee , dealing with shady politicians, powerful rich families, and colorful residents, makes Sam feel like a fish out of water, or a cop out of bourbon. But A NEW PROSPECT isn’t just about a homicide. Jenkins, the new police chief, is busy coping with his mid-life crisis, trying to patch the cracks in a department shattered by scandal, and looking for a new purpose in
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