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Product: The Fat Innkeeper: A hilarious oceanside mystery (A Hotel Detective Mystery Book 2)
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Enjoy an instant beach vacation with this hilarious oceanside mystery set at a posh California resort.

Winner of the Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery
Critics’ Choice Award Winner

The fog isn’t the only thing wreaking havoc at La Jolla’s landmark Hotel California. A prankster has been hiring employees for nonexistent jobs, a decomposing whale interrupts a grunion run, and a group of swingers has arrived at the property for a love-in. Not for the first time, hotel detective Am Caulfield is overheard saying, “Hotels are like a circus without the tent.”

In addition to those headaches, Am has more than a few mysteries on his hands: Which one of the hotel guests murdered the famed paranormal debunker in room 374? What changes does the hotel’s new owner—aka the Fat Innkeeper—have in store? And can Am juggle a new romantic interest and the increasing animosity of the local police while still nabbing a killer?

"Perfect...screamingly funny."—Ocala Star Banner

"Booked solid with humor."—Pittsburgh Post Gazette

"The Fat Innkeeper makes Alan Russell one of the best of the comic detective novelists."—Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star

"Ebullient and irresistible."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Russell and his readers have great fun."—Publishers Weekly

"Like Tony Hillerman and Sue Grafton, Russell has created characters we care about, whom we want to visit again."—San Diego Blade-Citizen

"A dandy piece of humorous storytelling guaranteed to produce laughter. Russell and his readers have a rollicking good time."—San Diego Union-Tribune

"Well-written and very funny."—Mystery News

"Am Caulfield is...charming, witty, and appealing."—Booklist

"The characters are reminiscent of masters like Hiaasen....Am's east-vs.-west meeting with the new management is terrific."—Mystery Collector's Bookline

Product: Gideon's Rescue (A Gideon and Sirius Novel Book 4)
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"Not your average cop. Not your average dogs."—Amazon review

Something wicked his way comes when an LAPD detective and his K-9 partner are caught in a serial killer's twisted game.

LAPD detective Michael Gideon and his German shepherd K-9 partner, Sirius, walked through fire to catch an infamous serial killer, and Gideon is still paying the price with his PTSD fire dreams. To assist the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, Gideon has agreed to monthly prison visits with Ellis Haines, aka the Weatherman. This time, a homicide case the FBI wants Haines to analyze sparks a chilling discovery: A new serial killer has struck, and he's lacing his crime scenes with hidden messages intended for Haines.

Haines isn't the only killer whose twisted game Gideon must try to break up. A missing man's love poems are delivered to his fiancée with the message: So sorry for your loss. And when a sweet pit bull named Emily is rescued after being left for dead, Gideon and Sirius pull out all the stops to try and bring down the dogfighting ring that abused her.