From the posh Florida beach resorts to the smuggled drugs, mosquito infested swamps, and backwoods cabins of the Everglades, Fred Carver, a private investigator, searchs for Willis Davis, a man believed to committed suicide by everyone except his lover Ed

Tropical Heat (Rinehart Suspense Novel)

Literature & Fiction

Lutz, John

United States

Henry Holt Co.

Detective Alo Nudger, who is recruited by a "professional companion" to investigate the cause of her lover's manic depression, uncovers a host of unbecoming activities among some members of St. Louis high society

Dancer's Debt

st.martins press

Private investigator Nudger tries to clear Curtis Colt of the crime that has sentenced him to the electric chair

Ride the Lightning (Thomas Dunne Book)

St Martins Pr

A selection of chilling, bizarre, and sometimes humorous tales of mystery, murder, and the macabre

Better Mousetraps: The Best Mystery Stories of John Lutz

A freelance photographer, an Amway saleswoman, and an unscrupulous gangster are among the characters encountered by Al Nudger during his investigation into a missing assistant city comptroller, who disappeared with half a million dollars in city funds

Time Exposure

Private detective Alo Nudger matches wits with an unscrupulous insurance investigator, a sadist, and a terminally ill killer as he searches for a million-dollar cache of stolen diamonds and the murderer of his client, Vanita White

Diamond Eyes: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Private Investigator Nudger

Not able to afford the rent on her Manhattan apartment after losing both her live-in lover and her only computer client, Alison advertises for a roommate and attracts the attention of a crazed lunatic

Swf Seeks Same

When two women who closely resemble each other and who are both competitive ballroom dancers are murdered separately, Mary Arlington, a ballroom dancer who resembles the two victims, begins to fear for her own life.

Dancing With the Dead (A Thomas Dunne Book)

When shy, country girl-woman Norva Beane hires Alo Nudger to investigate a possible securities fraud, he thinks it will be a routine case. He doesn't realize it will involve a wandering daughter, drug dealers, a dangerous, tattooed muscleman, a dysfunctional family, and a poignant past that refuses to release its grip on anyone involved. Nudger, his lady love Claudia Bettencourt, and his friends Lieutenant Jack Hammersmith and Danny Evers are all touched by a tragedy by that continues to unfold in surprising directions no matter how hard Nudger tries to stop it. The suspense becomes riveting as trouble builds and answers lead to more questions and more danger.

Thicker Than Blood

Hired by an eccentric attorney to learn the facts behind a murder case, private investigator Nudger looks for answers from the defendant's sister, a sensuous next-door neighbor, an embittered sister-in-law, and a mysterious antiques dealer.

Death by Jury: An Alo Nudger Mystery

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