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The Deal of a Lifetime is a romantic comedy about how a wild playgirl living in Durham, North Carolina meets and falls in love with a telephone company engineer who lives in the rustic community of Timberlake. They meet in highly unfavorable circumstances but over a period of time each of them comes to a realization that they were meant for each other. Filled with hilarious scenes and witty dialog, it is a touching story set in Durham and Timberlake with scenes in New York City, Jacksonville, Florida, Mexico City and many locations in eastern North Carolina.

In Hammer Spade's third South American adventure, Lady Margot Fisher lies in an unmarked grave on a desolate Andean mountain. Hammer is assigned to find the man who ordered her death and exact retribution.--Source other than Library of Congress.

Deliver Us From Evil is the sequel to Those Whom The Gods Love. In Bill Davis? return appearance, we have the same loveable, considerate man we met earlier, but the lessons he learned in the first book have made him harder, deliberate, more ruthless.This assignment has Bill Davis tracking down a drug gang. Against his wishes, he is assigned a woman partner. These two and a Chesapeake Bay retriever named Bear form an excellent team. Retaliation against the drug dealers is immediate, unerring, and deadly.The skills Bill learned in Vietnam are honed again as he sets up a series of ambushes. His ability to think on his feet is demonstrated by his capacity to anticipate the enemy?s next move and stay one step ahead of them. Keeping out of sight of the local law enforcement officers while performing these nefarious deeds is also quite challenging.All of Bill?s qualities and expertise are needed at the climax. A miscalculation lands the trio in hot water. Quick thinking and teamwork are called for in a battle reminiscent of the days of the early American western frontier. This is a swift moving, hard edged, straight forward, no nonsense story. The hero has all of the qualities that legends are made of, yet he retains his warmth and approachability. Here?s hoping we meet Bill Davis again in the future.Judy Jacobs September 24, 2005

On their wedding day Xerxes, King of ancient Persia, gave a gold ring with mysterious qualities to his new Jewish Queen, Esther. It has been stolen from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Hammer Spade is hired to recover it.

Hammer Spade, private investigator and bail bondsman in Durham, North Carolina, is good at finding missing persons. This time a member of the British aristocracy has gone missing, only thing is that not only is she a socialite, she's a British Secret Service agent.--Source other than Library of Congress.

Burnt Orange is a tiny principality in North Carolina. It consists of a house and lot on Highway 70 in North Carolina between and Efland and Mebane. The Goddesses Nondice, the Goddess of Dependable People, and Opal, the Goddess of Sex and Hilarity, engage Di Bona Fide, Tinsmith of the Gods, to fabricate a helm designed to make King Charles of Burnt Orange allow his daughter, Princess Francine, to get a life. The events depicted could have occurred anytime in history. They could occur anytime in the future. Who knows?

"In his last adventure Hammer's mission is to learn whether the White Horseman of the Apocalypse, Loredano Ziff, is dead or alive. If he is dead, Hammer must obtain proof that he is dead. If he is alive, Hammer is ordered to kill him"--Page 4 of cover.

In this ninth book of the Hammer Spade series Hammer and his friends are assigned to infiltrate a shadowy group who call themselves The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Their mission is nothing less than the destruction of Western Civilization. In volume one, Michael Clover infiltrates the Four Horsemen leadership council, Jack Kane and Clare Davis are assigned to the Black Horse of Famine group whose mission is to reduce the world¿s food supply. Dave Quigley and Jim Travis are sent to Algeria on a mission by Red Horse of War group, whose aim is to foment armed conflict. In volume two, Tim Whealton and Jerrel Neuhaus are dispatched to Papua, New Guinea where Willie Wanderer leads them to a plant that produces the world¿s most deadly natural poison. Hammer Spade and Shidee Callaway are sent to Tibet to learn from Tibetan wise man, Annyl Slohcin, how to destroy the souls of men. Then they all meet in Casablanca, Morocco where Michial Clover, aka Lord Phillip Norwich, has a surprise waiting for everybody.

Hammer Spade, private investigator and bail bondsman in Durham, North Carolina, learns his girlfriend has been kidnapped. He gathers a team of his friends and prepares to go to the rescue.--Source other than Library of Congress.

Hammer Spade, private investigator in North Carolina, takes off for South Africa to chase down a diamond smuggling operation. Little does he know that his life will be in danger from the very thieves he chases.