Denver taxi driver Brendan Murphy aka Murph returns in Reillys fourth book Home for the Holidays Its Christmastime and Murph leaves his cab behind to visit his family in Wichita where he finds himself reluctantly reconnecting with his siblings Meanwhile Murph takes it upon himself to save an old friend from making the biggest mistake of his life accepting a job where suits and ties are everyday attireReilly is a master wordsmith Denver Post reviewer Mike McClanahan raved about The Asphalt WarriorA sardonic wellread authoritybucking character who cites Fellini and Dobie Gillis in the same passage Murphhas a clear winning voice Denver Post reviewer Tucker Shaw said in a story about Ticket to Hollywood being named as a finalist for the 2013 Colorado Book AwardReilly was born in Arkansas City Kan and moved with his family of seven brothers and sisters to Denver He served two years in the army including a tour in Vietnam as a military policeman and later majored in English at Colorado State University with continued studies at the Denver campus of the University of Colorado After publishing his short story The Biography Man and writing as an AOL comic advice columnist in the 90s Reilly turned to novels