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Magic Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #6
Made-for-TV Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #8
Classmate Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #1
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Jim Richards Murder Novels Series

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About this series

This new e-book box set contains the first three e-books of the 36 book series of the Jim Richards Murder Novels. Starting with the book that introduces the main characters, "Classmate Murders." The next are "Vegas Showgirl Murders" and "Dominatrix Murders. Follow Jim and Penny through all their adventures along with their friends Buck, Trapper, Deacon, Lynn and Becker. They go from Michigan to Las Vegas and back to help fight crime and find excitement along the way.

"Classmate Murders" - Jim Richards races to uncover a sinister plot involving a lethal killer, female childhood classmates, and a TV talk show host who he might just have fallen in love with. Someone is murdering women from the class of '67 and it's up to Jim Richards, who has reluctantly just turned sixty, to stop him. Jim receives an email from a childhood sweetheart he hasn't seen in over 40 years, pleading for help but he doesn't get to her in time, she's been murdered. A killer is now stalking and killing his former female classmates for unknown reasons and Jim, along with his friend Buck, a big, mustachioed biker, go off to track down the killer before he can get to one former classmate, Penny Wickens. The killer is also murdering the women right out from under police protection, driving homicide detective Will Trapper crazy, and he slowly depends on Jim to help. There's humor, suspense, wild chases across suburban Detroit with cops, classic cars and motorcycle clubs; murder, mayhem, and a good amount of romance.

"Just finished Classmate Murders - well done! Rockin' good fun!" - John Locke, million selling author.

"Vegas Showgirl Murders" - Jim Richards has survived the Classmate Murders along with his new girlfriend, Penny. This 2nd book brings them, along with Buck and Deacon, across the country to Las Vegas, where Deacon's sister, a showgirl, narrowly escapes being poisoned, another showgirl took the poison possibly meant for her. Then a second showgirl is suddenly murdered and Jim and his friends must take action to bring the murderer to justice. Jim's past experiences living in Las Vegas now helps, but his past comes back to haunt him. Could the murderer be a Vegas strip headliner, a comic Jim had worked for, or someone entirely unknown.

"Dominatrix Murders" - Jim Richards, the senior citizen sleuth, has returned from Las Vegas and has opened up his investigation business. His first client is a housewife wanting to find out if her husband is cheating on her, but is there more to their relationship than just cheating? Is her husband a killer of wealthy wives and into bondage? Is this wife going to die or will the murder of his personal Dominatrix stop his plans? To add to Jim's workload, he also takes on a murder case for a lawyer, to find a mystery woman who can provide an alibi for a man accused of butchering his wife, also a Dominatrix, an odd coincidence. Are the police or someone in high office trying to sabotage this case and send an innocent man to prison, and killing the witnesses?

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBob Moats
Release dateNov 29, 1979
Magic Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #6
Made-for-TV Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #8
Classmate Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #1

Titles in the series (42)

  • Classmate Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #1

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    Classmate Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #1
    Classmate Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #1

    Authors Note: This book was first written in 2009 and I had no real editor to go through it. But in the last five years this book has gone through a number of professional editors and various Beta readers. If you find any grammatical errors, please send what you find in an email to me at murdernovels@bobmoats.com rather than pointing them out in a review. I can correct them. This book was revised and re-edited by December 2014, and if you have a copy of the book prior to that, it won’t be revised or updated. The Story: Jim Richards, has to admit he has become a senior citizen, reluctantly. Richards, receives an email from a childhood sweetheart asking for help, but by the time he reaches her, she has been murdered. His life turns around and he is pulled into the murders of women from his high school who he hasn't seen in forty years. A killer is now stalking and killing his old female classmates (while they are under police protection) for unknown reasons and Jim, along with his only friend Buck, a big, mustachioed biker, are trying to stop the killer before he gets to one woman Jim has rekindled a high school crush with and before the class of '67 has lost any more of it's female alumni.

  • Magic Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #6

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    Magic Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #6
    Magic Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #6

    When Jim Richards is asked to go back into his past to help an old friend receive a lifetime achievement award for his service to the world of magic, Jim ends up replacing a murdered magician in a contest of wits and magic to find the killer. But there are more reasons for killing off a few magicians to get to the valuable prize, as Jim finds out. A four day convention of magic in the Magic Capital of the World starts Jim and his band of crime solvers, Trapper, Becker, Buck and Penny venturing beyond the boundaries of logic where people disappear and are cut in half, or turn into roaring tigers. Why are the magicians dying, and what is the secret of the amazing box and it's contents. Will Jim reveal the hidden truths and expose the killer before another magician will die, Jim himself.

