The Southside Hooker

Southside Hooker Series 1-5 Boxed Set
Series: The Southside Hooker. Price: $39.99 USD. Words: 388,260. Language: English. Originally Published: November 6, 2019 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Just as not all mysteries are killings, and not all killings are mysteries, not all mystery stories are told the same way. These are the stories of an ordinary group of people involved in extraordinary circumstances. Hooker, Hieronymus Octavius O'Keefer, is a tow truck driver with a collected family of retired detectives, cops, radio dispatchers, blind disc jockey, nurses, and a twenty-pound...
Death on a Dime
Series: The Southside Hooker, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 102,020. Language: English. Originally Published: April 13, 2022 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Urban, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Hooker is a survivor. He reigns from high in the cab of a custom-built giant tow truck that is as powerful as the heart that he keeps hidden under his "rebel without a cause" skin. Cruising the highways and streets in the heady days of the early Silicon Valley, Hooker lives out his life with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on the gearshift. Four radios, two of which are illegal, are...
Night Vision
Series: The Southside Hooker, Book 2. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 76,320. Language: English. Originally Published: July 4, 2014 by Baer Charlton. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
A psychopatic, sociopath mutilator is leaving cut up bodies in the south Bay Area—again. This time around, everything becomes very personal as Hooker is dragged into things, but can't drive with a cast on his arm. Mae West has a blown engine, and the Squirt is still in the hospital recovering from "Dime Poisoning". Then Hooker gets word from his sister that she needs help. She can help him—but...
Unbidden Garden
Series: The Southside Hooker, Book 3. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 65,460. Language: English. Originally Published: December 7, 2014 by Baer Charlton. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Life is splashing along for Hooker, as he cruises the South end of San Jose in his custom built 1959 Marmon tow-truck with his trusty side-kick Box, snoring between the seats. The serious end of fall has settled into a myriad of jumpstarts and drivers re-learning how to park in the middle of rain washed freeways. Blood ally is working overtime on its name. A rash of “suicide by oncoming car”...
Boomtown
Series: The Southside Hooker, Book 4. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 70,030. Language: English. Originally Published: July 4, 2016 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Urban, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
"Milpitas was a thug town. Felix hadn't always been a thug, and he hadn't grown up in Milpitas. He had found Milpitas because of its reputation, and he had worked hard to fit into the reputation." Trouble continues to find Hooker and the Squirt. Through the slow drizzle of spring, business is just enough to prevent much needed maintenance on Mae West. Hooker and the Squirt both know in their...
One Day Under the Grass
Series: The Southside Hooker, Book 5. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 78,360. Language: English. Originally Published: December 22, 2016 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
It wasn't Hooker's first recovery wreck from water. At least this was in the sunny summer instead of winter in freezing water and rain. Everything was routine until the officer pulled a skull out of the water. Someone is killing the street walkers of downtown San Jose. As Hooker investigates, it becomes personal, and dangerous.