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Death Sting [A Nick Bancroft Mystery]
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>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 53954 - Reading Time: 154-215 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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A Point of Murder [A Nick Bancroft Mystery]
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>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 60000 - Reading Time: 171-240 min.
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August is Murder [A Nick Bancroft Mystery]
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>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 53750 - Reading Time: 153-215 min.
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Murder by the Book [A Nick Bancroft Mystery]
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>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 48765 - Reading Time: 139-195 min.
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And the Band Played On [A Nick Bancroft Mystery]
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>> (Published: 2006)
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