  • Made-for-TV Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #8

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    Made-for-TV Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #8
    Made-for-TV Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #8

    DON'T READ THIS BOOK unless you have read all of the Classmate Murders! This book has many spoilers in it. Jim has returned from New York after tracking down his kidnapped client, when Hollywood comes into his life. Jim has finally published his novel about the Classmate Murders and the book is being optioned for a mini-series on television. All goes a bit askew while he is on the production team for the film and his story is being changed around to suit the studios and not the way it actually happened. To make things worse, the actresses playing the murdered victims in the original crime are now being murdered on the movie set. Jim must now go through the murders again to stop whoever is the new killer and to protect Penny who is threatened for being the last of the original cheerleaders who didn't die. While all the movie frenzy is going on Buck has a problem of his own, finding a stalker who attacked the girl Buck was protecting, in this eighth book of the series.  

  • Strip Club Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #7

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    Strip Club Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #7
    Strip Club Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #7

    This book re-edited July 2013 - Jim Richards is relaxing in his office one day when he receives a phone call from a past Las Vegas mob connection, Angelo, who's cousin in Detroit owns a strip club and has a problem, a missing dancer and also his girlfriend. Jim starts his investigation and along with Buck, going into the world of stripping, prostitution, slavery and human trafficking extending from Detroit to New York. They are aided by a Detroit homicide cop with a mysterious government past, and the three men end up in New York seeking the missing girl in the slime of the Rex Erotica, a legitimate corporation that may harbor dangerous secrets. Strippers, murder, fast cars and the Mob are just part of the story in this seventh book of the series.

  • Vegas Showgirl Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #2

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    Vegas Showgirl Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #2
    Vegas Showgirl Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #2

    This book has been re-edited as of May 12, 2012 The senior citizen sleuth, Jim Richards, has survived the Classmate Murders along with his new girlfriend, Penny. This 2nd new book brings them, along with Buck and Deacon, across the country to Las Vegas, where Deacon’s sister, a showgirl, narrowly escapes being poisoned, another showgirl took the poison possibly meant for her. Then a second showgirl is suddenly murdered and Jim and his crew must take action to bring the murderer to justice. Jim’s past experiences living in Las Vegas now helps to solve the murder of the showgirls, but his past comes back to haunt him. Could the murderer be a Vegas strip headliner, a comic Jim had worked for, or someone entirely unknown. How many deaths will there be before it ends? One thing for certain, Vegas will never be the same when they finish.

  • Dominatrix Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #3

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    Dominatrix Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #3
    Dominatrix Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #3

    This book has been re-edited as of September 9, 2012 Jim Richards, the senior citizen sleuth, has returned from Las Vegas and has opened up his investigation business. His first client is a housewife wanting to find out if her husband is cheating on her, but is there more to their relationship than just cheating? Is her husband a wealthy wife killer and into bondage? Is this wife going to die or will the murder of his personal Dominatrix stop his plans? To add to Jim’s workload, he also takes on a murder case for a lawyer, to find a mystery woman who can provide an alibi for a man accused of butchering his wife, also a Dominatrix, an odd coincidence. Are the police or someone in high office trying to sabotage this case and send an innocent man to prison, and killing the witnesses? All in a day’s work for Jim along with Penny, Buck and Will Trapper in this 3rd of a series of crime novels by Bob Moats.

  • Mistress Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #4

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    Mistress Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #4
    Mistress Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #4

    This book has been re-edited as of September, 2012 Jim Richards, the senior citizen sleuth, has solved the Dominatrix Murders and is now relaxing when she walks into his office. A gorgeous red-head with a husband problem, she suspects he's cheating on her and maybe getting ready for a divorce. Jim takes the routine case and when he reports his findings to her, does she take it well? To make matters worse, the husband has now been accused of murdering his mistress, but the facts are not straight, is he being set-up? On the side, Jim asks Buck to bodyguard an expensive Australian Terrier who's life is threatened and is about to debut at an AKC dog show, does the dog make it to the show or is it a no-show, or is the dog's owner in danger. This is the fourth novel in the Jim Richards series.

