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|  | | A Point of Murder
Nick Bancroft uncovers a web of corruption when his young friend is gruesomely murdered.
Nick Bancroft uncovers a web of corruption when his young protégé is gruesomely murdered. Bancroft, a Chicago journalist, has returned to his hometown, Central City, Illinois. His peaceful, nonproductive existence is disrupted by his stormy love affair with Maggie Atley. Add to that the life-threatening complications that follow when Bobby Scalf's body is found in an alley with a spike in the temple. Nick becomes a suspect when the second murder is discovered.
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I'm Nick Bancroft. In my hometown, Centrel City, Illinois, I squeezed out a leisurely living as a freelance reporter and private investigator.
span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">SOFT BOILED PI's DEADLIEST CASE "Deft tales of murder, complicity and downright evil, gripping narratives which appeal to the lover of good action-packed mystery thrillers. Highly Recommended." Molly's Reviews. Freelance reporter and sometime private detective Nick Bancroft is tough enough when he has to be. But he can be soft for the ladies. That's how he ends up at an outdoor band concert, with Maggie, a librarian, divorcee and his very talented lover, and is on hand | |  | | August Is Murder
Naked death haunts Nick Bancroft as he gets deeper into a murderous mystery
When a sexy nudist hires him to protect her from whoever is threatening her life, Nick Bancroft becomes the target. Someone tries to burn him alive, beats the hell out of him and, since that didn't run him off, uses him for target practice. Meanwhile, two people are murdered, Nick's true love, Maggie Atley, is more than somewhat perturbed by his relationship with his client, and a mysterious club seems to hold the answer. Nick survives another losing season by his beloved Chicago Cubs, a vicious attack by a couple of huge dogs and eventually puts the finger on the bad guys. As novelist Eric | |  | | Danny Boy
Danny Boy is the story of a humiliated kid who returns to his hometown and wins the heart of the girl he loves.
He Had Every Woman--But the One He Loved. Danny Boy rises from poverty to wealth, but there is one woman he can not forget. He becomes a successful Chicago stock broker after overcoming humiliation, poverty and his mother's reputation. His intimate relationship with publicity-hungry model, Dorrie Davies, ends in disaster when she files rape and fraud charges against him. His reputation is ruined even though charges are dropped. He returns to Duncan in Central Illinois, his hometown, to seek revenge for the humiliation the town heaped on him and his mother when he was young. He ge | |  | | Death Sting
They said bee stings killed her, but Nick Bancroft doesn't believe it.
When Vicki Fowler's body is found covered with bee stings in a Central Illinois pasture the sheriff calls her death an accident. Freelance reporter and private detective Nick Bancroft doesn't believe it. He learns the victim lived in a home for young unwed mothers who work as waitresses and whores at a local nightclub. Murder suspects include an alcoholic handy man, the man and wife who operate the home, a nightclub operator and his henchman, and a sheriff's deputy. Federal agents on the trail of an international porno ring try to halt Nick's investigation. Nick is beaten and thrown in a di | |  | | Fork in the Road
Fork is a place in Central Illinois with a weed-infested main street, a tavern, a restaurant, murder, romance, humor and tall tales.
Mystery and Dark Humor! From the author of the Nick Bancroft mysteries comes a delicious blend of suspense and deft humor that is sure to delight every mystery reader! Welcome to Fork, a community with a weed-infested street and a snow plow, where men gather at Absalom's Tavern to tell occasionally true tall tales, where the high-minded Historical Society meets across the street at Rosemary's Delmonico Diner to plot against the tavern and its customers, where a variety of characters produce belly laughs with their schemes, were fumbling handyman Daniel Owens courts the beautiful but soiled | |  | | Murder by the Book
A book on sexual etiquette, more lies than truth, and a hot visiting detective complicate the first case of Centrel City investigative reporter Nick Bancroft!
When Nick Bancroft, a reporter who inherits a run-down detective agency and is hired to investigate a case of date rape, he hopes for a financial double-play, getting paid for both solving the case and for writing the story of how he solved it! But, soon Bancroft finds himself in over his head, when he runs into a couple of homicides so cleverly plotted they constitute a case of "Murder by the Book." Next, he becomes the target of a shooter determined to kill to protect some dirty secrets, the wrath of his stormy lover, Maggie Atley, and the scorn of a visiting detective. Bob Lite | |  | | Rainy Day Lover
They made love in the rain.
When Melissa Morgan's boss's son, Carelton, tries to rape her, she quits and takes a new job managing an apartment complex. Only later does she realize the rundown condition of the apartments and the near impossibility of turning the operation into a success.
Then, Jud, the mysterious, handsome maintenance man who drives an expensive convertible and plays golf at the local country club. After weeks of long hours working beside him to refurbish the complex, the business begins to profit, and Melissa finds she has fallen in love with the enigmatic Jud. During one particularly sweltering night |
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