New Improved Murder - Jack Dwyer, Bk 2 Author:Edward Gorman Meet Jack Dwyer. An ex-cop turned actor, he pays the bills by running interference on the shoplifters at a local discount supermarket. Pretty tame stuff. But then Jane Branigan, his ex-girlfriend, is found in a state of shock, holding a recently fired gun. And suddenly Dwyer is back in the dangerous world of a murder investigation.