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"I'm not a detective, just an alligator in a vest." --Tim L. Gator *** Tim the alligator has to find his former boss, Amelia Watson, after she retired with many unanswered questions. Using a time-traveling clock she left behind, Tim jumps across the timelines, checking clues and anomalies, meeting absurdly powerful entities who may help him out--or not. Failure means no more Ame; even in memories. *** All Hololive references (characters, settings, famous scenes) belong to COVER Corp. This is just a homage (with my own twists) for all holomems, especially Amelia Watson. Thanks for the memories, Ame.

DRANK Dark Comedy By Wych Hazle Copyright 2021 Katasha, a newly "woke" sister comes back to her hood just in time for a block party at Momma Moe's where her childhood crush, a bugged out, artistic brother named Cosmo will be making an appearance. It awakens a longing for the intimacy they once shared. At the same time, Momma Moe has a new shady, live-in 'boyfriend' who decides to spike her infamous ' Jungle Juice' with L. S. D. for his own amusement. The party morphs into a fiasco slowly. Cosmo and Katasha pick up where they left off easily, finding out they have more in common than they thought on many levels, still. After finding some privacy, sipping slowly at Momma Moe's 'drank' the two effortlessly melt into a passion soaked sexual adventure neither of them expected, or will ever forget. Outside the bubble they create around themselves with their intimacy, chaos ensues as some of the unrefined guests start to get a little too free. What was a beautiful night of partying and reuniting becomes a senseless violent uprising that they must stick together through to survive.

Lenny Parker is a roadie, bass player in a metal band AND a private investigator. He's not that good at the whole PI thing but he's got a lot of heart and some good friends to help him out. In this story he is hired to find out where a young girl gets her money from. He might not like the answer though...

Once a cop, now a private eye. Once human, now a cyborg. Dalton Steel had scraped a living investigating the things that were beneath the cops he used to work with. Except those cases that involved bots. Until a beautiful woman, a beautiful bot created to mimic a beautiful woman to perfection, hands him the case of a serial bot killer. The investigation takes him from deepest, darkest pits, to the gleaming, cleanest Sectors of the Tether, where Dalton finds himself involved in a conspiracy that could cost the lives of thousands, millions of humans. Walking a fine line between the human and bot worlds, Dalton must face his own humanity and mortality to bring a genius killer to justice. A hardboiled, cyberpunk, noir detective story, set in the same world as "Anna In The Garden". 🥉3rd Place, The Ōkami Awards, Sci-Fi category - Sept '22🥉 🏵Featured by @BadassReads, 'The Dauntless' Reading list - Sept '23🏵 Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.

Lars Lässig nervt sich über deren Sound.

The corpse of a former nun turned actress/model has been found in the desert near Joshua Tree National Park and her onetime Mother Superior asks Banning private detective John Marriner--a decorated war veteran with stress and other disorders--to search for her killer on the mean streets of LA, where he was last seen bitchslapping the city Police Chief.

"Late Antiquitiy noir" ✺ A brief story about a hotshot chariot racer who gets caught up in the intrigue of Byzantine power struggles ✺ Recommended if you like: historical crime fiction, The Fast and the Furious but with chariot races, Assassin's Creed

Ditzy dames and classy broads were always P.I. Mac Jordan's weakness. When a damsel in distress asks for his help he finds himself up against a psychopathic society doctor, crooked cops and a masochistic wise-guy whose weapon of choice is a baseball bat covered in barbed wire. If he wants to survive, never mind crack the case, he has to confront the demons of his past and the ghosts of his future.

Now complete! ~~~ Ella Lewis is dead. Someone must pay. “I loved Ella. Now she’s a corpse, cooling off in the morgue with a noose-shaped bruise around her neck. The cops say it’s suicide. It wasn’t suicide. I don’t know who killed her, and I don’t know why. But I’m going to find out, no matter what it takes. And when I’m face-to-face with the man who broke my world, I’m going to break him.” In this tough-as-nails noir crime novel set in Auckland’s dark underbelly, 17-year-old Jack “Spade” Miller must traverse a web of violence, love, and illicit sex in his search for justice. Only one thing is guaranteed: no one is walking away unscathed. ~~~ This book is available now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords. Find out more at www.harrystjohn.com. Thanks for reading!

A missing fraternity pledge. An empty coffin. And a house that smells of fear long after the party's over. Bob Robson, a grizzled ex-FBI investigator, isn't in the market for partners - especially not Stephen Hopkins, a British academic who treats hauntings like they're peer-reviewed, or Aiden Pierce, an ex-military mechanic who'd rather dismantle a problem than talk about it. They shouldn't be able to work together. By all rights, they shouldn't even try. But when the trail of Leo Velasquez leads through rusted storm hatches, forgotten WWII tunnels, and a campus hiding more history than it will admit, the unlikely team expands to include Ginger - a feral hacker with a skateboard, a grudge, and a talent for finding trouble that doesn't want to be found. Somehow, the mix works - well enough to uncover a network built for more than escape. And the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: this isn't just about a missing student. It's about whatever's still moving in the dark, and how fast it's learning to use them.

When you're powerful and you want something done, you call Charlie Talbott. He will ask only the basic questions and give you the best results. There isn't a better fixer in town, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have an agenda of his own. In this collection of short stories you'll see the inner workings of a broken, unequal system, the privileged few who fully depend on the status quo and the people who profit from it all.

Some nights drag trouble out of the dark whether you want it or not. Detective Cliff Donovan was only looking for a quiet drive along the coast when the storm rolled in-and with it, something he was never meant to see. Now a single moment on a quiet stretch of road will haunt him long after the rain stops. Because whatever crossed his path that night wasn't finished with him. Not even close. And the ocean doesn't give back what it takes.

As open minded as she is, private investigator Sasha Jackson feels out of place when her latest case plunges her into the world of commercial sex. A classy madame has hired Sasha to find a missing Mexican hooker, which seems easy enough at first. Sasha figures out why the hooker ran away but has no idea where she is running to. Besides, how fast can anyone run in stiletto heels? It isn’t until the next body turns up that Sasha realizes why the hooker must choose between fight and flight, and why the choice is so difficult. Sasha tests her moral compass as she tries to understand the sex trade and what someone will do in a moment of desperation. She is even willing to look the other way, but then Sasha realizes her ass is incredibly hot and the killer is incredibly cold.

The dame who walked into P.I. Amelia Archer's office that day wasn't pretty, but she had a dog of a tale to tell. Beggars can't be choosers, though, and soon Archer is off down the Shufelt Tunnel in search of lizard men, a diamond bracelet, and maybe even a bit of fun with an old flame.

I found a hard boiled egg on the side of the road and thought about how it got there

It's time for this to be over. It's time to pay. It's time to stop running. As the car window slowly rolls down, he whispers one word ...

Meet Miles Franco, but make it fast. If the cops have anything to say about it, he'll be dead by morning. Miles used to make a living illegally smuggling people between dimensions. That was until the cops caught up with him and made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Now he's chasing an interdimensional drug smuggler across worlds. Gangsters are trying to kick the shit out of him and the cops want to put a leash on him. These days it seems like everyone wants a piece of Miles Franco. But you can only push a man so far before he starts pushing back. And self-control isn't Miles' strong suit. Raw, insane, and hard-boiled as hell, The Man Who Crossed Worlds is a violent fever-dream for those who like their urban fantasy to kick them in the teeth. Note: This novel contains strong language, violence, and sexual situations. ~~~ This book and its sequel, The Man Who Walked in Darkness, are available now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords. Visit www.chris-strange.com for more information.