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PACIFICA IS JOHNNY SPICER'S FIRST NOVEL LENGTH CAPER,
BUT IT ISN'T THE BEGINNING. DEATH BY DIRIGIBLE AND THE
REPREHENSIBLE REDHEAD ARE THE STORIES THAT STARTED IT ALL.


   

DEATH BY DIRIGIBLE

Novella

In this Tinsel Town thriller a society matron hires Hollywood gumshoe, Johnny Spicer to find her son. The son, she was told, died during the Hindenburg disaster, but the woman has reason to believe otherwise. As Hitler launches his plans to conquer Europe, Spicer's search for the dead son lands him in the middle of a Nazi plot to steal the plans for a top secret US defense project. It might just be our hero is in over his head!

THE REPREHENSIBLE REDHEAD

Novella

Minding his own business for a change, Spicer finds himself entangled in a mob vendetta, and to make matters worse, his almost-girlfriend is caught up in the mess with him. Faced with the infamous Dragna family on one side and a gang led by a crooked cop on the other, Spicer needs all the cunning and guile he can muster to keep himself and Tess from becoming fish food. This thriller will keep you guessing from the glamorous Sunset Strip to the beach at Santa Monica!