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Hotshot
Series · 6 books · 2010-2021

Books in series

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#1

Reduced Ransom!

2018

Mickey and Dell, two long suffering halfwits come up with the idea of kidnapping at a bargain basement price. What could possibly go wrong? Well, maybe a victim who doesn't want to be returned, another with a husband who doesn't want her back, one who's tougher than her kidnappers, and another who's entirely the wrong person. Not to mention local thug Huey Evans who is looking to settle a score.
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#2

Finders Keepers

2010

Perpetual screw-ups Austin and Andre Boothe decide stealing the local strip club's nightly deposit from an armored car would be just the thing to augment their income. They're in for a big surprise when a group of Chicago mobsters turn out to be involved and take the Boothe brother's get rich scheme personally. The mobsters suspect someone is leaking inside information and pressure Austin's former girlfriend, exotic dancer Celeste Desparde, into helping. Celeste tries to tell them, and anyone else who'll listen, that the Boothe brothers aren't brillant criminals, they're idiots, but there's a very fine line between brilliant and bone headed. Mob enforcer Gabriel Saventinni arrives to bring things to a speedy conclusion, only to learn he's on a bizarre date with disaster. Two zany brothers, ruthless mobsters, an exotic dancer, state police, a small town banker and fast paced action make this exciting Mike Faricy suspense thriller a real delight. Things start out crazy, go on to laugh out loud and end up ruthlessly wonderful.
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#3

Bankers Hours

2019

Bankers Hours Anthony DiMento, more commonly known as Beau, has a problem. A $250,000 problem! Seems in an effort to keep the DiMento bar open he borrowed money from the owner of Cheater's strip club, Declan Osborne. Now the payment is due and Beau doesn't have the money. But Beau does have a plan . . . kind of, maybe, sort of. A plan that at least seemed logical at the time. Just rob a bank. \* But that was before Beau fell for gorgeous bank teller, Cindy. \* Before the Ditschler brothers, Mendel, Lucerne and Elvis, decided to rob the same bank. \* Before Milton, Declan Osborne's thug, took an intense dislike to Beau. \* Before Otto O'Malley, self proclaimed protector of bank teller Cindy, inserted himself. Bankers Hours - Better grab your copy now.
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#4

Chow Down

2020

Chow Down is the fourth book in the Hotshot series. Life gets complicated! \Former cop, Dickie Mullins, owns the Emporium of Dance. A sleazy pick-up bar with lousy food and about to go broke. \Rae Nell, Dickie's ex-wife, is having an affair with NFL washout, Terry Taggert. \Terry is starting a steak business. Delicious, unique steaks. \Rae Nell thinks it would be a good idea if Dickie improved his menu. \Meanwhile, Terry's principal investor, 'Dr.' Craig Cullen wants out, NOW! \Terry has just the plan for the 'Dr.' Cullen. Things quickly go downhill from there... "Faricy is delightfully crazy! I don't know how he comes up with this stuff, but it's a great read." Crime Scene "He's done it again. I was up late and read it in one night." Dead Zone "Oh. My. God. A hilarious tale. I'm loving this series." Eve
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#5

Moonlight Dance Academy

2021

Desperate times call for desperate measures! \*Hub Schneider and Val Harwood flee the upper midwest for sunny Florida. They’re unemployed, broke, and basicly, haven’t a clue. \*Hub’s girlfriend had piled his belongings in the driveway and set her sights on someone else. \*Fortunately, Val has come up with a get rich quick brainstorm. UniqueDancing! \*Open a ‘Dance Academy’ and while Val gives lessons to wealthy seniors, Hub can break into their homes and steal precious items they’ll never miss. \*What could possibly go wrong?JUST WAIT! \*Start with J.W. Brooks, head of a criminal enterprise in Atlanta. Add to that there’s the “little” problem of ‘Crazy Bobby Falconi’ mobster hitman. Lord only knows how things will workout.
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#7

Crime Fiction Firsts

The First Book in FOUR Crime Fiction Series

2020

Russian Roulette is the first Dev Haskell mystery. Beautiful Kerri seems to have fallen for Dev. She even left him a note… In short order Dev Haskell finds himself at odds with the local police, Homeland Security, ICE, and a n FBI task force. He’s got a gunshot wound and shrapnel in his rear. Not to mention he’s on the run from a psychotic killer. Welcome is the first Jack Dillon Dublin Tale. UD Marshal Jack Dillon arrives in Dublin to escort fugitive Daniel Ackerman back to the US. Unfortunately, Ackerman’s Russian partner would prefer Ackerman not stand trial in the US and he sends a team of thugs to prevent it. Corridor Man is the first book in the Corridor Man series. Disbarred attorney Bobby Custer won the lottery. After serving four years of a seven-year sentence, Bobby gets an offer hr can’t refuse - from the feds. But as the bodies start to pile up, you have to wonder if there isn’t something about Bobby that’s just not… right. Reduced Ransom is the first book in the Hotshot series. Mickey and Dell, two long suffering halfwits come up with the idea of kidnapping at a bargain basement price. What could possibly go wrong?

Author

Mike Faricy
Mike Faricy
Author · 79 books
I was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, I still live there as well as in Dublin, Ireland. I've been a soldier, freelance journalist, tended bar, sold designer cakes, owned a painting and decorating company along with a number of other schemes and scams. If that doesn't offend you I also play bagpipes with the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band. All my books stand alone, read them in whatever order you wish. They are filled with the sort of oddballs we are all curious about, but wisely, prefer to keep at a distance. None of my characters will be saving the world from terrorism, international banking conspiracies or coups to take over the government. Rather, they inhabit a world just below the surface of polite society, characters with one foot on either side of the law. The circumstances they find themselves in are usually due to bad decisions, but bad decisions lead to interesting stories. They serve not so much as an example but as a warning to us all. Thanks for taking the time, happy reading.
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