Jim Ingraham

Biography

World War II combat marine, NYU graduate, author of five novels and many short stories featuring Duff Kerrigan PI, retired univ. professor living in Florida.

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Books

Duff Kerrigan, PI
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 25,240. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories
in "Prisoner of Guilt," Duff is hired by a one-time girlfriend to protect a young girl from a released jailbird whom she testified against. In "Past Imperfect," Duff searches for the person who shot his father in the back and killed him. In "Cry, Baby," Duff is hired by a woman to destroy a drug-running gang who she says corrupted her husband. All three stories take place in Maine.
She's Gone
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 68,790. Language: American English. Published: October 18, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
She's Gone is about Netti Quill, a young would-be novelist who mingles with waterfront mobsters in a naive attempt to acquire experience and atmosphere for her writing. She disappears from an island during a storm, and her wealthy grandmother hires PI Duff Kerrigan to find her. Murders occur while his search takes him from a small coastal fishing village to the north woods, risking his li
Arab
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 79,350. Language: English. Published: August 19, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
Arab is a serious look at the folly of war. Bashir Yassin, an aircraft mechanic, is hounded by the CIA, the Egyptian secret police, and a major Islamist organization in the belief he is a threat to national security in Egypt. Marine Lt. Colonel, Nick Palermo,is sent to Cairo to find him. Nick soon wonders whether Bashir is guilty of anything, and that gets Nick into trouble.
Blood on the Snow
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 16,770. Language: English. Published: July 16, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
In BLOOD ON THE SNOW private investigator Duff Kerrigan goes north into the Maine woods to inform two brothers that they have inherited a fortune. On an isolated lake in the wilderness of winter, he is met with hostility that threatens his life. In A NIGHT ON THE TOWN a flashy young Mexican slips across the border and comes to New York looking for excitement. He believes he can outsmart the grin
Remains To Be Seen
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 74,070. Language: English. Published: May 16, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Perci Piper is a young female deputy sheriff from Lee County in Florida who goes to Maine on a training mission. She joins a veteran detective in the investigation of the murder of a college president. Her life is threatened when she becomes interested in the death of a coed who died attempting to terminate her own pregnancy. Remains to be Seen is a story about hypocrisy.
Evidence of Evil
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 85,900. Language: English. Published: April 26, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Jennifer Phillips, an 18-year-old coed, is with her journalism professor the evening he is murdered in a restaurant parking lot. Detective Sergeant Randa Sorel, a Florida deputy sheriff, has to fight the political influence of Jennifer’s father in order to solve the murder and rescue Jennifer from a dysfunctional family. In the course of the investigation Randa discovers a love of her own.