Bøker av Mike Faricy

Dev Haskell takes his 'friend with benefits', Heidi, out to dinner. His late-night plans are suddenly put on hold when failed criminal Tommy Benedetti shows up and forces Heidi into a stretch limo. Benedetti gives Heidi $200,000. Gee, $200,000 in cash, what could possibly go wrong? There's only one thing to do, and Dev sets out to build a 'working relationship with FBI agent Candi Mangle. Another incredibly bizarre Dev Haskell read... Multiple tales wrapped into one crazy adventure. A great Dev Haskell tale. Sit back, relax, enjoy, and realize your life isn't as bad as you thought...Fortunately, Dev still has Morton, his Golden Retriever.

"Dev Haskell in France? It's an International Incident!" Mystery MadnessCrime Lord Tubby Gustafson taps Dev Haskell to travel to Paris as a bodyguard and all-around 'servant' to his beautiful, vivacious 'niece,' Maddie.Surprise, surprise. All is not as it seems. Dev and Maddie flee their first hotel only minutes after checking in. Seems Maddie has come into possession of something Tubby Gustafson and French gangster Ali Debauche want very badly. In fact, they'll do anything to get it, literally anything. With thugs in hot pursuit, Dev & Maddie flee Paris after just 48 hours. But no matter where they go, the bad guys seem to be right behind them. Another bizarre, crazy Dev Haskell tale of crime, double cross, and gorgeous women who want absolutely nothing to do with him. Better grab your copy NOW!"Check out Dev Haskell's latest attempt at trying to help! Fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, Elmore Leonard, Tony Dunbar, and Laurence Shames will love it!"

Problem in the neighborhood? Dev Haskell volunteers to go undercover and hide in 'the office' recording license plate numbers and cash pickups from late evening until the early morning hours. Then there's Dev's personal life. Gorgeous Sophie has all she can handle trying to train Dev, let alone his golden retriever Morton, unaware Morton may have already inserted himself where he didn't belong. But all is not as it seems. Dev ends up caught between Crime Lord Tubby Gustafson and gangster Dennis Dwyer. In the end, he has a day of reckoning thrust upon him thanks to stripper/escort/ne'er do well, Swindle Lawless. It's classic Dev.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished! Roxy LaRue is in deep weeds... She's on the hook for 1.2 million. Some not very nice guys want their money NOW! Ever the gentleman, Dev Haskell offers to help. The police are pounding on his door at two in the morning! There's a drive-by shooting on his front porch! Someone firebombs his house! Things quickly go downhill from there. Guest from Hell is a wonderfully crazy tale. Caught between the thuggish Massinni brothers and crime lord Tubby Gustafson, Dev Haskell turns to Luscious Dixon for help. That may not have been the best idea... Read it, you'll love it." Crime Capers

Nominated for the 2019 Silver Falchion Mystery awardStar Struck - careful what you wish for . . .Dev Haskell gets a one-night gig posing as security for his pal Wink, a Bono impersonator. Complications . . .Sassy, the hottie from his high school days, promises to do anything (and I mean anything!!) if she can meet Bono. Crime lord Tubby Gustafson is hosting a birthday party for his granddaughter, so mob enforcer Fat Freddy Zimmerman suggests it would be wise if Bono attended. Turns out Fat Freddy might just have an ulterior motive.Only one problem . . .Wink's been kidnapped along with sexy Sassy, and it's up to Dev to find them - FAST!

Crickett is the EIGHTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series.Mike Faricy once again proves himself to be Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre.When the city's laziest Private Investigator Dev Haskell spots his old flame Karen Riley in The Spot bar, she's changed--for one thing she's no longer Karen Riley, now she's Crickett, and then there's the stroller with ten month old Oliver. Dev hangs on and does the math: ten months plus nine months equals when?It seems Crickett's sometime lover Daryl has been caught in possession of some drugs, and she thinks they may have been planted on him. But five million dollars worth? Tough to hide that much in your pocket. Dev starts looking under rocks and quickly uncovers local crime lord Tubby Gustafson and his psychopathic enforcer, Bulldog. Things seem to go downhill rather quickly from there as Dev finds himself literally running for his life.Crickett is a hilariously entertaining hard-boiled mystery, with just enough chills to keep you on the edge of your seat. A delightful read with a heavy dose of corner cutting and misbehavior to go with the beverage of your choice."Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." -Crime Scene"Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer ... and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional PIs out there today." -The Dirty Lowdown

