Imagine a murder mystery that involves one of Rock and Roll's greatest artists.
Spring, 1972: it’s the darkest moment of the Vietnam War, with demonstrations across the country. New York City is sliding toward bankruptcy. It’s been nearly two years since the Beatles broke up; John Lennon and Yoko Ono have just established themselves as New York residents and artists. John’s Imagine album hit the charts late the previous year, and he continues to record, but his and Yoko’s newest passion is film: Joko Films, at an undisclosed location in SoHo, opens its doors. There, on the eve of the Watergate break-in, one of Joko’s employees is brutally murdered, and the hunt for the killer, amid a storm of publicity, is on. Conceived and written by Dean Thompson, an original Joko employee, Imagine Murder is the first book in a series, based on the little-publicized New York City world of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the 1970s.
ISBN: 9781959748236
Imagine Murder
Conceived and written by one of the actual employees of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s film company, Imagine Murder is, as the name implies, a murder mystery, the first in a series of novels set in the little-publicized world of John Lennon in 1970s New York.
It is easy to confuse Dean Thompson with Imagine Murder's David Johnson. Both came to New York City in the 1970s from Ohio, and both worked at Joko Films—although David’s time there is fictional. As for Dean, in between working for John Lennon and writing Imagine Murder, he has continued in film and television.”I was approached by many people to write a book about working with John," Thompson said, "but I didn't want to be someone who wrote another 'I knew John Lennon best' book. While it is fiction, I think this book gives readers a chance to experience the John Lennon I knew in a unique and personal way." Dean’s coauthors—wife Victoria Hallerman and best friend Thom Moon—remain a steady part of his life since his time at Joko Films.