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There's a serial killer in the city, and the police are stymied. Women's bodies, dressed in white slips and wedding veils, are being left in city parks. The police are desperate to find the killer before he strikes again. They need someone who thinks outside the lines. Someone with a fresh set of eyes. Who better than the city's laziest private investigator, Dev Haskell? As Dev meets with the family, friends, and workmates of the victims, one thing becomes clear-No one has a clue! Someone, somewhere, has to know something! Don't they? Meanwhile, Dev's life on the romance circuit seems about to change... and not for the better! It appears Taffy's friend, Allison, thinks Taffy should raise her standards. Right now, about the only sure thing in Dev's life is Morton, his Golden Retriever."Cold Case is Dev Haskell at his best. Between Detective Sergeant Norris Manning trying to charge him with every crime in the city and Allison Dankwell attempting to ruin his romance with Taffy, Dev has his hands full. What better time to try and solve 6 cold case murders..."

Morton has found a new friend. Four of them, actually, all strays and taking up residence at Dev Haskell's when they're not thwarting crime. Real estate developer Seymour Smeelie is found dead in his office. Gorgeous Brianna Di Salvo is the prime suspect after she left notes at Seymour's home, office, and car, threatening to KILL him! Even though she dumped him three separate times and hasn't spoken to him in four years, Brianna phones Dev for help! Dev Haskell's latest flame is named Taffy. She's working on Dev-- She's got a lot of work to do! Things are even crazier than usual...

Dev Haskell takes his 'friend with benefits', Heidi, out to dinner. His late-night plans are suddenly put on hold when failed criminal Tommy Benedetti shows up and forces Heidi into a stretch limo. Benedetti gives Heidi $200,000. Gee, $200,000 in cash, what could possibly go wrong? There's only one thing to do, and Dev sets out to build a 'working relationship with FBI agent Candi Mangle. Another incredibly bizarre Dev Haskell read... Multiple tales wrapped into one crazy adventure. A great Dev Haskell tale. Sit back, relax, enjoy, and realize your life isn't as bad as you thought...Fortunately, Dev still has Morton, his Golden Retriever.

"Dev Haskell in France? It's an International Incident!" Mystery MadnessCrime Lord Tubby Gustafson taps Dev Haskell to travel to Paris as a bodyguard and all-around 'servant' to his beautiful, vivacious 'niece,' Maddie.Surprise, surprise. All is not as it seems. Dev and Maddie flee their first hotel only minutes after checking in. Seems Maddie has come into possession of something Tubby Gustafson and French gangster Ali Debauche want very badly. In fact, they'll do anything to get it, literally anything. With thugs in hot pursuit, Dev & Maddie flee Paris after just 48 hours. But no matter where they go, the bad guys seem to be right behind them. Another bizarre, crazy Dev Haskell tale of crime, double cross, and gorgeous women who want absolutely nothing to do with him. Better grab your copy NOW!"Check out Dev Haskell's latest attempt at trying to help! Fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, Elmore Leonard, Tony Dunbar, and Laurence Shames will love it!"

Problem in the neighborhood? Dev Haskell volunteers to go undercover and hide in 'the office' recording license plate numbers and cash pickups from late evening until the early morning hours. Then there's Dev's personal life. Gorgeous Sophie has all she can handle trying to train Dev, let alone his golden retriever Morton, unaware Morton may have already inserted himself where he didn't belong. But all is not as it seems. Dev ends up caught between Crime Lord Tubby Gustafson and gangster Dennis Dwyer. In the end, he has a day of reckoning thrust upon him thanks to stripper/escort/ne'er do well, Swindle Lawless. It's classic Dev.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished! Roxy LaRue is in deep weeds... She's on the hook for 1.2 million. Some not very nice guys want their money NOW! Ever the gentleman, Dev Haskell offers to help. The police are pounding on his door at two in the morning! There's a drive-by shooting on his front porch! Someone firebombs his house! Things quickly go downhill from there. Guest from Hell is a wonderfully crazy tale. Caught between the thuggish Massinni brothers and crime lord Tubby Gustafson, Dev Haskell turns to Luscious Dixon for help. That may not have been the best idea... Read it, you'll love it." Crime Capers

Nominated for the 2019 Silver Falchion Mystery awardStar Struck - careful what you wish for . . .Dev Haskell gets a one-night gig posing as security for his pal Wink, a Bono impersonator. Complications . . .Sassy, the hottie from his high school days, promises to do anything (and I mean anything!!) if she can meet Bono. Crime lord Tubby Gustafson is hosting a birthday party for his granddaughter, so mob enforcer Fat Freddy Zimmerman suggests it would be wise if Bono attended. Turns out Fat Freddy might just have an ulterior motive.Only one problem . . .Wink's been kidnapped along with sexy Sassy, and it's up to Dev to find them - FAST!

