Streetwise, smart-mouthed, and down on his luck San Francisco private eye Nick Polo has gotten an offer he couldn't refuse. After all, he was sitting out a stretch in the slammer and a top city official was offering him a ticket to the street and his license back. He was in no position to be picky. But beware of politicians doing favors. Polo had to handle the case totally alone: find the thugs who drugged a pretty lady and put her in a porn film. The trouble was-this particular lady was San Francisco's mayor. And finding the people who put her in the movies would ssend Polo into the sleazy underbelly of a city of sex and sin ... where the movies were blue, the dope was snow-white, and the blood was rich, dark red.
I'm a native San Franciscan - a rare breed nowadays; a former policeman, fireman, licensed private investigator for more than twenty years, and past Vice President of the Private Eye Writers of America.
Married to Shirley, the love of my life, also a San Francisco native, we have two sons: Frank and Steve, and a grandson, Jake.
When I was struggling to get my first mansucript finished, a friendly, established author encourged me, saying that my background should be helpful, and then he gave me this piece of advice: "Write what you know, and fake the rest."
I've been writing ever since. My first books were all first person private eye adventures, including ten in the Nick Polo series, and most of the action took place in San Francisco.
The following eight thrillers moved around from London, to Madrid, Russia, etc., but usually had a scene or two in San Francisco (write what you know).
Now I'm back in the city with a new series, stating with JIGSAW, featureing an offbeat hero, Mr. Carroll Quint, and entertainment editor for the San Francisco Bulletin.
I'm presently working on STILL SHOT, the second in the Carroll Quint series.
Thanks for reading about me here, and I hope you enjoy my novels.
Jerry Kennealy
