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The first book in the series, Sleeeping Dog (1985),which features Leo's and Serendipity's tag-team narration of the same events was nominated for an Edgar and actually won the Nero Wolfe award. It was also named one of "the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Lochte is the author of several popular crime novels, including Blue Bayou (1992) and The Neon Smile (1995), which feature New Orleans private eye Terry Manion, who first appeared in Laughing Dog (1988), the sequel to Sleeping Dog, and Blues in the /night (2012), featuring Dave "Mace" Mason. His Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder (2000), published by Five Star, included stories featuring Leo and Serendipity, Manion and D.A.'s investigator J.J. Legendre (New Orleans in the Sixties). It also includes a reprint of "Sad-Eyed Blonde," his excellent entry in the Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe collection from a few years back. He is currently the co-author with the Today Show's Al Roker of a series of popular mysteries, and has also co-authored four popular crime novels with attorney Christopher Darden, written screenplays for such actors as Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen and Roger Moore and knows more about crime and detective movies than anyone on the planet. His crime fiction column ran for nearly a decade in the Los Angeles Times and earned him the 2003 Ellen Nehr Award for Excellence in Mystery Reviewing. He lives in Southern California. UNDER OATH
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