Cassies Ruler

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728341712

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Cassies Ruler by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

Former classics professor Bertrand McAbee, a hesitant P.I., is presented with an odd case. Years back, a young horse trainer was killed by her horse named Cassies Ruler. Her father receives a phone call suggesting that it was not an accident. Accepting the case, it isn’t long before McAbee and his cohorts find themselves tracking a vicious serial killer who murders on whim. The two immensely different worlds of the professorial McAbee and the savage serial killer, Tommy Lee, are moving toward an unforgettable collision. This book is the first in a series of McAbee adventures.

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665578721

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A Case of Closure by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

In 1978, Margaret Thode, a high school senior from Rock Island, Illinois, was murdered. The act was vicious, personal, and vile. Her murder was never solved. The crime haunted her girlfriend, Agatha Pruitt, who went on to become a research librarian at the University of Iowa. Agatha, now newly retired and back in Rock Island, re-opens the murder case long abandoned by the police. She herself meets an untimely demise shortly thereafter. Agatha’s brother calls upon Bertrand McAbee to undertake a private investigation into his sister’s murder. Reluctantly, the aging McAbee consents. Once again, McAbee needs to rely on his longtime loosely connected comrades to assist his agency, ACJ, in bringing a killer to justice. McAbee finds the thread that links the two murders and concludes that the murderer of both women is still at large, rattled by Agatha’s inquiries. As McAbee’s attention shifts to the 1978 cold case, among many obstacles he must deal with is the chief homicide investigator of Rock Island who detests McAbee for his relationship with Augusta Satin, his pillar of strength, confidant, and more at ACJ. Leads are few, as McAbee must deal with an assortment of characters to gain a foothold. After many dead ends, he finally catches a break. But it puts him up against a professional killer mentored and protected by one of the world’s greatest powers.

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665528702

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The Case of the Bear by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

Grigori Rasputin was assassinated in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1916. By some accounts this Orthodox monk had extraordinary gifts. He was a healer, a psychic, and some said a warlock. The Czar, Nicholas II, and his wife Tsarina Alexandra (Alix), advanced his career due to their belief in these gifts. According to the show trials held by the Bolsheviks after the Communist revolution, Rasputin was lecherous and morally corrupt. To this day Rasputin is an extremely controversial figure. The Kremlin, up to Vladimir Putin himself, has become obsessed with Rasputin. A top priority concerns any known progeny of his because a renowned Russian scientist has validated a research study from India dealing with inherited characteristics. From these distant considerations a beleaguered wife, Joanna Goodkind, seeks consolation from a psychic and healer, Alexandra Speranskya, who resides in Davenport, Iowa, a city along the Mississippi River. That desperate meeting between the two women will precipitate a series of events that will bring P.I. Bertrand McAbee into what he will ultimately declare as the strangest case he has ever encountered. The psychic Alexandra Speranskya has sought obscurity for good reason. She knows her heritage and she knows her gifts. Her plan to be hidden runs afoul as she begins to sense the Bear, Russia. Again P.I. Bertrand McAbee and his cadre at ACJ Investigations will soon find themselves dealing with the unseen forces of the Russian State as they close in on the mysterious enigma of Alexandra Speranskya and the unscrupulous FSB, and one particular agent, Lena Dzik.

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798823013154

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A Case of Agency by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

Unfortunately natural, unsettlingly suicide, or alarmingly murder? These perplexing questions about six deaths in the past year plague Heartland Home, a full-service care facility located in the Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa. Administrators at Heartland are hesitant to report these matters to the police for fear of alarming the over 300 residents. Disingenuously semi-retired private investigator Bertrand McAbee is smooth-talked by his physician, who is also the Medical Director at Heartland, to volunteer his time with four residents in assisted care. Unaware of any irregularities, McAbee and his maimed rescue dog Tipsy, agree to regular sessions with these four residents in the hope of improving their spirits. McAbee, a fixer by nature, exerts his skills to aid the four. However, when one of his charges dies in a suspicious accident, McAbee learns the disturbing concerns that a murderer may be afoot at Heartland. Skeptical at first, McAbee becomes convinced that one or more agents are behind the mysterious deaths. McAbee invokes the assistance of his long-time antagonistically connected comrades, Augusta Satin, Barry Fisk, and Jack Scholz, of his ACJ Agency to delve into the matter. Patterns are investigated to no avail. Finally, with a sudden inspiration, McAbee senses he has found a key to the solution of these murders. After setting a complicated trap, McAbee finds himself in a seeming checkmate as he tries to bring a successful close to the case.