Crickett is the EIGHTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series.Mike Faricy once again proves himself to be Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre.When the city's laziest Private Investigator Dev Haskell spots his old flame Karen Riley in The Spot bar, she's changed--for one thing she's no longer Karen Riley, now she's Crickett, and then there's the stroller with ten month old Oliver. Dev hangs on and does the math: ten months plus nine months equals when?It seems Crickett's sometime lover Daryl has been caught in possession of some drugs, and she thinks they may have been planted on him. But five million dollars worth? Tough to hide that much in your pocket. Dev starts looking under rocks and quickly uncovers local crime lord Tubby Gustafson and his psychopathic enforcer, Bulldog. Things seem to go downhill rather quickly from there as Dev finds himself literally running for his life.Crickett is a hilariously entertaining hard-boiled mystery, with just enough chills to keep you on the edge of your seat. A delightful read with a heavy dose of corner cutting and misbehavior to go with the beverage of your choice."Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." -Crime Scene"Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer ... and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional PIs out there today." -The Dirty Lowdown

Nominated for a Minnesota Book award. Art Hound is the 16th title in the award-winning Dev Haskell series. Private Investigator Dev Haskell makes the mistake of having a compassionate side when he attempts to help out a starving artist and sometime acquaintance, Demarcus Cantrell for 'just' a couple of days after his girlfriend has thrown him out. In short order, Dev's home is overflowing with ugly paintings, boxes of books, tubes of paint, cans of turpentine, rolls of canvas, no beer left in the fridge...and Dev begins to see things from the girlfriend's point of view. Add to that the sudden appearance of disgruntled Farrell Finley, the subject of Dev's ongoing investigation, and things start to get more than a little crazy. Demarcus suddenly disappears, there's a kidnapping, and things suddenly go from bad to downright terrible with a cast of international criminals and an investigation that turns out to be not all it's cracked up to be. Art Hound Dev Haskell's latest attempt at culture! Fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, and Laurence Shames love it!

Scam Man is the Thirteenth mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator Series. Morton, the golden retriever, is back just in time to turn Dev's dating experience with gorgeous AJ into an absolute disaster. Meanwhile, his longtime "friend with benefits," Heidi, is being showered with jewels and romantic getaways. Dev is investigating Austin Hackett, a scheming attorney who has run scams on everything from porn to disability lawsuits. He can set everything right if only Swindle Lawless and Woofy Barker can keep their act together. Assaults, shootings, scams, broken hearts, and murder combine for more humorous entertainment from the master of the bizarre, Mike Faricy. If you like Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, and Elmore Leonard-make room for one more!

Foiled is the Fourteenth mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series. Fun loving, back slapping, wrong guessing Dev is surprised when Bonnie, a one-night stand from ten years back, suddenly shows up in the office and hires Dev, along with his Golden Retriever, Morton, to provide 'security' for she and her business partner Iggy while they complete a software project. Iggy turns out to have a number of issues; add to that the criminal activity of Niles Wegger as he attempts to insert a bug in the software, and you've got Dev calling on former NFL tight end Luscious Dixon for some special help. If you like Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey & Elmore Leonard - make room for one more!"Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer...and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world out there today." The Dirty Lowdown"Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen."Crime Scene"I'm not sure what Faricy is drinking...but it really works!"Behind Bars

Dog Gone is the TWELFTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series.Best in Show! Dog Gone is the Tale of Two Tail-ChasersPrivate investigator Dev Haskell's new lady friend Maddie comes with strings attached: the loosely-knotted tie of her short black silk kimono and the leash to Morton, her handsome Golden Retriever.It's always a sexy mystery when Dev's on duty, but this caper takes a turn toward buddy adventure when Dev agrees to pet-sit. On their first evening stroll, Dev and Morton are charmed to meet the lovely Princess Anatasia, a purebred Standard Poodle angling for Best In Show title in the Blessington Kennel Club competition the Super Bowl of regional dog competition. But when the princess' owner gets in a tussle with a local gambling heavyweight, Dev steps in to help, and the prim and proper world of show dog competition is revealed to be, above all, a competition, plus a big attraction for professional gambling! And these guys are playing for high stakes. It turns out somebody's trying to keep Princess Anastasia from competing in the show. Dev gets hired to stop them and fortunately, he's got backup this time: a love struck canine hero. As the suspense builds, a surprisingly touching bond develops between Dev and Morton, and why not? The pair have a lot in common: favored foods and beer brands, preferred places to stick their noses, and a seat-of-the-pants approach to dealing with bad guys. They got it right when they said, "Faricy's characters inhabit a world just below the surface of polite society". Fans of Mike Faricy's humorous mysteries will welcome the usual constituency of oddball (and sleazeball) characters, who never fail to entertain. Also for fans of Robert B. Parker, Carl Hiaasen, and strong Minnesota men.

