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A phonecall in the middle of the night changes Rob MacLaine's future. The seasoned, battle-hardened ex-special forces operative is summoned back to his family home on Achravie, west coast of Scotland. He has had no contact with his past after his father sent him away at the age of 16. But now, Rob is back on Achravie - back to face his past and encounter friends and enemies alike. What he doesn't expect is an explosive reunion with his older brother, and the dark secrets that shroud his childhood home.

It's the 1960s, and Joe has fled the big city only to end up in the small resort town of Applewood. Writing for the Gazette, Joe's life is uneventful until strange events begin to unfold. A young girl drowns off a motorboat, and a local farmer plants a hoe in his wife's back. The assistant manageress of the bank vanishes without a trace. Why is the whole town going crazy?

Nod Blake, the wisecracking private eye, is back. He's an aging throwback to a bygone era of detecting on the mean streets; a dinosaur of a private eye who never got the memo that he was extinct. And thanks to his over-eager secretary, he's been dumped in the midst of a murder most foul.

Best known in peacetime for his bumbling ways as a private eye, Dick DeWitt finds himself inducted into the US Army during World War II. Somehow, the military sends him to the West Coast to uncover spies, fifth columnists, and saboteurs. What poor DeWitt is not aware of is that while he is looking for the enemy, the enemy is looking for him.

Eight years ago, Henry Turner vanished without a trace - now, it’s up to a private detective and his unlikely partner to solve the mystery of a son gone missing. When Mo Gold, a Jew with a conman for a father and a reckless gambler for a brother, teams up with black Holy Roller Arthur “Birdie” Birdwell, the two private investigators take on a disappearance case. As loose leads connect them to a notorious gangster via Mo’s indebted brother, the pair races to solve the mystery - and come to his rescue.

When antique dealer Lawrence finds out that his brother, Jimmy, has stolen a historical artifact, he hires McGill and Gropper to retrieve it. Unlicensed private investigators, the two operate out of a diner and will do whatever it takes to get the job done. Soon, they find out that the case is not as clear-cut as they expected.

After a young woman is found dead in her apartment, Detective John Steel is brought in. A British cop working with the NYPD, he is a man with unique talent for finding trouble and winding up his partner Detective Samantha McCall. Soon, another woman goes missing, and the duo must find out why.

Kurt Hammer's life is falling apart. His family has been found murdered, and his personal life is a shambles. While Kurt tries to leave his past behind and turn a new page, a serial killer is loose in the city of Trondheim, Norway. The police are clueless, and soon Kurt is called in. But can he rise to the occasion and save the day?

If you're looking for a hard-boiled detective in the mold of Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade, Dick DeWitt is not your hero. He's not very bright, oozes insensitivity, lacks class, and epitomizes what we now recognize as political incorrectness. A Tinseltown starlet wannabe needs help. She has become involved with two sleazes - a fast-talking lecherous movie agent and a mean, corrupt cop. She's kept two little black books that could ruin the men, and that's why she needs an intelligent, tough-as-nails guy to protect her.

Private eye Dick DeWitt - called Dick Dimwit by some - needs a case badly during the dark days of the Great Depression. He gets more than he bargains for when he encounters the notorious Black Llama and his gang, and faces corrupt cops. Murder and mayhem soon follow.