Q.R. Markham is the author of the Jonathan Chase series of spy novels. The first, ASSASSIN OF SECRETS, was published by Mulholland Books/Little Brown in the US and Hodder & Stoughton in the UK on November 3, 2011; it was withdrawn on November 8, 2011, on plagiarism charges. The sequel, SPYSCRAPER, was set to appear in September of 2012. Q.R. Markham has been a parks department employee, laundry-truck driver, door-to-door knife salesman, telemarketer, rock ‘n’ roll bassist, literary scout, book-reviewer, small business owner, and consultant.