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Bill Crider


Books

Murder Takes a Break - A Truman Smith Mystery    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 72500 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 1, 2012. Fiction.
In Murder Takes a Break, Galveston, Texas principal investigator Truman Smith loathes missing person cases because they either end up badly for his clients, or the person does not want to be found. So only as a personal favor to his friend Dino would Tru accept the case of missing college student, Randall Kirbo, who disappeared in the area while on Spring break nine months ago.
The Prairie Chicken Kill    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 56180 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 26, 2012. Fiction.
That Truman Smith was sitting in a frayed lawn chair reading an old paperback copy of Tobacco Road was not remarkable. And strange as it sounds, it wasn't particularly noteworthy that someone wanted Smith to look into the murder of a prairie chicken; after all, he'd investigated and solved the murder of an alligator, hadn't he?
When Old Men Die    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 58210 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 5, 2011. Fiction.
Truman "Tru" Smith is a PI who'd rather be reading Faulkner or fishing on his beloved Galveston Island than solving mysteries, so when his friend Dino asks for help, Tru at first demurs. With some not-very-subtle arm twisting, Dino finally persuades Tru to investigate the disappearance of Old Harry, a homeless vagrant whom Dino and his family have "adopted."
Gator Kill    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 59260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 27, 2011. Fiction.
After he failed to find his missing sister, whose remains finally turned up in a bag in an overgrown field, Texas PI Truman Smith retired to become a housepainter on Galveston Island. But when an alligator is killed and its carcass left on display on a family friend's property, Tru is persuaded to search for the culprit.
Dead on the Island    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 60500 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 31, 2011. Fiction.
PI Truman Smith has become a loner after failing to find his sister Jan during a recent search of Galveston Island. He jogs on the Seawall, plays with his cat, and reads lots of Faulkner books. Then an old high school football buddy, Dino, asks him to find a young girl named Sharon. As Tru begins his investigation, dead bodies begin to appear and Tru himself wrapped up in a dark mystery.
The Nighttime is the Right Time    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 67520 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 11, 2010. Fiction.
Short fiction from the author of the popular Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. In these 11 previously published tales, we meet a detective who also happens to be a werewolf; investigate two separate missing-animal cases; tag along with series characters Carl Burns (the amateur-sleuth English teacher) and Dan Rhodes; watch Elvis Presley hunting a vampire; and a handful of other interesting puzzles.
Ryan Rides Back    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 57240 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 10, 2010. Fiction.
Bill Kane was going to hang for murdering Ryan's sister... After three long years, folks were shocked Ryan would show his face after abandoning his sister. Others were amazed that he was back at all. No man could have survived that night in Shatter's Grove. Ryan was no ordinary man. Tularosa was in for more shocks and surprises, because he was back for the real truth behind his sister's murder.
A Time for Hanging    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 54740 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 11, 2010. Fiction.
Lizzie Randall, the preacher's daughter, is murdered. The men of the west Texas town are set on lynching Paco Morales, a Mexican teenager who happened to be in the vicinity. In the end justice is served. The list of suspects grows to include almost everyone in the story...
Medicine Show    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 60260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 2, 2010. Fiction.
Ray Storey plays the role of Kit Carson in Col. A. J. Mahaffey's Authentic Medicine Show. Storey's using his job with the show to travel around the country to look for the men who killed his parents, and of course there's a showdown in the end. Also accompanying the show are an alcoholic doctor and the colonel's daughter.

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