Hunter B. Phillips Private Investigator

No one knew Hunter B. Phillips, until he cracked a big one. Hunter's only problem was death that and maybe red heads. A tough go for a detective in the top team in the Metro Police department, so he resigned. A sububan crime lead to his landing the biggest case of his life.
Poodle Stew
Hunter's brain swirled as usual. The ten-year-old case, a serial killer raped women, then cut them up. Lattish did that one in. The next one they caught raped caught had no history, no past, blank slate human. He raped. All the women were cut open and disemboweled. The last one did not rape, that one appears to have stopped. Hunter hit the jackpot in suburbia.
Hunter B's Back
Young Stanis Janice had the world at her feet until they found her dead in an alley. Was it just another alley serial killer or was it someone much closer? Hunter gets paid by the week. No time to waste. He Gina, and Rudolph are on it.
Two radically different cases. Hunter must face his nemesis - Death.

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