Joe Sixsmith mysteries
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Joe Sixsmith mysteries volume 1
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Joe Sixsmith has lost his job as a lathe operator-and is in the process of losing his hair, too-but that doesn't mean he's going to sink into a midlife crisis. Instead he decides to start a new career as a private investigator, with his grumpy, pork rind–eating cat, Whitey, at his side.
To his surprise, there's no shortage of work, and before he knows it he's dealing with murder, drugs, and thugs-not to mention the meddlesome matchmaking attempts...
2) Born Guilty
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Joe Sixsmith mysteries volume 2
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As he leaves St Monkey's after choir practice, PI Joe Sixsmith makes a heartbreaking discovery in the church graveyard: the body of a boy in a cardboard box. The police think it's just another drug overdose, another homeless kid who's become a casualty of the streets. But Joe can't get this death out of his mind.
Though his casebook is already full, he's intent on taking a look around Luton to learn the truth. But as usual, he has to elude his matchmaking...
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Joe Sixsmith mysteries volume 3
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British PI Joe Sixsmith needs some help to resolve a dispute with his insurance company, so he turns to Luton, England's most prominent law firm. But he winds up storming out, infuriated at the rude treatment he receives-which presents a problem once the firm's partners start getting murdered soon afterward.
And as he tries to fend off the police who suspect him, he's still got his own cases to juggle, including a plot against a female track star...
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Joe Sixsmith mysteries volume 4
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It looks to be a melodious weekend for Joe Sixsmith and his chapel choir. They're headed for the first annual choral festival in Llanffugiol, a village said to be the heart of musical life in rural Wales. But the locals are far from welcoming in this off-the-map hamlet where dread lingers as heavy as the mist. Never more so than when Joe comes to the rescue of a naked amnesiac screaming for her life in a burning cottage. No one claims to know her,...
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Joe Sixsmith mysteries volume 5
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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A hot summer is always bad news for the private detective business. Thieves, fraudsters and philanderers take the month off and the only swingers in town are the ones on the 19th hole of the Royal Hoo Golf Course. The civilized reputation of the 'Hoo' is in trouble, however. Shocking allegations have been directed at one of its leading members, Chris Porphyry. When Chris turns to Joe Sixsmith, PI, he's more than willing to help. Before long, though,...