Local Richard G. Opper adds to a varied résumé with his debut novel, a hard-boiled mystery set in 1970s San Diego
Richard G. Opper remembers a time when downtown San Diego wasn’t as tourist-friendly as it is now.
“1973 to me was a time of things bubbling up and happening,” Opper says. “For a lot of people, it’s history, but for me, it’s still fresh in my mind.” He even adds that he based Mona and Gary on people he knew in order to create a novel that, while thrilling, was, as he puts it, “heavy on emotion,” a “hard-edged mystery with heart,” as one of the blurbs on the back book cover attests.
Throughout his life, Opper wore many professional and creative hats, working in environmental law, journalism, founding a non-profit and even as an advocate for the arts . He even worked as a TV show host and as a professional photographer. Still, he says there was something he always wished to try but for years eluded him.
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