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21) Fatal Outbreak
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Zombies are running amok in Brinnon, Washington. Sheriff Dave Chandler and his new wife, Sarah, are trying to head up the investigation of the outbreak of the mysterious virus that is turning peaceful citizens into ravenous killing machines. The Center for Disease Control has moved in and is putting everyone in quarantine, and the FBI, led by Special Agent Warren Stevens, is hot on the trail of the terrorists who are spreading the virus. Will Dave...
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"Something Wicked This Way Comes" by the author Ray Bradbury was brought to mind by Jim Richards as a carnival has arrived in Las Vegas and is now the center of his attention for possible criminal activities. Children are starting to vanish and there's a number of jewelry store thefts involving most mysterious circumstances and expensive goods. Jim is asked by the parents of two missing boys to find them. The only clue he has is the handbill announcing...
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This book is a novella. Gus Mackie is not a Hollywood type private investigator, he not good looking, muscle bound or full of knowledge. He's rough around the edges and is imperfect. His cases are few and far between but he gets free rent by living in his office. His closest friend is a Native-American Police Detective who acts as his conscience and covers his ass from getting in trouble. Gus has been hired by a man to find out if his secretary is...
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A big talent competition in Las Vegas brings in participants from all over the United States. Millions of dollars and a huge contract is the prize for that one act that will headline on the Vegas Strip in one of the casino showrooms. Someone wants to stop the show, but do they want it bad enough to murder people? Or a judge? Jim goes in search of the killer as Penny becomes a celebrity judge for the contest. Will her life be in danger or will Jim...
25) Doyle's Quest
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In this third of the Doyle, P.I. books, Doyle is hired by the curator of a Detroit Art Gallery. It seems nine valuable Egyptian statues were stolen from the gallery. They were replaced with fakes and the gallery doesn't want the Egyptians to know their artifacts are missing. So Doyle and his partner Oscar Drew go on a hunt for the missing objects. Were they taken by a group of terrorist bent on using the money from the sale of the statues to buy a...
26) Pasta Murders
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Angelo, former enforcer for a New York mob family and now personal friend of Jim and Penny finally got his wish, to open an Italian restaurant. Jim fronted the money and the restaurant was a reality. Open now just a month, a famed restaurant critic was going to review the restaurant and came to check it out. Later that same critic was found dead in the restaurant with his face buried in a plate of pasta. Who would want to murder the annoying man who...
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This new e-book box set contains the first three e-books of the 36 book series of the Jim Richards Murder Novels. Starting with the book that introduces the main characters, "Classmate Murders. " The next is "Vegas Showgirl Murders" and "Dominatrix Murders. Follow Jim and Penny through all their adventures along with their friends Buck, Trapper, Deacon, Lynn, and Becker. They go from Michigan to Las Vegas and back to help fight crime and find excitement...
28) Fatal Departure
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Sarah Keller and her live-in boyfriend, Sheriff Dave Chambers figured it was all over with the serial killer following Sarah from their last adventure. They had no idea of the danger from this new serial killer now stalking their sleepy little town dropping headless bodies all over the place. He claims they are gifts for Dave and after a threatening note Dave must also protect Sarah. Along with two FBI agents and a bounty hunter, they go after the...
29) Lipstick Murders
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Who's murdering the runway models of Las Vegas?
That's what Jim Richards and Deacon D'Angelo are tasked with finding out. One afternoon the Richard's Investigating and Security office is flooded with beautiful runway models all seeking protection after one of their group was murdered. Jim has Buck take over the body guarding of the babes and then ends up involved with solving the murder. Buck also takes over protecting a famous pop singer from a crazy...
30) Kennel Murders
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Late night raids on two dog kennels results in stolen, expensive show dogs and a murder. Jim Richards is asked by one kennel owner to help find the dogs, but Jim is out of commission by a broken leg. He puts Buck on the case and then Penny gets involved with a big dog show at a hotel arena. Two more dogs are stolen at the dog show and Lynn gets involved on the case. Lynn and Penny end up tracking down more dog thefts, could this be a crime wave? Deacon...
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Gus Mackie was relaxing in his new office in a better part of Detroit when he saw the young girl in front of his building. She was reading the sign in the window telling the world that a private investigator worked there. Gus could see she was homeless and went to open the door as she stood looking apprehensive. She finally came in and told Gus about how she wanted to find her mother who gave her up for adoption when she was a child. The girl lived...
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Who could possibly hate a famous female rock star? That's what Gus is hired to find out. The rock star's manager requests that Gus locate the person responsible for numerous threatening letters, so Gus takes the case. With help from his friend and police homicide detective, Bernie Longmire, Gus starts his investigation by going to the recording studio where Tracy Jean has started a new album. While there someone takes a shot at the woman and it now...
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Detroit Police Detective Scott Murphy and his partner Hadeem McDougan are assigned to find the killer of a young woman in a parking lot of a night club in Detroit. They try to follow the evidence but the evidence isn't there. All trace has been wiped away and all they have is the strangled body of the woman. The next night a second woman is murdered in the exact same way and the staff of the bar didn't see the killer. One bartender offers to give...
35) Fatal Seance
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The carnival has rolled into Brinnon, Washington for the annual festival of autumn and it's just the start of bringing challenges into the lives of Sheriff Dave Chandler and his wife, Sarah. From a mysterious young boy who smuggled himself along with the carnival trucks, to the crazed killers coming to take him back. How will they protect the boy and will the fortune told by the old gypsy woman given to Sarah, bring a terrible revelation? Sarah discovers...
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Penny loves to shop, not so Jim Richards. He usually tags along to please his wife, but finally, Penny lets Jim off the hook and goes to the mall by herself. While there she comes across a grisly murder. A body is embalmed in a store mannequin and she discovers it. Las Vegas PD needs to get to the bottom of the crime and since Penny is now a licensed P. I., she wants to work with them. Jim enjoys seeing Penny all fired up over a murder case, since...
37) Hypnotic Murders
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A woman walks into Jim Richards’s office with a story of how her husband died due to his participation in the stage show of a local hypnotist. The man later walked into a casino and shot a few people before he was taken down by security, and the woman blames the hypnotist for his actions. Jim takes the case and goes on a quest to find the truth. Was his death part of a plot by the hypnotist and his shady business associates or acting on his own....
38) Toxic Murders
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Trapper's girlfriend Samantha has a problem. One of her female employees is in the hospital with a mysterious skin poisoning and she asks Trapper to help. She doesn't want to bring in the police, she runs an illegal bookie operation. Jim gets involved but has problems of his own. His friends Dave and Sarah from up by Seattle are coming into town to renew their wedding vows and Penny is totally excited to help arrange the wedding. Things got worse...
39) Casino Murders
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Jim and Penny have retired from their respective jobs and are getting bored. Penny is even wanting a good murder case right now, much to Jim's surprise. A trip to the office results in two missing person cases, which they take. Investigating, they find a third missing person, and all three are connected to a local casino. After talking to Angelo, they find there is a possible heist going to happen at the casino. They bring in Trapper, Earl, Buck,...
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If you enjoy Jim Richards, Arthur Doyle, and Gus Mackie, each from their own books, then this is the crossover book for you. A convention of private investigators draws Jim and his Vegas team of investigators back to Detroit, Michigan where they meet Art Doyle and Gus Mackie. The three men end up investigating two murders in the Detroit MGM Grand Hotel where the convention is being held. Detroit Police Detective Bernie Longmire, Gus' friend, is in...
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