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Ted Sink

Writer & musician.

Ted Sink’s life in words and music spans journalism, advertising, teaching, fiction, and jazz/pop guitar. He is the author of A Death in Dobrovny and lives in Florida.

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His background

A life in words & music.

A career in words

Ted holds an MA in English literature and linguistics. He served as a U.S. Navy journalist and wrote for a Boston business journal before moving into advertising and teaching.

A former advertising executive and writing professor, he now writes fiction in Florida. He has written five novels, including A Death in Dobrovny.

A life in music

Alongside his fiction, Ted composes and records original music. A jazz/pop guitarist, he has published six albums of his own music.

He also performs in a Russian-language musical trio in Florida.

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A Death in Dobrovny

A noir psychological thriller

Newly sober and working as a private investigator on Florida’s Space Coast, Eddie Slaski is trying to start over. But a recurring nightmare draws him toward a killing in 1953 Soviet-era Ukraine, while a new investigation puts his fragile new life at risk.

The novel connects a contemporary Florida crime story with a killing in Soviet-era Ukraine, exploring addiction and recovery, memory, love, and moral responsibility.

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