Dick Lochte's Books
Feb.01.2012
When ex-con Dave ‘Mace’ Mason is hired by Paulie Lacotta, an old acquaintance and high-rolling criminal, to watch his ex-girlfriend, Angela, he knows there’s more to the job than he’s being told. Angela has fallen in love with one of Paulie’s competitors, Tiny, and Paulie wants to know if she’s the reason a big deal recently went south. But Mace draws some unwelcome attention...
Dec.01.2011
After waking up the neighborhood with The Morning Show Murders, and keeping readers up late solving The Midnight Show Murders, Al Roker and Dick Lochte return with their most tantalizing mystery to date. Celebrity chef turned sleuth Billy Blessing finds his plate full of danger once again, as secrets from his long-buried past threaten to make a comeback.
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Nov.01.2010
In this second adventure of television personality Billy Blessing, co-written by the Today Show's Al Roker, the professional chef- TV personality travels to the West Coast to help launch a new network late night talk show. It's not long before Billy once again finds himself in the middle of murder, mayhem and mirth. References to actual late nite television personalities abound,...
Nov.01.2009
The first Billy Blessing crime caper, co-written by The Today Show's Al Roker and Dick Lochte, finds the celebrity chef and morning show host dealing with network TV madness, murder and a mystrious hitman known as Felix the cat.
Apr.15.2007
It's the Swinging Sixties ... and Harry Trauble thinks he has it made. He's young, single, living in Southern California and working at Ogle, one of the nation's most popular magazines for men. So what if the Vietnam Conflict is heating up and racial tension in the city is about to explode? At Ogle, with its beautiful people, amusing eccentrics and unbridled hedonism it's nothing...
Jul.01.1992
New Orleans private detective Terry Manion is just out of drug and alcohol rehab when he's hit with the kind of sobering news that makes detox seem like a day at the beach. His friend and mentor, J.J. Legendre, has been found dead. The cops call it suicide. Manion doesn't but it.
"Memorable . . . compelling." Los Angeles Times
Apr.15.1985
"First, imagine Katherine Hepburn at fourteen. Next, in your mind's eye, replay Humphrey Bogart, at his middle-aged best ...Now picture this oddest of courples as the newest duo in detective fiction and you'll have a perfect portrait of the memorable leads in Sleeping Dog." Los Angeles Times Book Review
About Dick
Dick Lochte is the co-author (with Al Roker) of a bestselling comedy-mystery series featuring celebrity chef Billy Blessing. The new addition to the series, "The Talk Show Murders," is arriving this fall from Delacorte. His solo crime novel,...