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Harry James Denton Series: Books 4-6
(2022)(A book in the Harry James Denton series)
An omnibus of novels by Steven Womack
WHETHER YOU CALL IT MUSIC CITY,
THE IT CITY, NASHVEGAS, OR CASHVILLE . . .. . . New York Times Notable Book author and Nashville native Steven Womack brings one of America’s most amazing cities to life in his action-packed, Edgar-award-winning Music City Murders series. Dive into the exciting, seamy, intriguing world of one of America’s most iconic cities and one of mystery’s most endearing series protagonists: down-on-his-luck, ex-newspaper reporter Harry James Denton.
“A deft, atmosphere-rich novel: smart, funny, with a sense of wry heartbreak. Steven Womack’s Nashville stands out—it is a beautifully drawn backdrop”
—James Ellroy. New York Times best-selling author of L.A. Confidential
"In the overcrowded field of private eye fiction, Steven Womack stands head and shoulders above most of the herd."
—Val McDermid, best-selling Scottish crime writer of the Inspector Karen Pirie series
“Womack is right up there with Parker, Jance, and Grafton. He writes a fast-moving, humorous, well-plotted detective story. No psychology like Rendell, no agenda like Cornwell. His Nashville hero, Harry Denton, is colorful and likeable…”
—Joan Benny, Amazon Reviewer
NOBODY'S CHAIN LAYS STRAIGHT (Anthony Award Nominee and Shamus Award Nominee)
Harry explores the seamy, steamy underside of Music City’s sex trade when he’s hired to find Stacey Jameson, a rich, runaway, drug-addled teen. "Nobody's chain lays straight," a friend tells Harry. But Stacey's chain is especially twisted, with links that lead back to a family filled with secrets. Harry's been to the rodeo a few times before, but even he's not ready for what awaits him in the hard-core depths of a brutal Nashville night.
A MANUAL OF MURDER (Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee/Anthony Award Nominee/Shamus Award Winner)
The toast of Tennessee, author Robert Jefferson Reed, has made big bucks with his little book of folksy homilies like "Never Go To Bed Angry" and "Eat Your Vegetables." He should have added "Don't Commit Murder." For when Reed's wife hires P.I. Harry James Denton to catch her hubby in a tryst with a sexy secretary, Harry find the author of Life's Little Maintenance Manual strangled and drowned in his own hot tub... placing Harry at the top of the suspect list.
DIRTY MONEY (Shamus Award Nominee)
How did Nashville P.I. Harry James Denton wind up working as a maintenance man in the world's most famous whorehouse? The Feds made him a deal: help smoke out a money-laundering operation secretly being run in Reno's notorious, legendary, legal cathouse, the Mustang Ranch. But it turns out to be a raw deal when one of the Mustang girls turns up murdered and Harry is, once again, the prime suspect.
Genre: Mystery
THE IT CITY, NASHVEGAS, OR CASHVILLE . . .. . . New York Times Notable Book author and Nashville native Steven Womack brings one of America’s most amazing cities to life in his action-packed, Edgar-award-winning Music City Murders series. Dive into the exciting, seamy, intriguing world of one of America’s most iconic cities and one of mystery’s most endearing series protagonists: down-on-his-luck, ex-newspaper reporter Harry James Denton.
“A deft, atmosphere-rich novel: smart, funny, with a sense of wry heartbreak. Steven Womack’s Nashville stands out—it is a beautifully drawn backdrop”
—James Ellroy. New York Times best-selling author of L.A. Confidential
"In the overcrowded field of private eye fiction, Steven Womack stands head and shoulders above most of the herd."
—Val McDermid, best-selling Scottish crime writer of the Inspector Karen Pirie series
“Womack is right up there with Parker, Jance, and Grafton. He writes a fast-moving, humorous, well-plotted detective story. No psychology like Rendell, no agenda like Cornwell. His Nashville hero, Harry Denton, is colorful and likeable…”
—Joan Benny, Amazon Reviewer
NOBODY'S CHAIN LAYS STRAIGHT (Anthony Award Nominee and Shamus Award Nominee)
Harry explores the seamy, steamy underside of Music City’s sex trade when he’s hired to find Stacey Jameson, a rich, runaway, drug-addled teen. "Nobody's chain lays straight," a friend tells Harry. But Stacey's chain is especially twisted, with links that lead back to a family filled with secrets. Harry's been to the rodeo a few times before, but even he's not ready for what awaits him in the hard-core depths of a brutal Nashville night.
A MANUAL OF MURDER (Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee/Anthony Award Nominee/Shamus Award Winner)
The toast of Tennessee, author Robert Jefferson Reed, has made big bucks with his little book of folksy homilies like "Never Go To Bed Angry" and "Eat Your Vegetables." He should have added "Don't Commit Murder." For when Reed's wife hires P.I. Harry James Denton to catch her hubby in a tryst with a sexy secretary, Harry find the author of Life's Little Maintenance Manual strangled and drowned in his own hot tub... placing Harry at the top of the suspect list.
DIRTY MONEY (Shamus Award Nominee)
How did Nashville P.I. Harry James Denton wind up working as a maintenance man in the world's most famous whorehouse? The Feds made him a deal: help smoke out a money-laundering operation secretly being run in Reno's notorious, legendary, legal cathouse, the Mustang Ranch. But it turns out to be a raw deal when one of the Mustang girls turns up murdered and Harry is, once again, the prime suspect.
Genre: Mystery
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