  • Talk Show Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #10

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    Talk Show Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #10
    Talk Show Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #10

    Someone is murdering guests on Penny Wickens’ daytime talk show and it’s now becoming a problem scheduling new guests. Who wants to be next? Penny and Jim have returned from their mystery writers cruise and Penny has settled back into her duties as America’s favorite talk show host. When the first guest turns up dead that’s not good, but then the next two end up dead, that’s cause for concern. Penny turns to Jim for help since the police aren’t getting anywhere on the case. Jim must find the killer before the network pulls the plug on Penny’s show, even though her ratings are going through the roof, America wants to see who will die next. Jim, along with Buck, goes on a quest to find the killer but they don’t realize that when he runs out of guests to kill, will he go after the hostess? On the side, Earl Daws has quit his job as homicide detective for the Detroit police and has gotten his private investigator’s license then convinces Jim to let him join Jim's firm. Jim agrees and sends Earl on a case of a missing wife. Did the husband do away with her and is asking for help to cover the crime, that’s for Earl to find out. Action and murder in this tenth novel of the Jim Richards series of murder novels.

  • Mystery Cruise Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #9

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    Mystery Cruise Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #9
    Mystery Cruise Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #9

    Hollywood has come and gone for Jim and Penny, the TV movie about the Classmate Murders has been filmed and shown on TV and their lives are back to normal now. A woman comes into Jim's office one day from a mystery writers organization requesting Jim to join them on a luxury cruise of the Pacific Ocean to give a speech about his book, movie and his adventures being a P.I. but once Jim and Penny have sailed port the fun begins. It seems mystery writers are a murderous bunch of people and someone doesn't like a few of the writers and a book agent, so people are turning up dead. The Captain of the liner decides to enlist Jim in the hunt for the killer before the cruise goes south. Jim and Penny are joined by Buck and Maria as they try to solve the crime and give the mystery writers something to write about in this ninth book of the Jim Richards murder novels.

  • Bridezilla Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #5

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    Bridezilla Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #5
    Bridezilla Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #5

    This book has been re-edited October, 2012 Wikipedia describes: Bridezilla (a combining of bride and Godzilla) is a term used to describe a difficult, unpleasant, perfectionist bride who leaves aggravated family, friends and bridal vendors in her wake. A Bridezilla is obsessed with her wedding as her perfect day and will disregard the feelings of the family, bridesmaids and even her groom in her quest for the perfect wedding. Jim Richards, the senior citizen sleuth, realizing life is short, proposes to Penny and they decide to go back to Las Vegas for the wedding, inviting family and friends. Penny's TV producer provides the corporate jet to fly them all out, but there's a catch, that the whole wedding be taped for Penny's show. Once in Vegas they run into a couple of real Bridezillas, but then one is murdered, is the other one next? Will the film crew tape this murderous adventure and will Trapper and Becker be caught for their pranks around Las Vegas?

  • Vegas Vigilante Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #13

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    Vegas Vigilante Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #13

    Someone is murdering men who abuse their wives or children. After four deaths it starts looking like a vigilante is loose in Las Vegas. Deacon is running the case as Lynn has been told she is going to Quantico to train with the FBI, leaving Deacon alone to catch the killer. He turns to Jim for his help and the two go off to track down the vigilante. Is it a local doctor, bent on revenge for helpless victims of abuse? During the case, Jim and Penny become guardians of a young girl left an orphan by the vigilante, can they handle a child in their household? On the side, Trapper is assigned to a case to follow a woman suspected by her husband of gambling their life savings, but how is she dropping thousands of dollars a day if she has no funds. It’s up to Trapper to find out and why his case ends tangled up with the vigilante murders. Will Jim and Deacon solve the case before more murders of pimps and lawyers gets out of hand, and they need to tie it all up before Lacey and Mac get married.

  • Area 51 Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #14

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    Area 51 Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #14
    Area 51 Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #14

    When a man is found dead on the property of the infamous Area 51, the wife comes to Jim Richards to find his killer. Jim takes the case and along with his friend Buck they go to Area 51 to find mysteries on every turn of the case. The killer doesn’t like private eyes snooping around the top secret base and Jim has to resort to dangerous subterfuge while he’s on the base to find the killer. Is the death related to the top secret goings on in Area 51? Is there a cover up involving little green men, or just terrestrial beings ready to kill? Will this case lead to the destruction of Las Vegas by a terrorist bent on killing everyone in Sin City with a new Area 51 virus. Can Jim & Buck stop him in time? On the side, Trapper goes off to find the missing brother of his lady friend, Sam the bookie and ex-hooker. Can Trapper find the brother or will he find something far more dangerous. All in a days work for the Richards investigating firm in this 14th book of the Jim Richards murder novels.

