J.J. Lamb: R.I.P.

This is such sad news. Author J.J. Lamb, 90, passed away this morning, reuniting, one hopes, with his beloved Bette Lamb. More information on his passing to come.

I first met J.J. in the 1970s. I was the young kid on the block, and he and Bette were so welcoming at my first MWA meeting. Over the years we met at meetings, conventions, and literary salons. I hosted both Bette and J.J. at several salons here in Berkeley, and they also came to support other writer friends. I served with him on the MWA NorCal Board, where his infinite knowledge and creativity shone through. His warmth and genuine appreciation and support of other writers and friends was forthcoming. He was a friend, and he will be missed.

Read a guest post by Bette and J.J. Lamb here on Mystery Fanfare.

J. J. Lamb is a former newspaper reporter, Associated Press staff writer, trade press correspondent, and freelance journalist. His journalism career was interrupted early on by the U.S. Army, which provided him with a Top Secret clearance and a locked room with table, chair, typewriter, and the time to write short stories. The stories evolved into an original paperback series featuring Las Vegas-based PI Zachariah Tobias Rolfe III, the most recent: NO PAT HANDS. 

NO PAT HANDS, the fourth book in the Zach Rolfe PI series, was a nominee for a 2014 Shamus Award from Private Eye Writers of America (PWA)

He also collaborated with his wife Bette Golden Lamb to produce seven medical thrillers, a suspense-adventure novel, and a political thriller, the most recent of which are BONE POINT,  and THE KILLING VOTE. His short stories have appeared in such publications as “Over My Dead Body,” “New Mystery,” “Kings River Life,” and a variety of men’s magazines.

A link to his work at: Stop, You're Killing Me!