Mike Faricy


Biography

Hey, thanks for taking time to read about me. I'm the oldest of five children, born in St. Paul, Minnesota. I graduated from St. Thomas Academy and St. Norbert College with a degree in history. I've been a soldier, freelance journalist, tended bar, sold designer cakes, owned a painting and decorating company. If that doesn't offend you I play the bagpipes with the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band. I live with my extremely patient wife in St. Paul, Minnesota and Dublin, Ireland. Again many thanks for your time.

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Books

Mr. Softee    by Mike Faricy
Price: $2.99 USD. 60760 words. Published on May 27, 2011. Fiction.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
Flaky PI Devlin Haskell continues making bad choices and ending up in the wrong bed. Now he's hired by the throughly despicable Mr. Softee to track down an assailant Dev isn't even sure exists. There's the usual bullets, bombs, mayhem and gorgeous women. A healthy serving of the bizarre during just your average week in St. Paul.
Russian Roulette    by Mike Faricy
Price: $0.99 USD. 70780 words. Published on March 20, 2011. Fiction.

0.25 star(4.17 from 6 reviews)
When dysfuntional private eye Dev Haskell stumbles into bed with a new client he has no idea he's actually sleeping with the Russian mob. Along the way he's shot, car bombed, beaten and used as a human shield. An engrossing, funny tale of intrigue, rank ineptitude and one night stands. Russian Roulette is a fast paced suspense thriller from Minnesota's master of the bizarre, Mike Faricy
End Of The Line    by Mike Faricy
Price: $2.99 USD. 71630 words. Published on July 23, 2010. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Perkin Hoyt is a victim of the great recession and a long string of bad luck. Disbarred attorney Alfie Costello sells a'hot' laptop to Christy Keenan. Unfortunately the laptop comes with all sorts of add ons; the inept crooks, scams, a hitman and a bizarre bank heist. Perkin and Christy come together as the only sane individuals in another bizarre Mike Faricy world.
Finders Keepers    by Mike Faricy
Price: $2.99 USD. 76650 words. Published on July 23, 2010. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Brothers and perpetual screw-ups Austin and Andre Boothe decide stealing the local strip club nightly deposit would be just the thing to augment their income. They're in for a big surprise when Chicago mobsters turn out to be involved and take the brother's get rich scheme rather personally. There's a very fine line between brillant and bone headed in this bizarre date with disaster.
Chow For Now    by Mike Faricy
Price: $2.99 USD. 76480 words. Published on July 23, 2010. Fiction.

Dickie Mullins, private eye, owner of a failing bar, driver of a DeLorean, lives on a houseboat in St. Paul. Life would be a lot smoother if he didn't listen to ex-wife Rae Nell's get rich schemes. Rip off artists, meat markets, an heiress and an increasing body count. Did we mention the fur coat scandal? Fortunately for Dickie his girlfriend is still talking to him and eventually he listens.
Baby Grand    by Mike Faricy
Price: $2.99 USD. 72020 words. Published on July 23, 2010. Fiction.

Terminal losers, Mickey Donnelly and Dell Dolan, have come up with the ultimate pension plan. A series of madcap snatch and grabs that go off course until it dawns on them there just might be a better way. But between uncooperative husbands, tell all mistresses and a mob contract on their heads, success doesn't come easily. In the end only their stupidity and comic ineptness can save them.
Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick    by Mike Faricy
Price: $2.99 USD. 83980 words. Published on July 23, 2010. Fiction.

Long time friends Hub Schneider and Val Harwood flee financial turmoil in Minnesota to open a dance studio in Florida. Complications arise when they run afoul of Atlanta low life John Wilkes Brooks and psychotic New Jersey mob enforcer 'Crazy' Bobby Falconi. Murder, mayhem and a sprinkling of double cross become the order of the day. Eccentric characters and screwball situations.

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