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Manny Williams
Series · 11 books · 2011-2020

Books in series

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#0.5

Manny and Sophie

The First One

2015

Before Caribbean Moon, Manny Williams and Sophie Lee spent years as detectives and partners with the Lansing Police Department. It almost didn't happen. See how, on that Snowy December day, fate led to their unexpected meeting and how deadly evil did it's best to prevent it. You'll never look at Christmas the same again, guaranteed.
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#1

Caribbean Moon

2011

Rick Murcer is a New York Times and USA Today best selling author having sold over 850,000 books. Written in the tradition of James Patterson, JA Konrath, and Michael Connelly, this first book in the series will have you wanting more. Small-town detective/workaholic, Manny Williams, is thrilled with the prospect of finally taking the long-awaited vacation he had promised his wife, Louise. The couple’s exotic getaway begins in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, by attending the June wedding of a fellow Lansing police officer, followed with an incredible week-long Southern Caribbean cruise on the glamorous Ocean Duchess. Tropical paradise appears to be a perfect recipe for desperately needed R and R...until the first dead body. A bizarre, seemingly random murder in their posh San Juan Hotel, and the heinous cruise ship deaths of two of Lansing’s law enforcement family, brings Manny, and his unique skills, out of cruise mode and head-long into the FBI-led investigation. Manny soon discovers that in this killer’s twisted perception nothing is off limits, prompting a race against time that could cost him everything. If you like edge-of-your-seat thrillers laced with humor, you'll love this! Caribbean Moon: "A new standard has been set for thrillers. In Rick Murcer's debut novel, Caribbean Moon, he's mixed the perfect ingredients to lock in readers, starting with the opening witty banter between Manny and Sophie. From there, the book takes off like a run-away roller coaster. Murcer knows just when to slow the pace and when to hit the gas. He's created a twisted mystery, with infectious characters and an unfathomable ending. Manny Williams might be the new Jedi of investigators, and Murcer is a Spielberg-like creative powerhouse. Caribbean Moon is absolutely magnetic!" John W. Mefford, Best-selling suspense author of COMMITTED
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#2

Deceitful Moon

2011

\\New Edition\\ Detective Manny Williams and his partner, Sophie Lee, are called to the scene of a disturbing and gruesome murder at Lansing’s local adult playhouse, the White Kitty. The circumstances surrounding the ex-con’s murder rocket deeper into the bizarre as the forensic evidence reveals more questions than answers. As he begins his investigation, Manny is interrupted by a phone call that shakes his world. His nemesis, serial killer Dr. Fredrick Argyle, has killed again, and sent the evidence to prove it. Argyle’s heinous actions force Manny and Sophie back to the Caribbean. All the while, the body count rises in his city. Two serial killers. Each threatening to change his life forever. One succeeds. "Few have mastered the art of following their first blockbuster with an even more engaging, more thrilling, more unpredictable book...until Rick Murcer released Deceitful Moon. It takes your breath away on so many levels, from spine-tingling suspense and thrills, to emotional, poignant moments that leave an imprint so deep you can't wait to read his next book. Murcer hits a moon-shot home run with Deceitful Moon. Actually, he knocks it all the way out of the park!" John W. Mefford, Best-selling suspense author of COMMITTED (This is the second Manny Williams Thriller)
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#3

Emerald Moon

2011

\\New Edition\\ When Carousel Cruise Lines asks Detective Manny Williams to consult with them, and the FBI, regarding a series of hit-like murders involving their security staff, he agrees. It's been eleven months since the death of someone close had rocked his world, and it's time to join the Land of the Living, if he can. But his nemesis, serial killer Dr. Fredrick Argyle, has other plans that eventually take Manny and his people to Galway, Ireland, and a deadly chain of events that will send him to the brink...and beyond. Rick Murcer is a NY Times Best Seller and a USA Today Top Ten Best Seller with his previous titles, Caribbean Moon and Deceitful Moon.
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#4

Caribbean Rain

2012

This is the fourth book in the Manny Williams Series. Lansing Detective, Manny Williams, took the plunge. He accepted the FBI’s offer to join the elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, much to the delight of the unit’s supervisor, Josh Corner. Two months later, he was joined by his old partner, Sophie Lee, and Lansing’s top CSI, Alex Downs. With his nemesis, serial killer Fredrick Argyle, six feet under and Manny’s love life making a comeback, it seems that life was finally back on the high road…until his first assignment. A vicious killer is running amuck in El Yunque, Puerto Rico’s lush rainforest, and taking no prisoners, only body parts. Manny and the crew are called in, but they’re too late. One of their own has fallen victim to the maniac’s rampage…and the killer isn’t finished. Not by a long shot. Rick Murcer is a New York Times Best Seller and a USA Today Top Ten Selling author.
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#5

Carolina Rain

2012

Manny Williams was dead. The doctors had said so. Sophie Lee could hardly get her mind around it, none of them could. But when Manny's attacker shows up at his funeral, and all hell breaks loose, Sophie makes a life-changing discovery. Everything isn't as it seems. Add in a cold-bloodied killer near the beaches of North Carolina and it's too much for her BAU If only Manny were alive...
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#6

