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J. Arens

Mystery & Suspense

The District Detective Series: Prussian Blue

“There’s been a murder.”…



Those four words are bad enough, but when the craftiest of the three mob bosses utters them in the District Detective office, they carry a whole new kind of weight.

Olivia Wainwright and Dallas Stowe are always prepared for the unexpected, but this announcement has them wondering what to do with the information given to them, and speculating why Razor would bring it to their attention…and in person.

A dead pharmacist, a crazy, spur-of-the-moment science experiment on a gut feeling and the detectives are whisked off into the wild world of prescription booze during the Prohibition.

Mystery & Suspense

The District Detective Series: Smuggler's Blues

An unexpected phone call.

A quiet day in the office turned upside down.

The District Detectives—Olivia Wainwright and Dallas Stowe—suddenly find themselves traveling to South Town.

A problem the detectives thought they solved has cropped up again. This time dragging down Big Town USA’s favorite ex-moonshine runner with it.

Undercover work is never easy, and the trouble brewing in Big Town is threatening to make it even harder.

There’s always been a delicate balance between good and evil in Big Town USA, but this time the balance may never be righted.

Mystery & Suspense

Razor's Edge: Fiddle Game

Before he was Razor the Mafia Don.

Before he was Razor the Consigliere to Joey Leftfoot and third in line to run the Leftfoot Crime Family.

He was Anthony DeLuca, the young Italian confidence man.



Come along with Olivia Wainwright as she learns a little more about the man he was before he was Razor.

Mystery & Suspense

The District Detective Series: Baysnatch

Olivia Wainwright, Big Town’s District Detective, has a target on her back. Not from her own doing, but simply because of something Alan did before she even worked at Wainwright Detective Agency. Not used to being followed everywhere, Olli has to try to adjust to her constant body guards while she tries to track down a heavily insulted professional kidnapper.

Dallas Stowe, Olli’s new partner, fresh off their first case together, has to figure out how to navigate Olli’s reactions to what’s happening. Playing catch up, trying to smooth feathers and make Olli feel less smothered is already a full time job.

It was already difficult to track a high-dollar kidnapper with a vendetta—and a head start—but when worst fears are confirmed and Olli disappears off the street, Dallas’ job gets a whole lot harder.

Mystery & Suspense

The District Detective Series: The Silence Broken

Get ready to step back in time to the Great Depression, where Olivia Wainwright is the only thing standing between the people of Big Town and the ruthless crime families that dominate the area. As the District Detective, Olli is used to going it alone, but when a new partner arrives on the scene and a mysterious figure starts stirring up trouble, she realizes she can’t do it all herself. With tensions rising and lives on the line, Olli must work quickly to unravel the truth and take down the culprit before it’s too late. But when the shocking truth is finally revealed, it turns out the danger was closer than anyone could have ever imagined – right in the heart of Civilized Big Town.

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