The Cactus Club Killings

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Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 0307572897
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Cactus Club Killings written by Nathan Walpow and published by Delta. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a city of fast cars and movie stars, these folks are crazy about cacti. Until a killer joins the club . . . Joe Portugal likes people. But he likes plants better. That's why the former theater actor turned small-time L.A. commercial star is a prominent member of the Culver City Cactus Club. Unfortunately, so is a killer. The club's president is dead--a poison succulent lodged into her mouth. With a father who knows a thing or two about murder, and police breathing down his neck, Joe can recognize a jam when he sees one. But when he begins searching through a colorful cast of plant lovers, plant dealers, and even international plant smugglers, he doesn't find the answers he needs. Meanwhile, the killer has struck again, working his way through the Cactus Club with a garden variety motive--and a very green thumb--for murder. . . . Includes The Joe Portugal Guide to Botanical Nomenclature

Death of an Orchid Lover

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Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 0307573362
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Death of an Orchid Lover written by Nathan Walpow and published by Delta. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature. Nurture. Murder. L.A. actor Joe Portugal just wants to keep the mealybugs off his cacti, give a little boost to his love life, and maybe make a few commercials along the way. And with a small acting role nailed down, Joe has every reason to mind his own business. But he doesn't. That's because a man who loved orchids has been found dead. And so has a woman who asked for Joe's help. Never one to walk away from a challenge, Joe is plunging into a world unlike any he's seen before--the frenetic, highly competitive world of the orchid enthusiast. And suddenly Joe Portugal--actor, cactus lover, reluctant sleuth--is discovering that solving murder cases among the flora, fauna, and fanatics who thrive in L.A. isn't just a hobby, it's his true calling...especially since a killer has already come calling on him.... Includes The Joe Portugal Guide to Orchids.

By the Balls

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Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617751715
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book By the Balls written by Jim Pascoe and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The stories are fast with page-turning addictiveness, filled with gems of street-smart dialogue…Noir collections don’t get much better than this.”—New York Journal of Books This volume includes the two underground cult-classic novels By the Balls and Five Shots and a Funeral, along with two brand-new short stories, a new introduction, and over a dozen short essays by industry luminaries. The tales follow the exploits of Ben Drake, a detective with a passion for small cigars and big fights, a love of Old Grand-Dad, and a weakness for women in trouble. North of Las Vegas in the fictional town of Testacy City, Drake sniffs out killers, thieves, kidnappers, cock fighters, double crossers, crooked cops, and numbers runners—all culminating in the bizarre murder of Gentleman Joe Biggs, a well-loved local bowling hero. And as he continues to crack clues in the case, Drake is drawn deeper into a citywide criminal conspiracy. “Readers who enjoy their hard-boiled detective fiction seasoned with self-referential humor will welcome this collection, which includes two new short stories…The title work, a novel first published in 1998, is the highpoint, as a murder in a bowling alley claims the life of Gentleman Joe Biggs, the city’s leading bowler. Along the way to a crafty solution, the authors wink at the readers—a light touch that leavens a grim fictional universe.”—Publishers Weekly “With their tongues well placed in their pulpy cheeks, these stories could be read as fairly faithful homages to the classic mystery noirs of the 1930s (and '40s, and '50s) as well as wickedly playful satires...A definitive package of noir throwbacks that will tickle your fancy if you're a fan of Hammett, Spillane and Chandler.”—Shelf Awareness

The Logan Triad

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Publisher : Down & Out Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Logan Triad written by Nathan Walpow and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes those who do terrible things to good people slip through the cracks. That’s where Logan comes in. He tracks down the guilty and holds them accountable. He specializes in those who mistreat women and children. He works with a team of three young crime-fighters who’ve benefited from his efforts. And none of the four is above letting a little thing like the law get in his or her way. The Logan Triad includes three novellas: In “Logan’s Young Guns,” a young woman shows up in the emergency room, and Logan sets out to find the man responsible and make sure he doesn’t do it again. In “Logan Shoots First,” the team must balance a forced-prostitution ring with a lead on the case that’s haunted Logan for seven years. In “Logan Gets Caught,” a young woman from Logan’s past reappears, insisting he investigate the murder of her mother. Plus the bonus stories “Daughters” and “Johnny and the Warehouse Women.” Praise for Nathan Walpow… “There’s truth and humanity baked into his writing. I rate him among my absolute favorites.” —Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers.

