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Rockwell Return Files
Series · 3 books · 2015-2016

Books in series

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#1

'til Death

2015

A laugh-out-loud communist-punching adventure! Sam Rockwell came home from the Second World War to work as a fledgling private investigator specializing in helping “Returns”: recently deceased ghosts who’ve come back with unfinished business. Short on experience and long on the imitated swagger of the detectives found in his dog-eared collection of pulp fiction P.I. mysteries, the quick-witted Sam waits for his big break—and his chance to win the heart of Amelia, his Girl Friday. But when his no-nonsense father is murdered and becomes a Return himself, everything changes. Sam sets out to find his father’s killer, only to find himself caught up in a madcap game of Cold War intrigue. Humorous and hard-boiled, ’til Death is a witty, feel-good throwback to the golden age of Hollywood noir.
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#2

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Second Impressions

2016

The Soviets want him dead. Wisecracking Private Detective Sam Rockwell is running for his life, but that doesn’t keep him from taking the case of a Return who's slipped past Heaven’s radar and overstayed his time on earth. Together with his fiancé, Amelia, Sam brawls through 1950s San Francisco to unravel a zany mystery where nothing is what it seems at first blush. The laughs and silver screen thrills of Jason Anspach’s signature funny Cold War tale of Hollywood noire are back in this madcap sequel as Sam and Amelia return once again to right wrongs, solve crimes, send the dead off to their proper eternity, and maybe, set a date for their wedding! The Maltese Falcon meets It's a Mad Mad Mad world in this smart and witty paranormal romp.
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#3

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The Man Who Balked

2016

A pennant is on the line and a life hangs in the balance! When local baseball player Junior Jones receives death threats over the color of his skin, the team's wealthy owner hires Sam Rockwell to solve the case and stop a murder before it happens. Sam goes undercover as a minor league pitcher to strike out the culprit. Follow the clues along with Sam's curmudgeonly ghost of a father Frank Rockwell, and Sam's wife Amelia, who holds a secret that will forever change the lives of the entire Rockwell family. It's another laugh-filled, madcap mystery in the warm, witty 1950's Hollywood-style of author Jason Anspach.

Author

Jason Anspach
Jason Anspach
Author · 66 books

JASON ANSPACH is the author of Galaxy's Edge, Wayward Galaxy, Forgotten Ruin. and more. He lives in Puyallup, WA with his wife and their seven (not a typo) children.

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