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Mike Fargo never expected to be meeting Texas Guinan on a hot August day in 1926. But when the real-life, irrepressible hostess at the 300 Club, one of New York City's swankiest speakeasies, asks for a detective to check on a missing girl, Fargo gets the call. The missing girl, Brandi Collier, is one of several young hostesses working at the club. Despite Texas's obvious concern, Fargo can't be sure if the girl has been kidnapped, killed, or perhaps...
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A MIKE FARGO TRILOGY presents three complete novellas in one book. Now it's easier than ever to follow the resolute New York City detective with the take-no-prisoners approach as he navigates the Roaring Twenties, working to solve a trio of cases that try not only his patience, but also his desire to bring murderers to justice. Here's what you get.Death of a FlapperSet in 1922, Fargo has to solve the murder of young socialite Marjorie Reems, found...
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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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At first, the local TV reporter wasn't too worried about the pictures being anonymously mailed to her, pictures taken as she went about her daily life, even though she and her husband called in Saint Paul private investigator Charlie Rowe for a consultation.But after she disappears, Charlie must investigate, in a case that takes him from his native Twin Cities to Chicago and Virginia in search of the truth, a truth that will reveal a web of lies and...
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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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THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL.Ed Rogan, tough as nails and twice as sharp, is a private investigator of malfeasance in the corporate world. The enigmatic case he's working on in A MURDER TOO PERSONAL takes on a very personal aspect when he searches for the murderer of his ex-wife. Someone has put a bullet in the back of her head and Rogan is driven by the twin demons of guilt and revenge to find her killer. His quest leads him through the netherworld of...
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In the tradition of Robert B. Parker and Dennis Lehane, Steve Ulfelder's crackling mystery features a gritty, razor-sharp new voice in crime fiction. Conway Sax isn't a hired gun or a wise-cracking urbanite. He's just a mechanic trying to make his way, a blue-collar guy whose ideas about family and loyalty are as deeply held as they are strong.
"Tander Phigg was an asshole, but he was also a Barnburner. Barnburners saved my life. I help them when...
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While fighting his depression, Isaac Callahan sees a mysterious woman standing on the sidewalk. No one else seems to be aware of her, yet he keeps seeing her. Who is she? What does she want? And what connection does she have to the disappearance of a tourist a year ago?The Body of the Crime is approximately 5600 words.
9) Vegas Wash
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2017 Kindle Book Award Winner. 2019 IPPY Series winner.Steve Cannon, private detective, must walk a thin line between the cops and the mob in 1960's Las Vegas.When a tourist goes missing, Steve must find out what the man's sister is hiding and why a highly placed mob boss is protecting him. The bad news is that Steve is sleeping with the mobster's wife and when the hood goes missing, the law starts looking in his direction for suspects. The worse...
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Phil Landsdale has problems. He's out of a job, heis son's a pyromaniac, and his wife is running out of excuses as to why she comes home from work every night six hours late.
In his newly appointed house-husband position, Phil decides he has plenty of time to figure things out. And he learns when you have a lot of time on your hands, you begin to notice your neighbors, intricate nuances, and the upset balance if someone doesn't follow the same routine....
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Antes de convertirse en un poderoso y temido narcotraficante, Walter "El Inca" Ayala tuvo que aprender a matar y defender lo suyo. En esta épica narconovela de aprendizaje conoceremos los humildes orígenes de Ayala desde el momento en el que una venganza lo obligó a exiliarse lejos de su Perú natal, apenas con la ropa que llevaba puesta y una pistola 9 mm en una ciudad hostil y determinada a quebrarlo. Veremos cómo con ingenio, voluntad y sangre...
12) Dad's Legacy
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After Adam Nelson learned the sad news of his father's death, he flew home to settle dad's estate. Upon learning that dad owned very little, he began to wonder what his father's legacy was. When he is forced to confront those responsible for his father's death, he will learn what his father left him.
13) The V V Agency
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Imagine a dash of Philip Marlowe wrapped in an urban fantasy. The V V Agency is a paranormal mystery that spoofs the PI subgenre and introduces the transvictus-a unique shape shifter. Van and Vanna run a detective agency, but clients never see them together for a simple reason. A sexual encounter transforms one into the other, and nudity renders them invisible. This presents some interesting dilemmas for his and her love lives, but gives them a distinct...
14) Taylor Made
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Saint Paul private investigator Charlie Rowe takes on the case of a city councilman who allegedly raped a woman in her home. The case is sensitive enough as it is, but when it becomes entwined with that of an exotic dancer and her stalker, it turns deadly. Before the case is solved, Charlie will have to use all his skill to survive.
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Charlie Eastman, whom everyone repeatedly mistakes for a Texas Ranger, is the protagonist in this fast-paced, contemporary authentic Texas mystery. Set in West Texas today, The Grave On Peckerwood Hill is chock full of authentic dialect, historically accurate facts and geography, and natural humor. The story begins with two teenage boys from drastically different backgrounds sneaking out of their homes after midnight during an ice storm and unwittingly...
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Scopa / The Cermak Hit The story is based upon an actual event, the execution of Giuseppe Zangara and his supposed assassination attempt of President Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. Supposedly Zangara was trying to kill FDR but the guy who ends up getting shot is Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago. Cermak did not die that night. He died in the hospital days later and it wasn't from the gunshot wound. Giuseppe Zangara, the 'would be assassin', was fried...
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"A Chinese American woman fears for her life in her first night in in the house she's bought in an all-white suburb. The only one who'll help her kung-fu Maoist daughter protect her is a low-rent private dick, Harry Palmer. Dennis Broe's newest meta-noir drops his shamus into the corruption and racism of 1950's L.A. real estate. It's a heady trip among a galaxy of career lowlifes with delirious prose framing this metamorphosis of fact...
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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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Someone has kidnapped the Honorary Consul of Ireland in El Salvador and is demanding a big ransom. Ed Rogan, a tough-as-nails private investigator, is hired to find the victim before the man's heart medication runs out. In his quest for the dark answers to the puzzle, Rogan enters a deadly jungle of intrigue, deceit and treachery. The rebels are after Rogan, the military is after him and a beautiful woman is trying to kill him. The action in this...
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Who killed Marjorie Reems? That is the dilemma facing detective Mike Fargo when the body of the beautiful, young heiress is found in the doorway of a posh Park Avenue building just a block from her home in October of 1922. What Fargo doesn't understand is why the daughter of one of New York City's wealthiest men is dressed like a common flapper.He soon learns that Marjorie Reems left home some time earlier, rejecting her parents' plans for college...
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