Detour – Helen Nielsen
Kid hitchhiker Danny was making his big break for Mexico when the kindly old man giving him a lift is murdered. Danny sets out on the lam, trapped by circumstantial evidence.
Tag Archives: Prologue Books
Obit Delayed – Helen Nielsen
When a young woman is killed in a small desert town, the only person not yet ready to condemn her ex-wife is the plucky journalist Mitch Gorman.
Something in the Shadows – Vin Packer
When his cat is slain by a hit-and-run driver, Joseph Meaker transforms from serene intellectual to crazed killer as he sets out to have his revenge.
Dead, She Was Beautiful – Whit Masterson
P.I. Mort Hagen is hired to tail a cheating wife, only to discover it’s his ex. But before he can quit this job, she winds up dead… with Mort the prime suspect in her murder.
Shell Game – Richard Powell
Vacationing ad-man just wants to roam the beach and collect seashells… until he’s dragged into a murder investigation by a beautiful woman.
Don’t Speak to Strange Girls – Harry Whittington
In the midst of depression brought on by the death of his wife, aging Hollywood star Clay Stuart falls into an obsessive lust for a dangerous young woman…
The Captain Must Die – Robert Colby
For twelve long years they remembered. For twelve long years they plotted. And now Captain Driscoll was going to pay for what he had done to them during the war.
Case of the Deadly Kiss – Milton K. Ozaki
He bruised their mouths with a brutal kiss and then he strangled them… slowly. Every one of them was young and lovely, every one of them a cop’s wife or sweetheart.
A Shot in the Dark – Richard Powell
Johnny Edwards arrives too late to save his friend Tony, but he can still avenge him. And with reckless abandon Johnny chases after a smuggling gang.
Case of the Cop’s Wife – Milton K. Ozaki
Pregnant policeman’s wife is nabbed along with the loot following a massive department-store heist; she’s now a hostage, as her husband fights against time to find her.
Flashpoint – Dan Marlowe
Ex-criminal turned government agent Earl Drake is the target of Middle Eastern terrorists, and sets off after them to New York to disrupt their nefarious scheme.
