Croaked!

by Dick Lochte

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395 pages, Hardcover

First published April 18, 2007

About the author

Dick Lochte, author of the noir thriller Blues in the Night and co-author with The Today Show's Al Roker of the comedy mysteries featuring restaurateur Billy Blessing (The Talk Show Murders), began his career as a novelist with the publication of the award-winning mystery, Sleeping Dog.

As a journalist, Lochte has written for numerous publications, including the Washington Post, Playboy, TV Guide, Chicago Tribune and Salon. He has been a columnist for the Los Angeles Times for a number of years, most recently as a reviewer of crime fiction. He has also served as a contributing editor and theatre critic for Los Angeles magazine, receiving an Ovation Award from the Los Angeles Theatre Alliance, the only critic so honoured.

He has also written film scripts for such actors as David Niven, Roger Moore, Martin Sheen and Jodie Foster.

Lochte, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, now lives with his wife and son in Southern California.

Reviews

[Saul Prentice · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not as good as Lochte's famous first novel, "Sleeping Dog," but it is a fun read. The story takes place at a Playboy-like magazine company where people start getting knocked off, creating a mystery for the somewhat scatterbrained protagonist to solve.

[Tory Wagner · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not really my cup of tea. Very modern and sarcastic. About a Playboy-like magazine and a series of murders in the publishing offices. Many characters, but none of them fleshed out.