Nominated for a Minnesota Book award. Art Hound is the 16th title in the award-winning Dev Haskell series. Private Investigator Dev Haskell makes the mistake of having a compassionate side when he attempts to help out a starving artist and sometime acquaintance, Demarcus Cantrell for 'just' a couple of days after his girlfriend has thrown him out. In short order, Dev's home is overflowing with ugly paintings, boxes of books, tubes of paint, cans of turpentine, rolls of canvas, no beer left in the fridge...and Dev begins to see things from the girlfriend's point of view. Add to that the sudden appearance of disgruntled Farrell Finley, the subject of Dev's ongoing investigation, and things start to get more than a little crazy. Demarcus suddenly disappears, there's a kidnapping, and things suddenly go from bad to downright terrible with a cast of international criminals and an investigation that turns out to be not all it's cracked up to be. Art Hound Dev Haskell's latest attempt at culture! Fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, and Laurence Shames love it!

Scam Man is the Thirteenth mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator Series. Morton, the golden retriever, is back just in time to turn Dev's dating experience with gorgeous AJ into an absolute disaster. Meanwhile, his longtime "friend with benefits," Heidi, is being showered with jewels and romantic getaways. Dev is investigating Austin Hackett, a scheming attorney who has run scams on everything from porn to disability lawsuits. He can set everything right if only Swindle Lawless and Woofy Barker can keep their act together. Assaults, shootings, scams, broken hearts, and murder combine for more humorous entertainment from the master of the bizarre, Mike Faricy. If you like Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, and Elmore Leonard-make room for one more!

Foiled is the Fourteenth mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series. Fun loving, back slapping, wrong guessing Dev is surprised when Bonnie, a one-night stand from ten years back, suddenly shows up in the office and hires Dev, along with his Golden Retriever, Morton, to provide 'security' for she and her business partner Iggy while they complete a software project. Iggy turns out to have a number of issues; add to that the criminal activity of Niles Wegger as he attempts to insert a bug in the software, and you've got Dev calling on former NFL tight end Luscious Dixon for some special help. If you like Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey & Elmore Leonard - make room for one more!"Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer...and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world out there today." The Dirty Lowdown"Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen."Crime Scene"I'm not sure what Faricy is drinking...but it really works!"Behind Bars

Dog Gone is the TWELFTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series.Best in Show! Dog Gone is the Tale of Two Tail-ChasersPrivate investigator Dev Haskell's new lady friend Maddie comes with strings attached: the loosely-knotted tie of her short black silk kimono and the leash to Morton, her handsome Golden Retriever.It's always a sexy mystery when Dev's on duty, but this caper takes a turn toward buddy adventure when Dev agrees to pet-sit. On their first evening stroll, Dev and Morton are charmed to meet the lovely Princess Anatasia, a purebred Standard Poodle angling for Best In Show title in the Blessington Kennel Club competition the Super Bowl of regional dog competition. But when the princess' owner gets in a tussle with a local gambling heavyweight, Dev steps in to help, and the prim and proper world of show dog competition is revealed to be, above all, a competition, plus a big attraction for professional gambling! And these guys are playing for high stakes. It turns out somebody's trying to keep Princess Anastasia from competing in the show. Dev gets hired to stop them and fortunately, he's got backup this time: a love struck canine hero. As the suspense builds, a surprisingly touching bond develops between Dev and Morton, and why not? The pair have a lot in common: favored foods and beer brands, preferred places to stick their noses, and a seat-of-the-pants approach to dealing with bad guys. They got it right when they said, "Faricy's characters inhabit a world just below the surface of polite society". Fans of Mike Faricy's humorous mysteries will welcome the usual constituency of oddball (and sleazeball) characters, who never fail to entertain. Also for fans of Robert B. Parker, Carl Hiaasen, and strong Minnesota men.

