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Corpse with the Key [A Lt. Mark Stoddard Mystery] [MultiFormat]
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Thrilling, Light-Hearted Mystery! The residents of the small California town of Pomo are back in full force, with all of their wacky whimsy intact. Antique dealer Warren Legacy went out to appraise the contents of a vacant Victorian house and hasn't been seen since. His clerk is distraught and his friends are concerned. Three days have gone by since lawyer Andrew Moore gave him the keys to the old estate and Detective Mark Stoddard, of the Pomo police department, fears that his old friend has me... more info>>
Words: 40830 - Reading Time: 116-163 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Animatronica [Captain Spycer #3] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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"Funny!" says Hugo winner Larry Niven about science fiction of J. D. Crayne. In the third adventure of Captain Spycer and her zany band of space heroes, the Earth is doomed! Or maybe it's Callisto that's doomed. On the other hand, perhaps it's just Anaheim, California. The only chance Earth has to avoid possible annihilation is to send the Command Force's intrepid Captain Sherilyn Spycer to the rescue! The Captain and her crew of stalwart civilization-savers are on their way, and the hero busine... more info>>
Words: 42631 - Reading Time: 121-170 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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C Is For Catnip [Lucky Pierre Mystery Series Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Jeremy and Linda Austin quit their jobs, moving lock, stock and their cat Lucky Pierre to the small town of Pomo. are a nice young couple who have decided to get out of the big city rat race. There they buy a big old house, which they plan to refurbish and open as a bed and breakfast, and which Lucky Pierre considers his own. That's when things start to go wrong. First, Jeremy and Lucky Pierre find a body in the barn. The deceased has been walloped on the head and, lacking any evidence of foul p... more info>>
Words: 32423 - Reading Time: 92-129 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Corpse in Color [A Lt. Mark Stoddard Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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The body of gorgeous, blonde, Alix Montgomery wasn't even cold when Detective Mark Stoddard, of the Pomo Police Department, found her sprawled on the floor of her art store, artistically covered with splashes, splotches, dribbles, and drops of beautifully mixed acrylic paint. The handle of an artist's paint brush had been jammed up into her heart, and there was an expensive antique watch chain clutched in her well-manicured hand. As Detective Stoddard unravels this mystery of death and deceit am... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 46836 - Reading Time: 133-187 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Corpse in the Abstract [A Lt. Mark Stoddard Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Detective Mark Stoddard's Toughest Challenge. When the decayed corpse of an unknown man is found slouched in an outhouse in a rural California town, Pomo City Police Detective Mark Stoddard finds himself investigating a bizarre mixture of suspects, including Civil War buffs, several eccentric artists, and a pedantic antique dealer. Digging out clues to murder from gravel-voiced Ma Shanahan's Irish pub to the beer and sin-stained bar of The Sweat Lodge, Stoddard finds that small towns can have bi... more info>>
Words: 60000 - Reading Time: 171-240 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Corpse in the Camera [A Lt. Mark Stoddard Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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A New, Exciting Lt. Mark Stoddard Mystery. Mark Stoddard, Police Detective in the small Northern California town of Pomo, investigates two intriguing and baffling deaths. The first case opens when a brush clearance project reveals a crashed car in the middle of a berry patch, with the skeleton of its owner still inside. The remains, as Stoddard shortly discovers, belong to a man who vanished from the town without a trace during World War II, and apparently without leaving behind anyone who cared... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 60000 - Reading Time: 171-240 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Corpse in the Concrete [A Lt. Mark Stoddard Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Detective Mark Stoddard's deadliest case! When the decayed corpse of an unknown man is found slouched in an outhouse in a rural California town, Pomo City Police Detective Mark Stoddard finds himself investigating a bizarre mixture of suspects, including Civil War buffs, several eccentric artists, and a pedantic antique dealer. Digging out clues to murder from gravel-voiced Ma Shanahan's Irish pub to the beer and sin-stained bar of The Sweat Lodge, Stoddard finds that small towns can have big se... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 50000 - Reading Time: 142-200 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Ghost of a Purr [Lucky Pierre Mystery Series Book 2] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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The Cat Who Loved to Solve Crimes Returns! Lucky Pierre, that feline arch sleuth, faces another murder in this lighthearted mystery. In this second installment of his adventures, Pierre's loyal human friends Linda and Jeremy Austin, are hosting a group of spiritualists for a three-day stay at their Honeysuckle House Bed and Breakfast. No one expected any problems beyond a few tipped tables and an occasional lewd word on the Ouija board. They certainly didn't expect to find the group's channeler ... more info>>
Words: 32285 - Reading Time: 92-129 min.
