Murder by Road Trip

MURDER BY ROAD TRIP is a comedy murder mystery staged in the medical biotech and pharmaceutical industry. John J Jessop co-wrote the book with his daughter Jackie. The story was inspired by a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country road trip they took together in 2016. While the destinations may be real all events in MURDER BY ROAD TRIP are hilariously fictitious. A missing research monkey a tiny jewel thief the great cheese caper and a bumbling FDA reviewer/wannabe private eye trapped in an RV with three daughters. What could go wrong? Well-Healed Pharmaceuticals wants to interview Dr. Jason Longfellow for a lucrative job in San Diego. As incentive they pay for a family road trip cross-country. The trip has its bumps: violent cowboy holograms moving Border Patrol mannequins Titan Missile Base military police a mad dentist and Fred Flintstone all try to steal Jasons teeth and kill him. His wife Chelsea nurse detective blames these hallucinations on excessive napping. Most nights kids asleep Jason takes Chelsea to the top of the RV where he...takes Chelsea. She doesnt hate it. Other oddities include boundless energy and strange cravings. Who wants to kill Jason and take his teeth? They must solve this mystery or Jason could end up a lifelong toothless FDA reviewer or dead whichever comes first. MURDER BY ROAD TRIP is the sequel to PLEASURIA: TAKE AS DIRECTED.Dr. John J Jessop a Ph.D. pharmacologist spent nearly 40 years working for the FDA and pharmaceutical industry. He retired to write murder mysteries. Jacqueline J Jessop has a degree in media arts and design edited and designed the covers for Johns earlier books and co-wrote MURDER BY ROAD TRIP with her father. She also designed the book cover. She currently works as a marketing expert in NYC.