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People are vanishing around Brinnon, Washington in a blue light shining down from above and it seems to be caused by a flying Saucer. That's what a few people believe is happening. Sheriff Dave Chandler is trying to keep the stories of an invasion by aliens to a minimum and he's not succeeding. His wife, Sarah, loves that aliens are attacking the town, it's been getting a little boring. Plus they have taken in a young boy who's brother was taken by the mysterious light. Things get more complicated when FBI Special Agent Warren Stevens returns to town to ferret out the kidnappers. Along with his partner Walt, they investigate the disappearances of people. This leads to a mysterious mining ghost town where they find more than they counted on. Secret societies and a huge airship that is bent on taking the one person who can keep the aliens from conquering the world, the president of the United States. Will they succeed in kidnapping the president and will Dave and Warren stop them from releasing a deadly weapon at the United States. Time is running out for destruction. Will Dave and Warren save the world. All this in the fifth book of the Fatal Series.

The carnival has rolled into Brinnon, Washington for the annual festival of autumn and it's just the start of bringing challenges into the lives of Sheriff Dave Chandler and his wife, Sarah. From a mysterious young boy who smuggled himself along with the carnival trucks, to the crazed killers coming to take him back. How will they protect the boy and will the fortune told by the old gypsy woman given to Sarah, bring a terrible revelation. Sarah discovers a good change in her life, but will it be a problem for her and Dave and will they accept the boy into their lives. Lois brings out her Ouija board that spells trouble, will they heed the spirit's warning? Dave calls for help from his FBI friend, Warren Stevens and they do their best to head off the killers before they get into town, ruining Halloween night for everyone. This is the sixth book of the Fatal Series.

Doyle decides to take a huge windfall of money from recovering Egyptian artifacts and take a vacation. His first in years from when he was a detective for the Detroit PD. Now a private investigator, he can set his own work schedule. He decides to close the business and go to Paradise. Hawaii. His new girlfriend, Poppy Drake has decided to go along, and Doyle's secretary, Marge is invited. Doyle's partner Oscar Drew decides to go visit relatives and passes on paradise. Now in Hawaii, on a very secluded private island, Doyle, Poppy and Marge are loving the sun, sand and the ocean, but they are drawn into murders of the guests. Doyle realizes he must solve the killings before Poppy, Marge or he become victims. Will he save Paradise before it becomes a living hell. This is the fourth book of the Doyle series.

Penny receives an early morning phone call from a cousin who says her husband was murdered in Las Vegas just before the Country Music Award show that was being presented in town. The dead cousin was a country singer who's songs were climbing up the charts and Jim takes the case to find the killer. Things get complicated when Jim and Penny find that the dead cousin was supposedly married to two women and his recording company was doing some double dealing on his fame. They agree to take the body of the dead singer back home to Arizona and while in the town they find more suspicious things going on. Back in Vegas, Lynn and Deacon have gone separate ways on the job, since their professional relationship was a strain on their personal lives. Life is tough for crime fighters, but Penny and Jim know their relationship is solid. Will Jim have to chase down more country singers at the big yearly award show in his quest to track a killer of a man who was driving a pick-up truck, married to two women and only the dog is missing from this country song.

In this third of the Doyle, P.I. books, Doyle is hired by the curator of a Detroit Art Gallery. It seems nine valuable Egyptian states were stolen from the gallery. They were replaced by fakes and the gallery doesn't want the Egyptians to know their artifacts are missing. So Doyle and his partner Oscar Drew go on a hunt for the missing objects. Were they taken by a group of terrorist bent on using the money from the sale of the statues to buy a bomb? Who are they going to use the bomb on? Will Doyle and his partner die in the basement of an abandoned train station? Meanwhile, Doyle's love life is slow until he ends up juggling two women, one helpless and the other dangerous.

Elvis has left this world. He was barbecued in a pink Cadillac on the Vegas strip and there were no witnesses. But this wasn't the real Elvis, he was an impersonator in a Casino theatre and now Vegas Metro police will have to find the killer. But Lynn Carter, homicide detective calls on Jim Richards to help, there's just too many Elvises in Vegas at the moment with a Elvis fan convention going on. Jim agrees to take the case and then the convention people come in to ask for protection. It seems that a number of the impersonators have been threatened and Jim asks Buck to loan a few guards for the cause. All while this is happening, Val and Blake from the Florida serial killer case come into town to get married and Penny is delighted, until Val announces she wants to get married by Elvis. Penny is not a fan of Elvis and having her husband chasing Elvises now makes her a bit crazy. Will Jim find the killer and resolve Penny's worries that Elvises will be following her also. Good times in this 18th book of the Jim Richards series of murder novels.

