Roger is hired by a cruise ship line to investigate the murder of a passenger from one of their boats during an onshore excursion to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, an autonomous Basque Republic in Northwest Spain. From Santiago’s sacred old church with its shrine to Saint James to modern Amsterdam and back, it’s not going to be easy. With unexpected twists and turns, the plot takes you on a wild ride filled with danger, intrigue, and treachery. Fans of suspenseful thrillers that keep you guessing should buy this e-book or paperback or download their Kindle Unlimited copy from Amazon Kindle today!
Tapas and Treachery Book Links:
Kindle E-book, Audible, paperback, Kindle Unlimited
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My Review
I picked this e-book through the Kindle Unlimited program.
The description of the countries Roger was in was done perfectly. They made me feel like I was actually there. Twists and turns made me want to know who and why. It kept me hooked from the first page to the last page.
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Author Interview
Tell me about yourself. Where are you from?
JL: I’ve lived most of my life in Davis California, near Sacramento.
What genre do you read?
JL: Mostly mystery and thriller novels, non-fiction: scientific journals.
Who's an author you read? Name your top 5 authors.
JL: Michael Connelly, Ross MacDonald, Robert Crais, Robert B. Parker,
and James Lee Burke.
What book are you reading right now, and what do you like about it?
JL: The Waiting by Michael Connelly. Plot, characters, setting are all 5-star, as I would expect from Connelly, and the storyline is the basis for the popular Renee Ballard TV series.
Favorite sports.
JL: As a spectator, pro football and youth soccer. To do myself, basketball, sailing.
JL: California has a lot to offer, including good climate, great out of doors for seeing and doing things (mountains, oceans, wine making and tasting, the best [by far] public university system in the world, and lots more.
How long have you been writing?
JL: Non-Fiction (scientific papers), since graduate school a long time ago.
Mystery/thriller novels and novellas, almost 15 years.
What inspired you to become a writer?
JL: My wife encouraged me to try this as a way of eventually keeping busy after retirement.
What is your writing process like? Are you more of a plotter or a pantser?
JL: In my head before I begin, definitely a plotter. Once I actually begin writing that first draft, a pantser. At some point the story takes over and writes much of itself.
How did you come up with the ideas for your series?
JL: I usually start with interesting places I’ve lived, or visited, or with German shorthaired pointers, which we breed, show, and hunt, so I know the breed very well, featured. All of the books are written as standalones.
How do you celebrate finishing a book?
JL: No specific ritual….taking my wife Elaine to dinner or starting to write the next book usually. Then there’s that whole advertising and sales thing to keep me occupied if I’m not writing another book, or (before I recently retired) working at my full-time job as a professor and researcher at the University of California’s Davis campus.
What would you tell a writer who is just starting?
JL: “Don’t quit your day job!”
What program do you use for writing?
JL: Word.
What advice would you give to a writer working on their first book?
JL: “Stick with it; it’s hard work. And develop a thick skin. Assume that all the criticism you get is intended to be helpful, even if it sounds harsh.
What’s your writing software of choice?
JL: Word for writing, Amazon for formatting and cover design.
How do you organize everything and find the time to sit down and write?
JL: I’ve never really figured this part out. Just do it however and whenever I can.
As an author, what would you choose as your spirit animal?
JL: Definitely a dog----almost certainly a German shorthaired pointer.
Who has been the biggest supporter of your writing?
JL: My wife, Elaine.
How do you name your characters?
JL: Pretty much at random on the spur of the moment.
Can you describe a typical day in your writing life?
JL: No. It’s different every time. Lots of chaos usually.
Tell us about your current release.
JL: [Inspired by a visit we took as tourists to Santiago de Compostela
and Amsterdam a year and a half ago]
Visit Santiago de Compostela at the end of the Pilgrimage Trail
in Spain, one of the holiest Catholic shrines in the world
and the destination for tens of thousands of pilgrims who
walk hundreds of miles as an act of piety and meditation.
Roger, a private detective, is hired to solve the brutal,
execution style, murder of an American tourist during
an excursion there. With unexpected twists and turns,
the plot takes fans of suspenseful thrillers that keep you
guessing on a wild ride filled with danger and intrigue.
Tapas and Treachery, a standalone novel available in
e-book, audiobook, and paperback formats, can also be
downloaded free from Kindle Unlimited. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZQ7P3YF
Also worldwide at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZQ7P3YF
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DZQ7P3YF
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DZQ7P3YF
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Jerold Last is a Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) at the University of California's Medical School at Davis, near Sacramento in Northern California. Jerry writes fast-paced mystery books (tough and sometimes violent thrillers that follow the cozy conventions of no graphic sex and no bad words), published on Amazon Kindle. He and his wife Elaine, lived previously in Salta, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay, which provided the settings for several of the earlier Roger and Suzanne mysteries. Jerry selects the most interesting places that he has lived in or visited for Roger and Suzanne to solve miscellaneous murders. A few of these book are also cross-listed on Kindle in the relevant travel categories (eg, Peru for The Surreal Killer and Spain for Tapas and Trachery) and seven feature dogs (which Amazon's algorithm assigns to the "cozy mystery" category, which they most certainly are not), so pretty much all of the books are hard to classify as a single specific genre. He and Elaine also breed prize-winning German shorthaired pointer dogs. Elaine provides technical advice for Jerry’s dog-related novels as well as editing for all of the books.
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