The Rx Murder series is written by F. Paul Wilson under the pseudonym Nina Abbott. In 2003 Wilson was putting the finishing touches on his novel Crisscross. It was a very dark novel that pushed the anti-hero motif to the limit, making his series character, Repairman Jack, commit coldblooded first-degree murder and frame another killer for it. As he stepped away, he felt the need for an anodyne to all the darkness and violence.
At that point, he sat down and wrote a light, cozy mystery about a young female family doctor practicing in a small suburb of Baltimore. At that point he didn't feel it worked, so he set it aside. Something was missing. Sixteen years later Paul retired from his medical practice just in time to go into lockdown for the COVID pandemic. With extra time on his hands, he pulled out his old cozy. He thought after all those years, maybe it would read better, but it still needed something.
He added a ghost and voila! It all came together. He liked it so much he blasted off a sequel. (to be published in 2022)Despite the paranormal aspect, this is by no means the kind of book Paul's readers expect from the author of The Keep and Midnight Mass and Sibs and such. The Rx novels are much lighter in tone and content. He decided on a pseudonym.one that began with an "A" because as a lifelong "W" he got tired of winding up on the bottom shelf all the time.
At that point, he sat down and wrote a light, cozy mystery about a young female family doctor practicing in a small suburb of Baltimore. At that point he didn't feel it worked, so he set it aside. Something was missing. Sixteen years later Paul retired from his medical practice just in time to go into lockdown for the COVID pandemic. With extra time on his hands, he pulled out his old cozy. He thought after all those years, maybe it would read better, but it still needed something.
He added a ghost and voila! It all came together. He liked it so much he blasted off a sequel. (to be published in 2022)Despite the paranormal aspect, this is by no means the kind of book Paul's readers expect from the author of The Keep and Midnight Mass and Sibs and such. The Rx novels are much lighter in tone and content. He decided on a pseudonym.one that began with an "A" because as a lifelong "W" he got tired of winding up on the bottom shelf all the time.