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Hypneratomachia [Captain Spycer #2] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Interstellar Adventuring Has Never Been So Funny--Or So Dangerous! Move over Robert Asprin and Piers Anthony, science fiction has a new uncrowned king of comedy--and space opera! Hard on the heels of the side-splitting, hair-raising bestseller Tetragravitron, comes an all new adventure of Captain Spycer, that voluptuous, redheaded, space heroine, and her trusty crew--robot Peter Decade, scaly red Col. Krabchake, lewd and lecherous Prof. Groppe, and that wide-eyed innocent Brian Lefarge--are off ... more info>>
Words: 43143 - Reading Time: 123-172 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Invisible Encounter and Other Science Fiction Stories [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Dazzling science fiction from Asimov's, Amazing Stories, etc. By j. D. Crayne. Hugo and Nebula winner Larry Niven calls J. D. Crayne's S-F, "Dark humor. Funny stuff." This long-awaited collection features all the Cheryl Harbottle stories. A printer gives Cheryl problems in "...and Settle Down With a Good Book." Her search through the internet for family genealogy goes awry in "Of Days Gone By." Cheryl moves to a new home--not on the range but on a Space Station in "No Homelike Place," where she ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 80000 - Reading Time: 228-320 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Magical Meow [Lucky Pierre' Mystery Series Book 3] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Lucky Pierre, that Sherlock Holmes of felines, solves another murder in this lighthearted cozy mystery. The nice young couple who naively believe that they own him have gone to San Francisco for two weeks, leaving Pierre in the custody of Herb and Maggie Lindenberg, owners of Wrangler's Western Motel. Pierre was all settled down to engage in his favorite occupations of sleeping and eating when a group of fans who love those tales about magic schools move in for a four-day convention, filled with... more info>>
Words: 32059 - Reading Time: 91-128 min.
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Monster Lake [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Was It Hoax or Demon? The little town of Solitaire, located on the shore of lovely Lake Mendocino, has a problem: The tourists are only there during the summer. From May through August they swarm all over the place: Fishing, swiming, eating, drinking, shopping, and--in short--spending those lovely tourist dollars. After Labor Day the place looks more like a deserted crypt in a forgotten graveyard. Local merchants are feeling the pinch and thinking of leaving for the bright lights and big bucks o... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 31100 - Reading Time: 88-124 min.
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Murder at the Worldcon: A Science Fictional Roman a Clef [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Can You Guess Who's Who? In this murder mystery set at a 1960s World Science Fiction Convention, real-life authors and fans behind fictional names are mixed with fictional characters. Match wits with the book's author, J. D, Crayne, try to identify the real characters and their actual names in this unique roman a clef. It's a holiday weekend, and the World Science Fiction Convention is ready to roll. The first speaker for the first panel steps up onto the speaker's platform -- and finds a corpse... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 40872 - Reading Time: 116-163 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Ragnarok [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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In this exciting science fiction adventure, sixteen year old Geir, his sister Jory, and their mother, Sophia, take a pathway to a nameless elsewhere, which lies on the other side of a stone bridge. Beyond the bridge is a land filled with science so advanced as to seem like magic. An enigmatic white-haired woman named Irda, who claims to be the youngsters' grandmother, leads the youngsters and their mother on a journey intended to right a wrong which took place nearly two decades earlier. Lovely ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 51944 - Reading Time: 148-207 min.
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Sindri's Daughter [Irda's Children Book II] [MultiFormat]
by J. D. Crayne
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Five years ago Geir Simonson won control of the Jurnburg, the great citadel built atop a stone pinnacle in another land. Now the wheel of fortune has turned and the tide of fate is against him. Betrayed from within, the Jurnburg has fallen to the enemy. Geir and his loyal followers flee for their lives. Their dismay at the loss of the Jurnburg is made even more bitter when they discover that the caravan of women and children, which they sent to safety several weeks previous, was attacked by the ... more info>>
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Tetragravitron [Captain Spycer #1] [MultiFormat]
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Saving the World has Never Been So Much Fun! J. D. Crayne's newest book is a rollicking and hilarious space adventure that pays unabashed homage to science fiction greats of the past. Here is a book with touches of "Red Dwarf," "Farscape," Terry Prachett's Diskworld, E. E. Smith's Lensmen, and Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella. Tetragravotron is classic interstellar adventure, with a bit of a feminist twist, and its tongue planted firmly in its cheek. The Earth hovers on the brink of destruction a... more info>> (Published: 4005)
Words: 47340 - Reading Time: 135-189 min.
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The Cosmic Wheel [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by J. D. Crayne
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 Sci-Fi Larry Niven Hails as "Dark" And "Funny!" Mars, the church, media and world crisis come together in a heady mix that will remind some readers of James Morrow and others of Frederik Pohl. Not since Dr. Strangelove has there been such a wildly cynical science fictional look at the world we live in! From an April Fool joke gone wrong, to an imitation alien bilking the rich, The Cosmic Wheel turns through a near future filled with sex, blasphemy, and a satiric look at life in the mid-21st Cent... more info>>
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The Cosmic Wheel [MultiFormat]
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Sci-Fi Larry Niven Hails as "Dark" And "Funny!" Mars, the church, media and world crisis come together in a heady mix that will remind some readers of James Morrow and others of Frederik Pohl. Not since Dr. Strangelove has there been such a wildly cynical science fictional look at the world we live in! From an April Fool joke gone wrong, to an imitation alien bilking the rich, The Cosmic Wheel turns through a near future filled with sex, blasphemy, and a satiric look at life in the mid-21st Cent... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 55000 - Reading Time: 157-220 min.
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Uncle Daniel's Den: A Horror Novel [MultiFormat]
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Horror and Humor in the Robert Bloch-Weird Tales Vein! Pianora Duvall, who manages her mother's country and western band Grand Old Gullywumpers, and has been wondering how to pay the month's bills. But when her millionaire uncle Daniel Duvall is run over by a herd of motorcyclists and then smashed flat by a cement truck, leaving her mother his only heir, it seems the answer to everybody's prayers, or at least to those of his niece. Happy days seem here again! Unfortunately, when Pianora and the ... more info>>
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