The Johnny Denovo Mysteries

Andrew Kent is available for interviews about writing, publishing, metaphors as pathways into the mind, and online marketing. Contact information is at the bottom of this page.

An example of an audio interview can be found online via this link.

News about inclusion in Backword Books can be found on CNBC and Reuters.

The following press release has been picked up in local papers, regional papers, and other outlets so far, with more to follow.

Johnny Denovo Debuts in Fast, Fun, and Cerebral Mystery Thriller Spam & Eggs

BOSTON, MA (FEBRUARY 23, 2009) — Be among the first to discover Johnny Denovo, the inscrutable and brainy detective debuting in the new mystery thriller Spam & Eggs.

When a mysterious spam email lands in his in-box, Denovo already is a world-famous detective, known for his aura of invincibility and A-list clients. What’s hidden in the email sets in motion his newest case – of technological wizardry, Fabergé eggs, defense secrets, and rhyming couplets. Attempting to thwart a crime not-yet-committed and elude its mysterious perpetrator, Johnny and his cohorts ricochet from the familiar haunts of their Boston home turf to a Virginia horse farm to the narrow streets of Montpellier, France, culminating in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game.

Johnny’s circle includes Tucker Thiesen, technologist extraordinaire and childhood friend, a freelance surveillance operative with tentacles into worldwide security. Floors below Johnny’s luxury condo is restaurateur Wei Chou, his personal chef and plant-waterer, whose talents don’t stop with a sublime crispy orange beef. And then there is Mona Landau, Johnny’s hot and haughty business agent — the rare human who can melt his studied cool.

Trained as a neuroscientist, Johnny has mastered a theory of the mind that underlies his crime-solving techniques. The human mind leaves patterns, Johnny knows. Through discipline of his own thinking and sensory awareness, he perceives patterns others do not. From cracking codes to discerning motives, Denovo moves through the world highly attuned to what is fundamental, but not always obvious.

But the metaphor-loving Johnny has mysteries of his own. Beneath the Denovo mystique and attitude, Johnny is constantly honing his image to match the world’s expectations. If smart is the new cool, Johnny is an iceberg – studied calm and nerves of steel, with the self-consciousness and laser-like mind of a scientist beneath.

This time, though, even Johnny cannot discern who is seeking his services as he gets ensnared in a cryptic cybernetwork, evades the loveliest of would-be assassins, and bends a few rules to peer inside the fabled bejeweled eggs for secrets they might hold. Denovo’s quest is a suspenseful and literate romp through the patterns of mind and matter. By the time Spam & Eggs “resolves with delightful surprises and a satisfying soufflé of an ending,” as one reviewer put it, you will be looking at the world a bit more as Johnny does.

Spam & Eggs introduces the smart new voice of Andrew Kent, the pen name of a writer in central Massachusetts whose second Johnny Denovo mystery thriller is soon to hatch.

To keep up with the adventures of Johnny Denovo and for more information, visit www.johnnydenovo.com.

Spam & Eggs: A Johnny DeNovo Mystery is available now through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, other online retailers, and through your local bookseller.

Contact:

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andrewkent@verizon.net