  • Sunshine State Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #17

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    Sunshine State Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #17
    Sunshine State Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #17

    Jim has solved the case of the man hypnotized into committing murder and now his book publisher wants him to go on a month long book signing tour around the country. Jim's books about his adventures in crime solving are doing well in sales. Jim agrees after Penny calls her studio and gets the month off to go with him. They travel across the country and finally end up in Florida in a small town where people wait to meet Jim and Penny. While in this out of the way town, Jim finally meets his book editor who is from Florida and she comes into town to meet Jim. The book signing in the quaint bookstore goes very well, but later at their motel things go wrong. An attempt on the life of the book editor puts her in the hospital, hanging on for her life. Who would attack this woman and why. Was it because she looked so much like Penny that the attacker got the wrong woman? Jim has to find out and another murder doesn't help. All in a days work for the Senior Citizen Sleuth, Jim Richards in this seventeenth book of the murder novels.

  • Pasta Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #22

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    Pasta Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #22
    Pasta Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #22

    Angelo, former enforcer for a New York mob family and now personal friend of Jim and Penny finally got his wish, to open an Italian restaurant. Jim fronted the money and the restaurant was a reality. Open now just a month, a famed restaurant critic was going to review the restaurant and came to check it out. Later that same critic was found dead in the restaurant with his face buried in a plate of pasta. Who would want to murder the annoying man who gave everyone in the restaurant a hard time. While Jim and Deacon work the case they find a connection to the reviewer's past in government, was he killed by our own people in power. Blackmail could be the motive when the critic's gay lover is also murdered. Who is the killer? Also Jim has to contend with a woman appearing in his office claiming to be his long lost daughter. Is she really, or is she just scamming Jim and Penny? This is the 22st Jim and Penny book.

  • Hypnotic Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #16

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    Hypnotic Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #16
    Hypnotic Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #16

    A woman walks into Jim Richards office with a story of how her husband died due to his participation in the stage show of a local hypnotist. The man later walked into a casino and shot a few people before he was taken down by security, and the woman blames the hypnotist for his actions. Jim takes the case and goes on a quest to find the truth. Was his death part of a plot by the hypnotist and his shady business associates or acting on his own. What was the motive for sending an innocent man to kill using simple hypnotic suggestions. Will there be more murders by other innocents? On the side, Jim’s mafia friend, Angelo appears at his door and announces he is moving to Vegas from New York. Jim puts him to work as a celebrity protection bodyguard and Angelo’s first assignment is to protect a young female porn actress coming to Vegas for a convention. Angelo takes on the job with his past expertise as a leg breaker for the mob. Unfortunately, the girl is kidnapped and Angelo isn’t happy. Will he bring in his mob connections to find the kidnappers?

  • Mortuary Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #15

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    Mortuary Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #15
    Mortuary Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #15

    Jim and Buck have returned from Area 51 to chase down a terrorist bent on destroying Las Vegas. They saved the day and are now back to the regular routine, but Jim is given a case to find a missing dead body stolen from a local private mortuary. He goes to investigate the theft but runs into the murder of a funeral director. It's a dying business but Jim has to now stop whoever is killing people. He enters the world of pricey funerals, embalming bodies and Union strike threats, while Trapper is thrown into a murder when in Denver with his new girlfriend, Sam the bookie and former escort madam. Will they solve the killings as they wait for Sam's brother to have his sex change operation. Will Jim solve the mortuary murders and prevent a crime that could be leading up to a major attack on a visiting dignitary to Las Vegas. Find out in this 15th book of the Jim Richards murder novels.