Yellow Ribbon is the ELEVENTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series."Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." Crime SceneWORLD'S LAZIEST P.I. MEETS WORLD'S DUMBEST CRIMINAL ... LAUGHS AND THRILLS AHEAD!The city's laziest Private Investigator, Dev Haskell, agrees to help out his friend Isabella and babysit her two young daughters. But he's on the job for little more than an hour before he's assaulted and the girls are kidnapped by Carlos O'Kelly, along with Dev's Sig Sauer pistol and his car.Apparently the world's dumbest criminal, Carlos next knocks over a mob card game, using, of course, Dev's gun and car. Which puts Dev in something of an awkward position with the local crime lord, Tubby Gustafson. Tubby gives him forty-eight hours to get the money back. And Isabella's kind of missing her kids, no pressure or anything.So here we have another of Mike Faricy's wickedly entertaining mysteries, full of twists and turns with yet another set of wonderfully bizarre, madcap characters. For fans of humorous mysteries, PI stories of all stripes, and out-and-out zany writers, like Carl Hiassen, and Tim Dorsey, witty ones like Lawrence Block and Tony Dunbar, outrageous ones like Donald Westlake."Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer ... and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional PIs out there today." Robert Carraher, The Dirty Lowdown"I don't know what Faricy's been drinking, but pass me a glass, this was extremely entertaining." The Irish Gazette

Bulldog is the NINTH mystery in the Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. Mike Faricy once again proves himself to be Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre.When corner cutting, back slapping Dev Haskell loses his friend, Dermot Gallagher in what appears to be a random shooting he takes it personal. But the more he learns, the more questions seem to go unanswered. His old nemesis, local crimelord, Tubby Gustafson seems to be involved or is he? Then there's 'Fat Freddy' Zimmerman, a criminal of underachieving and dubious reputation if ever there was one. Swindle Lawless enters, stripping up a storm under her new stage name, 'Cougar.' Jackie Van Dorn, Tubby's attorney adds a special brand of polished sleaze to the entire affair. And, just when you think things couldn't possibly get any worse, Tubby's psychopathic enforcer, Bulldog shows up and seems to have more than a passing interest in Dermot's death. Dev ends up with only one option, the question is; Will he take it?"Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer..." The Dirty Lowdown"Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen..." Crime Scene"Laugh a minute story line in another of Faricy's deliciously engaging worlds..." The Irish Gazette

What Happens in Vegas... is the 15th title in the award winning Dev Haskell series. P.I. Dev Haskell travels out to Vegas to help his friend Goose. He brings sexy Barbie Dahl, a Barbie doll fanatic with him, along with his golden retriever Morton and Barbie's dog, Sugar. Yeah, Barbie. The chick with the pink house, the pink car, pink clothes, pink high heels...that Barbie. Once in Vegas things seem to go from bad to worse. Crime lord Tubby Gustafson is somehow involved, of course Goose is there and Goose's brother Kenny who Barbie suddenly develops a thing for, surprise, surprise. Let's just say nothing seems to go Dev's way, but then what did you expect with the laziest P.I. in town? What Happens in Vegas...? You won't believe it! Fans of Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey love it!

Double Trouble is the Tenth mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series.Once again, Mike Faricy provides edge of the seat chills and laugh out loud situations.Work is slow for Private Investigator, Dev Haskell so he agrees to make collection calls to octogenarians past due on their coffin payments. He barely lasts the morning before he quits. On his way out the door Dev recommends "reformed" criminal Tommy Flaherty for the job. Since no good deed goes unpunished, that turns out to be a very big mistake and Dev finds himself taken for the ultimate ride.At the same time, Dev attempts to investigate online tampering with an "Escort" website. Unfortunately, there's a lot more than pictures of gorgeous women being exchanged and the last people willing to help seems to be Dev's client Ashley and her thug boyfriend, Tony. Double Trouble is a hilariously entertaining mystery, full of nonstop surprises and a delightfully zany ending. Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen...Crime SceneFaricy is America's hottest new mystery writer...and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional PI's out there today. Robert Carraher....The Dirty Lowdown

