A crowd has gathered at Gadsby's Tavern Museum in Old Town Alexandria to enjoy a performance of "Murder in the Museum." In the middle of the skit, a real murder occurs. A ferocious storm prevents the patrons from leaving the museum, thereby allowing a local prosecutor — who is attending the performance in the hopes of reconciling with his estranged wife — to conduct a series of courtroom-style examinations of likely suspects. Just when it appears the prosecutor is hopeless mired in his effort to solve the crime, a supernatural force intervenes to aid in the discovery of overlooked clues.
John Adam Wasowicz is an attorney who lives in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, VA, near Old Town Alexandria. He began his career as a legislative aide to the late great Edward W. Brooke from his home state of Massachusetts. After earning a law degree from Catholic University in the District, Wasowicz served as an Assistant Commonwealth Attorney in Arlington, VA. He departed that position to earn an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School and then entered private practice in Virginia, handling criminal defense, family law, and civil matters. He is a former president of the Fairfax Bar Association and a retired Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve, where he served as an intelligence officer. Since 2005, Wasowicz has practiced law in the public sector. He began the Old Town Mystery Series in 2017. He is married and has three adult sons. In 2022, he began publishing The Old Town Mystery Series under his own print, Alendron Publishing Co. LLC.
"Gadsby's Corner is a joy to read. John Wasowicz has a confident style that comes from being an author clearly having fun writing: we are left to wonder to what extent the book is homage to Agatha Christie or a mischievous questioning of her brand of murder mystery novels. I enjoyed the pop-culture references which help ground us, as well as the intellectual asides. Even the island of Mauritius makes an appearance!" - Vinod Busjeet, author of Silent Winds, Dry Seas
"Wasowicz cleverly immerses readers into the action, as if his character, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney David Reese, were Sheldon Cooper giving us 'fun facts' while intimately guiding us through a locked-room, real-life game of Clue." - K.L. Romo, writer & book reviewer
"Gadsby's Corner is loads of fun - half comedy, half suspense thriller, a wild romp of a murder mystery with eccentric suspects questioned by a prosecutor with an inflated ego who's guided by a haunting spirit! What more could you want?" - Leslie Farin, Editor and Publisher, 50Plus-Today Magazine
John Adam Wasowicz is an attorney who lives in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, VA, near Old Town Alexandria. He began his career as a legislative aide to the late great Edward W. Brooke from his home state of Massachusetts. After earning a law degree from Catholic University in the District, Wasowicz served as an Assistant Commonwealth Attorney in Arlington, VA. He departed that position to earn an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School and then entered private practice in Virginia, handling criminal defense, family law, and civil matters. He is a former president of the Fairfax Bar Association and a retired Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve, where he served as an intelligence officer. Since 2005, Wasowicz has practiced law in the public sector. He began the Old Town Mystery Series in 2017. He is married and has three adult sons. In 2022, he began publishing The Old Town Mystery Series under his own print, Alendron Publishing Co. LLC.
"Gadsby's Corner is a joy to read. John Wasowicz has a confident style that comes from being an author clearly having fun writing: we are left to wonder to what extent the book is homage to Agatha Christie or a mischievous questioning of her brand of murder mystery novels. I enjoyed the pop-culture references which help ground us, as well as the intellectual asides. Even the island of Mauritius makes an appearance!" - Vinod Busjeet, author of Silent Winds, Dry Seas
"Wasowicz cleverly immerses readers into the action, as if his character, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney David Reese, were Sheldon Cooper giving us 'fun facts' while intimately guiding us through a locked-room, real-life game of Clue." - K.L. Romo, writer & book reviewer
"Gadsby's Corner is loads of fun - half comedy, half suspense thriller, a wild romp of a murder mystery with eccentric suspects questioned by a prosecutor with an inflated ego who's guided by a haunting spirit! What more could you want?" - Leslie Farin, Editor and Publisher, 50Plus-Today Magazine
