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The Elliott Smith Mysteries by
Elliott Smith wakes up in the hospital with a head injury…and an invisible companion. At first, he’s convinced “John” is just a figment of a damaged brain, but when Elliott is fully recovered John is still around—and desperate to find out who he is. Reluctantly, Elliott agrees to help, and discovers Chicago PD has a John Doe on their hands with six bullets in him—who died in the ER at the same time Elliott was there.
His Name Is John (An Elliott Smith Mystery, #1)
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Aaron's Wait (An Elliott Smith Mystery, #2)
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Caesar's Fall (An Elliott Smith Mystery, #3)
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Dante's Circle (An Elliott Smith Mystery, #4)
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The Dick Hardesty Mysteries by
Dick Hardesty is a gay private investigator who investigates crimes that often affect the LGBT community.
The Butcher's Son (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #1)
Price: $0.99 USD.
The Ninth Man (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #2)
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Bar Watcher (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #3)
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Hired Man (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #4)
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Good Cop (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #5)
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Bottle Ghosts (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #6)
Price: $4.99 USD.

Books

Dante's Circle (An Elliott Smith Mystery, #4) by
Series: The Elliott Smith Mysteries, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 55,260. Language: English. Published: November 23, 2017 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Dante Benevetti is the darling of the music world…and why not? He’s handsome, talented—and arrogant as only a man convinced of his own brilliance can be. As far as he’s concerned, the rest of the world exists for his benefit. So, when he hears Dante is dead, a victim of murder, Elliott isn’t really surprised. Nor is he surprised when Dante comes for a post-mortem visit...
Caesar's Fall (An Elliott Smith Mystery, #3) by
Series: The Elliott Smith Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 82,080. Language: English. Published: September 29, 2017 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
With a new building to restore and his relationship with Steve growing more serious, the last thing Elliott wants are someone else’s problems. Still, when lottery millionaire Bruno Caesar moves into his building, Elliott can’t just ignore the man’s need for help. Bruno’s life comes to an abrupt end when he falls from his balcony. It might be nothing more than a tragic accident, except...
Calico by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 69,290. Language: English. Published: August 18, 2017 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
It seemed like a simple job—guide Josh and Sarah to Bow Ridge to live with their aunt until they reached their 18th birthday. But someone wants them dead, which makes no sense to Calico. Neither do the feelings aroused by the nearness of the handsome young man from Chicago—feelings that seem to be returned.
Aaron's Wait (An Elliott Smith Mystery, #2) by
Series: The Elliott Smith Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,870. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2017 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Aaron Stiles is dead. He’s been dead for four years but doesn’t seem to know it. He’s waiting for his partner Bill to come home, and until that happens, he’s not going anywhere. The trouble is, Bill Somers won’t be coming home—ever—because he’s dead, too. The official verdict was suicide, but…
His Name Is John (An Elliott Smith Mystery, #1) by
Series: The Elliott Smith Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 93,780. Language: English. Published: March 17, 2017 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Elliott Smith wakes up in the hospital with a head injury...and an invisible companion. At first, he's convinced "John" is just a figment of a damaged brain, but when Elliott is fully recovered John is still around—and desperate to find out who he is. Reluctantly, Elliott agrees to help, and discovers Chicago PD has a John Doe on their hands with six bullets in him...
The Serpent's Tongue (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #15) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,310. Language: English. Published: January 13, 2017 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
When Dick Hardesty is hired to look into threats against former priest Dan Stabile, possibly from someone whose confession Dan heard while still in the priesthood, it’s just another case. Then, on a stormy Sunday, on a rain-slick road, Dan is killed, Dick’s partner Jonathan is severely injured, and suddenly, it’s personal. Was the accident really an accident...or murder?
The Peripheral Son (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #14) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 79,430. Language: English. Published: October 28, 2016 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Gay investigative reporter Victor Koseva is working on an exposé about doping within a boxing syndicate, when he mysteriously disappears. Hired by the journalist’s sister-in-law, P.I. Dick Hardesty takes on the case, following a cast of unsavory suspects ranging from construction unions to bitter ex-boyfriends to a middleweight boxer determined to win a championship.
The Secret Keeper (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #13) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,730. Language: English. Published: September 12, 2016 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
P.I. Dick Hardesty listens with polite interest to his partner Jonathan's stories of his days working for 90-year-old multimillionaire Clarence Bement, helping the old man tend his garden. But when Bement is found dead, an apparent suicide, Jonathan is adamant that the old man would never have killed himself, a theory also held by Bement's grandson, Mel Fowler.
The Angel Singers (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #12) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 79,450. Language: English. Published: August 15, 2016 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Grant Jefferson joins the Gay Men's Chorus as a protégé of its biggest supporter, and begins causing more dischord than harmony. So, when a car bomb ends Grant's plans to be a star on The Great White Way, there is no shortage of possible suspects; and when the chorus' board of directors hires Dick Hardesty to see what he can find out about the murder, he ends up in a complicated case...
