Stern Talbot PI Series

This is Book 1 of the Stern Talbot PI Series, but you can read them in any order. What do a retired mob boss, a deposed city mayor, a city attorney and an up-and-coming movie star have in common? Maybe nothing at all. At least Stern Talbot hopes so as he sets out to discover who's trying to kill him. And why. Toss into the mix Stern's secretary, a made man and other assorted bad guys, and you have a volatile mixture in a roller coaster ride of a mystery. Come along on this tension-filled journey of intrigue, suspense and atonement.

This is Book 2 of the Stern Talbot PI Series, but you can read them in any order. Stern is having a bad day. Imagine. After a long, relaxing nap, you reach over to see whether your partner's awake, and discover she's dead. Of a cut throat. In your bed. You didn't do it. But who did? How did they do it without waking you? And when? And why? Well, he has to find out. Or go to prison.

This is Book 3 of the Stern Talbot PI series, but you can read them in any order. Long before he went into private practice as a P.I., Stern Talbot was a detective for the LAPD. Some cases are better than others, not so rattling. Not so sleep-depriving. Not so insane. But the evidence in a brand new missing persons case echoes the evidence in a three year old cold case that ended with a missing body. Now it's time to figure things out and close them both. How could Stern know what was waiting at the end of the line? The twists and turns of this case test the imagination and strain the emotions.

This is Book 4 of the Stern Talbot PI Series, but you can read them in any order. Independently wealthy Gonzalez "Gonzo" Phipps believes someone is out to kill him. And he wants to hire Stern Talbot to put a stop to it. Of course, Stern is always hungry for a new client. But at what cost? Something about the diminutive Mr. Phipps seems a little off-kilter, and Stern can't quite figure it out. Is the guy affiliated with the mob? Is he in trouble with them? But his greatest fear seems to be police involvement, yet he loudly proclaims his innocence of even the appearance of any wrongdoing. In the end, Gonzo doesn't seem the kind to be running from the law. But he's definitely running from something. Or somebody.

This is Book 6 in the Stern Talbot PI Series, but you can read them in any order. It's been awhile — too long — since Stern Talbot's last real money case. So long that he's almost grown tired of catching up on his foot dangling. So when an attorney and founding partner at the most prestigious law firm in town wants to hire him to find out what happened to the attorney's father, Stern jumps at the chance. But will he regret it? The man's father is alleged to have died of natural causes — and all clues point in that direction — but the attorney doesn't think so. Follow this twisted PI tale through the darkness of local politics and the jealousy of a jilted lover. Come along for the ride as Stern investigates suspects one at a time. There's a mourning widow at the gravesite of her husband. There's a tenant farmer just trying to make a living raising medical marijuana. There's a prominent cattle rancher and his family of uniquely named siblings. Who, if anyone, killed Dale Abrams, and how? What did they stand to gain? Stern is always hungry for a new client. But at what cost?  

This is Book 2 of the Stern Talbot PI Series, but you can read them in any order. Long before he went into private practice as a P.I., Stern Talbot was a detective for the LAPD. Some cases are better than others, not so rattling. Not so sleep-depriving. Not so insane. But when a vibrant young woman is hacked to death, who knew there could be secrets far more gut wrenching? The twists and turns of this case test the imagination and strain the emotions. Come along on this tension-filled journey of intrigue, suspense and atonement.

In this omnibus collection, you get all 5 novels and 2 novellas in the Stern Talbot, PI series, comprising 210,000 words of great mystery reading.   This set opens with The Case of the Disappearing Worm, a novella.   The novels include The Case of the Troubled Actress The Unfortunate Case of His Mother's Virginity The Case of the Mourning Widow The Case of the Sliced-Up Secretary Loose Ends Finally, the omnibus wraps with The Case of the Missing Body, the second novella.   Come along and help Stern Talbot solve these mysteries!