Yellow Ribbon is the ELEVENTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series."Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." Crime SceneWORLD'S LAZIEST P.I. MEETS WORLD'S DUMBEST CRIMINAL ... LAUGHS AND THRILLS AHEAD!The city's laziest Private Investigator, Dev Haskell, agrees to help out his friend Isabella and babysit her two young daughters. But he's on the job for little more than an hour before he's assaulted and the girls are kidnapped by Carlos O'Kelly, along with Dev's Sig Sauer pistol and his car.Apparently the world's dumbest criminal, Carlos next knocks over a mob card game, using, of course, Dev's gun and car. Which puts Dev in something of an awkward position with the local crime lord, Tubby Gustafson. Tubby gives him forty-eight hours to get the money back. And Isabella's kind of missing her kids, no pressure or anything.So here we have another of Mike Faricy's wickedly entertaining mysteries, full of twists and turns with yet another set of wonderfully bizarre, madcap characters. For fans of humorous mysteries, PI stories of all stripes, and out-and-out zany writers, like Carl Hiassen, and Tim Dorsey, witty ones like Lawrence Block and Tony Dunbar, outrageous ones like Donald Westlake."Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer ... and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional PIs out there today." Robert Carraher, The Dirty Lowdown"I don't know what Faricy's been drinking, but pass me a glass, this was extremely entertaining." The Irish Gazette

Bulldog is the NINTH mystery in the Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. Mike Faricy once again proves himself to be Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre.When corner cutting, back slapping Dev Haskell loses his friend, Dermot Gallagher in what appears to be a random shooting he takes it personal. But the more he learns, the more questions seem to go unanswered. His old nemesis, local crimelord, Tubby Gustafson seems to be involved or is he? Then there's 'Fat Freddy' Zimmerman, a criminal of underachieving and dubious reputation if ever there was one. Swindle Lawless enters, stripping up a storm under her new stage name, 'Cougar.' Jackie Van Dorn, Tubby's attorney adds a special brand of polished sleaze to the entire affair. And, just when you think things couldn't possibly get any worse, Tubby's psychopathic enforcer, Bulldog shows up and seems to have more than a passing interest in Dermot's death. Dev ends up with only one option, the question is; Will he take it?"Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer..." The Dirty Lowdown"Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen..." Crime Scene"Laugh a minute story line in another of Faricy's deliciously engaging worlds..." The Irish Gazette

What Happens in Vegas... is the 15th title in the award winning Dev Haskell series. P.I. Dev Haskell travels out to Vegas to help his friend Goose. He brings sexy Barbie Dahl, a Barbie doll fanatic with him, along with his golden retriever Morton and Barbie's dog, Sugar. Yeah, Barbie. The chick with the pink house, the pink car, pink clothes, pink high heels...that Barbie. Once in Vegas things seem to go from bad to worse. Crime lord Tubby Gustafson is somehow involved, of course Goose is there and Goose's brother Kenny who Barbie suddenly develops a thing for, surprise, surprise. Let's just say nothing seems to go Dev's way, but then what did you expect with the laziest P.I. in town? What Happens in Vegas...? You won't believe it! Fans of Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey love it!

Double Trouble is the Tenth mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series.Once again, Mike Faricy provides edge of the seat chills and laugh out loud situations.Work is slow for Private Investigator, Dev Haskell so he agrees to make collection calls to octogenarians past due on their coffin payments. He barely lasts the morning before he quits. On his way out the door Dev recommends "reformed" criminal Tommy Flaherty for the job. Since no good deed goes unpunished, that turns out to be a very big mistake and Dev finds himself taken for the ultimate ride.At the same time, Dev attempts to investigate online tampering with an "Escort" website. Unfortunately, there's a lot more than pictures of gorgeous women being exchanged and the last people willing to help seems to be Dev's client Ashley and her thug boyfriend, Tony. Double Trouble is a hilariously entertaining mystery, full of nonstop surprises and a delightfully zany ending. Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen...Crime SceneFaricy is America's hottest new mystery writer...and Dev Haskell is one of the looniest and most enjoyable characters inhabiting the world of fictional PI's out there today. Robert Carraher....The Dirty Lowdown

Ting-A-Ling is the Seventh mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. In Hitchcockian fashion, the telephone rings at two in the morning. PI Dev Haskell answers, half-asleep, to a giggling woman named Danielle. It seems she's found his phone number on a bathroom stall. She's called Dev "for a good time," but what she really wants is for him to deliver a simple message to her former business partner. It's all fun and games (not to mention funny) til someone goes missing. Next thing he knows, our fair but bumbling hero can't find his client or her business partner, which turns out to be the least of his problems when he finds himself on the hook for murder, and suddenly haunted by a multitude of childhood secrets.In a bizarre but compelling mixture of suspense, family drama, and offbeat comedy, Dev once again messily balances both sides of the law in a wacky adventure that will keep you on your toes while laughing out loud. "Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen." -Crime Scene

