Gerry Boyle

Gerry 'The Bee' Boyle (born 1956) is an American novelist.

Early life

The grandson of Irish immigrants, Boyle was born in Chicago. His parents soon moved to Rhode Island, where he graduated from high school in Warwick. He graduated from Colby College in Maine, Class of 1978, majoring in literature, and began to write short stories and poetry.

Career

Boyle's first career was in journalism. He began as a reporter at the Rumford Falls Times, a weekly in Rumford, a Maine paper-mill town, then moved to the Morning Sentinel, a daily in Waterville, Maine, his old college town, going on to become a full-time columnist on the paper.

As Boyle traveled around Maine looking for stories, he invented a freelance journalist-detective called Jack McMorrow. The first McMorrow mystery, Deadline, was published in 1993. Two years later, it was followed by Bloodline, and there are now nine books in the series.

Boyle left the Morning Sentinel in 1999 but until 2001 continued to write a column for the paper from time to time. In 2000, he became editor of Colby Magazine.

Cover Story, Pretty Dead, and Once Burned received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Boyle married Mary Victoria Foley, a schoolteacher. They have three children and live in China, Maine.

Novels

Jack McMorrow Series
  • Deadline (North Country Press, Maine, 1993)[4]
  • Bloodline (Putnam, 1995)[5]
  • Lifeline (Putnam, 1996)[6]
  • Potshot (Putnam, 1997)[7]
  • Borderline (Berkley, 1998)[8]
  • Cover Story (Berkley Prime Crime, 1999)[1]
  • Pretty Dead (Berkley Prime Crime, 2003)[2]
  • Home Body (Berkley Prime Crime, 2004)[9]
  • Damaged Goods (Down East, 2010)[10]
  • Once Burned (Islandport, 2015)[3]
  • Straw Man (Islandport, 2016)[11]
  • Random Act (Islandport, 2019)[12]

Brandon Blake Series
  • Port City Shakedown (2009)
  • Port City Black and White (Down East, 2011)[13]

References
  1. "Fiction Book Review: Cover Story by Gerry Boyle, Author Berkley Publishing Group $22.95 (371p) ISBN 978-0-425-16893-6". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  2. "Fiction Book Review: PRETTY DEAD: A Jack McMorrow Novel by Gerry Boyle, Author . Berkley Prime Crime $23.95 (325p) ISBN 978-0-425-19201-6". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  3. "Fiction Book Review: Once Burned: A Jack McMorrow Mystery by Gerry Boyle. Islandport (islandportpress.com), $24.95 (368p) ISBN 978-1-939017-60-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  4. "Fiction Book Review: Deadline". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  5. "Fiction Book Review: Bloodline by Gerry Boyle, Author Putnam Publishing Group $21.95 (260p) ISBN 978-0-399-14030-3". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  6. "Fiction Book Review: Lifeline". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  7. "Fiction Book Review: Potshot". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  8. "Fiction Book Review: Borderline". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  9. "Fiction Book Review: Home Body". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  10. "Fiction Book Review: Damaged Goods". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  11. "Fiction Book Review: Straw Man". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  12. "Mystery/thriller book review: Random Act". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  13. "Fiction Book Review: Port City Black and White: A Brandon Blake Mystery by Gerry Boyle. Down East, $24.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-89272-957-9". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
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