Without Getting Killed or Caught

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623494540
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Without Getting Killed or Caught written by Tamara Saviano and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2016 the Belmont Book Award, Sponsored by the International Country Music Conference For more than forty years, Guy Clark wrote and recorded unforgettable songs. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places, and experiences that shaped him. He has served as model, mentor, supporter, and friend to at least two generations of the world’s most talented and influential singer-songwriters. In songs like “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” L.A. Freeway,” “She Ain’t Going Nowhere,” and “Texas 1947,” Clark’s poetic mastery has given voice to a vision of life, love, and trouble that has resonated not only with fans of Americana music, but also with the prominent artists—including Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others—who have recorded and performed Clark’s music. Now, in Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, writer, producer, and music industry insider Tamara Saviano chronicles the story of this legendary artist from her unique vantage point as his former publicist and producer of the Grammy-nominated album This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark. Part memoir, part biography, Saviano’s skillfully constructed narrative weaves together the extraordinary songs, larger-than-life characters, previously untold stories, and riveting emotions that make up the life of this modern-day poet and troubadour.

One Last Hit

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Publisher : Down & Out Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Last Hit written by Nathan Walpow and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in ’68 they made killer music…now their music is killing them. It’s been thirty years since Joe Portugal put his electric guitar away. Maybe that’s one reason he’s suffering a serious case of the mid-life doldrums. Then Joe stumbles upon a chance to put the band he was in as a teenager back together. And maybe his life too. All he has to do is find the lead guitarist, who hasn’t been seen since the 70s. But when he starts to look, it’s quickly clear that someone doesn’t want to see a reunion tour...someone who’s very handy with a gun. Praise for the Joe Portugal mysteries: “I love reading Nathan Walpow books…a solid, intelligent mystery…add Walpow’s marvelous sense of humor and you’ll see why he’s winning new fans ever day.” —Jan Burke, Edgar Award-winning author “Snappy Chandleresque dialogue.” —Los Angeles Times “Joe’s wry sense of humor will convert readers into loyal fans.” —Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine “This guy is a hell of a writer.” —Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

Who Killed Society?

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Who Killed Society? written by Cleveland Amory and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Publishers Weekly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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The Seventh Regiment Gazette

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Seventh Regiment Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Manipulated

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Publisher : Down & Out Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Manipulated written by Nathan Walpow and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Portugal’s experienced killing before. He’s seen gunmen mow down a friend on little more than a whim. He’s known greed and ambition to drive his friends to murder. But now he’s face to face with a whole new degree of wickedness. A show business prodigy has been shot dead. Though no one—except perhaps the man’s father—will mourn him, his demise puts Joe in debt to a shadowy presence whose sway extends deep into Southern California industry, government, and law enforcement. And suddenly Joe begins to suspect that everyone he knows—his protégé, stunning television star Ronnie McKenzie; his new wife, Gina; and most disturbing of all, his prison vet father—is part of that clandestine coterie known as “the manipulated.” Nathan Walpow’s “snappy Chandleresque dialogue” (Los Angeles Times) adds punch to this intricate, darkly witty whodunit set in the trashier byways of Tinseltown. Praise for THE MANIPULATED: “I thought the last Joe Portugal mystery, One Last Hit, was unbeatable. Wrong. The Manipulated is even better. Suddenly this is a must-read series.” —Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels

What Do I Read Next? 00 V2

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Publisher : Gale Cengage
ISBN 13 : 9780787649647
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book What Do I Read Next? 00 V2 written by Gale Group and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Review Index

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1520 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Book Review Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.

The Best American Mystery Stories

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ISBN 13 : 9780618124923
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book The Best American Mystery Stories written by Lawrence Block and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of mystery stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada.

