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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...
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Jim and Penny have retired from their respective jobs and are getting bored. Penny is even wanting a good murder case right now, much to Jim's surprise. A trip to the office results in two missing person cases, which they take. Investigating, they find a third missing person, and all three are connected to a local casino. After talking to Angelo, they find there is a possible heist going to happen at the casino. They bring in Trapper, Earl, Buck,...
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People are vanishing around Brinnon, Washington in a blue light shining down from above and it seems to be caused by a flying Saucer. That's what a few people believe is happening. Sheriff Dave Chandler is trying to keep the stories of an invasion by aliens to a minimum and he's not succeeding. His wife, Sarah, loves that aliens are attacking the town, it's been getting a little boring. Plus they have taken in a young boy who's brother was taken by...
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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...
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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?...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
11) Fatal Outbreak
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Zombies are running amok in Brinnon, Washington. Sheriff Dave Chandler and his new wife, Sarah, are trying to head up the investigation of the outbreak of the mysterious virus that is turning peaceful citizens into ravenous killing machines. The Center for Disease Control has moved in and is putting everyone in quarantine, and the FBI, led by Special Agent Warren Stevens, is hot on the trail of the terrorists who are spreading the virus. Will Dave...
12) Doyle's Justice
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Art Doyle, a private eye, having solved his first case after opening up his business, is now hot after a serial killer. Along with his partner, Oscar Drew, they have to keep ahead of the killer since he's been dropping bodies at Doyle's cabin in the woods. What is the reason the killer is targeting Doyle to receive the bodies is still to be determined and the case takes Doyle and Oscar to the woods and then down to the back streets of Detroit. Is...
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Detroit Police Detective Scott Murphy and his partner Hadeem McDougan are assigned to find the killer of a young woman in a parking lot of a night club in Detroit. They try to follow the evidence but the evidence isn't there. All trace has been wiped away and all they have is the strangled body of the woman. The next night a second woman is murdered in the exact same way and the staff of the bar didn't see the killer. One bartender offers to give...
15) Fatal Seance
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The carnival has rolled into Brinnon, Washington for the annual festival of autumn and it's just the start of bringing challenges into the lives of Sheriff Dave Chandler and his wife, Sarah. From a mysterious young boy who smuggled himself along with the carnival trucks, to the crazed killers coming to take him back. How will they protect the boy and will the fortune told by the old gypsy woman given to Sarah, bring a terrible revelation? Sarah discovers...
16) Toxic Murders
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Trapper's girlfriend Samantha has a problem. One of her female employees is in the hospital with a mysterious skin poisoning and she asks Trapper to help. She doesn't want to bring in the police, she runs an illegal bookie operation. Jim gets involved but has problems of his own. His friends Dave and Sarah from up by Seattle are coming into town to renew their wedding vows and Penny is totally excited to help arrange the wedding. Things got worse...
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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...
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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 is "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...
19) Fatal Departure
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Sarah Keller and her live-in boyfriend, Sheriff Dave Chambers figured it was all over with the serial killer following Sarah from their last adventure. They had no idea of the danger from this new serial killer now stalking their sleepy little town dropping headless bodies all over the place. He claims they are gifts for Dave and after a threatening note Dave must also protect Sarah. Along with two FBI agents and a bounty hunter, they go after the...
20) Pasta Murders
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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...
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