Detective Ahmed Hakeem, the private investigator always down on his luck. A sizzling collection of six short stories featuring Detective Ahmed and his ace assistant, Yunus Amir. Included in this collection are: DesperationDead Man's WishThe Lost TrailThe Glass CeilingChild MissingJustice Served If you like twisty mysteries with a dash of wit, then this collection is not something you want to miss.

Early in 1948, L.A. private detective Michael Garrett comes to Philadelphia to testify in a missing persons case. While there he is asked to travel to the small town of Lancaster in western Pennsylvania, where he is hired by the alluring Lenore Stevens to find her missing husband, Charles. Finding him turns out to be easy. He is stretched out on a bed in a dubious place called the Shady Lodge Motel with a bullet in his chest and a gun in his hand....

For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson accepts another infidelity case, this time Bunny Weld suspects her loutish husband, Joe Vic Sackett, is having an affair with his younger office manager, Charlie Stottlemyre. Of course, nothing is as it appears on the surface in Frank's world. Simple things become complicated, messy affairs where murder and violence come into play, as he probes deeper into Bunny's case. Frank depends on his long-time...

It's a New Year and it has gotten off to a very bad start for Carson.Several prominent citizens and business leaders from Humboldt are dying in some strange and bizarre accidents. Carson becomes involved when an insurance company hires him to investigate.What happens next is even more strange and bizarre for this little town in West Tennessee.The clues are everywhere, but none of them make any sense. It may be that the 'last man standing' is responsible...

SOUTHERN GOTHIC (Book 4) Times are rough for Max and Sandra. They've lost their income, live in a trailer, and struggle to make ends meet - all due to the resurrected Tucker Hull. To make matters worse, the ghost detective, Marshall Drummond, refuses to move on and resides in their trailer. Barely able to afford food, they are desperate to get back on their feet. So, when Max's sole client is murdered in the mysterious Baxter House, he knows they've...

Walter Anchor spends his afterlife solving murders in the hope of one day being good enough to solve the toughest murder of all. His own. But when his partner and best ghost-friend Emily finds a body on top of a skyscraper killed by a long, hard fall, it leads to more clues and more suspects than the two of them can handle. It will take a team of ghosts working together with the Tucson police department to solve a murder this bizarre. From the author...

Un suspense et un humour très félins. Dans cette nouvelle collection, qui s'écarte totalement de son style habituel, Gérard Chevalier propose une belle originalité : son héroïne et narratrice ! Catia, minette quimpéroise « surdouée », mène l'enquête en assistant son maître, journaliste d'investigation, dans ses recherches. Elle maîtrise le langage humain et emploie parfois des termes fleuris pour juger les comportements des « bipèdes...

"The Fading Portrait: A Keilani Germora Investigation"In "The Fading Portrait," private investigator Keilani Germora is back with a mystery that beckons her to the haunted halls of the Allister estate. When she takes on the seemingly routine task of investigating the disappearance of a valuable portrait, she plunges headfirst into a labyrinth of family secrets, hidden chambers, and eerie occurrences. As Keilani delves into the enigmatic world of the...

A brutal murder. A condemned assassin with days left to live. No one could figure out exactly why Sandra McDowell had to die. What was her connection to The Raven, an aging hitman twenty years on death row with only days left to live? Clues are plentiful, but all are dead ends. The Raven is a mind-bending mystery thriller, a twister of a tale that will keep you up reading long into the night. You can’t read just one! Join Harry Starke as he...

As a private investigator, you seldom deal with attempted murder. Most cases involve some sleaze bag cheating on his or her spouse. Occasionally, a case comes along where the victim wasn't simply sitting at home watching the late show while their significant other was boinking the neighbor. Sometimes, the case walks in the door where the victim may end up breathing their last. The worst part about a case like that is that no matter how hard you try,...