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Motels, mescaline, and murder. Meet Frank Trinity. This is the mid-1980s. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Imagine a duet between Ross Macdonald and Elmore Leonard. The world is changing but Tucson hasn’t changed since Trinity left. Trinity’s searching for a missing girl. He’s uncovering family secrets. Even in Tucson’s heat, Trinity stays cool. Sipping coffee in the Presidio. Hustling tennis in the foothills. Blasting Cannonball Adderley from the speakers of his white Bronco. The car didn’t turn heads, but it accelerated like a refugee from hell. Trinity is looking for a ...

Assistant District Attorney Kaj Cordozo's life is thrown upside down when two masked men attempt to kidnap his son, Elijah. Given the high-profile case Kaj is working on, he's not about to take any more risks. When Val Sorensen of Burke Broussard Private Investigation Agency is assigned as Elijah's bodyguard, she realises she also has a very personal connection to the gang thought to be behind the attempted kidnap - a run in with Sixth Day cost her brother his life.

Ngaire Blakes is trying to put her life back together. The ex-cop resigned from the police after a vicious assault left her battling PTSD. Dragged into a murder investigation, she's shocked to discover that all the evidence points to her. When the body count climbs, Ngaire flees to the cold comfort of her estranged father's hometown. In danger and not knowing whom to trust, she severs contact with her closest allies and must learn to rely on herself if she's going to catch the killer before it's too late.

In 1900, the crumbling French Quarter is an enclave of immigrants, primarily Sicilian. Early one July evening, four-year-old Luigi Bova is lured from in front of his house by the promise of ice-cream by a man who tosses Luigi into the back of a passing wagon. A frantic search ensues but Sicilians are reluctant to call the New Orleans Police Department populated by mostly Irishmen. Detective Jacques Dugas, taking a short cut through the Quarter, comes upon a street full of people looking for the missing boy and takes command of the situation.

THE HUDSON VALLEY MYSTERY. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY HAS TAKEN PLACE JUST OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY. A YOUNG MAN MURDERED HIS FATHER AND THEN WENT STARK RAVING MAD. Sherlock Holmes is called upon by the lad's mother to solve the crime. So Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson make their way to America. There they meet the villains of Tammany Hall and maybe - no one will ever know - a ghostly apparition the haunts the pleasant glade known as Sleepy Hollow.

Finalist Level of Achievement in the CLUE Book Awards, a Division for Suspense / Thriller Novels, of the prestigious Chanticleer International Book Awards. A HORRENDOUS CRIME RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES. The vibrant lights of the drag club still flicker in Agent Buck Taylor's mind as he surveys the chaotic aftermath. Bodies of entertainers and audience members lay scattered, their colorful costumes now stained with blood. As he and his team from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation begin their work, they quickly realize the gravity of the situation - the shooter has escaped and a prominent ...

Charles Bentley, a retired professor of English at Opal College, was once present at the tragic death of an American soldier in Vietnam. Now, a grandchild of that soldier is seeking revenge against all of those there at the time of the incident. One person has already been murdered, and more deaths are promised to come. While Charles looks over his shoulder, hoping to spot the killer before he strikes, he is also tapped to be director of the students' fall play, a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The students want to put on a gay version, while the ninety-five-year-old ...

2023 Chanticleer International Book Awards Series Finalist, Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards . . . Crime Series, The Buck Taylor Novels The Grand Mesa in Colorado may be a peaceful paradise, but for one twisted killer, it's the perfect hunting ground for his deadly game. The peaceful grandeur of the Grand Mesa in Colorado is shattered by the discovery of 11 bodies buried under 11 roadside crosses along a lonely mountain road. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor is a seasoned detective with a sharp mind and a relentless determination to bring justice to those who have been wronged...

WELCOME TO THE HOTEL GALILEO It's the Roaring Twenties. Humanity has ventured out into the stars, and out there, on the shoulder of Orion, sits Earth's crowning achievement -- the awesome space palace known as the Hotel Galileo. Returning to Earth after a long vacation, detective Barclay Heath decides to stop at the famed space hotel for one night only. But Heath soon discovers dark forces are at work . . . before the night is over an Arcturan dignitary is found murdered in his bed. With the future of Earth hanging in the balance, only the keen mind of Barclay Heath can see through the ...

In February 1891, London, Enola Holmes—the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes—is attending the burial of her former landlady when she hears the faint sound of a hand-bellim the graveyard. Investigating further, as is the Holmes' family instinct, she discovers that the bell is attached to the temporary tombstone at a recent gravesite and someone, buried within, is pulling the string to ring the alarm. Galvanized into action, Enola and her companions successfully unearth the coffin within, freeing a still-living young woman, Trevonia Trairom.

