Bøger af Jason Blacker

First Feature is a bitingly wry detective whodunit featuring ex-LAPD's not so celebrated detective Anthony Carrick as he juggles mafia lords, drug addled neophytes, nymphomaniacs, gay counterculture, vegan hippies and tinsel town's dark side in a quest to uncover a homicide in the midst of his own personal turmoil. Like Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and other hard boiled detectives before him, Anthony Carrick uses his guts, charm and humor to solve murders and deal with the other sordid details of people's lives. Why was one of Hollywood's premier producers bludgeoned to death with his own Oscar? Amongst a dozen suspicious culprits, can Anthony solve this murder and keep Hollywood's seediness out of the tabloids before LAPD Homicide solves it for him. Employed by one of the biggest movie production companies in Hollywood, Anthony is working against time. Tinsel Town's image must stay pure. But can he solve the murder before the tabloids publish the immoral truth of Hollywood's darker side? Find out in First Feature. The first of the Anthony Carrick mysteries.

Four Red Diamonds Contains the first 4 Lady Marmalade Mysteries: Poisoned Heart Visiting some friends, Lordy and Lady Apleby turns out to be a dangerous affair. For the kitchen maid at least, who ends up dead. How did she die and who would want to kill her is up to Lady Marmalade and Inspector Devlin Pearce to determine. Making their work even harder are the five suspects who all had reason to kill her. The Lord of the manner who was having an affair with her. The Lady who was upset at her cheating husband. Her bastard son, her low life of an ex-husband or the butler who she had spurned. In the lineage of Agatha Christie, this cozy mystery is set in the late 1940s. Loose Lips It's just after the end of the Second World War and Lady Marmalade is looking forward to a nice relaxing holiday in Hightown. The war has been terribly stressful on everyone and Lady Marmalade's good friends, Harry and Genevieve Appleback have invited her over for some much needed R n' R and Irish Sea air. But what should have been a relaxing holiday turns out to be a workout for Lady Marmalade's little gray cells. Nana (Maude) Bloomfield, an heir to the Bloomfield Confectioner's dwindling fortune is found murdered in her study. There are a vast assortment of culprits. Her husband Ambrose is having an affair with Nana's oldest friend, Agnes Bennett. Both of them now benefit with Nana out of the way. But what about Owen Bloomfield, Ambrose's brother. He clearly didn't care for Nana's involvement in the business. And Rufina Pritchard, Nana's stepdaughter is here from Australia looking for work, which Nana can't offer. Neither can Nana increase her son's stipend. Jasper Bloomfield, the son, is none to happy about that. Heartless Lady Marmalade is taking the Flying Scotchman up to York. She needs to attend to some financial affairs related to the estate of her deceased husband, Eric. It is a time of reflection and Lady Marmalade is eager to get onto the train and away from the cacophony of the train station. However, the train will not offer the respite she requires. During dinner on the trip to York, Major Jasper Moss is murdered. He wasn't a nice man, but he didn't deserve to be killed. In the short time before the train makes it to York, does Lady Marmalade have the time to determine who amongst the five dinner guests killed him? Captain Houghton has motive, he served under the Major in the second war. Winnie Smith has motive too as does the Major's own daughter, Ethel who has accompanied him on this trip. Evan Cross, the waiter has a dark secret that gives him grounds for murder and Mr. Lewis Bryan had a business deal go bad with the Major that gives him incentive too. Misery's Company In Misery's Company, Lady Marmalade is having a few guests over for dinner and company at her 'cottage' called Avalon at Ambleside in the picturesque Lake District. Sir Anthony Gibbons is a teller of engaging tall tales. A retired surgeon who was friend to both Lady Marmalade and her husband Eric, Sir Tony regales the dinner guests with a true story of a murder most foul in Australia. Lady Marmalade's good friend Jane Howard is one of the guests as is the businessman Ellis Hutchinson and his wife Lily. Sir Tony tells the tale of the murder of Melissa Kay, wife to Roger and mother to James. At a dinner much like Lady Marmalade is hosting for her guests, Melissa is poisoned by someone who dined with her that fateful night. Not only was Melissa's husband and son there, but her good friend Laura Lynch and her sister Ellie were enjoying the meal too. The question on everyone's mind, is whether or not Lady Marmalade can be outfoxed and if anyone else can determine the real killer in Sir Tony's tale befor

