The Highly Effective Detective

The Highly Effective Detective
Author: Richard Yancey
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008-01-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312369002

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After his ailing mother dies, Teddy quits his job as a night watchman and becomes a detective. He hires his favorite waitress from the local diner to be his Girl Friday. His first case, finding out who ran down six baby geese, quickly evolves into an investigation of a vicious murder.

The Highly Effective Detective Plays the Fool

The Highly Effective Detective Plays the Fool
Author: Richard Yancey
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2010-03-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429958294

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"Deserves mention with the wackiest of today's comic crime novelists... similar to Donald E. Westlake or Carl Hiaasen." —Booklist on The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs In this third installment of Richard Yancey's hilarious Teddy Ruzak P.I. series, Teddy's latest client is a good looking dame with long blond hair and great gams. Her husband, she suspects, is stepping out on her, and she hires Teddy to nail the cheater. Then the client disappears. Is this a divorce case—or a murder?

The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs

The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs
Author: Richard Yancey
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2008-08-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429952415

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From the critically acclaimed author of The Highly Effective Detective comes this deliciously funny follow-up featuring the lovable but bumbling P.I. Teddy Ruzak. After the state shuts him down for practicing detection without a license, Teddy thinks his investigating days are over. Then he discovers the body of a man outside his office, a homeless man whom he had befriended just the day before. Teddy suspects foul play, but the police think he's barking up the wrong tree. Then his normal befuddlement is exponentially enhanced by two very unexpected--and potentially very dangerous--visitors from the pound. With his signature wit and gripping suspense, Richard Yancey has written yet another irresistible page-turner. It is sure to win him and Teddy Ruzak a whole new series of fans.

The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line

The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line
Author: Richard Yancey
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2011-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429994126

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In this fourth installment of Rick Yancey's touching and funny Highly Effective Detective Series, lovable but bumbling PI Teddy Ruzak is out of his league again, and this time, things are getting serious. Farrell, one of Teddy's old friends, is in desperate need of Teddy's help. His daughter Isabella's ex-boyfriend, locked up for assault, is days away from being released from jail, and Farrell knows his first stop out of the slammer will be at his daughter's door. Farrell enlists Teddy to keep any eye on Isabella. But when the bad seed ex-boyfriend turns out to have associates even more alarming than he is,Teddy finds himself dealing with truly dangerous criminals. To make matters worse, Felicia, his secretary, is being threatened by mysterious men whom she can't seem to shake. Can Teddy keep Felicia getting hurt while still protecting Isabella? And do his strong feelings towards Felicia run deeper than just a friend looking out for a friend? This funny and engaging mystery starring Teddy Ruzak will delight and entertain his many devoted fans.

The Highly Effective Detective

The Highly Effective Detective
Author: Richard Yancey
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008-01-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429910100

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From the critically acclaimed author of Confessions of a Tax Collector and The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp comes The Highly Effective Detective--a hilarious and thrilling series debut featuring a lovable but bumbling private investigator. Meet Teddy Ruzak, the oversized, over-his-head P.I. whose first case begins with the hit-and-run killing of a gaggle of goslings. After his ailing mother dies, Teddy quits his job as a night watchman to fulfill his childhood dream of being a detective. With little planning and even less foresight, he hangs up his shingle and hires his favorite waitress from the local diner to be his Girl Friday. And his first case? Bringing to justice the thoughtless driver who mows down six baby geese. Not the most exciting assignment--until Teddy's "wild-goose chase" quickly evolves into an investigation of a vicious murder.

Snowize & Snitch

Snowize & Snitch
Author: Karen Briner
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2016-05-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0823436217

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Ever attends the School for Children of Gifted Parents. Unfortunately, she has no idea if her parents were particularly gifted. They vanished without a trace nine years ago, and Ever now lives with the Doc, an eccentric inventor. When the Doc, too, goes missing, Ever enlists the help of an unlikely pair of detectives: Harry Snowize, a once-intrepid spy, and Snitch, a dignified rat. As the trio sets off to catch the diabolical mastermind behind a spate of crimes against ingenious humanity, Ever has her doubts. But she's about to discover that there's a whole lot more to these detectives -- and herself -- than meets the eye!

The Highly Effective Detective Duo

The Highly Effective Detective Duo
Author: Richard Yancey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2006
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9780739499801

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"The Highly effective detective: After the death of his ailing mother, Teddy quits his job as a night watchman to fulfill his childhood dream of being a detective. With little planning and even less foresight, he hangs up his shingle and hires his favorite waitress from the local diner to be his Girl Friday. His first case? Bringing to justice the thoughtless driver who mows down a gaggle of baby geese. Not the most exciting assignment- until Teddy's 'wild-goose chase' quickly evolves into an investigation of a vicious murder. The ... detective goes to the dogs: Teddy thinks his investigating days are over when the state of Tennessee shuts him down for practicing detection without a license. Then he discovers the body of a man outside his office, a man he had befriended just the day before. Though Teddy suspects foul play, the police think he's barking up the wrong tree. Next thing he knows he's getting a visit from two unexpected- and potentially dangerous- characters from the pound. Teddy has a weakness for the underdog, but this puppy could get him killed"--Jacket flaps

The Monstrumologist: The Terror Beneath

The Monstrumologist: The Terror Beneath
Author: Rick Yancey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2010-03-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 085707024X

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Will Henryis anassistant to a doctor with a most unusual speciality: monster hunting!In the short time he has lived with the doctor, Will has grown usedto late night callers and dangerous business. But when one visitor comes with the body of a young girl and the monster that was feeding on her, Will's world changes forever. The doctor has discovered a baby Anthropophagi- a headless monster that feeds through the mouthfuls of teeth in its chest - and it signals a growing number of Anthropophagi.Now, Will and the doctor must face the horror threatening to consume our world and find the rest of the monsters before it is too late...

Body Line

Body Line
Author: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780100027

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The brand-new Bill Slider Mystery David Rogers was a doctor, handsome, charming and rich. He lived the lifestyle of a consultant, expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs, until someone killed him in the hallway of his lovely million-plus-pound house. But when Bill Slider and his firm are thrown into the mystery, they soon discover that nothing is as it seems, for though David's girlfriends are plenty, none of them can tell Slider anything about where he worked or what exactly he did . . .

Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition)

Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition)
Author: Walter Mosley
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982150343

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The first novel by “master of mystery” (The New York Times) Walter Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American detective in all of fiction. Named one of the “best 100 mystery novels of all time” by the Mystery Writers of America, this special thirtieth anniversary edition features an all new introduction from the author. The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles. Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. Drinking in his friend’s bar, he’s wondering how he’ll manage to make ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs. Easy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever. “More than simply a detective novel…[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it” (The New York Times).