My name is Jim Overturf from Nebraska. I write the Kurt Maxxon series in which Kurt is a stock car race driver who stumbles upon dead bodies at the track he is going to race at. And, since Kurt is the one who found the body, he feels aa vested interest in solving the case correctly. Kurt has a support team, including wife Christina, dog, Beau, master mechanic Maurey Kennedy and old buddy Brad Langley who is the head of the major crimes department of the state police. Kurt is a retired Lt. Col from the USMC who spent 26 years as a fighter pilot. He bought an auto parts store and took up racing. Kurt has starred in three published books, Masonville, Kings Rapids, and Carpentier Falls. Kurt's next book Gunning for the Finish is getting ready to be released in the next few weeks. My next project will be a new series: The Alisa Sharpe series. Alisa is a PI who is not afraid of anything--except cockroaches.