Last Shot is the SIXTH offbeat (and very funny) mystery in the Dev Haskell Private Investigator series. Dysfunctional PI Dev Haskell receives a request from beautiful, red-headed Desi Quinn to investigate the trumped-up charges that ruined her life and sent her to prison six years ago. Desi's life was destroyed after a brief relationship with upstanding citizen Man-of-the-Year Gaston Driscoll, who just happened to be her boss. She views Dev as her last hope--her last shot--but the impossibly dangerous scenario she describes makes Dev think the investigation would be out of his league; he politely declines. As Desi's story slowly unravels, Dev realizes (under a mountain of guilt) that he made a huge mistake. He embarks on a mission to make things right, only to become a killer's next target. An entertaining tale of intrigue, rank ineptitude, and raucously entertaining one-night stands, Last Shot is another funny, fast paced, engrossing thriller from Minnesota's master of the bizarre.

Dysfunctional, bumbling, crazy babe-magnet Dev Haskell, Private Investigator, has just landed the job of a lifetime. He'll be the envy of every guy with a heartbeat: Dev is hired to provide security for a team of beautiful English roller derby stars (with stage names like Harlotte Davidson and Helen Killer). Though he'd rather be standing guard in the shower room, he finds himself in a world of trouble when he's mistaken for the stalker-turned-killer he's been tracking. With an attorney who drinks too much and a team of females ready to kill him, Dev must prove his innocence, all the while finding the real killer and protecting himself against the wiles of yet another irresistible and dangerous woman.

Private Investigator Dev Haskell stumbles into the famed Tutti Frutti in search of an illegal gambling operation. Instead he finds a bondage club run by the mobster D'Angelo brothers, more murder and action than he ever dreamed of, and Candi: devilishly compelling Candi. The kind of woman Dev just can't learn to leave alone. In classic form, he just might have been set up ... again. Tutti Frutti, it turns out, is a dangerous way to live...

Skirt-chasing, wise-cracking, dysfunctional Private Investigator Dev Haskell leaves his usual stool at the Spot Bar to take on what looks like a cakewalk job: keep ice cream mogul Mr. Swirlee alive. Turns out Mr. Swirlee is anything but a cakewalk... He's a ruthless "entrepreneur" with a flash temper, a mean streak a mile wide, and a laundry list of people who want to do him in-including his sex-crazed girlfriend, Lola. Things go from bad to worse when Dev discovers his client is running a gambling ring in his ice cream trucks. When Dev's revelation is detected, a dead body ends up in the trunk of his car. Once again, our hero is in over his head. Thank God for Dev's sometime friend, felon Tony "Dog" Colli, who agrees to help out.

Wise-cracking, back-slapping, sideways-thinking Private Investigator Dev Haskell is in the middle of dissipating a lover's quarrel with his newest gorgeous knife-wielding female conquest when he gets a call. Members of KRAZ, a radio station that considers itself "the voice of America's future," need protection from an apparent death threat. A cursory investigation leads Dev to the conclusion he's just landed his dream job: providing security for people who don't actually need it. But alas, the dream ends the moment someone shoots at his clients in broad daylight. Things quickly fly out of control when Dev suddenly finds himself under the police microscope, literally tied up in a relationship with an unpredictable woman, and dodging a growing pile of bodies that all seem to be linked to him.

Private Investigator Dev Haskell has finally got it made! Beautiful Kerri seems to have fallen for him. She even left Dev a note. Apparently, she just needs a little help finding her sister. Unfortunately, it turns out both women are involved with notorious Russian mob boss, Bracko the Whacko! Things quickly go downhill from there. In short order, Dev finds himself at odds with the local police, Homeland Security, ICE, and an FBI task force. He's got a gunshot wound and shrapnel in his rear, ouch! Not to mention he's on the run from a psychotic killer! It must be love.

