The Man Who Had 9 Lives
{From the 2023 Christmas Newsprint Magazine}
Book by Phil Bayly
An avalanche of mystery and murder unfolds in The Man Who Had 9 Lives. It is author Phil Bayly’s 5th novel in his Murder on Skis Mystery series and has just been named a finalist for the American Fiction Award.
Prairies Book Review calls The Man Who Had 9 Lives, “Addictively readable…Bayly’s engrossing latest Murder on skis Mystery sees television reporter JC Snow entangled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an elusive killer. Readers won’t be able to put this one down.”
The Man Who Had 9 Lives is Bayly’s second novel to be named a finalist for the American Fiction Awards, joining Back Dirt (2021).
Murder on skis Mysteries were a finalist for Chanticleer’s “Best Mystery Series.”
Witch Window (2022) was named “One of the Best Books We Read This Year,” by Independent Book Review.
The Man Who Had 9 Lives unfolds in Colorado, in a remote area Bayly visited when he lived nearby. At the time, he was a reporter for KJCT-TV in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Bayly resided in Colorado for over a decade, graduating from Colorado State University and beginning a 42-year career as a journalist in television and radio.
He is known to New York State residents for his time at NewsChannel 13 Television in Albany, the last 15 years spent as the anchor for the popular morning news.
“My books recount crimes and calamities that I covered in my years as a journalist. I just bend them into fiction,” Bayly says. “I covered everything from politics to murder to the marvels of nature. I covered both terror attacks on the World Trade Center. I was once lowered into an occupied bear den. I covered natural disasters like The Big Thompson Flood and even reported on some World Cup ski racing.”
The Man Who Had 9 Lives is available for sale at independent bookstores, Amazon and all popular online sites.
“I’m really excited to get this book to my readers. I love this book.”
For more information, go to murderonskis.com and Instagram @ski_it_read_it. Phil may be reached at