Mad Man Murder Mystery

During what those who lived through it call The Golden Age of Advertising, an aspiring young Mad Man, Brian Durston, finds his uncle, the President and CEO of the ad agency Brian has just joined, dead with a bullet through his brain. The police think it's suicide, but Brian finds that impossible to believe. More than one person wanted his uncle dead, and perhaps not coincidentally, the agency's largest account just went into review. As if that wasn't bad enough, his uncle's insurance company won't pay because apparently the policy holder took his own life. Without the money Brian would have received from that policy, he will not be able to buy his uncle's interest in the agency. So Brian sets out to find the killer on his own in this whodunit set in a bustling and dynamic advertising firm.

The author, Stephen Hawley Martin, is a former principal of The Martin Agency, the iconic firm that has three times been named Ad Agency of the Year by ADWEEK magazine, is know for creating the GEICO Gecko and Virginia is for Lover, and boosts such clients as GEICO, CarMax, UPS, OREO, and Old Navy. When asked about this book, Martin said, Those of us who lived through it call the era portrayed in the TV series, Mad Men, The Golden Age of Advertising, and for good reason. It was a time like no other in the history of the business. So I decided to write a murder mystery set back then. I'm sure that my old colleagues will recognize most of the characters in the tale, although I've given them all different names to, as they used to say, protect the innocent. Some might even recognize themselves.