Murder in Nirvana

“This is the novel of my dreams. Battered hero, So-Cal craziness, science craziness—bad teenagers! Picture the bastard child of Ross McDonald and Robert Louis Stevenson. Harper meets Hyde. (OK, I know Lou’s last name was Archer in the books, but I’m a fool for alliteration.) Dorman writes with insight and authority about Southern California, from a research lab at UCLA to the lost nirvana enclaves of the Topatopa mountains. (I’m talking to you, Ojai!) He starts with a swift kick, throws you in the back seat, and takes you on a hell of a ride.” Les Bohem, author, film producer, Emmy-award winning screenwriter and producer, Saturn-award winning television producer “Murder in Nirvana pulls Brian McGowan out of self-imposed retirement and casts him deep into a series of grotesque murders requiring all the mental skill, physical stamina, and grit-glib exchanges he can deliver. Finding himself embroiled in a plot as twisted as human DNA, he learns seeking justice for a teenaged boy is a sharp contrast to a life of quiet reflection and roof repair … and a potent antidote to boredom. The novel offers readers a reminder of what “page turner” means. Casey Dorman shines in the company of Archer Mayor. Set in Ojai, Brian McGowan is California’s answer to Vermont’s Joe Gunther.” R.A. Morean, author, Salon contributor, President: Antioch Writers’ Workshop "Casey Dorman's new California thriller is a breathless roller coaster ride of danger, subterfuge and murder where the expected simply becomes the unexpected. Its mysterious and unorthodox plot turns mesmerize."Bruce Colbert, author of A Tree on the Rift and Lombard Street.