A Conversation with Sam Acquillo by Chris Knopf

My parents, the Acquillo people from Montreal, named me Sam. Not Samuel, and no middle name, which should tell you something. I only live in the Hamptons because my father built a shack back in the fifties on the Little Peconic Bay, in the North Sea area above...

Ice Cap by Chris Knopf

Ice Cap by Chris Knopf is the third book in the “Jackie Swaitkowski” mystery series. Publisher: Minotaur Books, June 2012 Crazy weather, crazy artists, organized crime and digital wizardry all play a role in a murder mystery that could only happen in the Hamptons....

Meet Chris Knopf

When a male author writes from a 1st person female POV, it’s not surprising that people are curious about how that works. My easy, and completely unsatisfactory answer, is “not sure”. A more legitimate answer is that novelists put themselves into the minds of all...

Bad Bird by Chris Knopf

Bad Bird by Chris Knopf is the second book in the “Jackie Swaitkowski” mystery series. Publisher: Minotaur Books, February 2011 Jackie Swaitkowski may not be the most buttoned-up lawyer in the Hamptons, but a plane crash before her very eyes is hard to...

Short Squeeze by Chris Knopf

Short Squeeze by Chris Knopf is the first book in the new “Jackie Swaitkowski” mystery series. Publisher: Minotaur Books, January 2010 The outside world thinks living in the Hamptons requires a Bentley, a face-lift, and a shingle-style home the size of...