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    The Old Farts In The Keys
    The Old Farts In The Keys
    The Old Farts In The Keys
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    The Old Farts In The Keys

    By Richard F Hill

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    Private Detective McKenzie Ford loves the adventure of strange cases. He and his cohorts find themselves in Key Largo involved in a vigilante style assault on a New Jersey (where else?) mob family on a multi-million dollar yacht.

    "The Old Farts In The Keys" is the third in the series of novels which take our sometimes fearless group of old Vietnam Veterans into numerous interesting and odd mysteries.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard F Hill
    Release dateOct 27, 2016
    ISBN9781370700011
    The Old Farts In The Keys
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    Richard F Hill

    Richard F Hill grew up as an "Army Brat" following his parents around the globe. After college he, too, joined the Army, spent two tours in Vietnam and then decided he'd had enough. He left the service and formed his own hardware and software company. He sold his last company, RV Trip Wizard, in 2015 and then took up something he had wanted to do for years - writing.His first book was a memoir about his first tour in Vietnam with the 577th Engineer Battalion, called "Iron Soldiers In Vietnam", which is available on Smashwords. He then wrote "The Old Farts In Miami", The Old Farts In The Swamp" and "The Old Farts In The Keys," The series features 6 Vietnam Vets who are involved in a series of oddball mysteries.

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