The Common Denominator Series

Another young woman has gone missing from one of Camelot Cruise Line's luxury cruise ships and its publicity-adverse billionaire owner is desperate to stop the serial killer who is stalking the decks of the love boat–but without giving Nancy Grace a bone to chew on. Company lawyer Raam (rhymes with bomb) Commoner, just back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan and wanting nothing more than to check out the student body at Commoner College (where beautiful young women go for undergraduate degrees in unrequited love) is coerced into a covert search for the psychopath who is throwing cruise ship passengers overboard and taunting Camelot with convoluted riddles. Kayman Karl, an independent private investigator struggling with the loss of her Marine Corps husband in Iraq and not at all interested in a replacement part, has been hired by a distraught father to investigate the disappearance of his daughter from a Camelot cruise ship. She and her client would love to have Sixty Minutes on the case. Raam and Kayman are on a collision course, and their first meeting leads to instant dislike, but a murderous shipboard encounter throws them together in a race to decipher the killer's clues before he kills again. Proximity leads to familiarity, active libidos eventually attract, and Raam is prepared to waive Kayman's entrance exam for Commoner College–until they realize that Kayman fits the profile of previous victims and they must double their efforts to fend off a common enemy. COMMON ENEMY is Book #1 in Richard David Bach's Common Denominator Series of erotic thrillers in which recovering lawyer and former womanizer Raam Commoner narrates the captivating stories of love, life and adventure with his partner, the smart, sexy and deadly Kayman Karl. Praise for Common Enemy: Portland Book Review says: "Richard David Bach's Common Enemy is fast-paced and fun. Readers who cruise will no doubt enjoy this mystery on the high seas." "This thriller is the start of a promising new series. . .Very interesting story with many plot twists." –James A. Anderson, Author, *****Amazon Reviews "Once I started the book I couldn't put it down. Terrific combo of feisty female, sexy male and a clever villain all folded together in a great plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat." –Barbara, *****Amazon Reviews ". . . a fast paced read that had it all. Action, sex, mystery….I would definitely recommend it." –Laina, *****Amazon Reviews "It has all the elements of a page-turner — thrills, terror, sex, suspense — and it's suffused with light-hearted humor." –Summer Vacation Reader, *****Amazon Reviews

Former lawyer and novice private investigator Raam Commoner is caught by surprise when new wife Kayman Karl announces her intention to sell the prestigious white-collar private detective firm founded by her late father to a competitor who specializes in infidelity investigations, unaware that he'll be even more surprised when an old flame shows up asking him to find an elusive manuscript that could expose an underworld employment agency for assassins–a hiring hall for hitmen. More surprises are in store for Raam and Kayman when it appears that someone else is looking for the manuscript, a homicidal psychopath is murdering people who annoy Kayman, and a secretive government agent is muddying the waters with a matter of national security. Raam and Kayman are newlyweds, learning where the buttons are and hoping for the honeymoon that keeps getting put off while they follow leads that take them from a conjugal bed in their Beverly Hills condo to a jail cell in historic San Miguel de Allende to a killer's compound in Los Angeles, in search of the common ground from which to defend a family treasure and avenge a family wrong. COMMON GROUND is Book #2 in Richard David Bach's Common Denominator Series of erotic thrillers in which recovering lawyer and former womanizer Raam Commoner tells the captivating stories of love, life and adventure with his partner, the smart, sexy and deadly Kayman Karl. Praise for Common Ground "A good read and excellent sequel to the first of the series. I look forward to more!!" –Steve Miller, *****Amazon Reviews "Exceptionally well written and very fast paced with a LOT of twists, turns and curves." –Susannah St. Clair, *****Amazon Reviews "Author Richard David Bach keeps the plot moving in this second book in the Common denominator series. Look forward to the next." –George R. Johnson, *****Amazon Reviews "Seriously, for real, I couldn't sleep until I had finished the book." –prrrplepup,*****Amazon Reviews

When Raam Commoner and Kayman Karl open the door to a hidden vault beneath the crumbling old Hollywood Hills mansion they are planning to restore, they open a Pandora's Box of fifty-year old secrets and trigger the hunt for a fortune looted from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, a fortune whose location is hidden in an ancient Torah. Raam's Israeli mother breaks the code and they head to Geneva to retrieve the money just one step ahead of the Mafiosi who claim the funds, the ambitious politician who wants the old building to protect the family name, and a California bureaucracy determined to jump through all of the hoops in the course of renovation of an historic Hollywood mansion. Restoration of the property, under the guidance of an outrageously tattooed performance artist working on her graduate thesis at the UCLA film school, has been a financial black hole, but the caretaker's cottage offers a secret hideaway where Raam and Kayman can sneak away to get to know each other for better and better– and avoid the murderous intentions of the politician whose motives have evolved from greed to revenge. Raam is tall and sturdy and a former athlete; and Kayman is smart and fearless and a crack shot; but they'll have to retreat to their common place to escape the impact of a tiny blue butterfly that has the power to change everything. COMMON PLACE is Book #3 in Richard David Bach's Common Denominator Series of erotic thrillers in which recovering lawyer and former womanizer Raam Commoner tells the captivating stories of love, life and adventure with his partner, the smart, sexy and deadly Kayman Karl. Early Praise for Common Place A Brisk, Riveting Read! From the start—-and I mean from the first paragraph—the novel hooks you with anticipation of the next and then the next twist and turn of the story. The retired lawyer with his taste for jazzy cars and his hot-blooded, calculating, investigator wife tangle with a variety of "bad guys" that keep them scrambling. Their repartee is alternately clever and funny, and not the least trite. Lawyers in particular will enjoy this book. –William R. Myer, ****Amazon Reviews Never Deny a Woman Her Dream Home! "Raab Commoner and Kayman Karl, husband and wife, have bought a home, one on the historic register in California. And someone else wants it. First they tried to overturn the sale, but a bit of court work ended that. Then a lawyer offered them a million dollar profit for the sale rights. When that didn't fly with the couple, murder attempts began. In a case that goes back to WWII, with politics, hit men, the mob tied in, author Bach gives us another fast moving, absorbing read of the P.I. couple. Worth a look." –George R.Johnson "Randy Johnson", ****Amazon Reviews "Once again, Mr. Bach has given us a good thriller and a fun group of characters. I will be patiently waiting for number four, Common Sense." –Susannah St. Clair, ****Amazon Reviews