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The Bunkers Picking up where Spam Sushi left off, this outrageous crime caper follows the adventures of the Bunkers, a mischievous crew of seven, ten-year-old boys who are back in business. Peddling dried seaweed as pot to tourists in Waikiki is their usual hustle, but when a purse-snatching escapade turns up a kilo of crystal meth instead of cash, their lives take a hilarious and dangerous turn. Selling seaweed as pot is easy, but offloading a kilo of ice? That's a whole other can of worms, especially when you're only ten years old. Enter the Weasel, a colorful forty-year-old surfer with a...

In the heart of Tasmania, where ancient forests whisper secrets and shadows dance with the wind, a chilling mystery unfolds, leaving the island community in a state of fear and uncertainty. When three young girls vanish without a trace from the seemingly tranquil town of Hobart, the lives of the island's inhabitants are forever changed. Enter Detective Harry Chin, a seasoned investigator with an unreadable face, and eyes that have witnessed the darkest depths of human nature. Harry has spent his life navigating the labyrinthine world of crime. His unwavering dedication and sharp intellect ...

En el corazón de Tasmania, donde los bosques ancestrales susurran secretos y las sombras bailan con el viento, se desarrolla un misterio escalofriante que deja a la comunidad isleña sumida en el miedo y la incertidumbre. Cuando tres jóvenes desaparecen sin dejar rastro de la aparentemente tranquila ciudad de Hobart, las vidas de los habitantes de la isla cambian para siempre. Entra en escena el detective Harry Chin, un investigador experimentado de rostro inescrutable y ojos que han presenciado las profundidades más oscuras de la naturaleza humana. Harry ha pasado su vida navegando por ...

Vodka Express transporta a los lectores a un viaje visceral al corazón crudo y fracturado de San Petersburgo: una ciudad donde la desvanecida grandeza imperial choca violentamente con la brutal realidad del presente, donde en sus calles la vida vale menos que una botella de vodka. En medio de esta cruda dualidad, los inspectores Dmitri Petrov y Manislov Illich forjan una improbable pero formidable alianza. Petrov, un maestro de la observación sutil en un mundo propenso a recurrir a la fuerza, debe sortear este traicionero paisaje urbano como en una partida de ajedrez mortal. A su lado se ...

La Comadreja, un nombre que describía a la perfección al hombre. Delgado, con una tez como la tierra quemada por el sol, este hawaiano de unos 40 años era un personaje habitual del lado oscuro de Waikiki. Llevaba una vida transitoria, su camioneta hacía las veces de hogar cuando las olas no llamaban. Los turistas eran su sustento, presa fácil de la marihuana que vendía en las playas bañadas por el sol. Por las noches lo encontraba fumando hielo, fascinado por Bonnie Lim, una chica china que bailaba en un escenario bañado por luces de colores. Conozco a la Comadreja desde hace más ...

Amidst the enchanting, perpetual twilight of Saint Petersburg's White Nights festival, a darker reality unfolds for Inspectors Dmitri Petrov and Manislov Illich. Their seemingly straightforward assignment--revisiting two long unsolved cold cases, soon uncovers a disturbing sequence of interconnected crimes. What began as routine soon takes a sinister turn, hinting that the truths they seek are far more perilous than they could imagine. An intricate and captivating mystery, it plunges readers into the heart of Saint Petersburg's hidden darkness. "With atmospheric prose and a sinister plot, ...

Honolulu Lulu Honolulu Lulu, la tercera entrega de la serie Big Huna, es divertidísima y la más alocada hasta la fecha, con un elenco de personajes que parecen sacados de Oliver Twist. En el soleado paraíso de Waikiki, una oscura verdad acecha bajo la superficie. Un asesino en serie acecha los hoteles de lujo, dejando a los investigadores desconcertados por la selección aparentemente aleatoria de las víctimas y la terrible publicidad que crece exponencialmente día a día. Mientras tanto, a medida que aumenta el número de muertos, un trío de diminutos ladrones de bancos, con ...

Russian Roulette: A Dmitri Petrov Crime Novel The call to Chief Inspector Dmitri Petrov comes as he is about to retire for the night. The Director of Major Crimes, his voice frantic with the news that four men were executed at one of Saint Petersburg's most upscale restaurants by a group of Chechens wielding AK-47s. But the victims were not well to do business leaders; they were high-ranking vory—powerful leaders of the biggest organized crime groups in the Russian Federation. The Director of Major Crimes, terrified of a brutal gang war erupting in the streets of Saint Petersburg, has a ...

¡Aloha se fusiona con el caos en esta escandalosa aventura criminal! Conoce a Comadreja: un enjuto surfista hawaiano de 40 años. De día, surfea las olas turquesas de Waikiki y vende marihuana de primera en la playa, con la ayuda de un colorido loro, el Capitán Morgan, y una majestuosa cacatúa blanca llamada Bolas de nieve. Al caer la noche, el aire salado de la playa se transforma en el ambiente ahumado de un club de striptease de Waikiki. Allí, Comadreja se pierde en el seductor resplandor del escenario, hipnotizado por Bonnie Lim, una bailarina china con una sonrisa que derretía ...

In Darwin, Australia in the Northwest Territories, crocodiles aren't the only predators lurking about. Inspector Harry Chin, and his partner, Ash Friday, a fierce Aboriginal detective with dark brooding eyes, are sent from Canberra to investigate the murder of an Australian Federal Police Officer, Peter Riggs. Riggs had been working undercover on an international heroin ring that seems to be coming in through the Port of Darwin. The officer had been found in his car dead from an overdose of heroin--the very drug that he had been investigating. Everything seems to be pointing to a heroin ...