Secretos, mentiras y actos terribles han estado rondando en Burdensville durante mucho tiempo. Durante un viaje por todo el país, el tren hace una escala en la pequeña ciudad de Burdensville, Scott decide visitar un pequeño café para almorzar. Pero termina visitándolo por más tiempo del que esperaba, Scott observa a un hombre borracho tratando de golpear a una camarera poco dispuesta en el restaurante. Él trata de intervenir y protegerla, pero el sheriff Darby termina enviándolo a la cárcel por su buena acción. Pronto, se vuelve evidente que la gente de Burdensville tiene serios ...

Traveling the globe, Anthony battles all manner of twisted villainy in four new tales and his challenges are herculean. Writers Erwin K. Roberts, Joel Jenkins, Frank Byrns, and Mark Justice have whipped up a quartet of high adventure stories that are the hallmark of the Super Detective. From Mexico, where he encounters a Nazi spy ring, to the streets of Manhattan where he hunts down a brutal serial killer, Jim Anthony proves once again why he is one of the most exciting and fun heroes ever created in the golden age of American pulps.

What is Agatha Harley to do when a decades old secret about an unsolved murder is revealed to her? When the source is her dear, elderly neighbor who suffers with memory lapses, Agatha finds herself back at odds with her closest friends. Hank Davidson and Sheriff Reggie Coil are skeptical because the case had previously been investigated. Agatha’s faith in her friend pushes her towards the truth. Even if she has to go it alone this time. Hank, a champion of justice joins her, and together they reopen old wounds that appease some while hurting others. But, is there reason or even need to ...

What could go wrong when Agatha Harley and her best friend Heather Cartwright decide to attend a billion-dollar bash in the ritziest part of Dallas, Texas? A Dallas oil tycoon, who makes JR Ewing look like a boy scout, seems to still burn a flame for his fifth ex-wife. Unfortunately, his Independence Day mega-celebration ends with fireworks and his murder. Heather goes from belle of the ball to cell block inmate before the last sparkler burns. It’s up to Agatha and Hank to prove Heather’s innocence. SERIES READING ORDER The Farmer’s Slaughter A Tisket A Casket I Saw Mommy Killing ...

Over 100 Full-Color Images! John DeGaetano, San Francisco Bay Area theater stage director, Broadwayworld nominee, advisor, and award-winning artist, re-creates his twist on Twenty-Seven adventures in the Collection series of Sherlock Holmes 10 Minute Stories. The collection combines content from books one, two, and three in the series with additional images. Known also for his play series, these new adventures are fun reading and easily adaptable for the stage as well. Based in part on the career writings of Holmes’ longtime friend Dr. Watson, the well-crafted stories are homage to Conan ...

Thirsty with greed for the spoils that the illicit rhino-horn trade bled into his pockets, a mysterious African poaching kingpin always managed to evade both detection and capture. Until he decided to turn his devastation on Tony Campbell’s beloved Zimbabwe, and put a ticking target on his back. Ruthless anti-poaching maverick Tony Campbell is well established and respected in the world of wildlife conservation. He is just about to take on a new anti-poaching role when multiple black rhino carcasses are found, brutally butchered for their valuable horn. What started out as a routine ...

Bloodied clothing and an unexplained injury. A night lost to an alcohol-fueled blackout. The discovery of a grisly murder. A powerful politician’s son awakens to find his hand injured, his girlfriend missing, and his memory a blank.When Dylan Quinn, a young naval aviator and the son of the U.S. Senate majority leader, awakens with a hangover to find his hand injured, his clothes bloodied, and his memory of the previous evening all but wiped out by an alcohol-related blackout, he turns to Honolulu private investigator T. J. O’Sullivan for help. Quinn tells T. J. all he can recall are ...

Only politics are more crooked than crime. When it’s election time in Bell County, Texas, the highly-coveted position of the jurisdiction’s top cop brings opponents out swinging. Sheriff Reggie Coil has become a citizen favorite, but the people used to getting away with their own vices don’t appreciate his honest and equal approach toward enforcing the law. A concerted effort to defeat the experienced lawman includes plans to use his own past against him. While still on an ethics violation probation that resulted from a tough decision made as a young undercover agent, Coil continues ...

Step into the vibrant and mysterious world of New Orleans during the exhilarating festivities of Mardi Gras, where chef Harper Presley's life takes an unexpected and dangerous turn. When a shocking murder rocks her meticulously crafted life and business, Harper finds herself the prime suspect in a mysterious murder. With her loyal Catahoula companion, Remy, and her quick-witted best friend, Dottie, by her side, Harper dives into the heart of the investigation, determined to uncover the truth behind the heinous crime. As she peels back the layers of lies, she discovers a labyrinth of hidden ...

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a radio show which aired in the USA from 1939-1950, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Episodes from 1939 through 1943 were written or adapted by Edith Meiser from the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From 1943 onward, most shows were written or adapted by the team of Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher or Green and Leslie Charteris who replaced Meiser, who left the show over her disagreements with a sponsor over the amount of violence in the program.