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Kisses Are Like Bullets

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Reads 673
Votes 92
Parts 12
Time 3h 21m

SwellOwlStories

detective hardboiled heist mystery noir private-detective private-eye privateinvestigator pulp pulpfiction thriller

Retired Detective Josh Slim has decided to go into the private eye business for some supplemental income; however, the person who just hired him was someone he never expected to see again. An ex-con, who Slim put away years ago, is back out on the streets, and she has enlisted the former detective to help her find a man who stole two-hundred million dollars from her before she went off to prison. 

Thinking this small job will lead to a bigger payoff, Slim takes it, but soon finds himself involved with strippers, killers, and even The Feds. As things heat up, he wonders if it was best if he just stayed retired.All Rights Reserved

detective hardboiled heist mystery noir private-detective private-eye privateinvestigator pulp pulpfiction thriller

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Tracy Hayes, Apprentice PI by SusannaShore

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Devil Take The Hindmost cover

The Basement Vault cover

Tracy Hayes, Apprentice PI cover

CoffeeShop Murders ~ DNF (completed) cover

The Cocky Thief cover

Criminals On The Run |18+ cover

Suspect Number Five | ONC 2023 cover

Midnight Deception cover

The Opposite of Love cover

Sounds of Murder cover

Devil Take The Hindmost

Satchmo Turner, proprietor of the Waifs and Strays private detection agency, can feel all of his meagre past success slipping away. His relationship is on the skids, he's flat broke and his business partner is hell-bent on taking a murder case that isn't paying. When a dynamite client proposes a doddle of a job for a bucket-full of cash, it seems like a no-brainer. But with the bodies piling up on the streets of Wolverhampton, and the ghostly hand of the city's founder on his shoulder, Satchmo and his motley group of pseudo-sleuths soon hope it won't be them that end up brain-dead.