Author : Kalayu Belay,James Strohaber
Publisher : Emmanuel Light of the World Publishing Company, LLC
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Understanding Physics Like a Nerd Without Becoming One & More by Kalayu Belay,James Strohaber Pdf

“Understanding Physics Like a Nerd Without Becoming One & More” is intended to benefit and awaken a reluctant reader so he or she can understand physics too. Even though this book is written primarily for students, the authors believe everyone can enjoy and learn from it. To fully understand the content of this book, readers need only a basic knowledge of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. In addition to the instruction on physics, the book provides several real life lessons for readers to learn. The book is intended to engage and to be humorous; it is written to generate a smile here and there. Sometimes, it may even challenge your intuition. The authors truly believe that everyone can understand and learn; some people’s attitudes towards learning different subjects, including—perhaps, especially—physics, just need to be shifted slightly. The authors have written this book with a conscious understanding of people’s apprehensions towards physics. It is our conviction that anyone interested in learning physics who chooses this book may be surprised to discover how much he or she is capable of understanding the subject. The major requirement for reading this book is to have an open mind and to engage in it fully. By doing so, you may surprise yourself and the world around you by not only understanding physics but by excelling in it as well.

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : Jamic Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : McAbee, Bertrand (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0967029902

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Cassies Ruler by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

Author : Ronald K. Claiborne
Publisher : Author House
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452032863

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The Pony Circus Wagon by Ronald K. Claiborne Pdf

Former classics professor, Bertrand McAbee – an ambivalent P.I., is asked to investigate a fatal car crash in Ohio. The victim was a former professorial colleague of his. McAbee’s involvement in this apparently simple investigation will find him ensconced in an extraordinary set of events that began just prior to World War I. A toy – the pony circus wagon – is embedded with a fortune in jewels along with a story and provenance of incredible dimensions. The toy is something to kill for and that’s exactly what has been happening.

Author : James Lawrence
Publisher : Author House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452032870

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Phantom Express by James Lawrence Pdf

P.I. Bertrand McAbee never thought he’d see another harness race track after a near-death experience in Cassies Ruler. This former classics prof is hired to look into the beating and threatening of a harness horse trainer. As he engages with the case the story of a pacer – Phantom Express – emerges that begins to capture the attention of America. It also brings back some bad memories to some vicious people. In what occurs too often for McAbee’s taste, a simple case caroms into a complex case where death and mayhem lurk.

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504975827

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A Went Over Case by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

Former classics professor Bertrand McAbee, now a P.I. in Iowa, has been fated to handle difficult cases. A tortuously written note requesting his presence in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has been delivered. And from there A Went Over Case ignites. Ostensibly, Francis McNulty was born on third base – wealth and brains in abundance. But startlingly in 1984 he channels the renowned Medieval Saint Francis of Assisi by renouncing the material world in favor of a life of extreme poverty and religious devotion. Mysteriously he disappears in 1987 and is never heard from again, presumed dead by almost everyone. Now his repentant and mega-rich brother, dying from ALS, pleads with McAbee to come at the matter with fresh eyes. A simple case of disappearance? Or does something sinister and vicious lie underneath this event from all those years back? The story of a man who ‘went over’ to Francis of Assisi will test McAbee’s skills as problems around Francis McNulty become increasingly complex and ultimately quite dangerous. The ACJ Agency operatives – Augusta Satin, Barry Fisk, Pat Trump, and Jack Scholz will all be needed to assist McAbee in his efforts to clear up this case.