The Dream Ender (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #11) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 84,540. Language: English. Published: July 18, 2016 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
When rugged construction worker and biker Cal Hysong is killed, Dick knows the reason. Cal was widely suspected of deliberately spreading AIDS to other gay men. Like the rest of the gay community, Dick's initial reaction is “good riddance.” But when Jake Jacobson and Jared Martinson, two of Dick’s closest friends, become suspects, the case turns personal...
The Paper Mirror (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #10) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,670. Language: English. Published: June 14, 2016 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
At the gala opening of a new library filled with homosexual writings collected by the late Charles Burrows, known for both his taste in writing, as well as his eccentricity, Dick Hardesty and his partner Jonathan are enjoying a rare night out since four-year-old Joshua joined their household. The evening takes an abrupt turn when cataloger Taylor Cates is found dead...
The Popsicle Tree (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #9) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,100. Language: English. Published: April 12, 2016 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Following the death of the parents of Jonathan’s four-year-old nephew Joshua, Dick and his partner find themselves in a new role: parents. As if fatherhood didn’t bring enough of a set of challenges, the mother of one of Joshua’s new friends is murdered, sending Dick on a trail to find out who killed her and why.
The Role Players (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #8) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 75,490. Language: English. Published: March 16, 2016 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Dick and his lover, Jonathan, finally manage to take a vacation, and it's a sentimental journey for Dick—it is to New York City, the site of former adventures, and where his former lover is now settled in with a new lover, Max, who is involved in a theater company. Soon after one of the original cast is murdered—gunned down with a shot in the back. It seems Dick can’t even have a vacation...
The Dirt Peddler (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #7) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,360. Language: English. Published: February 17, 2016 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Arrogant and homophobic Tony T. Tunderew, author of a muckraking bestseller, hires Dick Hardesty to look into blackmail threats he’s been receiving. When Tunderew and a male hustler die in a mysterious car crash, Dick’s investigation reveals Tunderew was working on a new book exposing an evangelical husband-and-wife team and their religious-based community for troubled teens.
The Bottle Ghosts (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #6) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 73,370. Language: English. Published: December 15, 2015 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Hired to find a missing man—an alcoholic—Dick Hardesty discovers that an unusual number of alcoholic gay men have vanished within a relatively short period and never heard from again.
The Good Cop (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #5) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,400. Language: English. Published: October 12, 2015 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
All Tom Brady wanted was to be a good cop; to keep a low profile and prove to a notoriously homophobic police department undergoing its own internal upheavals that gays deserved the right to be among them. But when he and old friend Dick Hardesty go out for a quiet evening, an incident leads to Tom shooting two thugs attacking patrons of a gay bar.
A World Ago: A Navy Man's Letters Home (1954-1956) by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 168,790. Language: English. Published: July 29, 2015 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Naval
A World Ago chronicles, through one young man's journal and vivid letters to his parents, his life, adventures, and experiences at a magical time. It follows him from being a Naval Aviation Cadet to becoming a “regular” sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga on an eight-month tour of duty in the politically tense Mediterranean Sea.
The Hired Man (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #4) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 90,530. Language: English. Published: July 13, 2015 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
When private investigator Dick Hardesty is hired by businessman Stuart Anderson to conduct routine background checks on potential store managers, he becomes reacquainted with a former trick, Phil Stark, who has undergone an amazing transformation from bar hustler to professional escort. When Anderson is murdered, Hardesty is hired by the escort services owners...
The Ninth Man (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #2) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 53,750. Language: English. Published: May 6, 2015 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Dick Hardesty is hired to investigate the mysterious death of a client’s lover. The police assume the death is drug related. In the course of his investigation Dick learns of eight similar deaths, all seemingly unrelated. The victims had nothing in common other than being gay, and all dying the same way.
The Butcher's Son (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #1) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 64,410. Language: English. Published: May 6, 2015 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Dick Hardesty, working for a public relations firm, is assigned the task of helping elect a rabidly homophobic police chief governor. Dick’s being gay himself, coupled with rumors that the chief had one of his identical twin sons murdered for being gay doesn’t make Dick’s job easier. He soon finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of politics, drag clubs, and do-good reverend’s homeless shelter.
The Bar Watcher (A Dick Hardesty Mystery, #3) by
Series: The Dick Hardesty Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 75,860. Language: English. Published: April 30, 2015 by Untreed Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
When the obnoxious owner of a gay bathhouse begins receiving threatening messages accusing him of not admitting people inside that he doesn't deem "hot" enough, he enlists the services of private detective Dick Hardesty to find the person behind the notes. When the owner is murdered following a heated argument with Dick, Hardesty becomes a suspect.

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