The 1920s in the UK and the USA were tough for many. There was prohibition in the States. And of course with the Great Depression a fella couldn't drink his sorrows away. That left murder as consolation. But for the Woolsack, the United Kingdom's Speaker of the House, life couldn't be better. A beautiful wife, arguably the most powerful position in politics next to the Prime Minister, and a side business supplying the Americans illicit liquor. Life couldn't get any better. Until it was taken from him suddenly. A young Constable Pearce and Inspector Husher need Lady Marmalade's help in solving this highly political murder quickly. From the docks of New York to the seat of British political power and the posh enclave of The Barons Avenue, not everything in politics, power and prestige is as enviable as it seems.

A 4 Story Collection containing the following 4 stories: When There Was One: It is the year 2039, less than two years after the Cleansing. These are the times known as the Great Wastetime. Humanity has been visited by some force that has decimated their numbers to under one billion living souls. And it's getting worse. Violence has been banned. Just the thought of committing an act of violence can now end in your death. Quickly, silently, your heart just stops. You drop dead before you can pull the trigger. One man, an emaciated soul survivor tells the weary tale to a reporter. But there's something about the reporter than seems strange. He looks familiar. Can You Please Be Quiet: Specialist Riley is on his second tour in some godforsaken place in the Middle East. He can't remember where it is. He's four months into a six month tour. Though he hears the tour might be extended to twelve months. He hears a lot of things. Most of them aren't true, and most of them take place in his crumbling mind. In the course of an hour Riley's fireteam makes it into the City in Ruins for a reconnaissance. And in the space of this one hour all hell breaks loose and air support is required. How many of the three of them make it out alive? How many are left for dead at their own hand. An unapologetic look into the madness of war and the toll it takes on the mental health of our soldiers. My Son And I: An old man waits patiently for his son's visit. He is not disappointed. His son has come to visit. His son has served his country well and become a successful businessman in his own right. They walk in the park, listening to the birds, enjoying the warm summer sun and the cool breeze on their faces. The old man reminisces about his family and the wonderful gifts life has blessed him with. But with age time gives gifts but takes much of the vigour that was once youth. A story exploring age, family and relationships through the tender love of a father and his son. Forever Famine: What if zombies were real? In a dystopian future, humanity is trying to rebuild itself from the edge of oblivion. A recovering zombie tells the tale of humanity's close call with extinction. The thing is, we brought it upon ourselves. We ate up the whole planet, and what we didn't eat we poisoned. And then the hunger set in and the long fourteen years of the Forever Famine. That's when some of us, the survivors became zombies. It was the only way to survive. The Choosy Ones died out. The ones who couldn't come to terms with the reality. But the survivors, the zombies, well...they wished they hadn't survived.

In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. They left the house at half past nine... - Ludwig Bemelmans Regin Sigurd is dead. But someone is telling his story. Only thing is, they're telling it from the end and working their way back to the beginning. Regin was a very successful oil executive. In fact he rose to the position of CEO in one of the largest oil refining corporations in the world - Anzu Inc. Named after its founder Anzu Buer. First his wife and daughter were killed during a terrorist attack. Months later, Regin is dead. Is this coincidence or could there be a thread that attaches these two seemingly random events. And then there's that incident in Beirut, where nine hundred and thirty men died.

The Big Apple has a rotten core. At least to those involved in the New York Philharmonic. Paul Klee, their rising star and first violin has gone missing. A rich benefactor of the philharmonic has asked for Anthony Carrick by name and will spare no expense to fly him over from LA. Anthony Carrick doesn't usually do missing persons, but when Klee winds up dead, the case becomes more interesting. Paul Klee was not only a womanizer but he had one of the world's most expensive violins, valued at over ten million dollars. From World War Two Germany to modern day New York, Second Fiddle will pit Anthony Carrick's wit against a smorgasbord of shady and unique characters.