  • Shyster Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #24

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    Shyster Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #24
    Shyster Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #24

    A shyster is someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law or politics. Jim Richards wasn’t fond of either lawyers or politicians. That’s what Jim thought about Grisler as he sat in the courtroom, watching the shyster in a divorce case. Alphonse Grisler was a lowlife lawyer in Las Vegas. One day Grisler comes to Jim with a problem. Someone wants to murder him. Jim doesn’t like the shark, but agrees to take his case. What follows are more murder attempts on Grisler, then all hell breaks loose. Shyster lawyers are dropping dead around Sin City. Deacon is on his own trying to solve the case with Jim since Lynn went into the hospital to finally have their baby, a beautiful girl. This adds to Deacon’s stress as Jim tries to help track the killer down. Who is behind the attempts to murder lawyers and even a judge, and why? You'll find the answers in this 24th Jim Richards Murder Novel.

  • Sin City Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #11

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    Sin City Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #11
    Sin City Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #11

    A woman tries to commit suicide by jumping off the top of the Stratosphere tower in Las Vegas, the tallest structure west of the Mississippi, but Lady Luck prevents her from dying. Before she took the plunge she was released from a psychiatric ward for delusions that she has murdered someone. But did she really kill someone, or is she being set up. Jim, Penny, and Buck, have finally moved to Las Vegas and are trying to start a new life when murder calls again, not making Penny very happy. Jim is asked to help the delusional woman to find her murdered victim or help her to realize there was no murder. The police can't help if there was no crime, so Jim takes the case. Meanwhile, Buck tries to start a security service but has a run-in with a competing guard company that isn't so nice in requesting Buck to desist in starting his business. Buck isn't going to take it easily, so will there be a battle of the rent-a-cops? Penny has retired from her talk show but Vegas calls her to start a new local morning talk show, will she refuse or become a hot property in Vegas?

  • Santa Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #31

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    Santa Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #31
    Santa Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #31

    That Jolly old head elf from the North Pole is getting ready to be a naughty boy. He has murder on his mind. Luckily it's not the real Santa Claus, but a person with a motive to murder. Las Vegas Homicide Detective Deacon DeAngelo goes after a street preacher who loves to play Santa for the homeless shelters. Evidence ties this Santa to the murder of a mob figure and now Will Trapper is called on to prove his Santa friend didn't do it. Trapper manages to talk Jim Richards into helping to find the real killer while they hide the fake Santa which doesn't make Deacon happy. He threatens them to find the real killer or go to jail for obstruction of justice. It's like the twelve days of Christmas around the preacher's church with police, mob figures, a fortune in hidden money and one scheming black widow female who traps the Santa into marriage to get at his wealth since he owns a choice property that every one wants for building casinos on. It's a Vegas Christmas in this 31st book of the Jim Richards series.

  • Black Widow Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #12

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    Black Widow Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #12
    Black Widow Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #12

    A man is found dead in his home, covered in what the coroner says were multiple bites of the Black Widow Spider. But was he attacked by the spiders or were they put on him with murder in mind? A killer is now stalking Texas Hold-em poker players competing in the big World Series of Poker Tournament at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. Jim Richards is asked to track down the killer by both the police and the widow of the murdered man. After an attempt on the life of a second poker player, it is clear they have a serial killer, but what is his motive? To change the balance of bets in the big million dollar poker tournament or does it go deeper into the online world of Twitter, where a woman stalks the players? Is she a poker groupie with murder in her heart or is she unwittingly aiding an overly zealous preacher who wants to damn all gambling to hell? All in a days work for Jim, Penny, Buck, Lynn and Deacon along with new partners in crime fighting, Lacey and Mac, as they track down the killer before the Dead Man's Hand is dealt.

  • Honky Tonk Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #19

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    Honky Tonk Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #19
    Honky Tonk Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #19

    Penny receives an early morning phone call from a cousin who says her husband was murdered in Las Vegas just before the Country Music Award show that was being presented in town. The dead cousin was a country singer who's songs were climbing up the charts and Jim takes the case to find the killer. Things get complicated when Jim and Penny find that the dead cousin was supposedly married to two women and his recording company was doing some double dealing on his fame. They agree to take the body of the dead singer back home to Arizona and while in the town they find more suspicious things going on. Back in Vegas, Lynn and Deacon have gone separate ways on the job, since their professional relationship was a strain on their personal lives. Life is tough for crime fighters, but Penny and Jim know their relationship is solid. Will Jim have to chase down more country singers at the big yearly award show in his quest to track a killer of a man who was driving a pick-up truck, married to two women and only the dog is missing from this country song.

