David M. Brown is a freelance writer and editor. His novel The Case of the Cockamamie Killer is "the only murder mystery featuring a temp as the hero in which an evil IRS agent gets beaten to a pulp. By the way, contrary to what the review at doingfreedom.com implies, word processing is not just typing." When we asked if there was sex as well as violence in the novel, David did not deny it. The book is available through the publisher's web site.

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