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Duffy is summoned to a country manor for his hairiest case yet Vic Crowther's housekeeper found the body. Ricky bled out after crashing through the French windows of the manor's library. Crowther doesn't know who did this to Ricky, but he does know whom to blame. Duffy, the security consultant who installed the dodgy burglar alarm, will have to answer for this murder. When Duffy rushes out to the country to smooth things over, he finds more than...
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During an Italian getaway, Reuben Frost tracks a historically minded murderer The sun shines bright on the canals of Venice, and in his seat in the motoscafo, Reuben Frost can't think of anywhere he'd rather be. For more than two decades, Frost and his wife have made an autumn pilgrimage to the Bride of the Sea, and he credits the city's restorative effects with helping him survive long into retirement. As always, the couple stays in the legendary...
43) Dead Drop
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Jack Salvo teaches philosophy one night a week at a community college, but he pays his bills by working as an L.A. private detective. A wealthy woman hires him to find her wayward daughter Lillie, who has been missing for a week. Salvo figures the girl is probably hiding out with her friends. All he has to do is interview the friends, bust their stories, and deduce the missing brat's location. Salvo soon learns that her "friends" are somewhat parasitical....
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Jade Mendoza's sister, Ezmé, has gone missing in Puerto Vallarta, México, and Jade hits the ground running. But the hunt for her sister is complicated by a bull-headed lieutenant and a stubborn Federale. When each man reignites a long dormant flame of desire, she's surprised, then frustrated. And, against her better judgement, Jade accepts assistance from an unexpected source.
Agente Eladio Ortiz requests DEA Agent Mendoza be allowed to join...
45) Requiem for Q
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Ed and Brandy come face to face with the sinister minds of the greedy and super wealthy. Various attempts to pervert American democracy and destroy the happiness and liberty of the people, create an overwhelming situation that may not be stoppable. Walker has to come to some life changing decisions. "The best Walker Mystery to date, loved it." DLF reviews"Scary time and scary people snatched from today's never ending headlines of violence." Reviews...
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From the international best-selling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories comes a new mystery genre: Clown noir!2015 Book of the Year, Chicago Writers Association!In Top Town, a ghetto full of washed-up circus lifers in the shadow of a big city, audiences come every night for cheap thrills, both wholesome and not. Fire eaters perform for gin money. Gypsies reveal the future (and for 20 bucks can make it happen). Daredevils cheat Death time...
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The Morals and Mysteries of Max Monroe P.I. is an episodic collection of eight stories. And while each story is able to stand alone, together they develop a unique and individual personality in Max, the narrator, and a thoughtful perspective on a range of contemporary social mores. With deliberate intent, and partly in homage, Monroe encapsulates much of the enduring image of the Private Detective - in short, philosopher and hero, individual and idiosyncratic...
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A search for a missing thirteen-year-old leads Leo Haggerty down a dark path Miranda Benson has been gone for twenty-four hours. Her parents don't know her habits, don't know her friends. They don't even have a recent picture of her. But Miranda's mother is desperate and brings in bruising private detective Leo Haggerty to look for the girl-quietly, lest Miranda's father find out. Mr. Benson returns home in a frothing rage, and tells Haggerty to get...
49) Kiss and Kill
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It's a game of cat-and-mouse between PI Steve Conacher and an irresistible man killer making her mark on Madison Avenue. When popular cartoonist Lawrence Lariar decided to moonlight as a mystery writer, creating comic book artist turned amateur sleuth Homer Bull was a natural. From the 1940s through the 1960s, Lariar continued to switch from sketching caricatures to sketchy characters, writing hardboiled crime fiction under his own name as well as...
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Chicago's boating community is a tight-knit group. When a foreign boat suddenly appears in DuSable Harbor, rumors linking it to the Russian Mafia abound.A wealthy woman turns up dead in the Russian's slip. Her brother's body is discovered on the Windy City's seedy south side shortly after he arrives to look into the suspicious tragedy of his sibling's death.A well-seasoned special detective is assigned to connect the dots. His dogged efforts uncovers...
