Murder at Cleaver Stadium

About the Book

"GIBBONEY SCORES A TOUCHDOWN IN ´MURDER AT CLEAVER STADIUM´..."

                --HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS

"A FUN, ENJOYABLE READ."

                --PENN STATE DAILY COLLEGIAN

"WE CAN´T WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL!  HOW SOON WILL IT BE READY?"

                --MECHANICSBURG PA MYSTERY BOOK      

                  SHOP DISCUSSION GROUP

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR

Q:  So why did you write Murder at Cleaver Stadium?

A:  Well, doesn´t everyone want to write a murder mystery?  The kind of book you can take to the beach or breeze through during an airplance ride.  Fun to write and fun to read.

Q:  There´s a lot of dark humor in the book.

A:  Yeah, it´s an equal opportunity offender.  Hopefully everyone will get the jokes and have a giggle.  It´s certainly not a text about criminal investigation.  More like a comic book about real life.

Q:  You wrote this in the first person.

A:  Using the first person is fun for me.  Plus it gives the book more authenticity and immediacy.  Writing a novel is like looking through a kaleidoscope; you have ideas and experiences and then twist them all around into something new and completely different.

Q:  Why is it set in southcentral Pennsylvania?

A:  It´s where I live and it´s an interesting area.  In fact, it gets more interesting all the time.  I´ve also spent a lot of time in Washington so some of the book is set there.

Q:  There are some unusual characters in the book, the Reverend Preston Cecil Jones, for one.

A:  Anyone who is both a lawyer and a minister has to be somewhat unusual.  Rev. Jones is what I call a "man without fingerprints."  He can get things done without being too obvious about it.

Q:  You have a corrupt state senator...

A:  Uh-huh.  Senator Muncher.  He was fun to create.  Brings to mind the Jimmy Carter phrase about "a government as good as its people."  But every novel needs good guys and bad guys.

Q: This one seems to have more bad guys.

A:  Yeah, that´s probably true.  I´m interested in seeing what the good guy/bad guy ratio is in the sequel.

Q:  You´re working on that now?

A:  Yes.  I have an outline and have started writing.  But things change as the book takes on a life of its own.  With this one, I honestly didn´t know who the murderer would turn out to be until the last minute.  In fact, I was kind of surprised.

Q:  There are a couple songs in the book...

A:  Four total.  Two of them -- Lunch on the Moon and So Long Baby -- are on my new CD that´s coming out next month.  

Q:  You play piano?

A:  No, guitar.  Martin guitars.  They´re the best.

About the Author

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