ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Otho Eskin published his first thriller, The Reflecting Pool, to great reviews and book club interest in 2020. It was an Amazon Editors’ Pick for Best Mystery, Thriller and Suspense. The Reflecting Pool follows Marko Zorn—a Washington D.C. homicide detective who has a strong ethical compass but refuses to play by the rules. The sequel, Head Shot, also featuring Marko Zorn will be released in December, 2021. Before he turned to writing fiction, Otho Eskin served in the US Army and Foreign Service in Washington and in Eastern Europe. He was Vice-Chair of the US delegation to the U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea, negotiated on the International Space Station, was principal US negotiator of international agreements on seabed mining and was the US representative to the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

ABOUT THE BOOK - HEAD SHOT (Book 2 of the Marko Zorn series)

Washington, D.C. homicide detective Marko Zorn is investigating the murder of an actress—an old love—when he is assigned to protect the visiting prime minister of Montenegro, the beautiful Nina Voychek. Political enemies are planning her assassination—this, he knows—but now it's apparent that he, too, is a target. As he foils the initial attempts on his life, he pulls out all stops—deploying his sometimes nefarious resources—to hunt whoever is targeting him and prevent an international tragedy on American soil. Decoded messages, Supermax prisoner interviews, mafia lawyers, and an ancient Black Mountain curse swirl among the icons of D.C. Marko and his young partner, Lucy, face down what may be multiple assassins with diverging agendas. Or are they facing one assassin—the deadliest and most elusive on the international stage?