Jack Getze spent nine years as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, a total of twelve years covering national business and economic issues for the Times, the L.A. Herald-Examiner, and the London Times. Getze later sold stocks and bonds for a regional securities firm on the New Jersey Shore. BIG MONEY, published by Hilliard & Harris, is the second installment in his Austin Carr Mystery Series. BIG NUMBERS, the first, debuted in January, 2007.