Jerry McGinley has recently completed his seven-book mystery series featuring detectives Pat Donegal and Shea Sommers. The final book A DRIFTLESS FAREWELL will be released on March 15, 2024. All books in the series spotlight fast-paced action, snappy dialogue, and complex but likable characters. All books are available on Amazon. About GOVERNOR'S ISLAND MURDERS: "When a Madison, Wisconsin TV anchorwoman goes missing, Detective Shea Sommers holsters her Glock .40 and digs into a mess. McGinley keeps the pages turning in this suspense-filled whodunnit of the upper Midwest." (Jim Guhl, author of ELEVEN MILES TO OSHKOSH and the award-winning SOUTH OF LUCK.)                                

A DRIFTLESS MURDER won the 2022 Midwest Book Award for Fiction. McGinley received teaching awards--including the Kohl Educational Excellence Fellowship, Jarvis Bush Award for Excellence in Teaching Writing (Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English), 100 Most Inspiring Teachers in America (Sallie Mae and Newsweek).