A tragic death. A guilt-ridden PI. A brutal path to justice.Private Investigator Harry Starke spends sleepless nights wandering the city streets. His perpetual attempt to clear his head takes a dark turn when a frightened young woman runs past him and hurls herself off a bridge to her death. Wracked with guilt over letting the woman’s life slip through his fingertips, he vows to find out what drove her to make that fateful plunge.
Who Killed Tom Sattler? Who Stole $350 Million from New Vision Strategic Investments?
It’s up to Harry Starke to Figure it out. The call came on a Tuesday evening in the middle of August at around nine-thirty. It was from an old school friend that Harry Starke hadn’t heard from in almost five years, and he hadn’t thought about him in almost as long.
For More Than Ten Years She Lay Beneath the Floorboards of Hill House
For more than ten years, she waited. Who was she? Who put her there? Why? Harry Starke vows to find the answers to those questions, but how?
They found Angela Hartwell lying in the shallow waters beside the golf course. There was not a mark on her, yet she was dead, strangled. How could that be?
Once again, it’s up to Harry Starke to find out. The investigation takes him into a world he’s very familiar with, a world of affluence, privilege and… corruption.
Emily Johnston is GONE. She’s been GONE for more than a week. She’s also the daughter of Harry Starke’s one-time boss and nemesis, Chattanooga Police Chief Wesley Johnston. Harry and Chief Johnston haven’t seen eye-to-eye in a long time, but when Johnston needs help, he knows there’s only one man he can turn to.
Harry Starke loves a cold case, but this one is really cold – more than a hundred years cold.
Family Matters is a whimsical tale, a flight of fancy. It takes place on the lonely coast of Maine, where Amanda, a true believer in the paranormal, has inherited a haunted house. Or at least that’s what the rumors say.
Shadows from the past. A brutal murder. This time it’s personal.
It takes only one phone call to turn Harry Starke into a monster. It begins when Harry’s kid brother is brutally murdered, his body thrown into the murky waters of the Tennessee River.
Murder and Mayhem in the U.S. Virgin Islands
It was one of those beautiful, balmy days on Calypso Key in the US Virgin Islands. The sky was blue and a cool breeze was blowing in off the ocean as Harry and Amanda took their vows. All of their friends were there and all was well with the world… and then the sky fell.
On a balmy afternoon in May 2002, wealthy stockbroker Peter Nicholson was turkey hunting with three friends in Prentice Cooper State Forest when he tripped, fell on his shotgun, and accidentally shot himself… dead, but did he? 15 years later, as a last resort, Nicholson’s mother asks Harry Starke to find the truth. As we all know, Harry loves a cold case, but…. As always, there’s a twist in the tale.
When a detective is this good, his family inevitably ends up in the crosshairs…
Harry Starke has lost count of the criminals he’s put behind bars, and death threats are part of the job description. But when a sniper’s bullet comes within inches of Starke’s wife, his whole world changes. It turns out an ex-congressman with an axe to grind doesn’t just want to kill the detective. He wants Starke to suffer…
There’s a Fine Line Between Genius and Insanity…
Maggie Hart, a student at UTC, was abducted on Labor Day. Her body was found five days later on the RiverPark. She’d been strangled. She wasn’t the first, nor would she be the last. Harry Starke, recovering from a near-death experience, is dragged reluctantly into an investigation that quickly turns into a cat and mouse game between Harry and a very clever killer, Harry being the mouse. Emoji is an action-packed, lightning-paced story with an explosive finale you’ll not see coming.
When horseplay becomes deadly, it’s up to a retired detective to clear his friend’s name…
Harry Starke is chomping at the bit to take up his old badge. When his longtime friend becomes the lead suspect in his wife’s murder, he fights to get back on the case. Despite damning evidence and his old partner’s warnings to steer clear, Harry is determined to prove his friend’s innocence.
Hoodwinked is the 12th standalone mystery in the captivating Harry Starke series. If you like grizzled private investigators, high-society intrigue, and shocking twists, then you’ll love Blair Howard’s twisty mystery.
An elite Iranian military unit. A missing tactical nuclear weapon. An aging Vietnam vet with a taste for violence. It began when an FBI informant was brutally gunned down outside a soccer stadium…
Apocalypse is the 13th standalone novel in a series of hard-boiled thrillers. If you like tough-as-nails heroes and twists you won’t see coming, then you’ll love Blair Howard’s latest gritty, edge-of-your-seat thriller.
An elite force of private military contractors. A ragtag band of aging war heroes and civilians.
It began with a simple kidnapping. It ended in an all-out private war. In Harry Starke’s world, nothing is ever quite as it seems. His wife is lying in hospital in a coma. His best friend and business partner is not who he says he is.
Harry Starke is at it again… So are his enemies.
Backlash is an action-packed, high-intensity crime fiction thriller that will keep you turning the pages. Kidnapping. Murder. Revenge… The world around him is full of misdeeds and misfortune. It’s an all-or-nothing battle that Harry must win… or die.
The game’s afoot, only Harry has no idea… Not yet anyway.
It seems his enemies are endless, and his career and life are always at stake. This time, though, he may not make it out unscathed.
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Mysterious murders. Dark and dangerous underworlds. A private eye who isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. Three Gripping, Lightning-Paced Thrillers:
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Tens of thousands of copies have been downloaded. More than 350 five and four-star reviews. Now you can continue the ride: almost 900 pages of murder, mystery, sex, corruption and revenge, all the ingredients for three mind blowing whodunits. From murder and corruption in CHECKMATE, to murder, sex, and alternative lifestyles in GONE, to the 100-year-old cold case in FAMILY MATTERS, they will keep you turning the pages late into the night – you won’t be able to put them down! Anyone who is a fan of Harlan Coben, Lee Child, or Tami Hoag will love Harry Starke.
Now you can continue the ride: almost 900 pages of murder, mystery, sex, corruption and revenge, all the ingredients for three mind blowing whodunits.
The Harry Starke saga continues: More than 1,000 five and four-star reviews. Now you can continue the ride: almost 900 pages of murder, mystery, sex, corruption and revenge, all the ingredients for three mind blowing thrillers.