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Fission Chips by MCM

Gare Marx has been a PI for all of five minutes when he discovers he sucks at it.  The mob wants money he never borrowed, he’s suspected of murdering someone he hasn’t met, and he’s hired to find a woman who may be involved in some extremely shady business.  That, and his secretary is an amoral jiu jitsu-loving sociopath. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Black Hat Magick by Kyt Dotson

Not your ordinary detective agency

The exploits and adventures of college student, computer geek, and occult detective Elaine Hadaly Mercer.  She begins her career as an undergrad at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; but comes from a long blood line of dabblers in the arcane arts with a strong bent for the scientific—hitherto that strange alchemy of genius courses through her . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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The Scarlet Lemming by MCM

Gare Marx has been a PI for a year, and he still sucks at it.

A year has passed since Gare Marx started his new firm, and he’s barely scraping by as an unlicensed PI.  After crossing the wrong billionaire, his scam is about to be exposed . . . unless he does a job for free.  What job?  Recover a priceless jewel: the infamous Scarlet Lemming. . . .

A complete novel.
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Thomas Bleakly: PI by Robert Gryfft

Thomas Bleakly, Private Investigator is batflip insane.  Sometimes it works for him, sometimes . . . not so much.  One day a beautiful woman hires him to find her father.  The catch?  She’s a robot. Told from three perspectives, none of them necessarily trustworthy.  Watch out for for nonsensical subplots, insane characters, and conspiracies that span whole realities. . . .

A serialized novel, updating weekly.
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Bartlett House by Patricia J. McLean and Duane Poncy

A Will Adelhardt - Lucy Hidalgo Mystery

When a fire burns down the historic Bartlett House, the body of young activist, Emmy d’Angelo is found inside, dressed in bondage gear.  Her older lover, professor Will Adelhardt, is under suspicion, but the manner in which Emmy is found is incomprehensible to Adelhardt, who is devastated by her loss.  Now he must take a dark voyage through the . . .

A complete novel.
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Lucky Monday by Robert C. Rodgers

A hard-boiled noir tale concerning magic, violence, and a whole lot of bad luck.

Ever since I can remember, fortune cookies have told me that I’m going to die. They never get too specific.  Just the basics: ‘Your Lucky Numbers Are 3, 12, and 57.  You Are Going to Die.’  Or: ‘Try the Spicy Pork Rolls!  And Then Prepare to Die.’  It used to freak me out, but I’ve gotten used to it.  . . .

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Song and Siren by Steph Cha

Juniper Song, a Korean-American girl in L.A., stumbles onto murder and scandal when one of her best friends asks her to do some snooping on a girl he suspects of sleeping with his wealthy father.  It is a modern hard-boiled work with a huge stylistic debt to Raymond Chandler. . . .

A serialized novel, updating fortnightly.
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The Fickle Finger of Fate by Matthew Skala

When the purple-haired dame showed up at the agency, Flank Ploughman, private investigator, did his best to send her away.  Like it said on the door, he didn’t take that kind of case.  But he couldn’t resist cash when it was right in front of him like that, and soon he was caught up in the underground of Tokyo’s Seru . . .

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BLACK HAT MAGICK

an alternative detective story

Editor: A. M. Harte
September 6, 2009

Black Hat Magick currently stands at 13 chapters, and is promising to be a very exciting serial.

The story follows Elaine, a university student who, in her free time, works as a private detective.  She is a skilled hacker, intelligent, and dismissive of authority.  But she is equally knowledgeable about the [more . . .]

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BARTLETT HOUSE

Fantastic

Member: amber simmons
November 24, 2008

It isn’t often that I get to leave a 5 star review, but what can I say? McLean and Poncy can write.

Bartlett House is ostensibly a murder mystery, but I have a feeling it is going to be much more than that. In these first eight chapters, we’ve met several [more . . .]

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