Rupert Holmes, who lives in Cold Spring, is known for many things. In 1979, his song, “Escape (The Pina Colada Song”) hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts. In 1985, his musical whodunit, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, won five Tony Awards. We spoke with Rupert not about any of that but about his New York Times bestselling mystery, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide. A sequel, Murder Your Mate, is due in 2025.

Behind The Story

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A former longtime national magazine editor, Rowe has worked at newspapers in Michigan, Idaho and South Dakota and has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University. He can be reached at [email protected].