Detroit Homicide Detective Russ Baker has been sent to work the Cold Case Division due to a screw-up he committed on a case. He was all alone in the basement office until he was visited by an unlikely partner. A dead former detective who was now an annoying ghost. Would the ghost help him solve the cold cases allowing the murdered victims to go on to the hereafter? This book contains the first four books of the series. Each book is a novella. Murder, mayhem, humor, ghosts galore, sexy women and lots of fun are in store in this paranormal ghost crime series by Bob Moats.

Jim and Buck have returned from Area 51 to chase down a terrorist bent on destroying Las Vegas. They saved the day and are now back to the regular routine, but Jim is given a case to find a missing dead body stolen from a local private mortuary. He goes to investigate the theft but runs into the murder of a funeral director. It's a dying business but Jim has to now stop whoever is killing people. He enters the world of pricey funerals, embalming bodies and Union strike threats, while Trapper is thrown into a murder when in Denver with his new girlfriend, Sam the bookie and former escort madam. Will they solve the killings as they wait for Sam's brother to have his sex change operation. Will Jim solve the mortuary murders and prevent a crime that could be leading up to a major attack on a visiting dignitary to Las Vegas. Find out in this 15th book of the Jim Richards murder novels.

This book is a Novella. "JUSTIN WAS HELPLESS on the ground, not able to move a muscle as the dark figure came over him. The sinister being paused a moment, raised his arms toward the boy, and then as the demon's face glowed, radiant energy shot from it's hands. Justin could feel his body being enveloped in the painful rays, and could feel his soul going numb. As his brain fought the torturous pain, his mind went back to the events of the last week that brought him to this agony. In a small part of his mind he could see himself sitting safely in his home reviewing his school books and, for a brief moment, re-lived it." Thus began the journey of Justin to save his world. Myth, magic and monsters! Will he survive?

Trapper's girlfriend Samantha has a problem. One of her female employees is in the hospital with a mysterious skin poisoning and she asks Trapper to help. She doesn't want to bring in the police, she runs an illegal bookie operation. Jim gets involved, but has problems of his own. His friends Dave and Sarah from up by Seattle are coming in to town to renew their wedding vows and Penny is totally excited to help arrange the wedding. Things go worse for the skin poisoning case as it turns out to be Tetraethyl Lead injected into sun block and more women are dying now. The whole crew joins in to catch the criminals lacing lotions with the poison. Penny starts the ball rolling for the wedding while Jim helps hunt for the killers. Making matters worse one of Las Vegas police detectives is being charged with murdering one of the poisoners. Will all the criminals be sorted out before the wedding? All fun and murder in this 33rd book of the Jim Richards Murder Novels.

This book is a novella. Gus Mackie is not a Hollywood type private investigator, he not good looking, muscle bound or full of knowledge. He's rough around the edges and is imperfect. His cases are few and far between but he gets free rent by living in his office. His closest friend is a Native-American Police Detective who acts as his conscience and covers his ass from getting in trouble. Gus has been hired by a man to find out if his secretary is cheating on him, even though the man is married. On top of that the man's wife has had her half million dollar necklace stolen. Gus is conflicted when the wife hires him to find the necklace and tie her husband to the crime. Should he follow the cheating secretary, who may have the necklace and turn her in? Things get more complicated when someone is murdered and now Gus has to expose the killer. Was it the husband or the secretary. Or was it a man who fences stolen goods, just to get the valuable necklace. Gus has his hands full and between breaking and entering various places, his car is giving him headaches. This is the first novella of the series of Gus Mackie books.

Jim Richards' daughter, Carol, comes to Jim with a problem. A friend and co-worker is missing and Carol asks Jim to find her. Along with his wife, Penny, Jim goes to the missing woman's apartment where they run into Detective Greg Warren. Greg tells them that the girl was found dead. Jim makes it his goal to find the killer and now working with Will Trapper and Deacon DeAngelo, the three sort through clues and investigate the crime. While waiting for word from the LVPD on their investigation, a woman shows up in Jim's office claiming to be a bounty hunter searching for a killer on the run from Missouri. They discover the similarities in the killings this man has committed and figure he's the killer of their victim. Jim finally enlists the help of his friend and former mob wiseguy, Angelo, who has started his own network of mob guys in Vegas. They now find another possible killer who met the dead woman through a dating service and may be a new suspect. Will lonely hearts lead to death? Will the mob find the killers? Lot of major changes in the LVPD precinct and in Jim's life are revealed. This is the 35th book of the series.

