Rick Cochran grew up in Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Cape Cod where his father was the principal of the local high school. He has degrees from Tufts and Northeastern and spent a career in education. Rick is the author of five books, two short story memoir collections - Wellfleet Tales and Wellfleet Tales II: Confessions of a Wash-Ashore- as well as the Bound Brook murder mystery trilogy. He has published articles in Cape Cod Life Magazine and the Barnstable Patriot. Rick is a member of the Cape Cod Writers Center and previously served on its board of directors.
Rick's books capture the feel of Cape Cod in "the good old days." Bound Brook is a fictionalized version of Wellfleet in the 1950s and many locations, businesses and local characters make cameo appearances. The adage, "write what you know" captures the essence of his writing and the smell of salt air oozes from his pages. He is the creator of the Facebook group "Wellfleet Tales" which shares old and new photos, history and stories of the beautiful Outer Cape area.
The Bound Brook novels follow the lives of several residents. Rob Caldwell, a local basketball legend, Ivy League graduate and WWII veteran who has returned to his hometown searching for purpose and hoping to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Rachel Gilmore Curtis endures a loveless marriage and regrets her rash decision to elope with Rob's best friend. Jimmy Curtis finds solace in the army and the bottle as he suffers from the guilt of stealing his best friend's girl.
The town of Bound Brook endures three separate tragedies in each novel. In "Murder at Bound Brook," the most powerful man in town dies in a house fire under suspicious circumstances. In "Bound Brook Pond", a nefarious army sergeant is murdered and wounded Korean War veteran Jimmy Curtis is accused of the crime. It falls on his former best friend and ex-wife Rachel to find the killer and prove Jimmy's innocence. In "Death at Bound Brook Pier," Rob and Rachel are reunited after twelve years of separation. However, their lives are complicated by the appearance of Rob's lost love from his years in France during WWII. The mafia uses the Cape Cod real estate boom to launder its money. Ex-boxer and former mob enforcer, Rocco Marini, turns over a new leaf and tries to atone for a life of crime.

“Cochran evocatively captures the feeling of a bygone Cape Cod at season’s end, and he fills his story with characters readers will want to cheer—particularly Rocco, who steals the novel. A fast-paced and satisfying tale of the Mafia and murder on old Cape Cod.”
– Kirkus Reviews