Ta.X.I. (Tactical Extreme Insurgency) is the new special operations team sent to the ends of the earth to route out corruption, evil doers and bring peace to destabilized regions by any means necessary. TaXI brings Jason Bourne thrills to action adventure teams not seen since the A-Team. Colonel Kade King and his three team mates are sent on an extremely difficult and treacherous mission to Angola, where one of the world's worst genocidal maniacs (Bembe) continues to torment the people of Angola. King and his TaXI team are ordered to bring Bembe in alive, or dead, though the preference is alive. But there are moles within the organization that are hellbent on bringing TaXI down and keeping the African continent destabilized. An action packed adventure that'll keep you on the edge of your seat. Join King and his men for a roller coaster ride as they escape from several assassination attempts, getting locked up in Congo, trekking through Cameroon all on a mission to track down and extricate Bembe back to The Hague for war crimes.

This hard boiled detective fiction collection, contains the following 4 Anthony Carrick mysteries: Money Ain't Nothing: Money ain't nothing if you've got a lot of it. But then again, a lot of money won't necessarily buy happiness either. In this Anthony Carrick mystery, hard boiled detective Anthony Carrick is asked to solve the murder of a rich dame's son. Police think it's an accidental death, but could it be something more sinister? Brotherly Love: There's a small park in the tony Holmby Hills, not far from Beverly Hills, called De Neve Square Park, where a man (Ray Hope) lies dead. Capt. John Robers of the LAPD Homicide Unit is investigating and he calls in his old friend, Anthony Carrick to help. All In: Anthony Carrick is asked to help his friend, John Roberts, Captain of LAPD's Homicide Unit in solving a mysterious murder. A well dressed middle aged man is found with a gunshot in the middle of his forehead in a less than classy hotel. Washed Up: A leisurely morning at the Santa Monica Pier turns out to be not all Anthony Carrick had hoped for. Police arrive and start putting up tape and crowds gather like vultures. A young man has been murdered, washed up under the pier like a beached whale.

Frances is taking her dear friend, Florence Hudnall on a four week holiday through Egypt to explore the ancient secrets that she holds. It has been a life long dream of hers. But when they arrive in Cairo things start to go terribly wrong. Albert and Abigail are bickering over returning stolen treasures, and the rest of the guests are not all that they seem to be. One murder might be explained by the curse of the pharaohs, but when two more bodies turn up dead, there can only be one reason. There is a murderer amongst the guests on the boat sailed by Thoth Tours. From the secret chambers and stolen treasures of the Pyramid of Menkaure to the lies and deceits of selfish men and women, watch Lady Marmalade fight dessert heat and family bickering to uncover the truth of the Egyptian murderer amongst their midst.

Lady Marmalade is invited to a lecture that Mahatma Gandhi is giving at Abbot House where all proceeds are going to the children's orphanage located there. What she ins't expecting is to be the witness to a murder of one of Gandhi's closest allies. The problem is, she didn't exactly see who did it, but she's determined to corral the murderer and to see justice served. This murder could turn into a blight upon the already strained relations between Britain and India while the Round Table Conference continues. To make matters worse, the list of suspects is long, and just as she starts to narrow in on the culprit another murder takes place that appears to be related. Could there be more than one sinister criminal now at large?

Janko Reinhardt has had a hard life. He was left at a church by his mother when he was six years old. Since then he's been jostled between one bad foster home and another. But that was a long time ago now. He's a young man, but things haven't worked out well. He's dying from AIDS complications and these are the last few months of his life. He wants to make amends, for the trespasses others have put upon him but perhaps more importantly for the trespasses that he has put upon himself. But has he left it too late? Is there enough time in these short few months for Janko to unburden himself of his demons and make amends with himself and his past and find an everlasting peace that will carry him to the other side? With the help of his three friends, who aren't exactly as they appear and the nurses who take care of him at home, his personal hospice, he might just manage it. And then there is the psychiatrist, a world renowned psychiatrist who will help him move past his troubled history to a peaceful future. But the psychiatrist holds a dark secret, unknown, that will complicate matters further.