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The final novels of the Hot Dog Detective series! The intruder grunted in surprise as he missed his target. Despite the lack of light, he had an advantage over his intended victim. His vision had adapted to the dark room, whereas his victim was just waking up from sleep. But when his victim leaped across the bed to land on top of him, he began to suspect that his advantage was fleeting. The two men landed on the foot end of the other bed, waking up...
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It's a heady cocktail of business, pleasure, and murder for Manhattan PI Steve Conacher, who's cruising into danger in the Caribbean. When popular cartoonist Lawrence Lariar decided to moonlight as a mystery writer, creating comic book artist turned amateur sleuth Homer Bull was a natural. From the 1940s through the 1960s, Lariar continued to switch from sketching caricatures to sketchy characters, writing hardboiled crime fiction under his own name...
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Thirteen beautifully wrought tales of crime, passion, and people on the brink of disaster Marybeth met Jamie at the Horn & Whistle, a neighborhood pub warm enough to keep out the chill on a bleak January day. Over a pint of stout, he won her heart with bad jokes and cynical Irish charm. Two years later, she loves him more than ever, but she can see that he's bracing for a fall. When everything collapses, when Jamie's job disappears and the house is...
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When an author finds his friend murdered, he calls on hardboiled cop Jerry Burke to track down the killer In a lonely canyon high above El Paso, a ruthless millionaire and a hardline socialist live side by side. Raymond Dwight makes money mercilessly and Leslie Young hates the rich with a passion, but the men have coexisted peacefully-so far. But when Western novelist Asa Baker escapes to Young's cabin for a weekend of writing, he can sense tension in...
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An Assassin. A High Rise. A Problem.Assassins hide in plain sight.Assassin Grace Zouch believes assassins need a moral code. She never kills innocent people. Grace faces a deadly problem.Grace faces her hardest kill yet.A suspenseful, compelling, stellar crime short story about death, love and enjoying life.BUY NOW!Also available in Mystery Short Story Collection Volume 3.
56) Lost and Found
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2019 IPPY Award Best Fiction Series Winner. When a young Japanese man goes missing, Steve Cannon must confront the ghosts of WWII and a vicious mob group that has taken over one of the Las Vegas casinos. With no promising leads, Steve is forced to pose as a high stakes baccarat player to find out what happened to the young dealer. The case is further complicated by the web of connections in the mob underworld and the time that Steve must devote to...
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Ex-state trooper Harry Rane, who first appeared in Wallace Stroby's brilliant debut novel, The Barbed-Wire Kiss, is at loose ends. Doing some investigative work for a friend's firm just to keep himself busy, Harry meets Nikki Ellis, a woman desperate for help. Her ex, Johnny Harrow, was just released from prison after a seven-year stretch for attempted murder. Nikki hasn't spoken to him since he went down, but she knows what he's capable of, and that...
58) A Tax in Blood
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A faked suicide sucks Leo Haggerty into the investigation of a terrorist bombing Leo Haggerty walks the long wall of the Vietnam War Memorial, his girlfriend, Samantha, and his best friend, Arnie, at his sides. Arnie wanders away and meets a young boy whose mother asks if the veteran could lift her son up high enough to read the name of his uncle, his namesake. Some men might break down at the sight of the wall, but Arnie is stone-faced. Since he...
59) Battle of Wits
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Battle of Wits was the winner of the October 2012 Raspberry and Vine Short Story Competition in Melbourne Australia. A police detective must solve the violent death of an elderly single man, focussing on the man's neighbours. Detective Eric Bryson thought he had seen it all, every type of victim and all manner of perpetrator. Then he met Christine Banks - beautiful, intelligent, and his only lead in this baffling case. Battle of Wits takes you on...
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"When beauty's the prizeWhat mortal fears dying?"Tim Hawk plans his assassinations well, rehearsing them with cool detachment, and his professionalism makes him a rising star in Kazan's gang. Hawk's only other interest, an unexpected love for baroque opera, is kept concealed. When Kazan returns with his beautiful bride-to-be, Hawk presents the pair with a macabre wedding present. Other guests are shocked, but Kazan and Irena are intrigued. Then Kazan,...
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