John Leister
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Private Investigator Lee Hacklyn puts himself in harm's wayon a regular basis.Sometimes for money.Sometimes because he's in the wrong place at the wrong time.Mostly?He does it because it's right.Lee lives in New York City during the mid-70s.These stories are mostly self-contained. They are light onpolitical correctness, and, well, in the author's less-than-humbleopinion, heavy on entertainment.
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New York City. 1980. Lee is hired by a shadowy government operative to find a missingnuclear scientist, Dr. Gunther Beckenbauer. By the time Lee findshim, with the help of his partner, Clint Courage, the countdown has alreadybegun for the lives of every man, woman and child in New York State.
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New York City. 1986.
New York State Governor Kevin Quartermain is the King. His wife, Layla, is the Queen.
Monty Wallace, a mentally-challenged young man, wrongly convicted of murder,
is the Pawn.
Lee Hacklyn is the Knight.
Monty's father, Angus, has hired him to prove that his son is innocent,
and to break a conspiracy of silence that allows evil to run rampant.
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New York City. 1977.Santino De Luca, and his wife, Maria, and their three kids,live in a beautiful condominium called Carnegie Hill Place.Shortly after Santino announces his intention to run in the next StrataCouncil meeting, he's found dead by their daughter, Lucia, in theirbathtub, filled with red paint.NYPD investigators deemed the incident a suicide and closed the case.But Santino's brothers, Angelo and Sal, are convinced that poor Santinowas...
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After Lee liberates porn-actress Carrie Downsfrom an escort service/prostitution ring in Beverly Hills,her father, Hollywood movie producer, Ryan Downs,hires Lee to provide story-boards, conceptual artand security for a film adaptation of Lee's favoritecomic-book character--other than Superman--TheUnknown Detective. Meanwhile, small-time gangsterLyle Capp helps Lee uncover the true identity of themysterious crime-lord known as the Emporer.
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New York City. 1976. Fifteen year old Keith Alexander dies from an asthma attack.One of his teachers, Stephanie Tupper, suspects foul play and hires Leeto investigate the boy's death.Lee thinks it's a waste of time, initially. Keith's death was ruled "accidental" by NYPD.But when he discovers the truth, he's reminded once again that the depth of man'sis bottomless.