Jack Dwyer

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Created by Ed Gorman
(1941-2016)

Midwestern private eye JACK DWYER is a former cop who decides it’s the actor’s life for him, after appearing in a public service ad. And so he quits the force, figuring being a part-time gumshoe gig would give him more time to pursue his new passion, taking acting lessons, going to rehearsals and all that stuff. He displays considerable compassion, a gentle humour and a surprising amount of humility and humanity as he plies his new trade in a thinly-disguised version of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, while trying to keep his eye on the prize—making a living as an actor.

A good series, well worth checking out; one that takes all the private eye conventions and tosses them in the air.

UNDER OATH

  • “an extraordinary novel…”
    — Jeremiah Healy on The Autumn Dead

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Advertising exec turned author Ed Gorman, besides writing the Dwyer series, created a few other notable P.I.s, particularly Jack Walsh and Sam McCain, and was one of the better known editors of anthologies in the crime and mystery field. He also co-founded, along with Robert J. Randisi, Mystery Scene Magazine. His fiction output also includes several westerns.

NOVELS

COLLECTIONS

  • The Dwyer Trilogy (1996) | Buy this book
  • Collects The Autumn Dead, A Cry of Shadows and “Eye of the Beholder”
  • The Jack Dwyer Mysteries (2016) | Kindle it!
    Collects New, Improved Murder, Murder Straight Up and Murder in the Wings

SHORT STORIES

  • “Failed Prayers” (1987, Mystery Scene Reader #1; also 1989, Felonious Assaults)
  • “The Reason Why” (1988, Criminal Elements; also The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories)
  • “Eye of the Beholder” (1996; included in omnibus edition of The Autumn Dead and A Cry of Shadows)

FURTHER INVESTIGATION

  • Ed Gorman Blog
    Ed’s blog. The url says new and improved, but Ed’s still Ed. Which is why we loved him. Let’s give thanks to whoever’s keeping it going.
Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.

 

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