A series of serious Kidnapping. Murder. Art thief. Blackmail. Comic books. Private Investigator Eliot Cross faces heartache, headache, backache, and a royal pain in the neck in these rollicking noir stores from the heart of the Heartland. Cross Examinations, Inc. established in 1988. Crime in Columbus Never before published, Cross Examinations sets the stage for an exciting new novel that will join pop-culture author John Hegenberger's soon-to-be-published Tripleye trilogy and his upcoming Stan Wade, L.A. P.I. series.