Böcker av Patrick Andrews

"1950s Wichita, Kansas Private Detective Dwayne Wheeler and his wife Donna Sue take on their latest case investigating the disappearance of five innocent girls who were promised stardom but instead found themselves trapped in a human trafficking ring. As they embark on a high-stakes investigation that takes them on a snipe hunt through Hollywood and beyond-chasing leads and following clues-Dwayne and Donna never lose sight of their mission to bring the missing girls home safely, even as they're mistaken for aspiring stars by producers. The dynamic duo must work together to uncover the truth and solve the mystery before it's too late. But will their escapades lead them down the right path and bring the girls to safety? Wichita Payback is book seven in a historical private eye series that follows Dwayne Wheeler-a tough and hardboiled detective"--

"1950s Wichita, Kansas Dwayne and Donna Sue have now bought the apartment they live in. The bail bondsman A.J. Kessler gets Dwayne to go with him to a small town in western Kansas to capture an escapee. However, they face danger when the guy draws his gun. Dwayne and A.J. kill him in a shoot-out. When Dwayne is arrested by two Treasury Agents for smuggling untaxed cigarettes, they promise him freedom if he helps them. Then he finds out they took advantage of him and didn't have the authority to take him into custody. Meanwhile Johnny Forzina and Tom Lundari are young gangsters who wish to get even with the Kansans from Wichita Undercover. Dwayne takes on a single attack in an armored truck after a one-man ambush. Peter Van Dyke shows up in Wichita to hire Dwayne to join him in a secret South American government project. Dwayne makes a combat parachute jump in the Argentinean mountains in the campaign, but that is not the end of his adventures. The F.B.I. sends him looking for the Mafia on the east coast that put him and F.B.I. Agent Terry McCarthy in the deepest peril. Wichita Dâejáa Vu is book six in a historical private eye series that follows Dwayne Wheeler-a tough and hardboiled detective"--

"1940s Wichita, Kansas When Private Detective Dwayne Wheeler returns from his honeymoon, he receives an unexpected call from Agent Harry Philbin of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. With the KBI overloaded by narcotics crimes, Philbin offers Dwayne a temporary position-investigate several mysterious farmhouse burglaries. Accepting the job, Dwayne discovers that the farmers have never seen fit to lock their front doors. Yet...this is the first time that criminals have struck-every break-in happening on Sunday morning while each victim is busy attending church. To make matters worse, a racket in which stolen cars are being stripped down is uncovered, and Dwayne is tasked with finding the unknown merchants. But when a murder blasts on the scene, Dwayne's world is turned upside down. Will his KBI-assigned cases take a back seat... Or will he use his devastation as ammunition to tie up loose ends once and for all? Wichita Nimrod is book five in a historical private eye series that follows Dwayne Wheeler-a tough and hardboiled detective"--

"1940s Wichita, Kansas World War II is over, but shamus Dwayne Wheeler is about to be caught up in a war of his own. Charged with the safekeeping and transferring of works of art that are sold and traded among a cabal of wealthy collectors, he is content with living an action-free life. But when Pete Van Dyke-Dwayne's former commanding officer in the military police-asks him to join in on his latest project, he can't refuse. All too soon, risky circumstances come to light when mysterious powers-that-be want to learn more about the cabal's contact in Wichita. Thrust into a precarious mishmash of U.S. military intelligence, a secret Zionist organization, neo-Nazis, Interpol and the FBI, Dwayne must, once again, fight to keep his head above water in a race against time. Wichita Artistique is book four in a historical private eye series that follows Dwayne Wheeler-a tough and hardboiled detective"--

"1940s Wichita, Kansas Only Private Detective Dwayne Wheeler is capable of submerging himself deep into a gang war among Irish thugs, a Sicilian mob and two different Mafia families-in the middle of the Kansas prairie. As a powerful criminal operation from the east coast moves in on a rural area of Kansas for unknown reasons, the FBI enlists Dwayne as an undercover operative. But it isn't long before a complicated crime operation shakes up the Wheat State-or for Dwayne to become embroiled in a desperate fight for his life. Wichita Undercover is book three in a historical private eye series that follows Dwayne Wheeler-a tough and hardboiled detective"--

"1940s Wichita, Kansas Local shamus Dwayne Wheeler is in the middle of the freewheeling no-holds-barred postwar underworld. Enjoying steady work as a bounty hunter for a local bail bondsman, he can often be found tracking down and apprehending fugitives in a fair routine. But when a rather eccentric bail jumper by the name of Fritz Harrigan drops out of sight under mysterious circumstances, Dwayne's care-free life takes on a lethal twist. He quickly discovers that Harrigan has some powerful protectors whose best interests would be served if he remains out of jail. Before Dwayne can turn manhunter and get his man, though, he must first discover the secret of the fugitive's shadowy patronage. And as he begins closing in on his quarry, the stakes become higher...and deadlier. Wichita Manhunt is book two in a historical private eye series that follows Dwayne Wheeler-a tough and hardboiled detective"--

1940s Wichita, KansasDwayne Wheeler, a slightly felonious private detective, plies his trade in the city's sub-culture of bookmakers, bootleggers and hookers. When he is hired to solve the murder of a local bookie and dear friend, the case is quickly linked to the arrival of a Kansas City mobster on the scene.Sensing a takeover of local bookmaking and criminal activity in the works, Dwayne's investigation leads him into the upper echelons of Wichita society and into the arms of corrupt police. And it isn't long before some very powerful people decide it would be advantageous if he turned up face down in the Arkansas River.Will Dwayne be able to use all his highly developed skills of self-protection to stay alive as he gathers the evidence he desperately needs to solve a murder and prevent K.C. gangsters from invading his beloved city?Wichita Payback is book one in a historical private eye series that follows Dwayne Wheeler-a tough and hardboiled detective.