It's 1942 and the war still rages on. Lady Marmalade is staying in London against the advice of her son and her butler. It's to dangerous with Germany's ongoing air raids, but she won't have it any other way. And that's a good thing to, for a neighbor, Ms. Margaret Hollingsberry needs Lady Marmalade's help. She's been getting these awfully upsetting letters that promise vengeance for the sins of the father. But time is running out. Lady Marmalade has less than a week to discover the true identity of the letter writer and to save Ms. Hollingsberry's life. But to do so, she'll have to uncover some dark secrets about Ms. Hollingsberry's upbringing and those closest to her.

The Story of One Man's Journey to Hell and Redemption Hell does have a name... Robben Island. This story, though fictional, is inspired by, and honors, the life - and death - of Stephen Biko. It is the 1970s and 80s in South Africa. Some cruelly and sadistically wielded power meant to scourge. Some broke under its weight, while some remained unbent, immovable under it, resolute of spirit, and ultimately, triumphantly, indomitable. This is the story of such a man. A character study of an unconquerable heart, an unyielding spirit. This is not a story for the feint of heart or stomach. It is a story, not meant to shock, but to shine the unapologetic, unflattering light of truth on a situation that was, and is very real. Told through one man's journey, it will lay bare any and all realities of a world that for some was inescapable. The pain is real. The horrors are real. Ignoring them won't change a thing though understanding them just might.

Beggar's Pardon is the first novel length Lady Marmalade Mystery. Lady Marmalade is traveling up to Puddle's End to visit an old school friend, Florence Hudnall. She's heading up to share her famous marmalade recipe with her and to enjoy some much relaxed time. While in Puddle's End, Lady Marmalade and Florence are invited to one of Florence's friend's home for dinner. Ginnie Forsyth is a sweet and caring woman, with a big heart and kind spirit. So it comes as a terrible shock when Ginnie is found murdered in her greenhouse the very next day. And to make matters worse, just as Lady Marmalade is about to solve Ginnie's murder, her philandering cad of a husband Jack is found dead late at night at the Liverpool docks. Could the two murders be related? Join Lady Marmalade as she tries to solve both murders while battling the arrogant incompetence of the local constabulary, while trying to unravel the mess of the Forsyth's lives. From stolen gold, opium dens and dark secrets, comes a tale of astonishing intrigue the likes of which Lady Marmalade has never before encountered.

Ruffled Feathers is a short novel exploring two days in the life of Mallard the unlikely hero. In Broken Beak Woods, it is illegal to fly above your ability. In fact, it is a crime punishable by clipping, the grisly punishment of losing the ability to fly. Not only was Mallard flying higher than he should, but he was also flying faster than he was allowed. He was up showing his friend Rifleman the sunrise from 30,000 feet. And now, over the next two days he desperately needs the help of his lawyer Mr. Crow, who has never lost a case before. But Parliament and the courts have become more sinister and stricter against any infractions. And for just wanting to improve himself and to become greater than just the simple duck he is, Mallard will require more courage and more resolve than he has ever found within to stand up against Parliament and its archaic ways.

Agent Tomo Daisen is an elite government operative. He's the best assassin the US has ever had. And the best part is he does it in his sleep. Or rather, in your sleep. He kills you when you enter your dream, and you end up dead in real life. But there are those within the agency that think the president should be assassinated and they want Tom to do it. Fighting Islamic terrorists and other agency operatives, Tom has to save the president and himself. For if he is to sleep, he will dream, and it's in his dreams that the nightmares will begin. A roller coaster thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat as you race from Maryland to Lisbon, Tehran and into Canada for a nail biting finale.