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Death Sting [A Nick Bancroft Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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"A REAL LOO-LOO!" When Vicki Fowler's body is found covered with bee stings in a Central Illinois pasture the sheriff calls her death an accident. Free-lance reporter and private detective Nick Bancroft doesn't believe it. He learns the victim lived in a home for young unwed mothers who work as waitresses and whores at a local nightclub. Murder suspects include an alcoholic handy man, the man and wife who operate the home, a nightclub operator and his henchman, and a sheriff's deputy. Federal ag... more info>> 2004
Words: 53954 - Reading Time: 154-215 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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A Point of Murder [A Nick Bancroft Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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The Private Eye Who Didn't Carry a Gun! Nick Bancroft uncovers a web of corruption when his young protégé is gruesomely murdered. Bancroft, a Chicago journalist, has returned to his hometown, Central City, Illinois. His peaceful, nonproductive existence is disrupted by his stormy love affair with Maggie Atley. Add to that the life-threatening complications that follow when Bobby Scalf's body is found in an alley with a spike in the temple. Nick becomes a suspect when the second murder victim is ... more info>> 2004
Words: 60000 - Reading Time: 171-240 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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August is Murder [A Nick Bancroft Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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THE NUDIST AND THE KILLER! When a sexy nudist hires him to protect her from whoever is threatening her life, Nick Bancroft becomes the target. Someone tries to burn him alive, beats the hell out of him and, since that didn't run him off, uses him for target practice. Meanwhile, two people are murdered, Nick's true love, Maggie Atley, is more than somewhat perturbed by his relationship with his client, and a mysterious club seems to hold the answer. Nick survives another losing season by his belo... more info>> 2003
Words: 53750 - Reading Time: 153-215 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Murder by the Book [A Nick Bancroft Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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Date Rape Leads To Murder. When Nick Bancroft, a reporter who inherits a run-down detective agency and is hired to investigate a case of date rape, he hopes for a financial double-play, getting paid for both solving the case and for writing the story of how he solved it! But, soon Bancroft finds himself in over his head, when he runs into a couple of homicides so cleverly plotted they constitute a case of "murder by the book." Next, he becomes the target of a shooter determined to kill to protec... more info>> 2003
Words: 48765 - Reading Time: 139-195 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Murder Inherited [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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Romantic Suspense from the Author of the Nick Bancroft Mysteries. When the old man Laura Marsh is nursing dies, he leaves her his house, a small lake and a mysterious old cabin in the woods. A few days later, Laura observes a handsome stranger swimming naked in the lake. The next day, as she is watching to see if the stranger will return, she discovers the body of a naked young woman on the shore of the lake. The naked stranger becomes a suspect, the young police officer who investigates becomes... more info>> 2004
Words: 42498 - Reading Time: 121-169 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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Rainy-Day Lover [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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Absorbing Romantic Thriller When Melissa Malden's boss's son tries to rape her, she quits and takes a new job managing an apartment complex. Only later does she realize the rundown condition of the apartments and the near impossibility of turning the operation into a success. Then, there is Jud, the mysterious, handsome maintenance man who drives an expensive convertible and plays golf at the local country club. After weeks of long hours working beside him to refurbish the complex, the business ... more info>> 2004
Words: 44392 - Reading Time: 126-177 min.
Category: Erotica
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Danny Boy [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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He Had Every Woman--But the One He Loved. Danny Boy rises from poverty to wealth, but there is one woman he can not forget. Danny becomes a successful Chicago stock broker after overcoming humiliation, poverty and his mother's reputation. His intimate relationship with publicity-hungry model, Dorrie Davies, ends in disaster when she files rape and fraud charges against him. His reputation is ruined even though charges are dropped. He returns to Duncan in Central Illinois, his hometown, to seek r... more info>> 2005
Words: 59409 - Reading Time: 169-237 min.
Category: Erotica
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And the Band Played On [A Nick Bancroft Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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A Soft Boiled Private Eye! Freelance reporter and sometime private detective Nick Bancroft is tough enough when he has to be. But he can be soft for the ladies. That's how he ends up at an outdoor band concert, with Maggie, a librarian, divorcee and his very talented lover, and is on hand to witness the murder of the very well-connected private secretary of a very important political figure. It doesn't earn him any points with the cops that Nick is on the scene before them, and it doesn't earn h... more info>> 2006
Words: 56006 - Reading Time: 160-224 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Fork in the Road [MultiFormat]
by Bob Liter
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Mystery and Dark Humor! From the author of the Nick Bancroft mysteries comes a delicious blend of suspense and deft humor that is sure to delight every mystery reader! Welcome to Fork, a community with a weed-infested street and a snow plow, where men gather at Absalom's Tavern to tell occasionally true tall tales, where the high-minded Historical Society meets across the street at Rosemary's Delmonico Diner to plot against the tavern and its customers, where a variety of characters produce bell... more info>>
Words: 52224 - Reading Time: 149-208 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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