Vegas Rain

2013

FBI Special Agent Manny Williams. FBI Special Agent Sophie Lee. Doctor Fredrick Argyle. Las Vegas. Murder. Need we say more?
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#7

Caribbean Fire

2014

ABOUT THE AUTHOR-Rick Murcer is a NY Times and USA Today Top-Ten best-selling author of eight Caribbean Moon, Deceitful Moon, Emerald Moon, Caribbean Rain, Carolina Rain, Vegas Rain, Caribbean Fire, and Drop Dead Perfect. He's also written several short stories, selling over 850,000 books and stories to date. DESCRIPTION-Vacation is a magical word to all of us, even for workaholic FBI Special Agent Manny Williams. It was finally time to take a break from the BAU and profiling psychotic killers, and Manny was ready. His five-month-old son, Ian, was in good hands with his daughter and mother-in-law so why not? Manny and wife Chloe were going to get away for a few days, far away, and enjoy the honeymoon that had never been theirs. Nothing fit that prospect like Cozumel, Mexico and one of its exclusive resorts. Hot sun, warm sand, teal waters, margaritas, and his wife in a bikini were just what the doctor, and his boss, Josh Corner, had ordered. But destiny, and a persistent Mexican Government Inspector, had other plans. A crazed killer performing sacrificial murders in the tradition of ancient Mayan priests was turning the sleepy island upside down. The multiple murders pressed Manny and his crew into a maddening race against time, forcing him to choose between family and the lives of kidnapped victims. Who would survive?
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#8

Miami Fire

2015

A double homicide near the Florida Everglades, where the killer leaves a bizarre trademark, takes Manny and the BAU to South Florida at the request of the Miami-Dade Police Department. They arrive in Miami just in time to discover that the killer has struck again, and this time, his method of double-murder is even more mind boggling. The BAU goes to work, but Manny has a sense that things are going to be different, that this killer is different than any they've chased before, and he fears for his team. His suspicions prove to be fact as the unsub succeeds in killing a third time, affecting Manny's world in a profound way as he loses more than he imagined possible.
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#9

Cajun Fire

2016

Manny Williams was out. No More FBI. No more BAU. Sophie Lee, his close friend and long time partner had lost her husband during the last case in Miami. It left him a changed man. Enough is enough. It was time to do something else. But, Josh Corner, his friend and former boss, had something different in mind. He was starting a new super unit focusing on potential terrorism suspects and their profiles. Manny's answer was still no, yet, can anyone escape who they are? Even Manny? A bizarre murder scene in New Orleans helped convince Manny and Sophie, and the rest of his former team to take the leap onto Josh's new team, at least for now. Only time would tell if that decision was the right one. After landing in New Orleans, Manny was convinced of only one thing. Death was around the corner unless his team did their job. Worse, even if they did.
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#10

Caribbean Winds

2020

The Alpha Counter Terrorism Unit was created to stop threats on American soil. So far, since its inception, Manny Williams and his team had succeeded. But, while they were away in the Caymans trying to clear Manny of bogus bribery claims, disaster struck. Three U.S. capitol buildings had been bombed. Not just bombed, but destroyed by suicide bombers. Hundreds had died, thousands effected, including those in Manny's home town of Lansing, Michigan. After their hasty return, Manny, Sophie Lee, Josh Corner, Chloe Williams, and Alex Downs began the investigation of their lives. What they discover chills them to the bone. If they didn't stop the organization responsible for the U.S. attacks, the terrorists would strike again, and this time, it would shake the world to the core. The memebers of ACTU were in an all-out race against time, fearing more death and destruction was on the way, maybe even their own.

Author

Rick Murcer
Author · 19 books

Rick Murcer lives in Michigan and like many in that part of the country lost his job in 2008 due to a decline in the economy. An experienced executive, he sent out over 600 resumes without success. With unemployment benefits waning and savings nearly depleted he did the only logical thing he could think of...decide to become a writer. Fortunately for Rick, he defied all conventional wisdom about self-publishing and literally became an overnight sensation. His first three books Caribbean Moon, Deceitful Moon, and Emerald Moon sold more than 300,000 copies between April and October 2011. He had two books in Amazon's top ten for many weeks and became both a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. Rick graduated from Michigan State University and is fairly new to the game of writing. Proving his knack for storytelling, the first piece he had ever written, Herb's Home Run, was published by The Writer's Journal in 2002. Rick attributes his success to hard work and God's blessing and believes that you can achieve any goal you wish if you just set your mind to it. Rick has been married longer than his wife likes to admit, and they have two grown children, three grandkids, and a blind, black Lab named Max, who serves as Rick's "writing" dog. Each morning Max pushes Rick to his writing room so that the dog can snore on his rug while Rick ponds away on the keys. And pounds away he does. Rick is one of those amazing writers that are so energized by the stories in their heads the words just flow onto the page. He has many works in progress so expect more titles from him in the near future.

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