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1) Dead End
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Is this the end of Carson Reno? Has he finally reached the end of the road - his 'Dead End'? Is this Carson's last adventure?While trying to protect a client for Jack Logan, Carson finds himself in the middle of a family feud – a deadly feud with skeletons AND bodies hidden in all the family closets.Murder, blackmail, infidelity, counterfeit money and, of course, the Mafia send Carson in search of a client that doesn't want to be found. In fact,...
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All Carson Reno Mystery Series Books are standalone novels. It is not necessary to read them in any particular order.A man has disappeared while duck hunting and things surrounding his disappearance are troubling.Carson has been hired by an insurance company to resolve a $1.5 million dollar life insurance claim, but things get quickly complicated. Bodies appear, and it seems that these deaths might be connected to the missing hunter – but how?Facts...
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Revised with a new format and new illustrations, these are the first 3 novels from Gerald Darnell's Carson Reno Mystery Series. 'Murder in Humboldt', 'The Price of Beauty in Strawberry Land' and 'Killer Among Us' are offered as one complete book. Follow Carson from the beginning and the introduction of characters that continue through the entire series. Each novel is complete with many new color illustrations added for the reader's enjoyment.Over...
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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...
5) Reelfoot
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An ex-Memphis cop and a friend of Carson is in trouble – but what kind of trouble?While trying to answer that question, Carson finds more questions - and all with no answers.What Carson also finds is trouble coming from all directions. The Mafia, the Teamsters Union, an unhappy sheriff and some very rough characters are all looking for his friend, and Carson is in the middle of this mess.An apparently senseless murder only complicates Carson's problems,...
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The year is 1962 and this small west Tennessee town has been turned upside down by a labor strike at its main manufacturing plant – Wayne Knitting. It seems that as a result of the strike, some very serious underworld crime problems have surfaced. 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 and underworld crime issues...
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It's 1962 and the Mafia has discovered some new tricks in getting their drugs from Colombia to the streets of America.Their plans are working perfectly until an unfortunate boating accident puts the FBI back on their trail.Carson's friend, Elizabeth Teague, has a large amount of cash hidden in her luggage and this cash belongs to the Mafia. They want it back.Protecting his friend and sorting through the details, Carson finds himself in the middle...
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Carson's client is suspected of two murders, and desperately needs his help. After a night of drinking she wakes up in a hotel room with a dead man, but claims no memory of the previous night's events. However, a gun found in the hotel room was used for another murder – used to kill a lawyer at the local Drive Inn Theater. Then…things get worse!The murder gun belongs to his client's husband and has her fingerprints all over it. The dead lawyer...
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Revised with a new format and new illustrations, these are 3 early novels from Gerald Darnell's Carson Reno Mystery Series. 'Horse Tales' 'SUnset 4' and 'the Everglades' are offered as one complete book. Enjoy 511 pages of vintage Carson Reno as he and his usual characters take you across the US and to an occasional foreign country. Each novel is complete with many new color illustrations added for the reader's enjoyment.
10) Killer Among Us
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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...
11) Horse Tales
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One of Humboldt's well-known horse breeders is brutally murdered, then left to burn in his barn along with his prized stallions. A Jack Logan client has been accused of the murder and Carson has been called in to investigate.However, getting to the truth is proving to be a real challenge. It seems no one, not even the accused, is capable of telling the truth.Greed, lust, infidelity, half-truths and the Memphis Mafia all seem to be involved – somehow....
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All Carson Reno Mystery Series Books are standalone novels. It is not necessary to read them in any particular order.A famous author is murdered, Carson is at the scene of the crime and considered a prime suspect – but he doesn't remember anything!Missing manuscripts, a missing diary and strange stories from the past bring an unusual group of characters together in this tangled web of deceit, blackmail and murder. The mystery travels from Memphis...
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It's a New Year and it has gotten off to a very bad start for Carson.Several prominent citizens and business leaders from Humboldt are dying in some strange and bizarre accidents. Carson becomes involved when an insurance company hires him to investigate.What happens next is even more strange and bizarre for this little town in West Tennessee.The clues are everywhere, but none of them make any sense. It may be that the 'last man standing' is responsible...
14) Sunset 4
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In 1962 the quiet, and seemingly innocent, activities at the Humboldt Motel in this small West Tennessee town went unnoticed and unchallenged. Besides, a little booze, a little gambling and maybe an occasional 'lady of the evening' never hurt anyone, right?Then one fall night after a football game, things began to come apart. It seemed that everything was not how it should be, or at least, how it appeared.Unfaithful housewives, a football coach fixing...
15) the Crossing
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The racial problems of 1962 have found their way to the small West Tennessee town of Humboldt. A white woman has been brutally murdered, and one of Carson's childhood friends has been accused of the crime. Carson's friend is a colored man who once worked for his grandfather, but the accusations and problems extend beyond the crime and to the heart of this small community.Carson finds a divided town; a town divided along the lines of race and the...
16) Murder and More
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Carson's feud with a local crime reporter continues, and then suddenly the husband of his client is brutally murdered - a husband he's been hired to investigate. Mysterious characters weave a web of blackmail and suspense, while leaving Carson with more clients than he can handle.The Memphis police have warned Carson to back off, but an employee of a friend is missing from a murder scene and he's determined to find her and the killer.Follow Carson...
17) Lack of Candor
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All Carson Reno Mystery Series Books are standalone novels. It is not necessary to read them in any particular order.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...
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Murder, Mystery and Mayhem in the 1960's from the Carson Reno Mystery Series. 3 complete novels, revised with a new format and new illustrations. 'the Crossing' 'the Illegals' and 'Dead Men Don't Remember' are offered as one complete book. Enjoy over 650 pages of vintage Carson Reno as he and his usual characters take you across the US and to an occasional foreign country fighting crime and chasing 'the bad guys'. A great way to enjoy classic mysteries...
19) the Illegals
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Crime DOES pay – especially crime that has the support of our legal system.Carson's investigative work for Attorney Jack Logan runs smack into the path of the largest law firm in West Tennessee. Trying to stay out of their path only succeeds in putting Carson in the crosshairs of lawyers who want him out of the way.Power struggles, infidelity, organized crime and eventually murder all appear to be somehow linked to this powerful law firm – McCabe,...
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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...
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