Choosing names for your characters can be one of the more difficult parts of writing, but also the most fun. Here’s the story behind some of the names in “Rincon Point.”

Writing a detective story set in Souther California in the days before the popularity of the Internet meant a car would figure pretty heavily. But I didn’t want to choose just any car. The entertainment of my youth provided a direction, though.

“No man is an island, but Terry Cahill is more isolated than most.”

My novel “Rincon Point” and the local flavor of using real locations.