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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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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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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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Jim Richards' daughter, Carol, comes to Jim with a problem. A friend and co-worker are missing and Carol asks Jim to find her. Along with his wife, Penny, Jim goes to the missing woman's apartment where they run into Detective Greg Warren. Greg tells them that the girl was found dead. Jim makes it his goal to find the killer and now working with Will Trapper and Deacon DeAngelo, the three sort through clues and investigate the crime. While waiting...
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Angelo, former enforcer for a New York mob family and now personal friend of Jim and Penny finally got his wish, to open an Italian restaurant. Jim fronted the money and the restaurant was a reality. Open now just a month, a famed restaurant critic was going to review the restaurant and came to check it out. Later that same critic was found dead in the restaurant with his face buried in a plate of pasta. Who would want to murder the annoying man who...
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A sudden death in the family takes Jim and Penny back to their roots in Michigan. Jim invites Trapper, Earl, and Buck to go along to visit with their families. Jim and Penny prepare for the funeral and while they are there, Jim finds an old acquaintance from his early days working as a private investigator. Barry Becker, now a police detective and he's in Jim's town to investigate a murder. Seems someone wanted to reveal damaging evidence about corrupt...
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A woman tries to commit suicide by jumping off the top of the Stratosphere tower in Las Vegas, the tallest structure west of the Mississippi, but Lady Luck prevents her from dying. Before she took the plunge she was released from a psychiatric ward for delusions that she has murdered someone. But did she really kill someone, or is she being set up? Jim, Penny, and Buck have finally moved to Las Vegas and are trying to start a new life when murder...
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This book is a crossover between the Jim Richards Murder Novels and the Fatal Series of books, both by Bob Moats. While on vacation, Jim manages to miss the turn to Seattle and they end up in the small town of Brinnon, Washington. While camping in their van they meet Sheriff Dave Chandler and his wife Sarah. Jim's curse strikes again, and there is a murder in the campground. But there is more when another man is kidnapped by the killer. Why was this...
10) Santa Murders
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That Jolly old head elf from the North Pole is getting ready to be a naughty boy. He has murder on his mind. Luckily it's not the real Santa Claus, but a person with a motive to murder. Las Vegas Homicide Detective Deacon DeAngelo goes after a street preacher who loves to play Santa for the homeless shelters. Evidence ties this Santa to the murder of a mob figure and now Will Trapper is called on to prove his Santa friend didn't do it. Trapper manages...
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Someone is murdering guests on Penny Wickens' daytime talk show and it's now becoming a problem scheduling new guests. Who wants to be next? Penny and Jim have returned from their mystery writers cruise and Penny has settled back into her duties as America's favorite talk show host. When the first guest turns up dead that's not good, but then the next two end up dead, that's cause for concern. Penny turns to Jim for help since the police aren't getting...
12) Toxic Murders
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Trapper's girlfriend Samantha has a problem. One of her female employees is in the hospital with a mysterious skin poisoning and she asks Trapper to help. She doesn't want to bring in the police, she runs an illegal bookie operation. Jim gets involved but has problems of his own. His friends Dave and Sarah from up by Seattle are coming into town to renew their wedding vows and Penny is totally excited to help arrange the wedding. Things got worse...
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"Something Wicked This Way Comes" by the author Ray Bradbury was brought to mind by Jim Richards as a carnival has arrived in Las Vegas and is now the center of his attention for possible criminal activities. Children are starting to vanish and there's a number of jewelry store thefts involving most mysterious circumstances and expensive goods. Jim is asked by the parents of two missing boys to find them. The only clue he has is the handbill announcing...
14) Hypnotic Murders
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A woman walks into Jim Richards’s office with a story of how her husband died due to his participation in the stage show of a local hypnotist. The man later walked into a casino and shot a few people before he was taken down by security, and the woman blames the hypnotist for his actions. Jim takes the case and goes on a quest to find the truth. Was his death part of a plot by the hypnotist and his shady business associates or acting on his own....
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This new e-book box set contains the first three e-books of the 36 book series of the Jim Richards Murder Novels. Starting with the book that introduces the main characters, "Classmate Murders. " The next is "Vegas Showgirl Murders" and "Dominatrix Murders. Follow Jim and Penny through all their adventures along with their friends Buck, Trapper, Deacon, Lynn, and Becker. They go from Michigan to Las Vegas and back to help fight crime and find excitement...
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Winner of Honorable Mention in the 2014 Halloween Book Festival. Halloween is approaching fast and Jim Richards is asked by his police friend Deacon to help figure out who is murdering one woman every year for the last fourteen Halloweens. They have given the suspect the name, "Trick-or-Treat Killer" but they have no idea who he is. Jim and Earl Daws go on a mission to track down the facts from the first murder that set up the rest of the kills. Could...
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Someone is murdering men who abuse their wives or children. After four deaths it starts looking like a vigilante is loose in Las Vegas. Deacon is running the case as Lynn has been told she is going to Quantico to train with the FBI, leaving Deacon alone to catch the killer. He turns to Jim for his help and the two go off to track down the vigilante. Is it a local doctor, bent on revenge for helpless victims of abuse? During the case, Jim and Penny...
18) Mortuary Murders
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Jim and Buck have returned from Area 51 to chase down a terrorist bent on destroying Las Vegas. They saved the day and are now back to the regular routine, but Jim is given a case to find a missing dead body stolen from a local private mortuary. He goes to investigate the theft but runs into the murder of a funeral director. It's a dying business but Jim has to now stop whoever is killing people. He enters the world of pricey funerals, embalming bodies...
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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...
20) Area 51 Murders
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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?...
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