For their seventh mystery, Isabel and Alma Trumbo, the retired sister sleuths living in Quiet Anchorage, Virginia, tackle one of their more unusual murder cases to date. Stan Bennett, Alma's first ex-husband, pays them a visit and reveals his younger sister Violet Vi" Bennett has been murdered at the local Buttercup Bed and Breakfast. Stan and Vi stayed overnight there on their way to a doll collectors' convention. It doesn't take Isabel and Alma...

For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson accepts a seemingly bizarre case from Jules Sturgeon who has experienced disturbing dreams about her murder. The next morning Frank finds his new client has been killed in her SUV behind a strip mall. He quickly identifies three murder suspects while he forms a theory the Russian mob is also involved. The events careen along until he clashes with his enemies at an old radio studio on a wind-swept...

When American diplomat Sylvester Mercedes flies into Ankara, Turkey on what is supposed to be a normal business trip, he mysteriously vanishes from his hotel room. With her husband now missing for more than two weeks, prominent socialite Lois Mercedes hires P.I. Frank Johnson to track him down. Frank had spent some of his Army MP days in Ankara 14 years ago, and while he's not at all happy about going back, being nearly broke can be a powerful motivator....

For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson accepts another missing-person case, this time the gorgeous 19-year-old Clover Digges who has vanished from her home in Middleburg, Virginia. He opens his investigation during the early days of the covid-19 virus pandemic and has to deal with its dangers while on he's on the case. Clover's affluent father Webb Digges is Frank's client who becomes less credible as Frank uncovers more unsavory truths...

After surviving a bad experience in his hometown, P.I. Frank Johnson moves away to Scarab, West Virginia, drawn by the promise of its leisurely days and the lure of its tranquil leafy mountains. Instead, while relaxing, what he finds is a Stinger rocket exploding over his cabin. He's back on the job. His investigation uncovers a local cult known as the Blue Cheer who is a racist group with ugly terrorist plans in mind. As the events heat up, the blood...

For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson accepts another infidelity case, this time Bunny Weld suspects her loutish husband, Joe Vic Sackett, is having an affair with his younger office manager, Charlie Stottlemyre. Of course, nothing is as it appears on the surface in Frank's world. Simple things become complicated, messy affairs where murder and violence come into play, as he probes deeper into Bunny's case. Frank depends on his long-time...

For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson accepts an infidelity case where Webb Lohr believes his wife Danica is having an affair. Then Webb is found murdered in his car at a desolate crossroads. As Frank delves into the twisty investigation, more questions arise. All the while, he also deals with personal problems and handles his other cases. He depends on his long-time business partner Gerald Peyton, his medical examiner wife Dreema, and...

Piper and Bill Robins, a retired couple, are enjoying their leisure years spent in the tranquil, leafy Washington, D.C. suburb of Beverly Park, Virginia. Bill watches Pawn Stars" on TV and mows his lawn while Piper shops for clothes and solves crossword puzzles. One sunny June afternoon, their friend Etta Garagiola while returning home from bird watching finds a murdered homeless man in their neighborhood and calls the Robinses. They decide to investigate...

For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson accepts a missing person case when Cain Milsap seeks out Frank's assistance to find Milsap's 28-year-old daughter, Brett. Of course, nothing is simple as it seems on the surface in Frank's world. As he delves deeper into the twisty investigation, the more questions arise. All the while, he also deals with his personal problems and handles his other PI cases. He depends on his long-time business partner...

For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson takes up the homicide case of Cedric Barker, the bouncer at Aphrodite's Crib, a local strip club. Engaged to the ex-stripper, Blaze O'Dwyer, Barker is found murdered at their outdoor wedding minutes before they exchange their marriage vows. Of course nothing is as it appears on the surface in Frank's murky noirish crime world.Simple things become complicated and messy affairs, where more violence...