Rick Acker is a Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice. His unit prosecutes large corporate fraud lawsuits of the type described in his newest legal thriller, When the Devil Whistles (Abingdon 2010). His other novels include Dead Man’s Rule (4.5 stars, Romantic Times), Blood Brothers (4 stars, Romantic Times) and the Davis Detective Mysteries for young adults. Rick holds law degrees from the University of Oslo and the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated with honors. In addition to his novels, he is a contributing author on two legal treatises published by the American Bar Association. Rick lives with his wife and four children in the San Francisco area.