  • Campground Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #25

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    Campground Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #25

    This book is a crossover between the Jim Richards Murder Novels and the Fatal Series of books, both by Bob Moats. While on vacation, Jim manages to miss the turn to Seattle and they end up in the small town of Brinnon, Washington. While camping in their van they meet Sheriff Dave Chandler and his wife Sarah. Jim’s curse strikes again, and there is a murder in the campground. But there is more when another man is kidnapped by the killer. Why was this man taken and what does it have to do with drugs? Are the murdered man and the kidnapped man part of a plot to manufacture a new drug to sell on the streets? The story takes a fatal turn when Penny and Sarah are also kidnapped and taken back to Las Vegas for a big demonstration of the drug's potential to the mob. Will Penny will be the victim for the test. This is the 25th book of the Jim Richard series combined as the 5th book of the Fatal series.

  • Blue Suede Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #18

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    Blue Suede Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #18

    Elvis has left this world. He was barbecued in a pink Cadillac on the Vegas strip and there were no witnesses. But this wasn't the real Elvis, he was an impersonator in a Casino theatre and now Vegas Metro police will have to find the killer. But Lynn Carter, homicide detective calls on Jim Richards to help, there's just too many Elvises in Vegas at the moment with a Elvis fan convention going on. Jim agrees to take the case and then the convention people come in to ask for protection. It seems that a number of the impersonators have been threatened and Jim asks Buck to loan a few guards for the cause. All while this is happening, Val and Blake from the Florida serial killer case come into town to get married and Penny is delighted, until Val announces she wants to get married by Elvis. Penny is not a fan of Elvis and having her husband chasing Elvises now makes her a bit crazy. Will Jim find the killer and resolve Penny's worries that Elvises will be following her also. Good times in this 18th book of the Jim Richards series of murder novels.

  • Talent Show Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #23

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    Talent Show Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #23

    A big talent competition in Las Vegas brings in participants from all over the United States. Millions of dollars and a huge contract is the prize for that one act that will headline on the Vegas Strip in one of the casino showrooms. Someone wants to stop the show, but do they want it bad enough to murder people? Or a judge? Jim goes in search of the killer as Penny becomes a celebrity judge for the contest. Will her life be in danger or will Jim prevent the killing before there are no more competitors? On the side, Trapper must find out why his lady friend, Samantha, is being accused of killing a past client of her former escort service. All in a days work for the Richards Investigation and Security firm, and more fun for Jim and Penny in this 23rd book of the series.

  • Network Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #26

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    Network Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #26

    Percy Isham sat alone late night in his office in Vegas, poring over the new season's television schedule, trying to balance the shows. Isham was the west coast head of programming for the television network that was bringing Penny Wicken’s talk show back to national viewing. He finished the schedule and put everything safely away then went to the door of his office. He opened the door and was confronted by a dark figure in the outer room. "What are you doing in here? I told you that I was not going to have any further dealings with you. I'm calling the police if you don't leave right now,” he said. Those were the last words Percy Isham would ever speak as the figure brought up a gun and fired at the man. Jim Richards is hired to find the killer before his wife’s show starts. Along with his friend Buck and police Detective Lorelei Paris, they learn Isham was involved with more than programing shows. Was his murder the result of his late night orgies and the horrible secret Isham had? This is the 26th book of the Jim Richards murder novels.

  • Lipstick Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #21

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    Lipstick Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #21

    Who’s murdering the runway models of Las Vegas? That’s what Jim Richards and Deacon D’Angelo are tasked with finding out. One afternoon the Richard’s Investigating and Security office is flooded with beautiful runway models all seeking protection after one of their group was murdered. Jim has Buck take over the body guarding of the babes and then ends up involved with solving the murder. Buck also takes over protecting a famous pop singer from a crazy stalker but she ends up kidnapped, so Buck is joined by Earl Daws to find her. Deacon is assigned to head up the murdered model case since his homicide cop wife, Lynn, is suffering from pregnancy and can’t investigate. Jim and Deacon find too many suspects and little evidence while more models are being murdered. Will they catch the killer before the big Model competition for a million dollars. On the side, Jim is helping his ex-mob friend, Angelo, to finally open his restaurant. This is the 21st Jim and Penny book.