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781452030036

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The Marksman's Case by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

Former classics professor Bertrand McAbee, now turned private investigator, has a history of unwarily stepping into nasty cases. Th is is one of those as he comes up against a former Marine, Alex Love, who is two things at once: an expert sniper and supposedly dead. In the intervening years since the Gulf War, Love has been addicted to assassinating individuals of ill-repute. As if fate had ordained it these two very unlike men, McAbee and Love, meet in a contest where justice and revenge stand in opposition. Only one can survive.

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781546247487

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The Demosthenes Club by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

Cynthia Power is found dead in her garage. The cops declare it a clear case of suicide over the objection of her psychiatrist who asks P.I. Bertrand McAbee to investigate. As he does he becomes aware of a high school group called the Demosthenes Club that was formed in 1967. Cynthia was a member, along with seven other students. They were extremely gifted and went on to great success with the exception of one who drowned just before graduation in 1968. McAbee discovers the eight students had strained relations with each other. Cynthia became aware of information that unsettled her as she was putting together a book about the club, so much so that it becomes apparent to McAbee that her work and speculations would make her dangerous. In the course of his investigation he is inexorably drawn to Cynthias time in Sarajevo and the murder of her lover Toma. Eventually, he sees the need to visit Sarajevo and Belgrade to finally get a hold on this extraordinary case. Through the process of his work he will utilize his associates who have figured heavily through all of his cases. Augusta Satin, his best friend and purported lover; Pat Trump, his can-do secretary; Jack Scholz, his dangerous right-hand man; and the troubled Barry Fisk, his computer wizard. As the investigation proceeds, McAbee will deal with the five remaining members of the club. Now in their late sixties, all of them are tough, battle-hardened, and compulsively protective of the reputations and legacies. And yet, at least one of them is probably a murderer with ruthless instincts.

Author : Joseph A. McCaffrey
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452032887

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Scholarly Executions by Joseph A. McCaffrey Pdf

P.I. Bertrand McAbee, former classics professor, has a knack for finding trouble in unlikely places. Baden College in Iowa is a pretty famous center of higher education. But a problem haunts the campus, a string of disappearances over many years. McAbee is hired as a substitute classics professor and has one semester to find out whether or not the disappearances are sinister in nature. What he finds will bring him to the brink of death.

Author : Kim Keller
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452052052

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Cassie's Ridge by Kim Keller Pdf

Ms. Keller takes her readers to a conflict between representatives of powerful mining interests and two conversation-minded individuals who simultaneously endeavor to find peace in the mountains and with each other. While this is a work of fiction, all the events described have actually occurred in real life, but to other persons in other places. The mountain scenes are realistic, for the author's father-in-law is a distinguished alpinist who has experienced and verified, the realism of the acts and climbs described.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : PSU:000068522261

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Harness Horse by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean Harris Anderson
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781664284500

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Corrupted Root Corrupta Radix by Jean Harris Anderson Pdf

~THE FIRST AND LAST KING SERIES~ Eschatological novels of beauty and sensitivity! The setting of a 21st Century university medical center, for scientific and technological research, catapults the reader into a supernatural journey from where C.S. Lewis ended his prophetic warnings in his apocalyptic space trilogy, THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH. * Begin by understanding there is a universal plot to obliterate the image of God in the human. That’s the synopsis of this fictional account, but it is also the factual summary for life on our own planet. * Humankind, on the verge of extinction, pushed over the threshold of technological evolution, had a choice of everlasting life promised by two rival kings. The global population had entered a spiraling future by accepting a radical, interconnected surveillance state – a social, economic, technologic and scientific experiment regulating their behavior, forcing a segmentation and inevitable polarization of the Homo sapiens. * Anderson is the author of three previous novels, a collection read as a series, though each effectively stand alone: ELIZEUM STRIVING, journal one, PARADOX, THE NORM follows, and book three, A HAVEN NO LONGER.