Ting-A-Ling is the Seventh mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. In Hitchcockian fashion, the telephone rings at two in the morning. PI Dev Haskell answers, half-asleep, to a giggling woman named Danielle. It seems she's found his phone number on a bathroom stall. She's called Dev "for a good time," but what she really wants is for him to deliver a simple message to her former business partner. It's all fun and games (not to mention funny) til someone goes missing. Next thing he knows, our fair but bumbling hero can't find his client or her business partner, which turns out to be the least of his problems when he finds himself on the hook for murder, and suddenly haunted by a multitude of childhood secrets.In a bizarre but compelling mixture of suspense, family drama, and offbeat comedy, Dev once again messily balances both sides of the law in a wacky adventure that will keep you on your toes while laughing out loud. "Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." -Crime Scene

There's a problem in the neighborhood. P.I. Dev Haskell volunteers to go undercover, recording drug buys, license plate numbers and cash pickups from evening to the early morning hours all while hiding in "The Office". Dev's personal life may be headed toward a rocky shore. Gorgeous Sophie has all she can handle trying to train Dev, along with his golden retriever Morton, unaware Morton may have already overstepped his bounds. All is not as it seems. Dev ends up caught between Crime lord Tubby Gustafson and gangster Dennis Dwyer and in the end he has a day of reckoning thrust upon him thanks to stripper/escort/ner do well, Swindle Lawless. It's classic Dev. "Dev Haskell's latest attempt at being nice! Fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, Elmore Leonard, Tony Dunbar and Laurence Shames love it!" Crime Scene "Faricy is America's hottest new writer..." The Dirty Lowdown "A cross between Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard with a sprinkling of Robert B. Parker..." Robert Carraher "Even now I can't believe the way this guy can weave a tale. Just when things were about to get too grim there's a laugh out loud scene that kept me turning the pages. Run, don't walk, to pick up your copy." The Irish Gazette

Crickett is the EIGHTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. Mike Faricy once again proves himself to be Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre. When the city's laziest Private Investigator Dev Haskell spots his old flame Karen Riley in The Spot bar, she's changed--for one thing she's no longer Karen Riley, now she's Crickett, and then there's the stroller with ten month old Oliver. Dev hangs on and does the math: ten months plus nine months equals when? It seems Crickett's sometime lover Daryl has been caught in possession of some drugs, and she thinks they may have been planted on him. But five million dollars worth? Tough to hide that much in your pocket. Dev starts looking under rocks and quickly uncovers local crime lord Tubby Gustafson and his psychopathic enforcer, Bulldog. Things seem to go downhill rather quickly from there as Dev finds himself literally running for his life. Crickett is a hilariously entertaining hard-boiled mystery, with just enough chills to keep you on the edge of your seat. A delightful read with a heavy dose of corner cutting and misbehavior to go with the beverage of your choice. "Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." -Crime Scene "Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer ... and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional PIs out there today." -The Dirty Lowdown

Last Shot is the SIXTH offbeat (and very funny) mystery in the Dev Haskell Private Investigator series. Dysfunctional PI Dev Haskell receives a request from beautiful, red-headed Desi Quinn to investigate the trumped-up charges that ruined her life and sent her to prison six years ago. Desi's life was destroyed after a brief relationship with upstanding citizen Man-of-the-Year Gaston Driscoll, who just happened to be her boss. She views Dev as her last hope--her last shot--but the impossibly dangerous scenario she describes makes Dev think the investigation would be out of his league; he politely declines. As Desi's story slowly unravels, Dev realizes (under a mountain of guilt) that he made a huge mistake. He embarks on a mission to make things right, only to become a killer's next target. An entertaining tale of intrigue, rank ineptitude, and raucously entertaining one-night stands, Last Shot is another funny, fast paced, engrossing thriller from Minnesota's master of the bizarre.

Perpetual screw-ups Austin and Andre Boothe decide stealing the local strip club's Friday night deposit would be just the thing to augment their income. They're in for a big surprise when a group of Chicago gangsters turn out to be involved and take the get rich quick scheme personally. The gangsters suspect someone is leaking inside information and pressure Austin's former girlfriend, exotic dancer Celeste Desparde, to help. She tries to tell them, and anyone else who'll listen, that the brothers aren't brilliant criminals, they're idiots, but there's a very fine line between brilliant and bone-headed. A mob enforcer is brought in to bring things to a speedy conclusion only to learn he's on a bizarre date with disaster. Two zany brothers, ruthless gangsters, an exotic dancer, a small town banker and madcap action make this zany Mike Faricy suspense thriller a riviting read and real delight. Things start out crazy, go on to laugh out loud and end up ruthlessly wonderful.