Detroit Homicide Detective Russ Baker has been sent to work the Cold Case Division due to a screw-up he committed on a case. He was all alone in the basement office until he was visited by an unlikely partner. A dead former detective who was now an annoying ghost. Would the ghost help him solve the cold cases allowing the murdered victims to go on to the hereafter? This book contains the second four books of the series. Each book is a novella. Murder, mayhem, humor, ghosts galore, sexy women and lots of fun are in store in this paranormal ghost crime series by Bob Moats.

She was named after a Barbra Streisand song and grew up in an area of Detroit where one would have to fight to survive the streets. Stoney trained to be tough, and then became a private eye. She stood up for abused women and then one called her with a problem, she answered. The woman was being terrorized by an ex-boyfriend and asked if Stoney could help get rid of the man. Stoney agreed and with the help of her friend, Avery, a big, black, former enforcer they set out to protect the woman. A late night incident gave Stoney the chance to have the man arrested, but he would be out before long. Stoney looked into the man's past and found out he may have murdered his wife. Stoney calls on an FBI acquaintance for help and he sends an agent out who was the lead on the original case of the missing wife. More trouble brews when friends of the abusive man show up to threaten Stoney and her client. More questions and answers lead Stoney and the agent to finding out where the missing wife is located. This is the first novella in the series about the female private eye, Stoney Hawk

Jim has solved the case of the man hypnotized into committing murder and now his book publisher wants him to go on a month long book signing tour around the country. Jim's books about his adventures in crime solving are doing well in sales. Jim agrees after Penny calls her studio and gets the month off to go with him. They travel across the country and finally end up in Florida in a small town where people wait to meet Jim and Penny. While in this out of the way town, Jim finally meets his book editor who is from Florida and she comes into town to meet Jim. The book signing in the quaint bookstore goes very well, but later at their motel things go wrong. An attempt on the life of the book editor puts her in the hospital, hanging on for her life. Who would attack this woman and why. Was it because she looked so much like Penny that the attacker got the wrong woman? Jim has to find out and another murder doesn't help. All in a days work for the Senior Citizen Sleuth, Jim Richards in this seventeenth book of the murder novels.

A man is found dead in his home, covered in what the coroner says were multiple bites of the Black Widow Spider. But was he attacked by the spiders or were they put on him with murder in mind? A killer is now stalking Texas Hold-em poker players competing in the big World Series of Poker Tournament at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. Jim Richards is asked to track down the killer by both the police and the widow of the murdered man. After an attempt on the life of a second poker player, it is clear they have a serial killer, but what is his motive? To change the balance of bets in the big million dollar poker tournament or does it go deeper into the online world of Twitter, where a woman stalks the players? Is she a poker groupie with murder in her heart or is she unwittingly aiding an overly zealous preacher who wants to damn all gambling to hell? All in a days work for Jim, Penny, Buck, Lynn and Deacon along with new partners in crime fighting, Lacey and Mac, as they track down the killer before the Dead Man's Hand is dealt.

A woman tries to commit suicide by jumping off the tower of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, the tallest structure west of the Mississippi, but Lady Luck prevents her from dying. Before she took the plunge she was just released from a psychiatric ward for delusions that she has murdered someone. But did she really kill someone, or is she being set up for the fall. Jim and Penny, along with Buck, have finally moved to Las Vegas and are trying to start a new life when murder calls again, not making Penny very happy. Jim is called on to help the delusional woman to find her murdered victim or help her to realize there was no murder. The police can't help if there was no crime, so Jim takes the case. Meanwhile, Buck tries to start a security guard service but has a run-in with a competing guard service that isn't so nice in requesting Buck to desist in starting his business. Buck isn't going to take it so easily, so will there be a battle of the rent-a-cops? Penny has retired from her national talk show but Vegas calls her to start a new local morning talk show, will she refuse or become a hot property in Vegas? All in this eleventh book of the Jim Richards Murder Novels.

This book is a crossover between the Jim Richards Murder Novels and the Fatal Series of books, both by Bob Moats. While on vacation, Jim manages to miss the turn to Seattle and they end up in the small town of Brinnon, Washington. While camping in their van they meet Sheriff Dave Chandler and his wife Sarah. Jim's curse strikes again, and there is a murder in the campground. But there is more when another man is kidnapped by the killer. Why was this man taken and what does it have to do with drugs? Are the murdered man and the kidnapped man part of a plot to manufacture a new drug to sell on the streets? The story takes a fatal turn when Penny and Sarah are also kidnapped and taken back to Las Vegas for a big demonstration of the drug's potential to the mob. Will Penny will be the victim for the test. This is the 25th book of the Jim Richard series combined as the 5th book of the Fatal series.