It wasn't easy growing up in lower Alabama for Elmo King. Being tall and butt-ugly with kids picking on you just because you prefer being a girl. Somewhere along the way as a cruel joke, Elmo picked up the nickname Too-Sweet. Yearning for a life as vibrant as her spirit, she set her sights on the colorful chaos of San Francisco At the heart of San Francisco's infamous Tenderloin district beats Divas, a transgender bar unlike any other. Owned by the charismatic Abdul, Divas is less a club and more a raucous, resilient family--think Cheers, but with a cast of unforgettable queens whose lives ...

Too-Sweet's adventures continue in this outrageous fourth installment of the Too-Sweet Saga. Our heroine, Too-Sweet, along with Speedy Gonzales, have fled London by train to Liverpool. They take a ferry to Belfast, in Northern Ireland, along with ten kilos of cocaine that Speedy had stashed in a storage locker back in Soho. Upon arriving they rent a nasty old, boarded up bar, built out on a wharf called The Black Irish. They get help from their IRA friends to get things going. Too-Sweet decides to build a big mud pit in the center of the bar and feature nude wrestling with four fierce ...

Too-Sweet's adventures continue in English Rose, the third installment of the Too-Sweet Saga. After narrowly escaping Tijuana, she finds herself in the heart of London, where she establishes the Gay Paddy, a unique Irish Leather Bar and Spank Emporium. But chaos follows her, as Speedy Gonzales smuggles a massive cocaine shipment hidden in frozen burritos. Join Too-Sweet and her quirky new crew for a hilarious and action-packed journey through London's vibrant underworld. Fans of DIVAS and Tijuana Taxi won't want to miss this outrageous installment!

It's 1970 in the glamorous heart of Paris. Moonlight, music, and murder collide in smoky backstreets, shimmering on champagne flutes like a soft, French kiss tainted with danger. Clyde thought he'd finally escaped his violent past, building a sanctuary with his love, Moonbeam--their jazz club a beacon fueled by the rhythm of a new life, not the echoes of old bloodshed. Paris was meant to be Clyde's escape, a chance to build a new life. But enemies resurface like ghosts, shattering the fragile peace. As the Red Liberation Front unleashes its deadly agenda, the man who craves the quiet melody...

Honolulu Lulu Honolulu Lulu--the third in the Big Huna Series, is outrageously funny and the wildest yet--with a cast of characters right out of Oliver Twist. In the sun-drenched paradise of Waikiki, a darker truth lurks beneath the surface. A serial killer stalks the luxury hotels, leaving investigators baffled by the victims' seemingly random selection and the horrid publicity that is growing exponentially by the day. Meanwhile, as the body count rises, a trio of pint-sized bank robbers, wearing black pygmy masks, pull off a daring heist and get away clean. Enter Big Huna, Chief Inspector...

Too-Sweet, a southern girl with a yen for adventure, flees Japan and lands in the sun-kissed embrace of Queensland, Australia. Ten miles north of Cairns, she stumbles into a wild business venture with her Yakuza partner and an endearingly shady Japanese counterfeiter. Their shopping list? A crocodile farm, a jungle boat, a twenty-unit motel, and—wait a giant bar. But this isn’t just any bar. Too-Sweet christens it, The Naked Pygmy, because apparently, in Australia, dwarf tossing at bars is a national sport. And why not? It’s a land where kangaroos box, wombats moonwalk, and emus have ...

Tijuana Taxi This is the second book in the Too-Sweet Saga Series. Too-Sweet, after escaping from jail in San Francisco, has relocated to Tijuana, Mexico, where she buys a rundown bar, and turns it into a gay nightclub called Tweety Pies. She decides that a change is in order, and gets rid of her blonde wig, and replaces it with a red one--which Too-Sweet feels gives her a striking resemblance to Lucile Ball. Well, okay, maybe if Lucy had been up smoking crack for a week. Unbeknown to Too-Sweet, the serial killer, Lewis Beasom (aka Pee-Baby) has also relocated to Tijuana, and takes up where...

Aloha meets mayhem in this outrageous crime caper! Meet the Weasel: a wiry 40-year-old native Hawaiian surfer. By day, he rides the turquoise waves of Waikiki, and sells primo bud on the beach--with the help of a colorful parrot, Captain Morgan and a majestic white cockatoo named Snowballs. Come nightfall, the salty air of the beach trades places with the smoky ambience of a Waikiki strip club. There, the Weasel loses himself in the seductive glow of the stage, mesmerized by Bonnie Lim, a Chinese dancer with a smile that could melt coconuts and a tongue sharper than a coral reef. One ...

Tehran, 1969. A city of intoxicating beauty and simmering unrest. Clyde Thomas is no ordinary CIA operative. Haunted by a past tragedy, he's fueled by an unwavering thirst for justice in a world where the line between right and wrong blurs with every step. When the beautiful, young Safie is kidnapped by a shadowy militant group, Clyde's hunt for her becomes a desperate fight against time. From opulent palaces to shadowy alleyways, Clyde's hunt for Safie takes him on a dangerous journey through both 1969 Iran and his own scarred psyche. As he becomes entangled in Safie's fight for survival, ...

Amidst the crumbling facades of a once vibrant city, the line between hunter and hunted blurs as private detective Johnny Walker plunges into a deadly game. Hired by a distraught Russian oligarch whose youngest daughter has vanished, Johnny soon discovers that the missing girl is merely a pawn in a much larger conspiracy. Her two stunning sisters, entwined in a web of family lies and secrets, become instrumental in unraveling a plot that stretches far beyond Portland's borders. Meanwhile, Detective Sandy Jenkins, Johnny's girlfriend, wages a relentless war against the city's escalating ...