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Hard Cash

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:26:16 +0200

What if a total stranger gave you $95,000 in cash as he lay dying in the street? Do you keep it? Even after knowing who it really belongs to?In this novelette by Mike Dennis, ex-private investigator Jack Barnett is handed such an envelope on a back street in Las Vegas. He needs the money, but as he learns more about it, he is drawn deeper into the world of a shady real estate mogul, whose reach extends all the way to a Texas border town, where bribery is the way things get done.

Setup On Front Street

Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:26:13 +0200

Key West, 1991. Don Roy Doyle is back in town. He's fresh out of prison, after serving three years for a diamond swindle. Now he's back to collect his share of the proceeds, but the money has vanished. In this tight-knit town, who can be trusted? How long can Doyle stay alive? Setup On Front Street takes you inside the world of Key West noir, way back in the shadows, where the tourists never go.

The Downtown Deal

Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:26:14 +0200

Las Vegas, October, 2003. Sandra Blake is dead. A bullet in her forehead. Her ex-husband has persuaded former private investigator Jack Barnett to find the killer. The investigation leads Barnett into a high-powered world of shady characters and a rising body count, all for control of a seemingly unimportant slice of vacant land in a seedy area of downtown Las Vegas. A mysterious case of wine rests at the center of it all, and everyone wants it. Can Barnett find the killer before the whole thing blows up in his face?THE DOWNTOWN DEAL is a novel, the third hardboiled entry in the Jack Barnett / Las Vegas series, once again dragging the reader alongside the reluctant ex-PI down the darkest streets of Sin City, USA.

The Take

Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:26:13 +0200

In the world of small-time bookie Eddie Ryan, only the cop cars are black and white. Everything else swirls in a kind of gray soup. Overcome by greed, lust, and the survival instinct, Eddie takes part in a high-stakes heist, stepping into a morally treacherous world where no one can be trusted, and where life expectancy is short. Set in the dim half-light of the Houston and New Orleans demimondes, THE TAKE is a fast-paced, nerve-jangling ride. The book also includes a preview of SETUP ON FRONT STREET, the first entry in Mike Dennis' Key West Nocturnes Series, a group of novels designed to lift the lid off Key West, revealing it as a true noir city. The series takes the reader behind the margaritas and the sunshine deep into the dark shadows and alleys where the tourists never go.

Temptation Town

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:26:12 +0200

Jack Barnett has had it with the private eye business. They took his license away in LA, and fearing criminal prosecution, he split town in the middle of the night and headed for Las Vegas, where anyone can become anonymous.He swears off the business, but his money runs low and when a man offers him $5000 to find his missing daughter, he agrees. He soon wishes he hadn't when the haunting memory of a woman from his past gets in the way. TEMPTATION TOWN is a novelette, about 12,000 words, the first of the Jack Barnett series from Mike Dennis. Set in the steaming underbelly of Las Vegas, these tales of a reluctant ex-private investigator drag the reader down the darkest streets of Sin City, USA, a town in constant need of fresh blood for its own survival. The book also comes with an exclusive preview of the second Jack Barnett installment, another novelette called HARD CASH. The third entry, a full novel called THE DOWNTOWN DEAL, is also currently available.

THE SESSION (A Short Story)

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:26:11 +0200