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Jake Savage is doing some underwater photography off Key West when a shadow floats above him. Much to his surprise, it is a young girl, scantily dressed and floating face down. The police are called ... and they are labeling it an accident. Jake takes it upon himself to find out who she is and how she wound up dead. He soon learns that he has all kinds of help .... his elderly step-mother, her caretaker, a cop who is terminally ill, and assorted strangers he happens to bump into. It gets d...

Syndey Vail, once a beautiful soap opera star, enters lawyer-cum-detective Shep Harrington's life in a cloud of dust and vanishes just as quickly, leaving behind two very different but strangely connected things: a chimpanzee and a murder. The chimpanzee is the young Kikora, whom Sydney liberated from her confining cage in a testing lab at DMI a mega-medical conglomerate led by the hard-driving Howard Doring, who apparently believes that the human animal has every right to exploit all livi...

Reilly Heartwood, a famous country singer, is dead. His sister doesn't recognize the dead man's body. The local reverend has refused to permit burial. Reilly's death is ruled a suicide. And no one has bothered to investigate. What the hell is going on here? That's what Shep Harrington, a 32-year-old divorced and disbarred lawyer, wants to know, and can't quite answer. The deeper he probes, the more he's drawn into reconstructing the final minutes of Reilly's life, the more he's compelled to c...

Shanghaied into jury duty and placed on a hopelessly boring civil case, Stanley Hastings swings into action when a juror is murdered, and engineers a most unusual courtroom climax. An amusing inside look at the jury selection system and a must for any prospective juror."This unlikely private detective operates in an exquisitely refined state of paranoia ... he manages to effect a pretty astonishing resolution to the mystery ... (the case) turns out to have a surprising kick at the ...

Stanley comes to the aid of a soccer mom who's been tricked into working for an escort service, and finds himself engulfed in a world of prostitution, pornography, blackmail, and murder."Hair-raising and hilarious."—Publishers Weekly"A gem of a novel...loaded with warmth, wit, and plot...real fear, and a strong sense of justice."—Rave Reviews"Hall's swift, spare prose captures the grit of Manhattan...He has also created a thoroughly credible character ...

When a revolver once owned by wild west outlaw Pistol Pete Robbins is stolen and a replica left in its place, wealthy gun collector Russ Timberlaine is afraid someone will commit a murder with it in order to frame him for the crime. Steve Winslow substitutes a third gun in its place. When the murder takes place, guess which gun did it!Books in the series — The Baxter Trust, The Anonymous Client, The Naked Typist, The Wrong Gun and The Innocent Woman."The realistic courtroom...

When negligence lawyer Richard Rosenberg defends a man on trial for murder, he hires Stanley Hastings to investigate The reluctant PI takes the stand, and nearly gets found in contempt of court."Hilarious … Mr. Hall delights in applying the classic style of high comedy to base genre material, so he can get away with the wordplay, or any other game that takes his fancy."—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review"Hall develops his usual complex plot and dialogue-drive...

Stanley Hastings is having a problem signing up prospective clients for negligence attorney Richard Rosenberg. Someone is strangling them before he can get there."Entertaining...the charm of Stanley Hastings lies in his chummy, loquacious, self-deprecating commentary."—Washington Post Book World"Great fun."—Booklist"Wonderful, top-notch...memorable characters and witty dialogue...sure to win plaudits and fans."—Publishers Weekly

Stanley Hastings goes to Atlantic City to keep tabs on Sergeant MacAullif's wayward son-in-law, a favor that gets him arraigned for grand larceny and held on suspicion of murder."Hilarious...pure entertainment."—Publishers Weekly"A very funny, very smart mystery series."—Booklist"...a light-hearted romp, drolly told, and made pleasant by its deprecating, much put-upon and wholly charming hero."—The San Diego Union"Hall creates a lovable ...

Stanley Hastings tries to prove his client didn't kill her lover, and gets shot for his trouble. He also gets fired, summoned before the grand jury, and embroiled in such a legal mess that his boss, negligence lawyer Richard Rosenberg, will have to cut a deal to save him."An endearing hero ... unorthodox mysteries ... forever-fresh series. Stanley ... plays a game of basketball that is pure poetry."—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review"Another fine mess … anoth...

Stanley takes on his first paying client, and winds up framed for murder. Not getting paid is just the icing on the cake."Mr. Hall slyly wins our respect for Stanley's intelligence and perseverance—qualities that give him the edge over his bolder and brawnier competition. And the last laugh, too."—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review"Hall deftly mixes mirth and murder with a dash of wry philosophy, and his series hero ... is a never-failing delight."—The...

Steve Winslow didnt understand. The young womans court appointed attorney didnt cost her anything, the guy had just plea-bargained her petty-theft charge down to a suspended sentence with no time served and no fine, so why was she trying to fire him and hire Steve? It was a great deal, except for one thing. She happened to be innocent"In his ability to channel Erle Stanley Gardner, Parnell Hall stands alone ... one of the funniest and most unorthodox jury selections in fictional an...