Anthony DiMento, more commonly known as Beau, has a problem. A $250,000 problem! Seems in an effort to keep the DiMento bar open, he borrowed money from the owner of Cheater's strip club, Declan Osborne. Now the payment is due, and Beau doesn't have the money. But Beau does have a plan...kind of, maybe, sort of. A plan that at least seemed logical at the time. Just rob a bank. But that was before Beau fell for gorgeous bank teller Cindy. Before the Ditschler brothers, Mendel, Lucerne, and Elvis decided to rob the same bank. Before Milton, Declan Osborne's thug took an intense dislike to Beau. Before Otto O'Malley, self-proclaimed protector of bank teller Cindy, inserted himself.

Desperate times call for desperate measures! Hub Schneider and Val Harwood flee the upper Midwest for sunny Florida. They're unemployed, broke, and basically haven't a clue. Hub's girlfriend had piled his belongings in the driveway and set her sights on someone else. Fortunately, Val has come up with a get-rich-quick brainstorm. Unique Dancing! Open a 'Dance Academy' and while Val gives lessons to wealthy seniors, Hub can break into their homes and steal precious items they'll never miss. What could possibly go wrong? Start with J.W. Brooks, head of a criminal enterprise in Atlanta. Add to that there's the "little" problem of 'Crazy Bobby Falconi' mobster hitman. Lord only knows how things will work out.

Life gets complicated! Former cop, Dickie Mullins, owns the Emporium of Dance. A sleazy pick-up bar with lousy food and about to go broke. Rae Nell, Dickie's ex-wife, is having an affair with NFL washout Terry Taggert. Terry is starrtng a steak business. Delicious, unique steaks. Rae Nell thinks it would be a good idea if Dickie improved his menu. Meanwhile, Terry's principal investor, 'Dr.' Craig Cullen wants out now. Terry has just the plan for 'Dr.' Cullen. Things quickly go downhill from there.

A lot of crazy things happen up north. Celeste Desparde has had just about enough of her loser, deadbeat, no-count boyfriend, Austin. But Austin has a plan to fix everything. What could possibly go wrong? Well, an awful lot if you didn't factor in Cecil and his crew of wise guys running a mob operation for Chicago's Saventinni brothers. Just when things can't seem to get any worse - They do! The problem is really very simple; Austin plus Chicago wise guys equals Celeste's life is a disaster! Or is it? Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer... ~The Dirty LowdownAnother entertaining crime novel by the likes of Faricy... ~Robert CarraherA cross between Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard with a sprinkling of Robert B. Parker... ~The Irish GazetteFaricy's entertaining tales are populated with the sort of quirky, oddball characters we'd all like to know more about but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. They serve not so much as examples but more often as warnings to the rest of us. The difficulties they find themselves in are usually due to their own bad decisions, but then bad decisions make for interesting tales.Mike Faricy is the award-winning author of mystery suspense thrillers. His Dev Haskell Private Investigator series is woven together with a rich strain of humor and romance. His Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series is an intriguing picture into the underworld of Irish society. His Corridor Man series is a gritty, violent look at aspects of the legal world through the eyes of disbarred attorney Bobby Custer. His Hotshot series consists of entertaining, humorous standalone novels. Mike lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Dublin, Ireland.

Mickey and Dell, two long-suffering halfwits, come up with the idea of kidnapping at a bargain basement price. What could possibly go wrong? Well, maybe a victim who doesn't want to be returned, another with a husband who doesn't want her back, one who's tougher than her kidnappers, and another who's entirely the wrong person. Not to mention local thug Huey Evans who is looking to settle a score.Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer... ~The Dirty LowdownAnother entertaining crime novel by the likes of Faricy... ~Robert CarraherA cross between Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard with a sprinkling of Robert B. Parker... ~The Irish GazetteFaricy's entertaining tales are populated with the sort of quirky, oddball characters we'd all like to know more about but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. They serve not so much as examples but more often as warnings to the rest of us. The difficulties they find themselves in are usually due to their own bad decisions, but then bad decisions make for interesting tales.Mike Faricy is the award-winning author of mystery suspense thrillers. His Dev Haskell Private Investigator series is woven together with a rich strain of humor and romance. His Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series is an intriguing picture into the underworld of Irish society. His Corridor Man series is a gritty, violent look at aspects of the legal world through the eyes of disbarred attorney Bobby Custer. His Hotshot series consists of entertaining, humorous standalone novels. Mike lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Dublin, Ireland.