John C. Boland



Personal Information

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Full Name:
Befeler, Mike
Home State:
CO
Personal Blog Link:
http://www.mikebefeler.bl...
Contact Info

Publicist at the Publisher :
Tiffany Schofield
Publisher's Website :
http://gale.cengage.com/fivestar/

Welcome Note

I write "Geezer-lit" Mysteries featuring octogenarian Paul Jacobson who suffers from short-term memory loss. Even though Paul can't remember the day before, he becomes an amateur sleuth and even has a romance with a young chick in her seventies.  

Author Bio

Mike Befeler turned his attention to fiction writing after a career in high technology marketing. His first novel, Retirement Homes Are Murder, was published in January, 2007. The second novel in the Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery series, Living With Your Kids Is Murder, was released in April 2009, and was a finalist for the Lefty Award for the best humorous mystery of 2009. It was followed by Senior Moments Are Murder in August, 2011. He holds a Master’s degree from UCLA and a Bachelor’s degree from Stanford. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife, Wendy.


Bibliography

Senior Moments Are Murder
Author: Mike Befeler
Published: August 17, 2011 by Five Star
Series Name: Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series
Category: Amateur Sleuth
Main Character: Paul Jacobson

Cankankerous octogenarian Paul Jacobson must solve a seris of murders while struggling with the problems of his short-term memory loss. Paul learns about
the homeless community, grafitti artists, disrepuatble art dealers and the beach scene in Venice Beach, California, and must dance a geezer two-step to stay out of the clutches of the police and the bad guys.


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Living With Your Kids Is Murder
Author: Mike Befeler
Published: April 15, 2009 by Five Star, an imprint of Gale
Series Name: Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series
Category: Amateur Sleuth
Main Character: Paul Jacobson
In this the second of the Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery series, Paul must solve two murders while struggling with the problems of his short-term memory loss. As Paul ends up suspiciously close to a bank robbery, kidnapping and drug bust, his granddaughter Jennifer helps him track down the real perpetrators. Paul juggles two girlfriends, experiences the vagaries of romance and must find a way to stay alive when he confronts the murderer
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Retirement Homes Are Murder
Author: Mike Befeler
Published: January 17, 2007 by Five Star
Series Name: Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series
Category: Amateur Sleuth
Main Character: Paul Jacobson
Remembering nothing from the day before, crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect when he finds a dead body in the trash chute of a retirement home. As Paul’s snooping and short-term memory loss get him in trouble with the local police, his new friends and granddaughter Jennifer help him solve an expanding list of crimes. Paul finds romance as he struggles to escape a murderer intent on a repeat performance.

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