Author
Rick Bleiweiss
Rick Bleiweiss has been a musician, music industry executive, GRAMMY-nominated record producer, educator, entrepreneur, newspaper and magazine columnist, and
publishing executive.
As an author, his first two novels, Pignon Scorbion & The Barbershop Detectives and Murder in Haxford each won multiple international book awards, as did his political satire Ronald The Grump (written under a pseudonym) which was named Best Short Fiction Self-Published Book of the Year. Rick was nominated as Author of the Year, was given the Career Changers Award for Authors, and hosts a popular YouTube interview series, Rick Bleiweiss’ Chapter & Verse.
In 2025, at the age of 81, he wrote, sang and played all the instruments on a rock & roll record One Night Man by Captain Rick’s Retrorockit, which went to #4 on the World Indie Music Charts. His newest Scorbion book, The Cupid Killer and Other Murderers, is the first novel published by Whoopi Goldberg on her WhoopInk imprint with Blackstone Publishing.
Find him at www.rickbleiweiss.com
“From one adventurer to another, I’m glad to welcome Scorbion and his crew to my new imprint, WhoopInk. The Cupid Killer is a fun whodunit with no shortage of suspects.”
"A perfect period piece to cozy up with and match wits with the nattily attired Chief of Police.”
"A respectful, affectionate, and frequently very funny tribute to classic British detective fiction. It just might become a classic, itself."
“Fans of detective fiction take note: filled with wit, charm, and cunning, Rick Bleiweiss’s Pignon Scorbion series should be at the top of everyone’s list of suspects. "
“Soothing retro puzzles for fans who long for the return of Hercule Poirot.”
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"Rich in period characters, interlarded with deft twists and hairpin turns in its unfolding, fans nostalgic for the old-fashioned, but never outdated, whodunit will revel in this shimmering recreation of the genre.”
“Bleiweiss’s writing is crisp, yet evocative…”
The Pignon Scorbion Mysteries
From Whoopi Goldberg's WhoopInk imprint
For fans of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, author Rick Bleiweiss’s quirky new detective and ensemble cast of characters set against the backdrop of small-town England in the 1910s will feel both comfortingly familiar and thrillingly new in this multi-award-winning series.
The Music and Murder Mystery Series
Award-winning, bestselling mystery authors come together to create poignant, frightening, and intriguing stories. These eerie collections are sure to keep you up at night—and maybe even haunt your dreams.
