Rick Copp Strikes Again!
From Golden Girls to Cold Cases: Bestselling Author Lee Hollis (aka Rick Copp) Returns with Hilarious New Mystery, My Father Always Finds Corpses.
Lock your doors, fluff your throw pillows, and get ready to laugh your way through murder. Acclaimed author Rick Copp—writing under his pen name Lee Hollis—is back with My Father Always Finds Corpses, a whip-smart, warmhearted mystery featuring a proudly gay sleuth and a murder that hits way too close to home.
With over half a million copies sold and more than forty novels and collections to his name, Copp/Hollis knows his way around a corpse—and a punchline. But in this new mystery, the stakes are higher, the suspects are messier, and the family dynamics are as juicy as a Palm Springs brunch.
My Father Always Finds Corpses marks the triumphant return of Jarrod Jarvis, the gay former child star turned amateur sleuth first introduced in Copp’s debut novel The Actor’s Guide to Murder over twenty years ago. Now retired from acting and living in Palm Springs, Jarrod directs community theater and mourns his late husband—until a shocking crime forces him back into the spotlight. When his daughter Liv, a recent criminology graduate, discovers her boyfriend—a promising documentary filmmaker—murdered, Jarrod dusts off his investigative chops to help her crack the case.
Together, this unexpected father-daughter team plunges into a world of secrets, ex-lovers, and desert drama, discovering that working together may be just what they need to repair their own strained relationship. After all, nothing brings a family closer than a little light homicide.
Fans of Lee Hollis’ beloved Hayley Powell Food & Cocktails Mysteries will find all the signature sass, charm, and suspense they crave—now with a splash of queer family comedy and a sun-baked twist of Palm Springs noir.
In addition to being a prolific novelist, Rick Copp has written for iconic television shows including The Golden Girls, Wings, Teen Titans, Barbershop, and Scooby-Doo, as well as the feature film The Brady Bunch Movie. He also co-created and starred in the cult hit web series Where the Bears Are, which amassed over 60 million views across seven seasons and is the subject of the upcoming documentary A Big Gay Hairy Hit: Where the Bears Are – The Documentary, set to be released this summer.
Whether you’re a cozy mystery junkie, an LGBTQ+ lit lover, or just someone who enjoys a dead body with their drama, My Father Always Finds Corpses is a funny, heartfelt, and sharply plotted whodunit that proves sleuthing runs in the family.
My Father Always Finds Corpses
By Lee Hollis (Rick Copp)
On sale May 27, 2025 wherever books are sold.
Because sometimes the best way to reconnect with your daughter… is over a dead boyfriend.