This book re-edited July 2013 - Jim Richards is relaxing in his office one day when he receives a phone call from a past Las Vegas mob connection, Angelo, who's cousin in Detroit owns a strip club and has a problem, a missing dancer and also his girlfriend. Jim starts his investigation and along with Buck, going into the world of stripping, prostitution, slavery and human trafficking extending from Detroit to New York. They are aided by a Detroit homicide cop with a mysterious government past, and the three men end up in New York seeking the missing girl in the slime of the Rex Erotica, a legitimate corporation that may harbor dangerous secrets. Strippers, murder, fast cars and the Mob are just part of the story in this seventh book of the series.

Some things are better left in the past. A letter arrives for Jim and Penny inviting them to a class reunion at their old high school back in Michigan. Do they want to leave Las Vegas to see people they knew forty-five years back. Do they know that when they get back, there will be a few murders of those past classmates. Will Jim be pulled into solving the murders. Jim's friends Buck and Will Trapper tag along with Jim and Penny to Michigan and they get into the action. While they are gone, Lynn Carter, former Las Vegas homicide lieutenant who joined Jim's firm is now being asked by the Las Vegas police to help solve the murder of an important Vegas hotel manager. She is asked to team up with her husband, Deacon to track the killer. Will everyone catch their killers in Vegas and in Michigan?

An invitation to speak at a big book convention in New York City entices Jim to cross the country and appear. He and Penny, along with Buck, travel to the Big Apple and they fall into a murder of one of the authors promoting his books. It's not the only murder, Jim's curse seems to be working over-time and there is a second author murdered. Jim is pulled into the crimes along with an old acquaintance from his last trip to the city, Captain Lou Brege, and finds more than what he expected. Are the murders being committed by a serial killer called the Hangman? Or are the murders being set-up by Jim's own publisher? Jim, along with Buck and a mob wise-guy hunt down killer as Penny backs them up with her handy .38 Smith & Wesson. The police and the mob join forces to bring justice to the convention before Jim gives his speech, but will the killer get to Jim before he can perform?

Late night raids on two dog kennels results in stolen, expensive show dogs and a murder. Jim Richards is asked by one kennel owner to help find the dogs, but Jim is out of commission by a broken leg. He puts Buck on the case and then Penny gets involved with a big dog show at a hotel arena. Two more dogs are stolen at the dog show and Lynn gets involved on the case. Lynn and Penny end up tracking down more dog thefts, could this be a crime wave? Deacon is assigned the murder of the kennel employee and another murder of one of the dog snatchers. Everyone but poor Jim is running around Las Vegas hunting missing dogs now being ransomed. Plenty of fur raising fun in this 29th Jim Richards book.

Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 Halloween Book Festival. Halloween is approaching fast and Jim Richards is asked by his police friend Deacon to help figure out who is murdering one woman every year for the last fourteen Halloweens. They have given the suspect the name, "Trick-or-Treat Killer" but they have no idea who he is. Jim and Earl Daws go on a mission to track down the facts from the first murder that set up the rest of the kills. Could it possibly be a dead boy who came back from the grave to murder his mother and the others? The investigation leads them to the miles of storm flood control tunnels under Las Vegas and the discovery of the homeless people who live there. One homeless man recovers Willy from a man who dog-snatched him from Penny and helps Jim navigate through the tunnels as they search for the killer. Will they find the killer in time to keep one last woman alive this Halloween? This is the 30th book in the series about the senior sleuth, Jim Richards and his crew of crime fighters.

That Jolly old head elf from the North Pole is getting ready to be a naughty boy. He has murder on his mind. Luckily it's not the real Santa Claus, but a person with a motive to murder. Las Vegas Homicide Detective Deacon DeAngelo goes after a street preacher who loves to play Santa for the homeless shelters. Evidence ties this Santa to the murder of a mob figure and now Will Trapper is called on to prove his Santa friend didn't do it. Trapper manages to talk Jim Richards into helping to find the real killer while they hide the fake Santa which doesn't make Deacon happy. He threatens them to find the real killer or go to jail for obstruction of justice. It's like the twelve days of Christmas around the preacher's church with police, mob figures, a fortune in hidden money and one scheming black widow female who traps the Santa into marriage to get at his wealth since he owns a choice property that every one wants for building casinos on. It's a Vegas Christmas in this 31st book of the Jim Richards series.

