G. M Ford
Author
Series
Leo Waterman mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a homeless woman says she's the mother of a deceased rock idol, sometimes private eye Leo Waterman takes it upon himself to investigate the her claim. With the help of "the Boys," a band of dissolute deputies, Leo begins a life-threatening pursuit of the truth nobody wants to hear.
Author
Series
Frank Corso mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
Beneath the rotting floorboards of an abandoned shed are human bones -- lots of them -- the last things a runaway rogue true-crime writer and his photojournalist ex-lover expected to find when they took shelter from a vicious Wisconsin blizzard. The grisly nightmare Frank Corso and Meg Dougherty have uncovered is nothing they can turn a blind eye to. The hideous slaughter of a family, undetected for fifteen years, must be avenged, as the hunt for...
3) Fury
Author
Series
Frank Corso mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
Frank Corso is a pariah-a journalist once vilified for making up "facts" on a major crime story. Yet slow, sheltered Leanne Samples trusts no one but Corso to tell the world that her courtroom testimony that put Walter Leroy "Trashman" Himes on Death Row was a lie. Convicted of the savage slaying of eight Seattle women, Himes is only six days from execution, unless Frank Corso and outcast photographer Meg Dougherty into a struggle that goes far beyond...
4) Red Tide
Author
Series
Frank Corso mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
Terror has hit the West Coast with a vengeance-leaving a tunnel full of corpses beneath the Seattle streets, with a dark promise of far, far worse to come. Despite official attempts to keep the catastrophe under wraps, rogue journalist Frank Corso refuses to remain idle, immersing himself in a shadow world of senseless violence and unconscionable evil. For a strange connection that seems to tie one exceptionally brutal death with the impending destruction...
Author
Series
Leo Waterman mysteries volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
In Leo Waterman, writer G.M. Ford has created a private detective who tackles cases armed with strong survival instincts—and a deadly sense of humor. In his fifth outing, Seattle's most uncompromising sleuth finds that the laughs are all on him after making a startling discovery at home.
P.I. Leo Waterman is unflappable, irrepressible and unpredictable—a guy who, when facing adversity, would rather throw a punchline than a punch.
...Author
Series
Leo Waterman mysteries volume 6
Language
English
Description
Seattle p.i. Leo Waterman isn't looking for trouble when he and his forensic pathologist girlfriend Rebecca escape into the Washington wilder for a few days of relaxation -- it just seems to find him. An old friend has purchased some choice property here in North America's only rain forest and his posting of "No Trespassing" signs has incurred the wrath of every sportsman for miles around. But what starts as irksome harassment by the offended locals...
Author
Series
Frank Corso mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
The accolades keep rolling in for G.M. Ford, who's gritty, explosive, lightning-fast brand of thriller has placed him in the upper ranks of contemporary crime fiction authors. Now, in his most relentlessly exciting novel to date, Ford's dark and complex protagonist, Frank Corso, finds himself drawn into a bizarre carnival of blood and death in the last place any sane person would willingly go ...No Man's Land Arizona's Meza Azul penitentiary is the...
8) Black River
Author
Series
Frank Corso mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
There is no stronger argument for the death penalty than Nicholas Balagula, the bloodthirsty West Coast crime boss who has been charged with sixty-three counts of homicide, many of them children. And now reclusive rogue journalist Frank Corso -- the only non-participant invited to observe the closed court proceedings -- stands uncomfortably in the center of the most crazed media circus to hit Seattle in years . . . until a personal tragedy diverts...
Author
Series
(Gerald M.)Leo Waterman volume 12
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019], 2019
Language
English
Description
"After seven months laying low in Ocean Beach, California, Seattle PI Leo Waterman has finally stopped looking over his shoulder—specifically, for the vengeful band of Washington white supremacists who blame Leo for blindsiding their big plans for America. Where better to disappear with his bodyguard, Gabe, than this laid-back stretch of San Diego heaven? But when Leo finds a boy’s body on the beach, he comes out of hiding to investigate....
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
For years Leo Waterman eked out a meager living as a PI in Seattle. But when Rebecca, the love of his life, dumped him to marry someone else, Leo retires. Until one day he learns that Rebecca has vanished and no one can locate her. Together with a motley crew of homeless drunks and reprobates, Leo sets out to find Rebecca. He follows her trail from the streets of Seattle to the great North Woods. Rebecca's new husband's lies cast Leo into the path...
Author
Series
Leo Waterman mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Hearing a dying stranger call you by name would leave anyone full of questions. When it happens to private eye Leo Waterman, the more he learns about the late lottery winner's rags-to-riches-to-ruination life, the more he wants not just answers but justice. That means a road trip to Idaho to find out how a good-hearted young man with millions got skinned -- in more ways than one. It's all downhill from there as Leo gets roped into an ugly battle between...
Author
Series
Leo Waterman mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
At the end of an especially raucous day at his neighborhood bar, private eye Leo Waterman is surprised to see his old flame, Rebecca Duval, walk in the door. But King County's medical examiner is here on business, not pleasure. Two dead bodies, covered by an old coat that once belonged to Leo's father, have turned up in the trunk of a car. The only thing that seems to connect the men is a controversial local church and its charismatic pastor. With...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2017], 2017
Language
English
Description
Returning to Seattle after a business trip, retired PI Leo Waterman is shocked to find his girlfriend, Rebecca Duvall, unconscious on the bathroom floor, her house filled with gas. Officials believe it was a suicide attempt in the wake of a humiliating scandal. Under investigation for dereliction of duty, she'd been suspended from her job as medical examiner for King County. Leo knows Rebecca too well-and is determined to prove her innocence and clear...
Author
Series
Leo Waterman mystery volume 11
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
PI Leo Waterman is back at it--investigating a very domestic crime that turns into a national nightmare in this upbeat page-turner of a mystery. Why would a teenager with no prior record suddenly assassinate a city councilman? Retired PI Leo Waterman wouldn't have bothered finding out if an old pal hadn't asked. And after the man, who is also the boy's grandfather, offs himself, the request becomes too personal to ignore. But Leo's girlfriend, Rebecca,...
Author
Series
Leo Waterman mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An old friend asks Leo to find the reason behind his son's death. So Waterman and his Irregulars, an assortment of Seattle street people, pick up the paper trail that leads them to a small town with a huge secret. From Seattle to Wisconsin, the puzzle twists and turns, tangling the present with a past so tragic that the final truth will leave readers gasping.
Author
Series
Leo Waterman mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A feud between two steakhouse chains in Seattle leads to the murder of a food critic. Police suspect private eye Leo Waterman because he was in the employ of one of the parties, and to clear his name Waterman must find the real killer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
℗2012
Language
English
Description
Leo Waterman was born and bred in Seattle, Washington, and his father had contacts that ranged from the highest offices to the lowest dives. Those contacts are useful in Leo's pursuit of a profession as a private investigator. Of course, as a not-completely-rehabilitated hippie, Leo does go about things his own way. His best legmen (and women) are folks he knows from the kinds of bars the tourist board doesn't acknowledge, and they live wherever they...
Author
Series
Leo Waterman mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[1995?]
Language
English
19) Threshold
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Between the end of his marriage and the excessive force complaints against him, Detective Sergeant Mickey Dolan is running out of chances. When a powerful and connected city councilman reports that his wife and two daughters have disappeared, Dolan is assigned the case--knowing full well that his career is riding on the outcome. While investigating, Dolan meets Eve Pressman and her remarkable daughter, Grace. Gifted with the ability to bring people...