Luke Murphy is the international bestselling author of two series: The Calvin Watters Mysteries: “Dead Man’s Hand” and “Wild Card” and The Charlene Taylor Mysteries: “Kiss & Tell” and “Rock-A-Bye Baby.” He is a teacher with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and a Bachelor of Education (Magna Cum Laude). His newest novel, “Red Zone: A Calvin Watters & Charlene Taylor Mystery (A Calvin Watters Mystery) has Calvin Watters, a former running back at USC, and Detective Charlene Taylor, working together on a homicide case when a woman’s dead body is found on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum football field.

In “Red Zone,” Calvin has not returned to USC since he was stripped of his scholarship.  Detective Charlene Taylor knows the freshman cheerleader’s murder is complicated because the USC football team is a close knit family and getting inside the trusted circle as a cop is nearly impossible. When Calvin and Charlene meet, Charlene sees an opportunity to use Calvin to penetrate the circle. Little does she know that Calvin is now an outsider who is no longer welcome and who many would like to see fail. Together they must find a way to solve this case without letting their egos get in the way.