Love Mysteries? Meet Lawrence E. Rothstein
Welcome, Lawrence. Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
Inspiration and writing process: As an academic, I had written many published scholarly pieces including a book and book chapters. I love to read mysteries, particularly those with recurring characters. I have been working on mystery fiction since 2012. I started writing mystery/legal scenarios as hypothetical cases for law courses I taught. I get my ideas from the news, particularly legal news, and other detective stories.
Regarding The Tell-Tale Art, I lived and worked in Provence for almost two years. The atmosphere, culture, and cuisine enthralled me. When I write, my recurring characters come first, and then the case plots that those characters would find interesting and that my detectives would be sought after for by clients. I always have some ideas of where the case is going and what procedures would be followed from my legal experience, but my detectives seem to inspire scenes and activities that show off their particular virtues and personalities as the investigations proceed.
I am presently writing and about two-thirds done with my fourth Tri-Star Investigations novel. Its tentative title is Double Play.
After a Chicago gallery owner’s apparent suicide is unmasked as murder, brilliant Marko Korb, intrepid Kelan Su, and dauntless Desmond St. Clair of Tri-Star Investigations hunt a killer. A tense stakeout, twin break-ins, and two brutal murders propel them into deciphering an artistic code, battling an international gang, rescuing a kidnapped colleague, and uncovering a cache of Nazi-looted art. With help from an old ally of Korb, the chase hurtles from Chicago’s mean streets through the countryside, culture, and cuisine of Provence—and back again. Every clue is a brushstroke; every step could be their last.
AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | WILD ROSE
I am a retired lawyer and university professor who has published in constitutional law, privacy law, political theory, and labor law. Born and raised in Chicago, I am now residing with my wife and family in beautiful southern Rhode Island. I have lived and traveled widely in Europe. As an avid reader of crime fiction, I have always wanted to write detective novels.
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