Bøger af Ken Kuhlken

A dear friend of Clifford Hickey's cousin Bo crosses the border on the run from a charge of molesting children in a church nursery school. Because Bo believes him innocent, journalist Clifford agrees to investigate. Soon he has made enemies of gangsters, politicians, and tycoons on both sides of the border. That's the bad news. The good news: he meets Jodi McGee who helps him discover his purpose and write this story.The Very Least is both a stand-alone novel of crime and suspense and a volume in the much praised and awarded Hickey Family Crime series."A wonderful, literate, and very ambitious novel that does everything a good story should do. It surprises, delights, it jolts and makes you think ." Novelist T. Jefferson Parker

Sunday school teacher plots murder.A fugitive from a manslaughter charge returns home to a foggy California beach town hoping to protect his sister from her estranged husband, a mob-connected gambler. He enlists the help of his closest old friend, now a devoted Christian family man. After exploring all options, they decide the only sure way to protect the sister is to kill the gambler."Newport Ave is a water-tight thriller and an elegy to friendship. It possesses the qualities of Dennis Lehane's best- the same sense of long-seasoned relationships, unrealized expectations, and even a kind of grace. I finished it just two days ago and could start it again right now." - Timothy Hallinan, author of the Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers and the Junior Bender Mysteries"Newport Ave, is riveting classic noir, teeming with suspense arising from questions we all face: how loyal are we; how willing to sacrifice; how deep is our love. Beautifully written and intriguing at every turn, this novel will linger in your mind and heart. A winner!" - Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling novelist.

The Answer to Everything: (San Diego, Tijuana, Lake Tahoe, 1990) Attorney Alvaro Hickey assists in the murder of a Tijuana cartel sicaro then becomes the murderer's lawyer. The cartel, which has lately massacred an entire family, now targets another whole family, the Hickey-McGees.Jodi McGee, narrator of The Answer to Everything, has a seventeen-year-old daughter, a husband in prison, and a deep affection for Clifford Hickey, a San Diego journalist. When Clifford's brother Alvaro assists in the murder of a Tijuana drug cartel gunman, Jodi and her daughter, along with the Hickey family, become targets of the cartel. Their story features high courtroom drama, revealing history, insights into the nature of evil, the inherent connections between crime and governments, and remarkable characters, young, older, and old. Readers will find the novel captivating, memorable, and true to the lofty promise of its title.

(San Diego, Tijuana, Lake Tahoe): A dear friend of Clifford Hickey's cousin Bo crosses the border on the run from a charge of molesting children in a church nursery school. Because Bo believes him innocent, journalist Clifford agrees to investigate. Soon he has made enemies of gangsters, politicians, and tycoons on both sides of the border. That's the bad news. The good news: he meets Jodi McGee who helps him discover his purpose and write this story.

Otis Otterbach attempts to make a life after baseball and after his best and most trusted friend disappears, perhaps on the run after committing murder The story follows the hopes and turmoil of the 1960s including: the Vietnam war through the eyes of an infantry soldier, a helicopter pilot, and a deserter; the anti-war protests; the folk music coffee house scene; and the Manson family from the point of view of Charlie's girl whose testimony assured his murder conviction.. "When you think that you've lost everything, you find out you can always lose a little more." Bob Dylan