Kirjahaku

It's spring 1962 and a Sergeant with the Memphis Police Department is found dead only hours before his scheduled testimony before a grand jury. Was it suicide or was it murder? What was he going to testify about? A handwritten note left by the Sergeant and addressed to the District Attorney disappears. What was in the note? Was it a suicide note with information regarding his pending testimony or something else? A woman claiming to have information related to his planned testimony comes forward and seeks protection. Carson is hired to look into the matter and provide protection to the mysterious woman, but protection from whom? The situation gets out of hand quickly, and Carson finds himself in trouble with most everybody involved. A dark cloud hangs over the truth, as he tries to determine the ?good-guys? from the ?bad-guys? from the ?bad good - guys?. This old fashion crime story takes Carson Reno and his crew on a complicated adventure, where it seems that no one is looking for a solution.

Carson has been hired to locate a client's missing brother, and it quickly gets complicated.Somehow the missing brother is linked to a gangster who has stolen thousands from the mafia, but that link isn't clear. Carson's search doesn't turn up the brother, but it does turn up a body - the body of a gangster who was on a mission of murder.It seems that the Memphis Mafia and the Memphis Police are also searching for his client's brother. Finding him first becomes a real priority. The pursuit takes him to New Orleans, where a whole new mystery unfolds, which puts Carson in some very serious danger. Then, if possible, things get worse.More bodies appear while the Mafia chases their money, and it seems people are not who they claim to be.This old fashion crime story takes Carson Reno and his crew on a complicated adventure, where it seems the solution may be worse than the problem.

The year is 1962 and this small west Tennessee town has been turned upside down by a labor strike at its main manufacturing plant. It seems that, as result of the strike, some very serious underworld crime problems have surfaced in Humboldt. A small town sheriff and small town Chief of Police have their hands full dealing with the strike - when the worst happens - one of the principal figures surrounding the labor problems is murdered. Carson Reno is very familiar with Humboldt - after all, he grew up and went to high school there. But Carson has a successful private investigation business in Memphis and no desire or reason to get involved. However, circumstances pull him into the turmoil and a situation that grows more dangerous everyday. By trying to not become involved, he becomes deeply involved and ultimately the prime suspect for the Murder in Humboldt.

The year is 1962 and Carson Reno, once again, gets himself into situations that would be better left alone. A Memphis client hires Carson to prove infidelity, but instead he finds corruption and murder going all the way to the top of Memphis politics. A Jack Logan client investigation takes him back to Humboldt looking into automobile fraud, which lands him smack in the middle of a murder. Not just any murder, but the murder of a local beauty queen - one who seemed to have too many enemies for a girl her age.

Carson's closest friends are enjoying a Caribbean cruise vacation, when one of the cruise guests turns up missing. Missing is one of Humboldt's well known and prominent attorneys, and foul play is suspected. Mary Ellen Maxwell might have unknowingly witnessed the crime and needs Carson's protection. Something is seriously wrong - the Mafia has become the target of an unknown adversary and they are scared. Bad guys are turning up dead and the missing attorney could be a part of it. After all, he was heavily involved in defending the Memphis Mafia. To make matters worse, the Memphis Mafia's kingpin is also seeking Carson's protection from this unknown threat. The bad guys are killing each other, and by protecting a friend, Carson has put himself in the middle of an underworld war.

Someone is brutally murdering people in Memphis, and for unknown reasons, the killer wants Carson involved. They're not just killing people, they're removing the victim's fingers and leaving strange clues everywhere. Carson becomes involved when the killer sends him severed thumbs - each wrapped in bloodstained paper containing Bible scripture. Clues are everywhere, but none of them make any sense and aren't connected - yet. Old names surface and the mystery gets stranger and darker as Carson tries to solve the 'Fingerprint Murders'.