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Imagine Murder

A John Lennon Mystery

Published by Fayetteville Mafia Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

Imagine a murder mystery that involves one of Rock and Roll's greatest artist. Imagine Murder has John Lennon and Yoko ono solving a mystery set in the spring of 1972.

Imagine a murder mystery that involves one of rock 'n' roll's greatest artists. This fun, gripping crime novel imagines (pun intended) a situation where John Lennon and Yoko Ono help solve a mystery set in the spring of 1972. Imagine Murder is a fictional glimpse at the actual film company--Joko Films--owned by John and Yoko in 1970s New York City and was written by a member of the original company’s staff.

It’s the spring of 1972: the US is deeply involved in the Vietnam War, and demonstrations are being organized across the country. New York City is beginning to slide toward bankruptcy. It’s been nearly two years since the Beatles broke up, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono are establishing themselves as New York residents and artists. John’s biggest solo album, Imagine, hit the charts late the previous year, and he continues to record. However, his and Yoko’s newest passion is film, the result of which is Joko Films, housed at an undisclosed location in SoHo. There, on the eve of the Watergate break-in, one of Joko’s editors, Stephanie Bradley, is brutally murdered, and the hunt for the killer – amidst a publicity

storm – is on.

Conceived by one of Joko’s actual employees, Imagine Murder is the first book in a series, based inside the little-publicized New York City world of John Lennon during the 1970s.

About The Author

It is easy to confuse Dean Thompson with Imagine Murder’s fictional David Johnson. Both have experience working with John Lennon at his Joko Films’s SoHo NYC location. Both came to New York City in the 1970s from Ohio, and both live in a Tudor-style house on Staten Island, which overlooks New York Harbor. In between his time with Lennon and writing Imagine Murder, Dean continued to work in film and television, while his coauthors -- wife Victoria Hallerman and best friend -- Thom Moon – have remained a steady part of his life. “I was approached by many people to write a book about working with John,” Thompson said, “but I didn’t want to be someone who wrote another ‘I knew John Lennon best’ book. While it is fiction, I think this book gives readers a chance to experience the John Lennon I knew in a unique and personal way.”

Product Details

  • Publisher: Fayetteville Mafia Press (December 2, 2025)
  • Length: 250 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781959748175

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