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Author
Series
A Junior Bender mystery volume 5
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender is in the middle of burgling a house and has just gotten his hands on one of the world's rarest stamps when the job goes terrifically wrong. After barely escaping, Junior realizes the danger is far from over. He's gotten himself on the wrong side of a man whose name is synonymous with violence, and to save his own skin he's set off a chain reaction of blackmail, strong-arming, and escalating crime. To pay off his...
Author
Series
Junior Bender volume 2
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
347 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Junior Bender is back to untangle one of the weirdest mysteries in Tinseltown. LA burglar Junior Bender has, unfortunately, developed a reputation as a competent private investigator for crooks. The unfortunate part about this is that, regardless of whether he solves the crime or not, someone dangerous is going to be unhappy with him-either his suspect or his employer. Now Junior is being bullied into proving aging music-industry mogul Vinnie DiGaudio...
3) Nighttown
Author
Series
A Junior Bender mystery volume 7
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender has a rule about never taking a job that pays too well--in the criminal underworld, if someone is offering you more money than a job is worth, someone is going to end up dead. But he's bending his rule this one time because he and his girlfriend, Ronnie, are in desperate need of cash so they can hire a top-notch kidnapper to snatch Ronnie's two-year-old son back from her evil ex. The whole thing is pretty complicated,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The highly anticipated, laugh-out-loud third installment in the fan-favorite Junior Bender mysteries There are not many people brave enough to say no to Irwin Dressler, Hollywood's scariest mob boss turned movie king. Even though Dressler is ninety-three years old, LA burglar Junior Bender is quaking in his boots when Dressler's henchmen haul him in for a meeting. Dressler wants Junior to solve a crime he believes was committed more than seventy years...
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
356 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Junior Bender is a burglar with a magic touch. Since he first started breaking into houses when he was fourteen years old, he's never once been caught. But now Junior is being blackmailed by Trey Annunziato, one of the most powerful crime bosses in LA, into taking on a new freelance job. Junior is to act as a private investigator on the set of the porn movie Trey's producing, which someone keeps sabotaging. If Junior can't keep the movie on track,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
387 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's everyday business when Wattles, the San Fernando Valley's top 'executive crook,' sets up a hit. He establishes a chain of criminals to pass along the instructions and the money, thereby ensuring that the hitter doesn't know who hired him. Then one day Wattles finds his office safe open and a single item missing: the piece of paper on which he has written the names of the crooks in the chain. When people associated with the chain begin to pop...