Rick Mofina is a former crime reporter and the award-winning author of several acclaimed thrillers. He's interviewed murderers face-to-face on death row; patrolled with the LAPD and the RCMP. His true crime articles have appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Reader's Digest and Penthouse. He's reported from the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Qatar and Kuwait's border with Iraq. In his next book, titled, Six Seconds, a mother's search for her abducted son and a detective's investigation into a reporter's mysterious death lead them to uncover a global plot to assassinate the pope – using the boy as the weapon. Six Seconds will be released by Mira Books, January 2009. "Six Seconds should be Rick Mofina's breakout thriller.  It moves like a tornado." -- James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author."Six Seconds is a great read. Echoing Ludlum and Forsythe, author Mofina has penned a big, solid international thriller that grabs your gut -- and your heart -- in the opening scenes and never lets go." -- Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author.