<p><b>Ron Chudley</b> is an accomplished screenwriter and playwright, and the author of four other novels of mystery and suspense: <i>Scammed</i> (2009), <i>Stolen</i> (2007), <i>Dark Resurrection</i> (2006) and <i>Old Bones</i> (2005). He lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest and knows intimately the landscape where the story unfolds. <i>Act of Evil</i> is the first mystery in the Hal Bannatyne Mystery series.</p>