Maybe it was the chance for an easy $2500. Or maybe it was the chance to examine a treasure trove of Anasazi pots...or maybe it was just a slow day at his Old Town Albuquerque shop that prompted Hubie Schuze to be blindfolded and chauffeured to meet a reclusive collector looking for a confidential appraisal. Sure, it was an odd setup, but what could possibly go wrong? Hubie's devil-may-care attitude fades fast when he finds three of his own Anasazi copies among the genuine antiquities. Worse, when the driver drops him back home, what he doesn't find are the twenty-five crisp hundred dollar bills the collector gave him. Incensed at the rip-off, Hubie is determined to recoup his cash, but Detective Whit Fletcher interrupts, dragging Hubie to the morgue to identify a John Doe. When the sheet is pulled back, Hubie is stunned to see the collector. Hubie is not a suspect - yet. But the longer he pursues his missing appraisal fee, the more tangled he becomes in the collector's shadowy life.

The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

J. Michael Orenduff

Mystery

Oak Tree Press

Old Town Albuquerque potter and merchant, Hubie Schuze agrees to create unique chargers for the table settings in a soon-to-open restaurant. The fee is too enticing to pass up, although the restaurateur is not negotiable on the potting site...the plates must be made at the restaurant in Santa Fe. Grumbling about forfeiting the comforts of his tailor-made shop and home, Hubie arranges for his absence, packs his equipment into his Bronco and heads to Santa Fe... Once onsite, Hubie is immersed in the politics, procedures and polemics of the restaurant business. In an effort to negotiate the egos and agendas, Hubie invites the grillardin for cocktails. The inebriated grill cook insists on snoozing in Hubie’s truck, but the next morning, Hubie finds the garde manger there instead…not breathing and as cold as his menu items. Before Hubie can recover from the shock, things spiral out of control at Schnitzel, forcing the eatery to close its doors after the first night. Unwilling to cede defeat, Hubie rallies the troupe and they reopen with a Mexican-Austrian fusion menu. The reviews are rave and the money rolls in, but soon Hubie is faced with that old prophecy …no good deed goes unpunished.

The Pot Thief Who Studied Escoffier

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Dark Oak Mysteries

Pot hunter &amp; trader Hubert Schuze knows he should decline the offer of $25,000 from a shady character to steal a pot from a local museum. He may be a pot thief, but he isn't a burglar. But he visits the museum just to see how difficult the job might be. After deciding the museum is impregnable, he returns to his shop where a federal agent is waiting to accuse him of stealing the 1000-year-old pot. When the agent is found dead in a hotel room, theft charges escalate to murder. Hubie must use his strong deductive skills and overcome his weak nerves to solve the murder. Show More Show Less

The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras

Aakenbaaken & Kent

The pot thief is back, but this time Hubert Schuze' larceny is for a good cause. He wants to recover sacred pots stolen from San Roque, the mysterious New Mexico pueblo closed to outsiders. An easy task for Hubert Schuze, pot digger. Except these pots are not under the ground - they're 150 feet above it. In the top-floor apartment of Rio Grande Lofts, a high-security building which just happens to be one story above Susannah's latest love interest. Hubie's legendary deductive skills lead to a perfect plan which is thwarted when he encounters the beautiful Stella. And when he is arrested for murder. Well, he was in the room where the body was found, everyone heard the shot, and he came out with blood on his hands. Follow Hubie as he stays one step ahead of building security, one step behind Stella, and one step away from a long fall down a garbage chute.

The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy

Maybe it was the chance for an easy $2500. Or maybe it was the chance to examine a treasure trove of Anasazi pots...or maybe it was just a slow day at his Old Town Albuquerque shop that prompted Hubie Schuze to be blindfolded and chauffeured to meet a reclusive collector looking for a confidential appraisal. Sure, it was an odd setup, but what could possibly go wrong? Hubie s devil-may-care attitude fades fast when he finds three of his own Anasazi copies among the genuine antiquities. Worse, when the driver drops him back home, what he doesn't find are the twenty-five crisp hundred dollar bills the collector gave him. Incensed at the rip-off, Hubie is determined to recoup his cash, but Detective Whit Fletcher interrupts, dragging Hubie to the morgue to identify a John Doe. When the sheet is pulled back, Hubie is stunned to see the collector. Hubie is not a suspect yet. But the longer he pursues his missing appraisal fee, the more tangled he becomes in the collector's shadowy life. This Lefty Award winner may be the best Pot Thief yet.

Old Town Albuquerque potter and merchant, Hubie Schuze agrees to create unique chargers for the table settings in a soon-to-open restaurant. The fee is too enticing to pass up, although the restaurateur is not negotiable on the potting site...the plates must be made at the restaurant in Santa Fe. Once onsite, Hubie is immersed in the politics, procedures and polemics of the restaurant business. In an effort to negotiate the egos and agendas, Hubie invites the grillardin for cocktails. The inebriated grill cook insists on snoozing in Hubie's truck, but the next morning, Hubie finds the garde manger there instead...not breathing and as cold as his menu items. Before Hubie can recover from the shock, things spiral out of control at Schnitzel, forcing the eatery to close its doors. Unwilling to cede defeat, Hubie rallies the troupe, and they reopen with a Mexican-Austrian fusion menu. The reviews are rave and the money rolls in, but soon Hubie is faced with that old prophecy ...no good deed goes unpunished

D. H. Lawrence wrote of the winter on Taos Mountain, "In a cold like this, the stars snap like distant coyotes." In this fifth Pot Thief story, Hubie's official reason for visiting the Lawrence Ranch high on that Mountain is to entertain donors with a presentation about ancient pottery. But his real goal is to find the pot Fidelio Duran presented to D. H. Lawrence as a welcoming gift. Then a snowstorm strands Hubie at the Lawrence Ranch Conference Center, and his new goal becomes survival. Are the guests dying of accidents or is there a murderer among them?

The Pot Thief Who Studied D. H. Lawrence

While illegally digging for Anasazi pots in a cliff dwelling, Hubie grasps a human hand. He was hoping for an artifact, not a handshake and is puzzled by his discovery. The Anasazi did not bury their dead in their living quarters. A more pressing problem confronts him when he hears his truck drive away from the plain above the cliff. The rope he was planning to use to return to the surface was attached to the truck's winch. After a bizarre escape from the cliff dwelling, he is convinced to return by his sidekick Susannah who suspects the body was not a mummy but a contemporary person. But when Hubie descends a second time with her help, what he discovers defies all logic. It takes Hubie, Susannah, a coyote and Billy the Kid to finally figure out who was dead and why.

The Pot Thief Who Studied Billy the Kid

Hubie Schuze makes his living illegally digging up and selling Anasazi pots. But when DNA shows that a John Doe found in Albuquerque's Old Town is related to Hubie, he needs to dig into the past to uncover a long-buried family secret. Hubie's attempt to identify his unknown relative and discover whether the puncture wound that killed him resulted from an accident or a stabbing becomes a journey of self-discovery that threatens to change Hubie's life. And in a bizarre final twist, a link between fictional Hubie and the real author who created him is revealed.

The Pot Thief who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

The Pot Thief Who Studied Escoffier

The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras

The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy

The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

The Pot Thief Who Studied Escoffier

The Pot Thief Who Studied D. H. Lawrence

The Pot Thief Who Studied Billy the Kid

The Pot Thief who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing