Easy-going private detective John Denson, on the trail of an extortionist newspaper reporter, comes up against a complex network of international corruption and brutal murder

30 for a Harry

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

HOYT, RICHARD

Mystery

Penguin??Books

Soft-boiled Seattle sleuth John Denson, a connoisseur of screw-top wine and hot dogs, agrees to pose as detective Pamela Yew's fiance until he discovers he is the decoy in a deadly trap

Decoys: A John Denson Mystery

Literature & Fiction

Tiger! Tiger! : A Novel of Honorand Rivalry Set in Malaya

Forge

Whoo?

When private eye John Denson takes a routine drug case in Washington, he becomes embroiled in a bitter conflict with logging interests whose activities threaten the region's spotted owl

United States

Tor Books

Working undercover for a Congessional Committee, ex-CIA agent James Burlane becomes involved with FBI agent Katherine Donovan's search for her addict sister against the backdrop of the drug trade in Miami

Marimba

Private Detective John Denson believes in logic. He does not believe in Bigfoot. But when he and Willie Prettybird, his sometime partner who may or may not be a shaman, are hired to help a beautiful Russian scientist, Dr. Sonja Popoleyev, in her search for the legendary sasquatch, a $100,000 reward persuades him to suspend his disbelief. In the Northwest Bigfoot is big business. Their competition: David Addison, land developer, Professor Bonduraunt of the British Museum, Alford and Elford Pollard, local bigfoot hunters, Roger Whitcomb, network personality, and a group of Canadian mountain climbers. Before the expedition can begin, Elford is murdered. With cold hard cash on the line, the searchers are soon scrambling for traces of the elusive creature. But the murderer isn't finished yet, and Denson and his party are on the endangered species list.

Bigfoot

Struggling with the Japanese Mafia when it threatens delicate trade negotiations between international baseball teams, ex-CIA operative James Burlane finds more complications when the vice president's daughter is kidnapped by a Japanese prostitution ring.

Japanese Game

Tyger! Tyger!

In the forests of the world, the mighty tiger is rapidly disappearing, a victim of human greed and indifference. A symbol of virility and power, the tiger is being systematically exterminated for its bones, which are a principal ingredient in traditional homeopathic medicines - and worth hundreds of dollars per pound on the Asian black market. Western diplomatic efforts and economic sanctions have failed laughably, leaving CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) desperately fighting a losing battle. When the law falls short of justice, James Burlane, of Mixed Enterprises, is the man to call. The former CIA agent specializes in delicate international cases. CITES wants him to break up a ruthless smuggling ring, which is trying to corner the market on tiger bones by killing all the tigers in a horrifying manner. A vicious serial killer who is fascinated by tigers complicates Burlane's hunt, as beautiful young women, their naked bodies painted like the big cats, begin turning up dead in cities from Germany to the Philippines.

John Denson, the Seattle private eye with a taste for screw-top wine and beautiful women, and his partner, Willie Prettybird, a shaman of the Cowlitz tribe, are up against their deadliest case: an engineered outbreak of anthrax in the Pacific Northwest that may kill hundreds of people, including John and Willie - unless they can locate the villain who's spreading the disease. Once tobacco-chewing cattle baron Monty Hook calls in the fearsome duo, the list of suspects balloons: what of the rodeo cowboy determined to strut his stuff at Chief Joseph Days this weekend, or the gorgeous barkeep with a roving eye, or the ancient but spry teacher intent on enjoying this week's reunion of her old high-school students? And what of the chief of police himself - not to mention the televangelist Hamm Bonnerton, in town for some quick fund-raising? One of them's playing liar's dice, and coming up snake eyes. And killing people...

Snake Eyes: A John Denson Mystery (John Denson Mysteries)

Terrorists storm into the crowded House of Representatives and open fire. Within minutes, more than a hundred members of Congress and staff lie wounded, dead, or dying on the floor of the nerve center of American democracy. The nation is shocked, the President is in hiding, the armed forces are on alert... But who perpetrated this horror, and why? Are the conspirators foreign? Domestic? A drug cartel? Right-wing militiamen? A foreign country? Perhaps even homegrown seekers of power? Dead terrorists can tell no tales. Enter James Burlane bearing a commission from the President himself. A maverick former CIA agent, gourmet, wit, cynic, and patriot, Burlane asks the time-honored question, "Who profits?" The answers lead him to the heart of a conspiracy that threatens the integrity of the American government.

Blood of Patriots

Abercrombie, Neil

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