Life is pretty good for PGA Tour veteran Jack Austin.Like a snap-hook out of nowhere, however, Jacks world comes crashing down around him. At a tournament, rookie Hutch Gainer reveals to Jack that a Mafia-run gambling ring has invaded the Tour and Hutch is in the middle of it. Angry at first, Jack refuses to help. But after his fianc Lisa goes looking for answers, Jack is forced to get involved in an attempt to prevent a scandal. When Hutchs sponsor turns up dead and the rookie is arrested for murder Jack enters the underworld in order to solve the crime, protect Lisa, and save the game he loves.
John R. Corrigan was born in Augusta, Maine, in 1970. Along with his wife and three young daughters, he lives at the Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut, where he teaches Advanced Placement English and Mystery Literature, coaches hockey and golf, and may very well be the only mystery writer in America who is also a dorm parent to 15 teenage boys.
John loves teaching and enjoys visiting schools to give readings or run writing workshops. You can reach him at the e-mail address below to schedule a school visit.
A passionate teacher, he understands struggles faced by learning-disabled students. In 1979, prior to many discoveries in the field of learning disabilities, Corrigan was broadly diagnosed as "learning disabled, presumed dyslexic" -- a theme that resonates throughout the Jack Austin series. Corrigan has published poetry, academic papers, feature articles, and more recently short stories (in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine).
The first Jack Austin novel, CUT SHOT (Sleeping Bear Press, 2001), earned excellent reviews. In 2002, Corrigan signed with the University Press of New England, an honor that made him UPNE's first mystery novelist and produced SNAP HOOK (2004), CENTER CUT (2004), BAD LIE (2005), and OUT OF BOUNDS (2006). The Jack Austin series has been praised for accurately portraying the stresses associated with high-pressure athletics.
A former journalist and freelance writer, he earned a master's of fine arts degree in creative writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. From 2001-2005, he was a columnist for Golf Today Magazine. Now he writes a weekly blog for Type M For Murder and is currently at work on a new series featuring a female border patrol agent as protagonist.
He is thrilled to be able to offer the Jack Austin series online--all five novels for the price of one hardcover--and always enjoys hearing from readers. You can reach him at jcorrigan@pomfretschool.org or by visiting his Website, JohnRCorrigan.com.
