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Dexter Nash was a killer. He murdered for money and it was a business to him. He came out of a bad marriage and decided with all the money he earned murdering people, that he had hidden away, he would retire. A visit to a bar he used to frequent to get his hits from the man who procured other hitmen was his first mistake. His misfortune was to meet the woman who would turn his world around and not in a good way. He then met a man who was looking for...
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Jim Richards' dream of building a shelter for the homeless of Las Vegas has come true. The shelter is finally open and operating well, but Buck and Mac find something that may mar the good intentions. They find a murdered man in one of the rooms. Deacon comes in to investigate and Jim discovers the victim is a cousin of one of his friends. Why was the man murdered and what did the warning that was left mean. The mob is suddenly everywhere as a search...
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After buying a cemetery, Jake Wyler has been plagued by murders and dead bodies. Now he has a new problem, the Mob. It seems the former owner of the cemetery stole almost a million dollars in gambling funds from a Detroit Mob, and the Mob wants it back. They have threatened Jake and he has to turn to his Detective friend Mickey France to help. Mickey contacts another friend, Will Trapper, now in Las Vegas and Will talks to another friend, Angelo,...
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DON'T READ THIS BOOK unless you have read all of the Classmate Murders! This book has many spoilers in it. Jim has returned from New York after tracking down his kidnapped client, when Hollywood comes into his life. Jim has finally published his novel about the Classmate Murders and the book is being optioned for a mini-series on television. All goes a bit askew while he is on the production team for the film and his story is being changed around...
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This book has been re-edited as of May 12, 2012
The senior citizen sleuth, Jim Richards, has survived the Classmate Murders along with his new girlfriend, Penny. This 2nd new book brings them, along with Buck and Deacon, across the country to Las Vegas, where Deacon's sister, a showgirl, narrowly escapes being poisoned, another showgirl took the poison possibly meant for her. Then a second showgirl is suddenly murdered and Jim and his crew must take...
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This new e-book box set contains the first six e-books of the Jim Richards Murder Novels series. Starting with the book that introduces the main characters, "Classmate Murders. " The next is "Vegas Showgirl Murders" - "Dominatrix Murders - "Mistress Murders" - "Bridezilla Murders" and "Magic Murders. " Follow Jim and Penny through all their adventures along with Buck, Trapper, Deacon, Lynn, and Becker. They go twice to Las Vegas to help fight crime...
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Tom Walters was an author of best-selling erotica romance novels. But he was unknown under his name since he wrote as a woman named Daphne Spenser. He finally revealed that he was a man and was now writing crime novels. Tom's love, Mary Breton, had an altercation with a rival, Cicely Winston, at a bar and threats were made. Two days later, Mary was arrested for the murder of Winston. Will Tom and his father, a retired police detective, find out who...
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Jake Wyler owned a cemetery and now had new problems. It seems grave robbers were targeting graves in a nearby cemetery and Jake was informed to be on the watch for his cemetery. That was the start of numerous mysteries, such as hidden money being found in strange places along with jewelry and stolen goods. Seems the former owner of the cemetery was not an honest man, and Jake was inheriting his spoils. This is the third book of the Jake Wyler Mysteries....
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When a man is found dead on the property of the infamous Area 51, the wife comes to Jim Richards to find his killer. Jim takes the case and along with his friend Buck they go to Area 51 to find mysteries on every turn of the case. The killer doesn't like private eyes snooping around the top-secret base and Jim has to resort to dangerous subterfuge while he's on the base to find the killer. Is the death related to the top-secret goings-on in Area 51?...
10) Fatal Abductions
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People are vanishing around Brinnon, Washington in a blue light shining down from above and it seems to be caused by a flying Saucer. That's what a few people believe is happening. Sheriff Dave Chandler is trying to keep the stories of an invasion by aliens to a minimum and he's not succeeding. His wife, Sarah, loves that aliens are attacking the town, it's been getting a little boring. Plus they have taken in a young boy who's brother was taken by...
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Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of the Cold Cases and with his ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim's spirits to the hereafter. Russ is given a case by his girlfriend Mary, who transfers from Missing Persons to work with Russ. Together they go out to find a missing boy whose mother was murdered by his abductor. Wes is on the job tracking down leads but even he runs into problems....
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This book is a novella. Gus Mackie's police detective friend, Bernie Longmire, comes to Gus with an offer of a special case. It has to be handled quietly since a country's fate is at stake. The country has a king and his daughter is missing. Bernie is tasked with finding her before the King and Queen go back home from the United State for an important celebration. But if they don't have the daughter with them, the king's rule may be in jeopardy. Has...
13) Network Murders
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Percy Isham sat alone late night in his office in Vegas, poring over the new season's television schedule, trying to balance the shows. Isham was the west coast head of programming for the television network that was bringing Penny Wicken's talk show back to national viewing. He finished the schedule and put everything safely away then went to the door of his office. He opened the door and was confronted by a dark figure in the outer room. "What are...
14) Doyle's Paradise
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Doyle decides to take a huge windfall of money from recovering Egyptian artifacts and take a vacation. His first in years from when he was a detective for the Detroit PD. Now a private investigator, he can set his own work schedule. He decides to close the business and go to Paradise. Hawaii. His new girlfriend, Poppy Drake has decided to go along, and Doyle's secretary, Marge is invited. Doyle's partner Oscar Drew decides to go visit relatives and...
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Hank Walters is a retired Alexandria, Virginia police Detective who recently applied for his private investigator's license and has been chasing down a missing girl. He rescues the girl and is now asked by an attractive woman who owns a diner, to help protect her from thugs trying to run her out of business. The thugs are part of a Mob that wants her property to supposedly build a mall. But is it the real reason behind the threats? Hank has to go...
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Elvis has left this world. He was barbecued in a pink Cadillac on the Vegas strip and there were no witnesses. But this wasn't the real Elvis, he was an impersonator in a Casino theatre and now Vegas Metro police will have to find the killer. But Lynn Carter, homicide detective calls on Jim Richards to help, there's just too many Elvises in Vegas at the moment with a Elvis fan convention going on. Jim agrees to take the case and then the convention...
17) Doyle's Law
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Doyle is a homicide detective. He's a good detective, but he has a problem, he's getting fed up with crime. A hostage situation comes up involving the Mayor of Detroit and a mugger, who Doyle put in the hospital. The hostage exchange goes slightly wrong, but it was enough to make Doyle quit the PD. He goes out on his own to become a private eye and along with another ex-detective, Oscar Drew, they start their business. Their first client is a woman...
18) Shyster Murders
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A shyster is someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law or politics. Jim Richards wasn't fond of either lawyers or politicians. That's what Jim thought about Grisler as he sat in the courtroom, watching the shyster in a divorce case. Alphonse Grisler was a lowlife lawyer in Las Vegas. One day Grisler comes to Jim with a problem. Someone wants to murder him. Jim doesn't like the shark but agrees...
19) Fatal Rejection
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(This book is not part of the Jim Richards series - it is all new ) From the East coast to the West coast the NY Slasher carved his murderous spree on thirty women, and then just disappeared. Derek Harcourt wrote about the Slasher's crimes in his first book. Now writing a second book, Harcourt has ulterior motives for this novel and is following the Slasher's journey all the way from New York to Washington state. Sarah Keller is Harcourt's editor...
20) 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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