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" by the author Ray Bradbury was brought to mind by Jim Richards as a carnival has arrived in Las Vegas and is now the center of his attention for possible criminal activities. Children are starting to vanish and there's a number of jewelry store thefts involving most mysterious circumstances and expensive goods. Jim is asked by the parents of two missing boys to find them. The only clue he has is the handbill announcing the arrival of "Jacob S. Dark's Traveling Carnival and Wonder Show". To help, Buck and Mac go undercover in the carnival. Who is the mysterious Mr. Dark? Did he jump from the pages of Bradbury's book to claim souls in Vegas or is he evil of another form. Jim must hold on to his soul as he enters the world of the dark carnival. On the side, Angelo uses his mob connections to help find out who the mysterious Lucius Cole is and what his real connection is to the carnival people. All things are not as they seem in this twentieth novel featuring the senior citizen sleuth, Jim Richards along with Penny and his crime fighting friends.

When a man is found dead on the property of the infamous Area 51, the wife comes to Jim Richards to find his killer. Jim takes the case and along with his friend Buck they go to Area 51 to find mysteries on every turn of the case. The killer doesn't like private eyes snooping around the top secret base and Jim has to resort to dangerous subterfuge while he's on the base to find the killer. Is the death related to the top secret goings on in Area 51? Is there a cover up involving little green men, or just terrestrial beings ready to kill? Will this case lead to the destruction of Las Vegas by a terrorist bent on killing everyone in Sin City with a new Area 51 virus. Can Jim & Buck stop him in time? On the side, Trapper goes off to find the missing brother of his lady friend, Sam the bookie and ex-hooker. Can Trapper find the brother or will he find something far more dangerous. All in a days work for the Richards investigating firm in this 14th book of the Jim Richards murder novels.

Someone is murdering men who abuse their wives or children. After four deaths it starts looking like a vigilante is loose in Las Vegas. Deacon is running the case as Lynn has been told she is going to Quantico to train with the FBI, leaving Deacon alone to catch the killer. He turns to Jim for his help and the two go off to track down the vigilante. Is it a local doctor, bent on revenge for helpless victims of abuse? During the case, Jim and Penny become guardians of a young girl left an orphan by the vigilante, can they handle a child in their household? On the side, Trapper is assigned to a case to follow a woman suspected by her husband of gambling their life savings, but how is she dropping thousands of dollars a day if she has no funds. It's up to Trapper to find out and why his case ends tangled up with the vigilante murders. Will Jim and Deacon solve the case before more murders of pimps and lawyers gets out of hand, and they need to tie it all up before Lacey and Mac get married.

Someone is murdering guests on Penny Wickens' daytime talk show and it's now becoming a problem scheduling new guests. Who wants to be next? Penny and Jim have returned from their mystery writers cruise and Penny has settled back into her duties as America's favorite talk show host. When the first guest turns up dead that's not good, but then the next two end up dead, that's cause for concern. Penny turns to Jim for help since the police aren't getting anywhere on the case. Jim must find the killer before the network pulls the plug on Penny's show, even though her ratings are going through the roof, America wants to see who will die next. Jim, along with Buck, goes on a quest to find the killer but they don't realize that when he runs out of guests to kill, will he go after the hostess? On the side, Earl Daws has quit his job as homicide detective for the Detroit police and has gotten his private investigator's license then convinces Jim to let him join Jim's firm. Jim agrees and sends Earl on a case of a missing wife. Did the husband do away with her and is asking for help to cover the crime, that's for Earl to find out. Action and murder in this tenth novel of the Jim Richards series of murder novels.

Jim has returned from New York after tracking down his kidnapped client, when Hollywood comes into his life. Jim has finally published his novel about the Classmate Murders and the book is being optioned for a mini-series on television. All goes a bit askew while he is on the production team for the film and his story is being changed around to suit the studios and not the way it actually happened. To make things worse, the actresses playing the murdered victims in the original crime are now being murdered on the movie set. Jim must now go through the murders again to stop whoever is the new killer and to protect Penny who is threatened for being the last of the original cheerleaders who didn't die. While all the movie frenzy is going on Buck has a problem of his own, finding a stalker who attacked the girl Buck was protecting, in this eighth book of the series.

This book is a novella. Jim Richards is a thirty-one year old bachelor who doesn't realize that he's on his way to a marriage that he isn't ready for. He also doesn't know about his fiancé's crazy parents who make Jim's life miserable, as hard as he tries to adapt to married life. Plagued by oddball neighbors and friends that make his already shaky marriage even more unstable, Jim struggles to keep the peace in his two-room flat in the suburbs of Detroit.This is an early look at the life of Jim Richards from the murder novel series, before he became a private investigator and finally married the woman of his dreams. The story has been adapted by Bob Moats from a stage play he wrote in 1985, turning the script into this book to give readers a private look at the senior citizen sleuth when he was a young man, and not very wise when it came to women. This book is a novella.