Dick McNabb, Private Dick
by John D. McCafferty, McSeas Books
Category: California

"Dick McNabb, private investigator, was a history teacher for many years. But, as a widower and retiree, he needs some excitement in his life, and hey, anyone can be a private eye, right? Well, yes and no. Dick may be educated and quite intelligent, but when it comes to criminology, he's a beginner. Predictably, he gets himself into a fine mess trying to solve a year-old murder in his coastal California city. ... There are strange characters and strange friends for him to sort out, angles and clues to work on, suspicions, parties, derring-do, gun shots and some plain old gumshoeing. Sex, as usual, complicates things. ... He manages to do some smart work and with a little luck he appears to have started a new career - over the protestations of his police captain friend. He gets deeper and deeper into trouble playing cop with some very bad people. He finds that there is a reason why police carry guns ... He finds that if a killer can be so heartless as to shoot one person, he can shoot two. Dick would be the second."--Description, www.amazon.com