  • Dark Carnival Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #20

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    Dark Carnival Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #20

    "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by the author Ray Bradbury was brought to mind by Jim Richards as a carnival has arrived in Las Vegas and is now the center of his attention for possible criminal activities. Children are starting to vanish and there's a number of jewelry store thefts involving most mysterious circumstances and expensive goods. Jim is asked by the parents of two missing boys to find them. The only clue he has is the handbill announcing the arrival of "Jacob S. Dark's Traveling Carnival and Wonder Show". To help, Buck and Mac go undercover in the carnival. Who is the mysterious Mr. Dark? Did he jump from the pages of Bradbury's book to claim souls in Vegas or is he evil of another form. Jim must hold on to his soul as he enters the world of the dark carnival. On the side, Angelo uses his mob connections to help find out who the mysterious Lucius Cole is and what his real connection is to the carnival people. All things are not as they seem in this twentieth novel featuring the senior citizen sleuth, Jim Richards along with Penny and his crime fighting friends.

  • Reunion Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #27

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    Reunion Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #27
    Reunion Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #27

    Some things are better left in the past. A letter arrives for Jim and Penny inviting them to a class reunion at their old high school back in Michigan. Do they want to leave Las Vegas to see people they knew forty-five years back. Do they know that when they get back, there will be a few murders of those past classmates. Will Jim be pulled into solving the murders. Jim’s friends Buck and Will Trapper tag along with Jim and Penny to Michigan and they get into the action. While they are gone, Lynn Carter, former Las Vegas homicide lieutenant who joined Jim’s firm is now being asked by the Las Vegas police to help solve the murder of an important Vegas hotel manager. She is asked to team up with her husband, Deacon to track the killer. Will everyone catch their killers in Vegas and in Michigan?

  • Murder Vegas Style: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #36

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    Murder Vegas Style: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #36
    Murder Vegas Style: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #36

    Jim Richards has retired from being a P.I. but he can't seem to stay out of trouble. After sending his wife, Penny, and the female staff of his investigating firm on an ocean cruise, and the men are turned loose in Vegas, Jim is relaxing until she shows up. Once again murder rears it's ugly head. This is the thirty-sixth in a series of books about Jim Richards and his friends.

  • Hit and Run Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #46

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    Hit and Run Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #46
    Hit and Run Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #46

    A woman is discovered ran into a wall by a hit and run car. Police suspect the woman's recently ex-boyfriend for the crime. Jim Richards gets involved in helping track down the killer along with Penny. They both help Detective Greg Warren to catch a suspect and more suspects become involved, confusing the crime. Another hit and run victim turns out to be a friend of the first victim, so Jim has his new bodyguard part of his firm to watch the other four frineds from being murdered. Twists and plot turns abound in this novella, shorter than a novel but longer that a short story. This is the 46th book in the Jim Richards series.

Author

Bob Moats

Detroit area resident, Bob Moats, has been writing short stories and plays for as long as he can remember. He has lost most of his original stories, typed or handwritten, in the numerous moves he has made from his hometown of Fraser, Michigan to Northern Michigan, to Las Vegas and back to Fraser, where he now lives. Moats became one of the causalities of unemployment a year ago, and had time on his hands to finally pursue a life long dream of writing a full blown crime novel. Thus was born the first book, "Classmate Murders".What followed was a series of seven books starting with "The Classmate Murders" which introduces the main character, Jim Richards, who has to admit he has become a senior citizen, reluctantly. Richards, one day, receives an email from a childhood sweetheart asking for his help, but by the time he reaches her, she has been murdered. His life turns around and he is pulled into numerous murders of women from his high school who he hasn't seen in forty years. Along with a friend of his, Buck, a big, mustached biker, they go off to track down the killer before he can get to one former classmate, Penny Wickens, a TV talk show host who Jim has just fallen for while protecting her. The killer is also murdering the women right out from under police protection, driving homicide detective Will Trapper crazy, and he slowly depends on Jim to help. There's humor, suspense, wild chases across suburban Detroit with cops, classic cars and motorcycle clubs; murder, mayhem, a good amount of romance and a twist ending.Jim and his crime fighters, continue in the other books, traveling to Las Vegas twice, back to Detroit and out to New York to solve murders involving dominatrix; mistresses; Bridezillas; magic and strip clubs.Book titles: Classmate Murders; Vegas Showgirl Murders; Dominatrix Murders; Mistress Murders; Bridezilla Murders; Magic Murders; Strip Club Murders and Made-for-TV Murders.

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