Boston College graduate Ted (T.M.) Murphy, writing under the pen name Declan Rush, has published a new novel set on Cape Cod. In the suspense thriller Macabre Trophies (Dark Waters Books, 2023), J.T. O’Rourke’s life has entered another downward spiral, but then he’s offered a job as a reporter for a local bi-weekly paper at The Point on Cape Cod. J.T. welcomes the opportunity not only to escape another stifling summer manning a pub, but also to leave behind a traumatic secret that haunts his dreams. J.T enjoys the postcard scenery of The Point until a summer kid goes missing and everything changes. As the last person to see the teenager alive, J.T. is thrust into the limelight as the disappearance opens old wounds from a cold case involving the brutal murder of a local boy on Christmas Eve, 1972. An author and educator, Murphy has written several books, including The Running Waves, the Belltown Mystery series, and the Totally Weird Activity books.