Arno Zimmer was born in Rochester, NY and grew up in several towns in Upstate New York. He attended the University of Connecticut, from which he graduated cum laude with distinction in English. Subsequently, he received a master's degree in literature from Georgetown University where he wrote his thesis on John Milton's "Paradise Lost".
His initial foray into writing was a 1981 business book entitled "Employing The Handicapped", directed at employers trying to comply with federal laws and regulations governing the rights of disabled workers. This book was published by AMACOM, the book division of the American Management Associations, and was cited by Library Journal as one of the best business books of the year.
In 2011, he started researching life in 1950s small town America, resulting in his first novel,"The Parlor City Boys", an eBook released in 2015 featuring Det. Billy Meacham, Jr.
"Return to Parlor City," the sequel to "The Parlor City Boys," was released on Amazon as an eBook on October 22, 2016.
In November of 2017, "A Murder In Parlor Harbor" was published, completing the Det. Billy Meacham, Jr. eBook mystery trilogy.
In August of 2018, "Death Comes To The Torpedo Factory" was released in both paperback and eBook formats.
The Parlor City Boys
by Arno B. Zimmer
Murder and intrigue engulf serene Parlor City in the 1950s, ensnaring two 12-year old boys, before Det. Billy Meacham, Jr. unravels the web of deadly mysteries.
Murderous con artist Winston Siebert III returns to the scene of his earlier crimes to engineer his biggest scam ever with the help of a notorious Miami mobster and an enigmatic German banker. Det. Billy Meacham, Jr. is called on once again to unravel a web of deadly mysteries engulfing Parlor City.
It is 1967 and ten years have passed since murder and larceny destroyed the idyllic self-image of 1950s Parlor City. Young Woody has now graduated from college and, with the Vietnam War raging, is anxiously anticipating an induction letter from his local draft board. Spending the summer at the family’s lakeside cottage at nearby...
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Arno Zimmer was born in Rochester, NY and grew up in several towns in Upstate New York. He attended the University of Connecticut, from which he graduated cum laude with distinction in English. Subsequently, he received a master's degree in literature from Georgetown University where he wrote his thesis on John Milton's "Paradise Lost".
