Author Bio:
I am a Midwesterner by birth. Yankton,
South Dakota, is my hometown. I graduated from high school there in 1957. After
four years earning degree in English at St. John’s University (MN), I became a
teacher. My first wife, Elaine Finfrock, also of Yankton, and I had five
children; four sons and a daughter. We divorced in 1977.
In 1964, I joined The Travelers in Minneapolis, MN and began what turned out to be a 40 year career in the financial services industry. During the that time, in addition to The Travelers, I held positions with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota, Wilson Learning Corporation, and Wachovia Bank and Trust. While at Wachovia, I served in many different positions, ending my tenure as a representative of the trust department services in the greater New York City area. I retired at the end of 2007 after 15 years as a Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch serving over 300 clients in the Winston-Salem, NC area.
In 1986, Melinda Folger McLeod and I were married and I gained a stepson, Matthew. Currently, we divide our time each year between our cabin New West Jefferson, NC and our cottage in Southport, NC near the Cape Fear River. I enjoy golf, music, and reading history. Since my retiring I have focused on my writing, an avocation throughout my life. In 2010, I completed my first novel, Deadly Portfolio: A Killing Hedge Funds and the sequel, Breached was published August 2014.
In 1964, I joined The Travelers in Minneapolis, MN and began what turned out to be a 40 year career in the financial services industry. During the that time, in addition to The Travelers, I held positions with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota, Wilson Learning Corporation, and Wachovia Bank and Trust. While at Wachovia, I served in many different positions, ending my tenure as a representative of the trust department services in the greater New York City area. I retired at the end of 2007 after 15 years as a Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch serving over 300 clients in the Winston-Salem, NC area.
In 1986, Melinda Folger McLeod and I were married and I gained a stepson, Matthew. Currently, we divide our time each year between our cabin New West Jefferson, NC and our cottage in Southport, NC near the Cape Fear River. I enjoy golf, music, and reading history. Since my retiring I have focused on my writing, an avocation throughout my life. In 2010, I completed my first novel, Deadly Portfolio: A Killing Hedge Funds and the sequel, Breached was published August 2014.
Links:
Web site: http://www.jjhohn.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnjhohn
Twitter:@writerjohnj
Sales Sites: Both books are available at local
bookstores everywhere. They may not be in inventory but they both can be
ordered from a reader's favorite store.
Ebook versions are available in Kindle through Amazon and
all eBook formats through Smashwords.
Links are as follows:
Amazon (paperback) http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Portfolio-Killing-Hedge-Funds/dp/1461073693/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415979177&sr=8-1&keywords=Deadly+Portfolio
Breached
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/480352
Amazon (paperback) http://www.amazon.com/Breached-John-J-Hohn/dp/0692250921/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415979234&sr=8-1&keywords=Breached
Amazon Kindle http://www.amazon.com/Breached-John-Hohn-ebook/dp/B00OEXEK0K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415979395&sr=8-1&keywords=Breached+Kindle
Back cover blurb:
Following his critically acclaimed debut
novel, Deadly Portfolio: A Killing
in Hedge Funds, author John J. Hohn offers Breached,
a suspenseful,
fast-paced sequel.
The story is set in the Blue Ridge
Mountains of North Carolina where Detective James Raker meets up with an
old high school classmate.
Their reunion, however, is interrupted by
murder. Gunned down is state dam inspector Norm Dennison who dies
before he can prove to the homeowners around Lake Hannah that Vernon
Brost, a developer, has launched an elaborate scheme to defraud
them. The threat to Brost’s plans does not go away with Dennison’s
death, however, as Dennison’s widow turns over the dead man’s files to
Art Nichols, a Lake Hannah resident and a friend of the retired
detective, James Raker. Thugs ransack Nichols’ home to recover the documents.
Not finding them, they decide to break into Raker’s home where they are
surprised by Raker’s girl friend, Diane Welborn. Welborn is knocked unconscious and the house is set ablaze. Together Nichols, a Viet Nam
veteran, and Raker begin tracking down the intruders. Welborn is
hospitalized in serious condition. While in a coma, she recalls her painful
childhood, her unsuccessful fi rst marriage and her struggles to find fulfillment
after her divorce. Raker’s concern for her injuries drives him in his pursuit of
her attackers.
Breached is a fast-paced realistic literary
mystery with a sharp focus on
character
development.
Snippet:
“That’s funny.
I don’t think your supervisor knew you quit.”
“I can’t help
what he knows and what he don’t know.”
“Your
supervisor said you’re supposed to call in when you’re absent.”
“I wasn’t
absent. I quit.”
“He thought
you’d probably show up and file a workmen’s comp claim because of the accident
happened your last day on the job.”
“I ain’t filin’
no claim. I got hurt. It was my fault. I quit. I ain’t going back there for
anything.”
“So nobody at
the plant knew you had quit, right?”
“How would I
know?”
“How did this
308 Winchester come to be in your place?”
“Bought it at
a gun show, Hillsville, Virginia.”
“You bought it
there?”
“Yeah.”
“That
expensive scope on it when you bought it?”
“Yup. Package
deal.”
“What about
the Glock?”
“Found it.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Someone
must’ve been out target practicing with it. Laid it down and walked away from
it.”
“Seems like an
expensive gun to walk off on?”
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