Continuing the Dev Haskell - Private Investigator Series with Case 4: Bomshell Dysfunctional, bumbling, crazy babe-magnet Dev Haskell, Private Investigator, has just returned to his date to find she's left with another guy. Down, but not heartbroken, Dev returns to the bar for a drink when he meets a gorgeous woman that presents him with an offer he would be foolish to refuse. As the envy of every guy with a heartbeat Dev's hired to watch over a team of gorgeous English roller derby stars. Though he'd rather be standing guard in the shower room, he suddenly finds himself in a world of trouble when he's placed under arrest and found guilty before he's even charged. With an attorney who drinks too much, a beautiful woman with a bad attitude, a feisty team of females ready to kill him - and no answers. Dev must once again prove his innocence, find the actual killer and take a few moments in between to once again be tricked by a beautiful woman.

Tutti Frutti is the FIFTH hilariously thrilling novel in the Dev Haskell mystery series. "Lock the door, pour yourself a nice glass of something, and then hang on for a crazy ride with the likes of Dev Haskell and Candi." -Crime Syndicate A DISBARRED ATTORNEY, ILLEGAL GAMBLING, AND A SEXUALLY AGGRESSIVE 'COUGAR.' ACTION AND HILARITY ENSUE. Private Investigator Dev Haskell stumbles into the famed Tutti Frutti in search of an illegal gambling operation. Instead he finds a bondage club run by the mobster D'Angelo brothers, more murder and action than he ever dreamed of, and Candi: devilishly compelling Candi. The kind of woman Dev just can't learn to leave alone. In classic form, he just might have been set up ... again. Tutti Frutti, it turns out, is a dangerous way to live... "...one of those wonderfully engaging tales where everything seems so obvious until you realize that you've been had too." -Behind Bars

Bulldog is the NINTH mystery in the Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. Mike Faricy once again proves himself to be Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre. When corner cutting, back slapping Dev Haskell loses his friend, Dermot Gallagher in what appears to be a random shooting he takes it personal. But the more he learns, the more questions seem to go unanswered. His old nemesis, local crimelord, Tubby Gustafson seems to be involved or is he? Then there's 'Fat Freddy' Zimmerman, a criminal of underachieving and dubious reputation if ever there was one. Swindle Lawless enters, stripping up a storm under her new stage name, 'Cougar.' Jackie Van Dorn, Tubby's attorney adds a special brand of polished sleaze to the entire affair. And, just when you think things couldn't possibly get any worse, Tubby's psychopathic enforcer, Bulldog shows up and seems to have more than a passing interest in Dermot's death. Dev ends up with only one option, the question is; Will he take it? "Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer..." The Dirty Lowdown "Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen..." Crime Scene "Laugh a minute story line in another of Faricy's deliciously engaging worlds..." The Irish Gazette

Dog Gone is the TWELFTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series. Best in Show! Dog Gone is the Tale of Two Tail-Chasers Private investigator Dev Haskell's new lady friend Maddie comes with strings attached: the loosely-knotted tie of her short black silk kimono, and the leash to Morton, her handsome Golden Retriever. It's always a sexy mystery when Dev's on duty, but this caper takes a turn toward buddy adventure when Dev agrees to pet-sit. On their first evening stroll, Dev and Morton are charmed to meet the lovely Princess Anatasia, a purebred Standard Poodle angling for Best In Show title in the Blessington Kennel Club competition the Super Bowl of regional dog competition. But when the princess' owner gets in a tussle with a local gambling heavyweight, Dev steps in to help, and the prim and proper world of show dog competition is revealed to be, above all, a competition, plus a big attraction for professional gambling! And these guys are playing for high stakes. It turns out somebody's trying to keep Princess Anastasia from competing in the show. Dev gets hired to stop them and fortunately, he's got backup this time: a love struck canine hero. As the suspense builds, a surprisingly touching bond develops between Dev and Morton, and why not? The pair have a lot in common: favored foods and beer brands, preferred places to stick their noses, and a seat-of-the-pants approach to dealing with bad guys. They got it right when they said, "Faricy's characters inhabit a world just below the surface of polite society". Fans of Mike Faricy's humorous mysteries will welcome the usual constituency of oddball (and sleazeball) characters, who never fail to entertain. Also for fans of Robert B. Parker, Carl Hiaasen, and strong Minnesota men.

