Devil Dog: A Leo Bloodworth Mini-Mystery

Leo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist #2.6

by Dick Lochte

This novella finds private eye Leo Bloodworth, who debuted in the award-winning novel SLEEPING DOG, investigating a Satanic cult in Los Angeles and mixing it up with a sleazy reality TV star, a Russian crime family, federal cops, cats, dogs and murder.

34 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 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.