Terry Mort attended Princeton University, followed by graduate school at the University of Michigan. Afterward he served as an officer in the navy, specializing in navigation and gunnery. His service included a lengthy deployment to Vietnam. He is the author of The Hemingway Patrols and The Wrath of Cochise. He lives with his wife, Sondra Hadley, in Sonoita, Arizona and Durango, Colorado.
"""A breezy debut noir set in Tinseltown circa 1934. Mort (The Hemingway Patrols) generally keeps the banter-filled proceedings as bubbly as the beverage his handsome protagonist frequent shares with a number of knockouts. Readers will hope to see more of Bruno."" -- Publishers Weekly ""The terms noir and delightful usually aren't used together, but they pair up happily in this entertaining romp. Mort has fun with noir conventions but never mocks them-a difficult trick to bring off and he does it masterfully."" -- Booklist ""A romp through the lighter side of the noir detective life. Readers may recognize some of the characters from real life (is that F. Scott Fitzgerald?), and all will enjoy how Mort makes Riley the pivot point of this fast-paced adventure."" -- Historical Novels Review ""Terry Mort writes hard-boiled detective fiction like we all imagine it was once written. Enjoyable and entertaining."" -- Bookgasm"