Bücher von P X Duke

Jim Nash is a private detective who has occasionally made his living on the shady side of the street. In his past, he has done off-the-book work for the Feds. One of those old jobs has returned to haunt him.A women he long thought dead comes back into his life when she shows up at his office unannounced. He's not real happy when he sees for himself the woman isn't dead. Now, Lucky Lucy, as he calls her, is just another Fed looking for a sweet deal. This time, he's got the paperwork all filled out. Until it's signed, sealed, and delivered, he's not going to do the work.Jim's partner, Maddie, isn't happy, either. Neither is Luz. She almost kills the interloper when Lucky Lucy kidnaps Jim in an attempt to force him to go to work. All this before the contract with the Feds has even started.A trip to Bimini, drug and people smugglers in the Keys, and an exploding fastboat all figure in the Nash crew's latest adventure, No Free Ride.Includes the short story, Gone.

Jim Nash is back down Mexico way, and he's not happy about it. That could be because he's helping a friend track down a cold-blooded killer who also happens to be the woman's daughter. It might be because he's Kill On Sight, thanks to a narrow escape from cartel sicarios a number of years ago. Or, it might be because he's been forced to replenish his hoard of stolen cartel cash, and he's anxious to get home.Whatever the reason, he's finding himself knee-deep in bullets, bandits, and bodies, and he's only just crossed la frontera.

Panicked city officials put a quarantine in place when an out of control virus lands. The quarantine goes sideways, and the National Guard is called in to quell the ensuing panic. State and Federal officials brook no demonstrations, and the city is slowly purged of dissidents. Only a dedicated few remain to live off what is left behind.When Russell accepts that he has escaped the city's purge of its inhabitants, he hunkers down in an abandoned house in a suburb. Managing his day-to-day needs occupies every waking hour. When he accidentally encounters another doing the same, he sets out to discover who it is and if they would like to partner up.The world he has known may be no more, but Russell has a plan. It includes a comfortable roof over his head, plenty of food, and even a partner. So far, his plan is working.When a wrench and a stranger are thrown into the mix, it's anybody's guess who will save the day and the relationship in a new and unforgiving land.

Jim Nash is back, and this time he's bent on exacting revenge on those responsible for his murdered wife. He's on government watchlists, so he can't just jump on a plane. He's forced to travel in a beater with no air, and already his disposition isn't good.During a stop at a gas-n-go, he crosses paths with a water-logged hitch-hiker and two men intent on forcing her into their truck. After rescuing her, she manages to convince Jim to drop everything and help locate her brother. She fails to mention the missing drugs and cash the brother might have walked off with.Before he can say no, he finds her in his life, in his bed, and in no mood for him to say no. She is intent on forcing him deeper into her world in the quest for her missing brother.Jim is inextricably drawn into a world of her crooked friends, a South American sicario, and the woman's innocent parents.