Scott Lothian
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I am a gradually retiring oncology pharmacist and live in the Chicagoland area with my family. I have practiced for over 40 years concentrating in solid organ transplant, oncology and pain management, but for the past decade, I have been on the clinical IT side of healthcare. I write character-centric stories that combine real life with history and humor to tell a tale that unfolds more like a chess match than a game of Whac-A-Mole. Readers will always find characters whom they will love to love or love to hate, and I hope wonder, “Where are they now?” long after they have finished reading. My writing is influenced by Ken Follett, Erik Larson, Stephen King, Dan Brown and so many other great authors.
With the publication of Daddy’s Girl, I have completed the Jonathan Dearfield Trilogy—a psychological cop vs. killer thriller, a historical love story/suspense hybrid and a not-what-it-seems father-daughter murder mystery. Each novel is a stand-alone story with its own distinct atmosphere and structure, filled with Chicago and Wisconsin (and other) history, spanning three generations and nearly two decades.
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Perfect Posture
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Psychological Cop vs. Killer Thriller
A dead girl, clutching a stuffed toy elephant covered in political buttons, is found posed on a luggage carousel at O’Hare Airport. Chicago, oblivious to the evil that has gripped the city for the past two months, believes they have discovered the first victim of the errantly named “Patriotic Killer.” Only Lieutenant Jonathan Dearfield knows the truth: he must solve this case before the unimaginable happens. Perfect Posture aims to create a palpable good versus evil tension in the reader—much like that effected by Erik Larson’s classic Devil in the White City—by taking them inside the mind of a killer (who poses his victims) while chronicling the lives (and love story) of those committed to stopping the escalating carnage. This book is rich with Chicago area history and filled with personalities and relationships—both dark and occasionally comical—that readers will grow to love or hate as they follow the non-stop action to a twisting catastrophic end. 
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Deep Waters
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Historical Love Story, Mystery-Suspense Hybrid
Follow Jack as his life evolves from a 15-year-old high school football quarterback to a crew member of the USS Indianapolis—the ship that delivered the nuclear bomb that helped end World War II and then suffered the worst open ocean shark attack in U.S. naval history. The story starts in Janesville, Wisconsin, then carves a path across the globe—Lake Geneva, Great Lakes Naval Base, Glenview Naval Air Station, San Francisco, the Philippine Sea—and home again. Upon his return, Jack finds he is a war hero everywhere except in his hometown. As Jack tries to piece his life back together after constant tragedy and disappointment, see if he will eventually find true love or if he will ultimately succumb to a life not under his control. See how Jack’s life is entangled in an unseen battle between good and evil and questions of a possible second bomb on the Indianapolis. When he is finally pulled into this battle, will it lead to the nuclear destruction of a beloved American city or help to bring to light a 700-year secret known only to the descendants of a lone Knight Templar on a remote Japanese island? 
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Daddy's Girl
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Murder Mystery Thriller
When Leah Avondale, a sophomore soccer star, becomes upset with her father’s broken promises and decides to take a trip to see her aunt, it sets off a series of events that eventually lead to her father being arrested for her disappearance and possible murder. When Special Agent Jonathan Dearfield (JD) of the FBI is called to the case, he discovers a fact in the case that could change his life forever, and only after finding Leah’s secret diary does he find the freedom and the needed details to pursue this case with a passion that comes from his very soul. Along the way, JD and his team must discover if the rumors of secret Druid ceremonies in the forest near the Menominee Reservation are tied to the missing girls. Can they decode the riddle of Leah's secret diary in time to discover the truth? Deep in the pages of Daddy’s Girl, you will find a story of survival, courtroom drama, friendship and deceit. Further weaved into this saga are good & bad cops & priests, gullible teens, powerfully evil men, a deaf Native American named Silent Wolf, a killer bear and an albino princess who dupes them all. 
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