I will be participating in Author Speed Dating today at the Left Coast Crime Conference in Denver. I’ll be teaming with fellow author Tom Farrell for each of us to give two-minute pitches as we move from table to table.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Left Coast Crime Conference
I’ll be attending the Left Coast Crime Conference in
Denver and will be on the Senior Sleuth Panel. Here’s info about it:
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Writing Characters of Different Ages
Many of my mystery novels feature older characters and are affectionately called geezer-lit mysteries. Even in these, I often have grandkids who play a role in the story. My latest book, The Adventures of Sure Luck Holmes, features a fifth-grade amateur detective with many of the Sherlock Holmes tropes.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Senior Sleuth Panel at the Left Coast Crime Conference
I will be on the Senior Sleuth Panel at the Left Coast Crime Conference in Denver.
Day & time: Saturday March 15, 10:15 AM -
11:00 AM
Moderator: Elizabeth Crowens
Panelists:
Mike Befeler
Janet
Finsilver
Julie A.
Hennrikus
Ellen
Kirschman
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Speaking at Libraries
I enjoy participating in library events. I will be on a panel at the Agoura Hills Library on Saturday May 17 at 1 PM, and I will be speaking at the Villa Park Library in Orange County, CA, at 2 PM on Saturday May 24.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Pickleball and Mystery Novels
It’s often said to write about what you know. It’s also important to write about something that interests you. I played competitive tennis as a boy and in college, but over time with aging joints I converted over to pickleball with its smaller court. The combination of my interest in racquet/paddle sports and mystery novels led me to the publication of my pickleball mystery, Paradise Court. It is set in Maui where the protagonist makes two discoveries: a pickleball court and a dead body. Things go down hill from there.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Eighteenth Anniversary of My First Published Novel, Retirement Homes Are Murder
This month is the eighteenth anniversary of the release of my first published mystery novel, Retirement Homes Are Murder. Imagine yourself waking up in a retirement home, not remembering anything from the day before and being accused of murder. Or consider a male Miss Marple enmeshed in a light-hearted Memento.
When crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson discovers a body wedged in a retirement home trash chute, he must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect while struggling with the problems of his short-term memory loss and being stuck living with a bunch of old people. As Paul’s snooping gets him in trouble with the local police and the retirement home administration, he meets eccentric residents, develops a new friendship, experiences the quirks of old age romance and must face his biggest fear in order to escape from a murderer intent upon a repeat performance.
I’m available to give presentations to service organizations, libraries and book groups.
Retirement Homes Are Murder is available in print, e-book and audio book editions:
e-book box set first four books of Paul Jacobson series: Box Set: Retirement Homes Are Murder, Living with Your Kids Is Murder, Senior Moments Are Murder, Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Befeler, Mike. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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