Jack Murray was born in Northern Ireland but has spent over half his life living just outside London, except for some periods spent in Australia, Monte Carlo and the US.

An artist, as well as a writer, his work features in collections around the world and he has exhibited in Britain, Ireland and Monte Carlo.

Jack has just launched 'The French Diplomat Affair' the third in the Lord Kit Aston series. It follows on from 'The Chess Board Murders', and the 'The Affair of the Christmas Card Killer'. The fourth Kit Aston mystery, The Phantom, was released at Easter. Jack is currently working on the fifth mystery which will be the first to be set in America! The book is called 'The Frisco Falcon'. He is also collaborating on a World War II book with his nephew, also called Jack Murray!