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By Frank Lovejoy. 2019
Charlie owed Joe Sligo $3000 from his gambling and Sligo's motto was pay up or die. Charlie has a family…
and kids to think about and has been in debt for 6 months. Now he turns to Randy Stone for help. Randy Stone knows that the police are looking for Sligo and tells Charlie his only hope is to let the police know where Sligo isBy Frank Lovejoy. 2019
It was a busy Wednesday night. Barnes on the city desk asked me to lend a hand and I filled…
in for a couple of hours. I'd just finished taking notes over the headphones when the switchboard buzzed me with a personalBy Frank Lovejoy. 2019
Night is when the city comes alive full of promise. Randy stood on the corner watching the world go by…
cataloguing each and every person and happening when a car came by and clipped a guy holding a black case, knocking him over. Randy went to help him but he was ok and disappeared into the street into a bar called the Glamour Palace. Randy followed him realizing that he had the guy's hatBy Frank Lovejoy. 2019
It wasn't much of a story just an obituary, Mrs. Martha Orloff, age 62, scrub woman, death by natural causes,…
heart failure. But what's natural by killing yourself with a scrubbing brush. It would have only been a two-line obit if the other scrubwoman hadn't stopped him on his way out of the buildingBy Frank Lovejoy. 2019
Randy didn't have to go and look for his story tonight; it came in over the Teletype. Charles Keller died…
today in the state penitentiary after serving 14 years of a twenty-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife, Molly Keller, a quiet woman worked in the offices of the Chicago Star as a humble cleaner. Keller died still denying any knowledge of the $650,000 payroll robbery in the sensation of 14 years agoBy Russell Hughes. 2019
Alfred Wyman is a strange artist who wants to kill the wealthy Miss Gleason because she killed Vincent. Just when…
Randy has given up on a story for the night, he stumbles across an old man in a dispute with a taxi driver over the fare. The old man has no money so Randy pays the fare but is surprised when the gentle looking old man, Alfred Wyman, says he has to go to kill Miss GleesonBy Larry Marcus. 2019
Harlan Matthews, a stamp dealer with memories of a murder he committed long ago, attempts murder, suicide and more! An…
alienist and Randy Stone try to help. The system cue has been deleted. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star. Stories begin in many different ways. This one began and ended with a confession ... a confession to the crime of murderBy Larry Marcus. 2019
A story of young love and old death. A girl from Kansas named Linda Johnson has been arrested for grand…
theft. She's bailed out by someone she doesn't even know. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star searching through the city for strange stories waiting for him in the darkness. This one began with young love and ended with old deathBy Frank Lovejoy. 2019
By Frank Lovejoy. 2019
By Jack Webb. 2019
The Police receive information that an escaped criminal, called Alfred Garvey, is hiding out in the City. While searching for…
him at a hotel Garvey shoots an off-duty cop, and friend of Friday and Romero, John Maxwell. He was about to go on vacation but decided to visit Friday and Romero first. Soon a Police manhunt is launched to find GarveyBy Gene Levitt. 2020
Philip Marlowe was a fictional private eye created by author Raymond Chandler. He was first seen as portrayed by Humphrey…
Bogart in the 1939 classic feature "The Big Sleep". The fictional detective was introduced to the radio in 1947 and, by 1949, was the most popular radio detectiveBy Sarah Cain. 2017
Recently widowed young Philadelphia journalist Danny Ryan gets an unexpected request from former high school acquaintance Greg Moss. Greg has…
been getting odd biblical texts and--worried that they were linked to the deaths of others in their class--he asks Danny to investigate. Then Greg, too, is killed. Violence and strong language. 2017By Amanda Flower. 2015
Andi and her best friend Colin team up with her rival Ava to compete in a seventh-grade science project to…
be the first to spot a rare bird in the woods. They run into the town's resident ghost instead and investigate. For grades 4-7. 2015By Val McDermid, St. Martin`s Press. 2003
After the horrifying events of The Wire in the Blood (DB xxxxx), Tony Hill has left profiling work for academia.…
Two years later, Carol Jordan calls for advice on an unexpected undercover assignment. Her dangerous case is soon complicated by a stalking serial killer. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002By Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Liu Zhenyun. 2015
Liu Yuejin, a worksite cook and a thief, has his pack with money stolen. While searching for it, he discovers…
another bag which contains a USB card detailing corruption of high officials and putting him in danger. Translated from the original 2007 Chinese edition. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015By Philip Roughton, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. 2012
Following Last Rituals (DB 80360), books two through five, written between 2006 and 2009, in the series featuring Icelandic attorney/sleuth…
Thóra Gudmundsdóttir. In Someone to Watch over Me, a young man with Down Syndrome is accused of burning down his assisted-living facility. Originally published in Icelandic. Strong language and some violence. 2013By Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2008
Digging in the Shetland Islands peat, newcomer obstetrician Tora Hamilton unearths the body of a woman who had recently given…
birth and whose heart was removed. Tora becomes obsessed with investigating, even when the police, her colleagues, and eventually even her husband--a local--warn her against it. Violence and strong language. 2008By Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2010
Disfigured by a childhood accident, wildlife veterinarian Clara Benning generally prefers the company of animals to people. When a local…
man dies following a supposed snakebite, however, Clara's expertise is needed. As additional shocking snake incidents occur, it becomes clear that a human is involved. Violence and some strong language. 2009