Bøger af Mike Faricy

Art Hound is the 16th title in the award winning Dev Haskell series and has been nominated for a Minnesota Book award. Private Investigator Dev Haskell makes the mistake of having a compassionate side when he attempts to help out 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 girlfriends point of view. Add to that the sudden appearance of disgruntled Farrell Finley, 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!

Dysfunctional, bumbling, crazy babe-magnet Dev Haskell, Private Investigator, has just landed the job of a lifetime. He'll be the envy of every guy with a heartbeat: Dev is hired to provide security for a team of beautiful English roller derby stars (with stage names like Harlotte Davidson and Helen Killer). Though he'd rather be standing guard in the shower room, he finds himself in a world of trouble when he's mistaken for the stalker-turned-killer he's been tracking. With an attorney who drinks too much and a team of females ready to kill him, Dev must prove his innocence, all the while finding the real killer and protecting himself against the wiles of yet another irresistible and dangerous woman.

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...

Skirt-chasing, wise-cracking, dysfunctional Private Investigator Dev Haskell leaves his usual stool at the Spot Bar to take on what looks like a cakewalk job: keep ice cream mogul Mr. Swirlee alive. Turns out Mr. Swirlee is anything but a cakewalk... He's a ruthless "entrepreneur" with a flash temper, a mean streak a mile wide, and a laundry list of people who want to do him in-including his sex-crazed girlfriend, Lola. Things go from bad to worse when Dev discovers his client is running a gambling ring in his ice cream trucks. When Dev's revelation is detected, a dead body ends up in the trunk of his car. Once again, our hero is in over his head. Thank God for Dev's sometime friend, felon Tony "Dog" Colli, who agrees to help out.

Wise-cracking, back-slapping, sideways-thinking Private Investigator Dev Haskell is in the middle of dissipating a lover's quarrel with his newest gorgeous knife-wielding female conquest when he gets a call. Members of KRAZ, a radio station that considers itself "the voice of America's future," need protection from an apparent death threat. A cursory investigation leads Dev to the conclusion he's just landed his dream job: providing security for people who don't actually need it. But alas, the dream ends the moment someone shoots at his clients in broad daylight. Things quickly fly out of control when Dev suddenly finds himself under the police microscope, literally tied up in a relationship with an unpredictable woman, and dodging a growing pile of bodies that all seem to be linked to him.

Private Investigator Dev Haskell has finally got it made! Beautiful Kerri seems to have fallen for him. She even left Dev a note. Apparently, she just needs a little help finding her sister. Unfortunately, it turns out both women are involved with notorious Russian mob boss, Bracko the Whacko! Things quickly go downhill from there. In short order, Dev finds himself at odds with the local police, Homeland Security, ICE, and an FBI task force. He's got a gunshot wound and shrapnel in his rear, ouch! Not to mention he's on the run from a psychotic killer! It must be love.

Anthony DiMento, more commonly known as Beau, has a problem. A $250,000 problem! Seems in an effort to keep the DiMento bar open, he borrowed money from the owner of Cheater's strip club, Declan Osborne. Now the payment is due, and Beau doesn't have the money. But Beau does have a plan...kind of, maybe, sort of. A plan that at least seemed logical at the time. Just rob a bank. But that was before Beau fell for gorgeous bank teller Cindy. Before the Ditschler brothers, Mendel, Lucerne, and Elvis decided to rob the same bank. Before Milton, Declan Osborne's thug took an intense dislike to Beau. Before Otto O'Malley, self-proclaimed protector of bank teller Cindy, inserted himself.

Desperate times call for desperate measures! Hub Schneider and Val Harwood flee the upper Midwest for sunny Florida. They're unemployed, broke, and basically haven't a clue. Hub's girlfriend had piled his belongings in the driveway and set her sights on someone else. Fortunately, Val has come up with a get-rich-quick brainstorm. Unique Dancing! Open a 'Dance Academy' and while Val gives lessons to wealthy seniors, Hub can break into their homes and steal precious items they'll never miss. What could possibly go wrong? Start with J.W. Brooks, head of a criminal enterprise in Atlanta. Add to that there's the "little" problem of 'Crazy Bobby Falconi' mobster hitman. Lord only knows how things will work out.

Life gets complicated! Former cop, Dickie Mullins, owns the Emporium of Dance. A sleazy pick-up bar with lousy food and about to go broke. Rae Nell, Dickie's ex-wife, is having an affair with NFL washout Terry Taggert. Terry is starrtng a steak business. Delicious, unique steaks. Rae Nell thinks it would be a good idea if Dickie improved his menu. Meanwhile, Terry's principal investor, 'Dr.' Craig Cullen wants out now. Terry has just the plan for 'Dr.' Cullen. Things quickly go downhill from there.

A lot of crazy things happen up north. Celeste Desparde has had just about enough of her loser, deadbeat, no-count boyfriend, Austin. But Austin has a plan to fix everything. What could possibly go wrong? Well, an awful lot if you didn't factor in Cecil and his crew of wise guys running a mob operation for Chicago's Saventinni brothers. Just when things can't seem to get any worse - They do! The problem is really very simple; Austin plus Chicago wise guys equals Celeste's life is a disaster! Or is it? Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer... ~The Dirty LowdownAnother entertaining crime novel by the likes of Faricy... ~Robert CarraherA cross between Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard with a sprinkling of Robert B. Parker... ~The Irish GazetteFaricy's entertaining tales are populated with the sort of quirky, oddball characters we'd all like to know more about but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. They serve not so much as examples but more often as warnings to the rest of us. The difficulties they find themselves in are usually due to their own bad decisions, but then bad decisions make for interesting tales.Mike Faricy is the award-winning author of mystery suspense thrillers. His Dev Haskell Private Investigator series is woven together with a rich strain of humor and romance. His Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series is an intriguing picture into the underworld of Irish society. His Corridor Man series is a gritty, violent look at aspects of the legal world through the eyes of disbarred attorney Bobby Custer. His Hotshot series consists of entertaining, humorous standalone novels. Mike lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Dublin, Ireland.

Mickey and Dell, two long-suffering halfwits, come up with the idea of kidnapping at a bargain basement price. What could possibly go wrong? Well, maybe a victim who doesn't want to be returned, another with a husband who doesn't want her back, one who's tougher than her kidnappers, and another who's entirely the wrong person. Not to mention local thug Huey Evans who is looking to settle a score.Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer... ~The Dirty LowdownAnother entertaining crime novel by the likes of Faricy... ~Robert CarraherA cross between Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard with a sprinkling of Robert B. Parker... ~The Irish GazetteFaricy's entertaining tales are populated with the sort of quirky, oddball characters we'd all like to know more about but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. They serve not so much as examples but more often as warnings to the rest of us. The difficulties they find themselves in are usually due to their own bad decisions, but then bad decisions make for interesting tales.Mike Faricy is the award-winning author of mystery suspense thrillers. His Dev Haskell Private Investigator series is woven together with a rich strain of humor and romance. His Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series is an intriguing picture into the underworld of Irish society. His Corridor Man series is a gritty, violent look at aspects of the legal world through the eyes of disbarred attorney Bobby Custer. His Hotshot series consists of entertaining, humorous standalone novels. Mike lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Dublin, Ireland.