Spencer was hired to keep an eye on Claire Greely, wife of an impotent millionaire. While investigating drug kingpin Santiago Dias, he meets former cop Mitch Spencer, a recently fired insurance investigator who is a guest on Dias's yacht. Detective Eustes Tully is a loser cop, loveless and burned out first assigned to the case, he is then pulled off and assigned to narcotics. Jones changes genres with In Deep, a crime thriller about a serial killer who abuses his female victims with a policeman's night stick and leaves their bodies on a Santa Barbara beach dressed in 1950s-style swimsuits and wearing dark glasses. Jones followed with Amberstar: An Illustrated Comic Odyssey, the novel Tarotown, and a collection titled Twisted Tales. Writing in Booklist, Dan Miller noted that Jones and Eisen provide accompanying text for the mostly bizarre stories that Miller felt would 'delight and excite' adult fans. The book is a collection of the work of eleven young fantasy illustrators. His first projects combined text and illustration, and he coedited the anthology Sorcerers: A Collection of Fantasy Art with Armand Eisen. SIDELIGHTS: Bruce Jones has written for film and television and is the author of several novels. Sprinter (novel), Doubleday (New York, NY), 1998. Maximum Velocity (novel), Dutton (New York, NY), 1996.

In Deep (novel), Crown Publishers (New York, NY), 1991.

Twisted Tales, Blackthorne ( San Diego, CA), 1987. Tarotown (novel), Leisure Books (New York, NY), 1982. (Editor, with Armand Eisen) Sorcerers: A Collection of Fantasy Art, foreword by Ken Kesey, Ballantine ( New York, NY), 1978.Īmberstar: An Illustrated Comic Odyssey, Warner Books (New York, NY), 1980. ADDRESSES: Agent-c/o Author Mail, Doubleday, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Upcoming Author of the Year award, Bertelsman Book Club.

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