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Quake City Investigations
Series · 4 books · 2020-2021

Books in series

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#0.5

The Drowned Dockworker

Novelette

2020

In Quake City, don't go down to the docks at night… ​​​​​​​Smugglers are at work in Quake City. Private investigator Danny Ashford suspects foul play when a dockworker turns up dead, but the self-proclaimed best PI in town seldom avoids getting himself into trouble. This time’s no different. Investigative reporter Deepa Banwait follows up a hot lead for a story, taking her to the docks. Landing an exclusive would be a big break for her, but how much danger will she put herself into to get it? ​​​​​​​When Danny and Deepa cross paths, the trouble mounts for them both.​
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#1

Shooting Messengers

2020

What if delivering the mail was a matter of life and death? Somebody brutally kills a postman in Quake City while he’s delivering the mail. Private investigator Danny Ashford suspects the police will bungle the investigation—they usually do. He joins forces with headstrong investigative reporter Deepa Banwait to track down the killer. But when a second murder follows close on the heels of the first, with a similar MO, Danny suspects a dangerous serial killer is at work. How do you catch a serial killer who strikes seemingly at random? Is it random, though? Danny and Deepa have their theories. But they have to find a way to work together to track down the fiend with a vendetta against postal workers and couriers before he or she strikes again. And they might succeed, if only they could stop arguing… but with Danny’s overconfidence and Deepa’s driving quest for a story, what could go wrong? And then it becomes personal…
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#1.5

The Possum Fur Plot

2020

A million dollars of goods are stolen… but the insurance company doesn’t want to pay out. Private investigator Danny Ashford is hired to investigate. He and sassy investigative reporter Deepa Banwait soon learn the warehouse break-in was no ordinary robbery. As they search for the stolen goods, Danny and Deepa discover a wider conspiracy is in play. Robbery escalates to murder. But as they close in on solving the case, they bring themselves closer to a dangerous criminal… THE POSSUM FUR PLOT is a gripping contemporary crime noir mystery that will keep you hooked right up to the dramatic conclusion. Check it out today!
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#2

To Kill A Conman

2021

Everyone falls prey to the conman. One victim seeks revenge. Stuart Baker makes a lot of dough from conning people. He always has a scheme or a scam on the go. His enemies outnumber his friends, but Baker doesn’t care about that. Crime pays too well. His new girlfriend suspects his money is dirty. A business rival wants to take over his club. Baker’s latest victims want revenge. Private investigator Danny Ashford is closing in on the scammer who hacked his bank card. But he also has another problem—his new neighbour asked him to have a word with her sleazy boss. Determined to help her out and give the man a scare, Danny’s about to discover that telling hardened criminals to lay off is not as easy as he thought it would be. Broke and desperate, Danny doesn't think his life can get any worse. Then Baker is found murdered, and Danny becomes the main suspect. With the help of sassy reporter Deepa Banwait, Danny must prove his innocence before the police lock him up and throw away the key… TO KILL A CONMAN is a gripping contemporary crime noir mystery that will keep you hooked right up to the dramatic conclusion. Check it out today!

Author

Kevin Berry
Kevin Berry
Author · 9 books
I've always written stories. I started out as a kid creating monster stories with a $5 typewriter from the early 1900's. Now I write novels: speculative fiction (SpecFic), crime fiction, or contemporary fiction according to whatever ideas occur to me. I live in Christchurch, New Zealand, about as far away from anywhere as it is possible to be. Earthquakes devastated the city in 2010 and 2011. They appear in my books. I've got a degree that I've never used and two diplomas, one in Hypnotherapy and the other in a subject I don't mention to anyone, as it was so long ago. I read widely: particularly SpecFic, YA, contemporary and non-fiction. My favourite author is Connie Willis, but I mostly read indie authors nowadays. I also enjoy copy-editing and proofreading other authors' manuscripts.
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