Detective Bass gladly turns over a drive-by shooting case to Detective Hodgins. But suspicions remain, especially concerning the homeowner where the drive-by shooting occurred. Bass puzzles his way through the neighbors conflicting stories until he discovers that he has a new unexpected case.

Baseball was not a sport Detective Bass understood, nor was he familiar with the fine art of the fashion industry, but when a small-time hoodlum's body was pulled from a frozen river on a cold February morning, that he understood.In this unsettling case of a murdered informant, one murder led to another, and passions heightened as Detective Bass closed in on kidnappers, gamblers, and a love-obsessed baseball player.

All murders are mysterious. It was no different when a body was found at a book sale sponsored by a local church. No one recognized the victim, but Detective Bass knew the killer had to be one of the 12 who were buying books or helping out. Follow him as he doggedly works through the list, and finds the surprising results.

Read the first three novellas in The Detective Bass Mystery series in one box set. Included are The Book Sale Murder, Murder In A Vacant Lot, and The Wounded Murderer.Let these novellas entertain you while Detective Bass investigates:* The stabbing of a man attending a church book sale.* The death of a waitress who never realized her dream of becoming an actress.* The reappearance of a veteran assumed dead seeking revenge.

Detective Bass was too kindhearted at times. An elderly veteran had been murdered. Detective Bass had the 9mm pistol issued during the Korean War and the female suspect’s confession. The case was about to be wrapped up, and then . . . . it wasn’t enough!A daughter’s revenge? What were the lies? What was the truth?

Detective Gilbert Bass searches for the identity of a homeless man found dead in an archeological dig site.  Dinosaur fossils unearthed in the city?  Mrs. Wicker and her adult children wanted the bones, two partners in real estate wanted the land, and a local activist wanted to keep his girlfriend.

In this exciting full-length novel, Detective Bass investigates the twisted streets for the murderer of a pharmaceutical rep and a sniper who took down a prime suspect, all of which related to a white marble slab delivered to a stranger’s back door. From harbor drinking haunts to high-rise living, Detective Bass and his partner Macky investigate it all.

Detective Bass leaves the city for vacation and becomes entangled in the gossip and murders of a rural community.  Between disposing of collectable plates for his aunt and the mysterious Mrs. Nibs, he is recruited to help the local sheriff.  After several murders, the sheriff proves to be less than competent and is of no help when Detective Bass must save his own life.

A sensational event led Detective Bass to explore the realm of forgotten women and the upper strata of polo fields and cabin cruisers.Detective Bass was haunted by the possibility that a mother may have caused the death of her own child, while her chiropractor husband preferred to be on a yacht with clients, waiting for a divorce. Only later did Detective Bass realize that it was a woman named Eunice who held all the secrets— secrets connected to a different crime.

    There’s never a good time to find a body, especially Christmas Eve when the victim lies dead cold on scaffolding outside a bank.  Police Detective Bass could quickly tie in the victim to a recent apartment fire, but not to the bank and the conflicting stories between the bank president and the branch manager concerning stolen money.      A sweet, elderly lady offers the detective cookies, another lady he puts in a cab.    The victim was killed by a .38 revolver.  Detective...

Detective Bass earned his pay with this case. This was a crime committed at night in a vacant lot and not discovered until morning. She was an aspiring actress, who worked as a waitress in a nearby restaurant. Detective Bass determined her ex-boyfriend, an artist, rich and spoiled, knew more than what he said, and her restaurant co-workers had their own sad stories to tell. Only when the murderer’s own life was threatened did he call out for help. And it was Detective Bass who came to his ...

Marsha Madenridge’s boyfriend is found strangled in a gas station washroom, and she doesn’t care.  Not until Detective Bass notifies her that someone transferred $40,000 into her bank account.  Then, she felt threatened.  Several bikers had gassed up their motorcycles about the time of the murder.  Will Detective Bass be able to keep her safe?  Or will someone need to save Detective Bass?Another novella in the Detective Bass Mystery Series.