The FIRST in the Dev Haskell series, Russian Roulette is an entertaining tale of intrigue, rank ineptitude and one night stands. Dysfunctional Private Investigator, Dev Haskell wakes up in bed with his latest client only to learn she's signed him up with the Russian mob. Their 'special' relationship quickly finds Dev at odds with the local police and an FBI task force. In the process Dev is forced to place one foot on both sides of the law. Another fast paced, engrossing suspense thriller from Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre, Mike Faricy

Ting-A-Ling is the Seventh mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. In Hitchcockian fashion, the telephone rings at two in the morning. PI Dev Haskell answers, half-asleep, to a giggling woman named Danielle. It seems she's found his phone number on a bathroom stall. She's called Dev "for a good time," but what she really wants is for him to deliver a simple message to her former business partner. It's all fun and games (not to mention funny) til someone goes missing. Next thing he knows, our fair but bumbling hero can't find his client or her business partner, which turns out to be the least of his problems when he finds himself on the hook for murder, and suddenly haunted by a multitude of childhood secrets. In a bizarre but compelling mixture of suspense, family drama, and offbeat comedy, Dev once again messily balances both sides of the law in a wacky adventure that will keep you on your toes while laughing out loud. "Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." -Crime Scene

Yellow Ribbon is the ELEVENTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series. "Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." Crime Scene WORLD'S LAZIEST P.I. MEETS WORLD'S DUMBEST CRIMINAL ... LAUGHS AND THRILLS AHEAD! The city's laziest Private Investigator, Dev Haskell, agrees to help out his friend Isabella and babysit her two young daughters. But he's on the job for little more than an hour before he's assaulted and the girls are kidnapped by Carlos O'Kelly, along with Dev's Sig Sauer pistol and his car. Apparently the world's dumbest criminal, Carlos next knocks over a mob card game, using, of course, Dev's gun and car. Which puts Dev in something of an awkward position with the local crime lord, Tubby Gustafson. Tubby gives him forty-eight hours to get the money back. And Isabella's kind of missing her kids, no pressure or anything. So here we have another of Mike Faricy's wickedly entertaining mysteries, full of twists and turns with yet another set of wonderfully bizarre, madcap characters. For fans of humorous mysteries, PI stories of all stripes, and out-and-out zany writers, like Carl Hiassen, and Tim Dorsey, witty ones like Lawrence Block and Tony Dunbar, outrageous ones like Donald Westlake. "Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer ... and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional PIs out there today." Robert Carraher, The Dirty Lowdown "I don't know what Faricy's been drinking, but pass me a glass, this was extremely entertaining." The Irish Gazette

Last Shot is the SIXTH offbeat (and very funny) mystery in the Dev Haskell Private Investigator series. Dysfunctional PI Dev Haskell receives a request from beautiful, red-headed Desi Quinn to investigate the trumped-up charges that ruined her life and sent her to prison six years ago. Desi's life was destroyed after a brief relationship with upstanding citizen, Man-of-the-Year, Gaston Driscoll, who just happened to be her boss. She views Dev as her last hope--her last shot--but the impossibly dangerous scenario she describes makes Dev think the investigation would be out of his league and he politely declines. As Desi's story slowly unravels, Dev realizes (under a mountain of guilt) that he made a huge mistake. He embarks on a mission to make things right, only to become a killer's next target. An entertaining tale of intrigue, rank ineptitude, and raucously entertaining one night stands, Last Shot is another funny, fast paced, engrossing thriller from Minnesota's master of the bizarre.

What Happens in Vegas... is the 15th title in the award winning Dev Haskell series. P.I. Dev Haskell travels out to Vegas to help his friend Goose. He brings sexy Barbie Dahl, a Barbie doll fanatic with him, along with his golden retriever Morton and Barbie's dog, Sugar. Yeah, Barbie. The chick with the pink house, the pink car, pink clothes, pink high heels...that Barbie. Once in Vegas things seem to go from bad to worse. Crime lord Tubby Gustafson is somehow involved, of course Goose is there and Goose's brother Kenny who Barbie suddenly develops a thing for, surprise, surprise. Let's just say nothing seems to go Dev's way, but then what did you expect with the laziest P.I. in town? What Happens in Vegas...? You won't believe it! Fans of Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey love it!