The Edge of Sovereignty

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595494129
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book The Edge of Sovereignty written by James Eubanks and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most serious threat to the sovereignty of the United States is not Islamic terrorism but the invasion of illegal aliens streaming across the southern border with Mexico. Also unchecked is the flow of drugs across the border by the Mexican drug mafia who are in business with the corrupt Mexican government. Successful Texas rancher James Braddock and a group of men expect to change this trend and protect American citizens and their children with the help of James Benton Stark, the junior senator from Virginia. In James E. Eubanks' third novel involving Stark, a member of the ultraconservative patriotic group the Virginia Militia, Stark begins an odyssey to rid the country of sanctuary cities, end illegal immigration, and restore the sovereignty of the United States. The Communist Chinese, in their hatred of the United States, form a military alliance with Mexico. President Oscar Fuchs develops a plan to overrun America with an unstoppable flood of Mexican refugees forced to go north by the Mexican government. Coupled with the millions of illegal aliens already in the country, American authority begins to break down. In The Edge of Sovereignty, a surprising alliance emerges between Mexico, Communist China, and Pakistani terrorists in what could be Armageddon for America.

Queer Newark

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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 197882923X
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Queer Newark written by Whitney Strub and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories of gay and lesbian urban life typically focus on major metropolitan areas like San Francisco and New York, opportunity-filled destinations for LGBTQ migrants from across the country. Yet there are many other queer communities in economically depressed cities with majority Black and Hispanic populations that receive far less attention. Though just a few miles from New York, Newark is one of these cities, and its queer histories have been neglected—until now. Queer Newark charts a history in which working-class people of color are the central actors and in which violence, poverty, and homophobia could never suppress joy, resistance, love, and desire. Drawing from rare archives that range from oral histories to vice squad reports, this collection’s authors uncover the sites and people of Newark’s queer past in bars, discos, ballrooms, and churches. Exploring the intersections of class, race, gender, and sexuality, they offer fresh perspectives on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, community relations with police, Latinx immigration, and gentrification, while considering how to best tell the rich and complex stories of queer urban life. Queer Newark reveals a new side of New Jersey’s largest city while rewriting the history of LGBTQ life in America.

Cactus View Book Club

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ISBN 13 : 9781736960783
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Cactus View Book Club written by Mark R Beckner and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cactus View Book Club is set in an active adult community in beautiful Surprise, Arizona. After a new member joins the ladies' book club, members soon become entangled in a murder investigation that continues to escalate. As the bodies pile up in this gripping novel, Detectives Baxter and Begay are charged with unraveling the secrets and mysteries hidden within the club. Multiple deaths and suspects emerge as club members create a web of lies and betrayals. With its intriguing plot, secrets, hidden agendas, action, and desert setting, Cactus View Book Club (Murder in Surprise) will keep readers engaged to the end. Excerpt: After the club members had finished discussing John Grisham's novel "The Reckoning," the conversation drifted into the happenings of their personal lives and the surrounding community. The Cactus View Book Club was as much about socializing as it was about books. Several members refilled wine glasses and sampled the snacks from the kitchen counter. Katy Cullen drifted over to the newest member, Emily Settlemire. "Judy is having a tough time," Katy whispered. "You mean about the affair?" asked Emily. "Yes." "That's sad. Judy is such a beautiful woman, and she seems nice enough." "I've met her husband, and he comes across as a jackass if you ask me." "Judy said they were trying to work things out," Emily reminded her. "She tries to hide it, but I believe he is having another affair." "Has Judy told you that?" asked Emily. "You can see the signs. Judy has gotten more sullen over the last couple of weeks. She mentioned something about him not being able to control himself." "Well, there's a simple fix to that. She should kick his ass out." "Judy won't do that," insisted Katy. "Why not?" "She needs the money. She was a stay-at-home mom for most of their marriage. When she finally found a job, it was in retail. I believe she worked at Kohl's." "And her husband is a surgeon," replied Emily. "They must have a lot of money. She is entitled to at least half of it." "Well, Judy worries he would fight her and tie up the money for years. She's also afraid he would get the main house in Washington because that's where his primary practice is. That would leave her the house in Cactus View. She's not sure she would enjoy living here full time." "If Judy needs advice on getting out of an awful marriage, send her to me," said Emily. "What can you do?" asked Katy. Before Emily could answer, Linda Riggs walked over. "We are delighted to have you in our club, Emily." This is Mark Beckner's fifth book in a line of thrilling murder dramas. Previous titles are Behind the Lies; Death From Desire; Naked Evidence; and Silent Waters.

History of Colorado

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book History of Colorado written by State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: