11 Ergebnisse.

PI and ex-cop Matt Murdock is picky about the cases he takes on. Being a bodyguard isn't his favorite gig, especially when the client is a high-handed number-cruncher like Ellis Dean. But Murdock is short on funds, and the case is a puzzler. It doesn't hurt that it features the death, accidental or otherwise, of a beautiful woman. Murdock has a weakness for damsels in distress, even after it's a little late for rescue. Gayla Jean Kirkwood, kil...

Weary but wise private-eye Matt Murdock is back, and he has met his match-a vital and attractive writer and cop's daughter, Helene Steinbeck. Helene is hiking in the hills of Taos when she happens upon the corpse of a young woman downed by an arrow. Murdock appears on the horizon just in time to prevent a team of archers from using Helene as target practice. Murdock has been scouring Angel Mountain and vicinity for evidence that will help him ...

When software mogul Eddie Hennessy dies of a heart attack, there's no reason to suspect foul play ... except that the family man was in bed with a masked call-girl and snorting cocaine at the time. And that the death scene closely resembles that of two other recently deceased executives. Eddie co-owned a boat with ex-cop and private-eye Matt Murdock. If Murdock can help out the widow by finding Eddie's missing coin collection, maybe he won't h...

Suitable for dog-lovers, and half for cat-fanciers, this book includes stories such as "The Emissary", "Ancient Sorceries", and "The Beast from the Abyss".

Crusty but softhearted Matt Murdock is a damn fine private-eye, but being his client has its hazards. Especially when you're not straight with him. Insurance investigator Bruce Halliburton hires his old army buddy to check into what he suspects is a faked death and winds up on LA's Huntington Beach, dead for real. That leaves Roxanne, the lovely widow Bruce was "protecting"-the same Roxanne whose chubby husband, Emiliano Mendez-Madrid, died of...

Christmastime is here, and weary-but-wise private-eye Matt Murdock is short on funds and holiday spirit. There are no white Christmases in Newport Beach, California, but there are soggy ones. One rainy evening at the Xanadu Mall, a down-on-his-luck mystery writer named Marvin Holly meets a runaway teenager and autographs her book. As they exit the mall, they encounter the headlights of a speeding car. In the aftermath the author is missing and...

A deadly killer has iced Rollie Nielsen, a smart college kid witha brain for chemistry, and his dad wants to know why. EnterMatt Murdock, a tough-and-tender PI who is willing to get hishands dirty in search of the truth. Rollie had a weakness forclassy women and easy money, a combination that led him tofound a drug lab. No one knows exactly where he was workingand what he was cooking-presumably "ice, " the street name formethamphetamine hydroc...

Wealthy investors in Sedona, Arizona, are dropping like flies-more accurately, lead weights. They are falling down staircases and off mountainsides, decks, and hiking trails. With so many similar "accidents, " the victims had to have been pushed. Other than their wealth and weakness for beautiful young women, what the falling men had in common was a financial interest in Sedona Landing, a historic hotel in Oak Creek Village. They also shared a...

Keine Beschreibung.

This follow-up to the bestselling The Weekend Novelist will guide writers of all levels through the next phase in crafting their novel: the rewrite. You've finished your first draft-congratulations! Think it's ready for publication? Think again. The next stage is all about revising and reworking your manuscript-fine-tuning the plot, adding or improving subplots, and fleshing out characters, in short, addressing important structural issues that...

Developmental writing exercises and examples offer 52 weekend work sessions, each beginning with the definition of the task and its purpose, augmented with a writing sample from a famous mystery writer, and leading into the exercises that will become the basis of a novel.