Miscellaneous MysteriesAlligators Ain't AllAl Rhamer found a body by the canal. The police said it was an alligator attack. There was an alligator in the canal everyone called "Old Rocky."The body was on the bank. Alligators pull their prey into the water.The clothes on the body were dry.Al teams with one cop who did want to solve it.Then the FBI? What was he into? His wife was threatened?A Coincidence Too ManyTrue murder cases I was...

The new rookie on maritime beat looks at some cold cases to fight boredom. That one had a string of clues an idiot wouldn't miss! The investigator missed it? Does that tell you who's involved or are you stupid?

Forstbook of series. The situation and continuing characters are introduced. A Terran and several others are kidnapped by an insectoid race. The Terran, Z, leads a revolution and manages to take over the shoip, which he names "Maita". Maita is intelligent, built by a race that is now possiobly extinct-But is Z from a raace that crashed on Sol 3 a hundred and thirty thosand t`years ago? Will he ever know for sure?

Two books: Deadly Island, One of "the kids" is charged with murder on St. Wartons. CD investigates, to find a weird kind of scheme among internationally wanted criminals to take over South America. They are totally nuts! - but it could work. A lot of people would die, even if it failed. CD finds himself in an action adventure area he never intended! Still, it has its charms.- A Step Too Far, Shirley's sister is murdered. It leads to some kind of plot against CD, himself? A drug lord he off...

Two books featuring Det. Lt. Nick Storie: Three stories. Bad Move, an FBI agent is murdered. It leads to a strange bunch of seeming nutcases. How involved were the arms dealer, the mob runner, the head of the local Russian mob, and others? Lucky Stiff/Name Your Poison, a man on a lucky streak is murdered. Tiny says that gives new meaning to "Lucky stiff"/a mysterious poison is killing people. The only connection seems to be that the victims were condescending to the wrong person.

Five novellas: Road Kill, Not the general kind. This one was a human being who was investigating corruption - Dead Still, Well, most people who are dead are still. These two were shot in the head. - The Murder Option, sometimes that seems the only one you have.Was this one some weird kind of serial killer? - Dead Giveaway, that it was some kind of scam was obvious. The method was a dead giveaway. Then her brother and ex-husband were killed, and she was being framed for it! - Bloody Sunrise...

Lester Tatum was, since he was 8 years old, a male/child prostitute, sold by his mother. She is murdered. Lester finds a bankbook with 3 million dollars in it. He wants that money, but knows there isn't a lawyer he can trust. But there is this pretty young witch .... She has education in law and economics. Then more accounts. And blackmail. Was the actual killer the one they thought it was? Could a little psy talent find the truth?

They wanted her to sign a traspas, telling her it meant anyone who went on her land she was buying without the presence of the wife of one of them was trespassing. Did that sound like a scam? Well, yes. A traspas was the same as a title signed over to the wife. Then an ex-husband and brother are murdered. That's just too damned far!

Another book written by request of gay friends. The first was mostly porno, but had a minimal plot. This one is a story that contains the porno. A man, 18 yrs. old, leaves a very small town to go to the city for a job. He is offered a job by a boyhood friend. His father is very practical and pragmatic, and had explained about many things, bluntly and honestly. His job is at a gym known as a gay hangout He has zero experience, and it is explained by the friend that his job will be night man...

Harvey Plains is an honorable man, a homicide detective, caught in a corrupt justice system. The last straw is a solid heinous murder case that is thrown out of court. He gets a proposition to work on a tropical island against those same people. He is pragmatic, and sees a way to handle the problem in both places.

This is a combination of my theories about evolution, extinction, Chances and Odds, and a bit about the Zero Theory. Why talk about evolution of just us? Why not include of the universe while I'm at it?

There is cultural interference on a restricted world. Z, Thing and Kurk investigate to find a band of escaped criminals. This leads to another place where there is a plot that includes murders and scams. The golems are used, so there is a good bit of comedy.