Reggie Ridgway always dreamed of becoming a writer. An avid reader from an early age, he found a wonderful escape in stories. He did not start out in life as a writer, After graduating high school, Vietnam happened and after 7 years as a medic in the Air Force, he went on to study medicine. Then life happened, a wife and two children kept his dream of becoming a Doctor on the back burner. He did manage to get a BA in computer science while holding down a day job as an x-ray tech in Southern California. He taught math and computer programming in a local junior college. Writing a novel was still something he always wanted to do and after some encouragement from his creative writing professor, he began to write. His first novel is out on Amazon and his second novel is being shopped around for representation. He is inspired by Peter Clement and Michael Palmer who write medical thrillers, and likes to infuse his experience working with computers and in the medical field into his own blend of high tech drama. He lives with his wife in a house which looks out on Lake Isabella, in Southern California, where he derives much peace and inspiration.
His current title is In the Midnight Hour:
Doctor Jonathan Anderson is having the worst day of his life.
Forced to resign from his prestigious position as chief of surgery, he goes home to find his wife in bed with another man. On the brink of suicide, his wife tries to wrestle the gun from him and is accidentally killed. Convicted for her murder, he finds himself in prison, but after managing to escape, he ends up in the same hospital he ran, this time as a patient.
Hell-bent, Anderson seeks revenge on those responsible for ruining his life. Things are not as they should be, and a series of murders ups the stakes, but despite the work of two committed hospital employees and the investigating detective, the identity of the murderer and the motive for the heinous crimes may come too late to save any of them.
“A fast paced thriller with good story points and characters which are believable and worth reading about.” Author Scott Nicholson says. “You won’t want to go to the hospital again after reading In the Midnight Hour.”
This book is available from Amazon. You can find Reggie on Facebook, follow him on Twitter and learn more about him and his writing from his blog.
The time has arrived for IU readers to begin voting in this week’s Flash Fiction Competition. On behalf of the IU staff, I want to thank all the entrants for doing such a great job with the writing prompt and the merciless constraints of the exercise.
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