The Ham Spayde Mysteries take you from the mean streets of Ham Flancisco to the dusty alleys of Morrocow and back again as the porcine detective takes on corruption, betrayal, murder, politicians and some of the most dastardly villains you could meet.
Hard Talking and Hard drinking Spayde is the Anthropomorphic answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.
And one more thing no one touches the fedora.
“The name’s Spayde, Ham Spayde P.I.G. That stands for Porcine. Investigative. Gumshoe.”
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Book One of The Ham Spayde Mysteries
“With a dress that red I should have seen the warning signs.
What if Missy had never walked into my office and into my life?
And just what the hell is that necklace she’s after?
Now I’ve got every two-bit crook and goon that works for Owl Kapone after me.
There ain’t no animal I can really trust except for the only incorruptible cop I know, a landlord and a small bear that won’t stop following me around.”
Cynical Private Investigator Ham Spayde finds himself engulfed in a web of lies, psychos and Cisco’s most wanted, as he does everything he can to stay one step ahead.
Book Two of The Ham Spayde Mysteries
“It seemed trouble followed me everywhere I went.
Just What is this Rose of the Desert?
And why do so many want it?
This was supposed to be a simple case for a friend, but nothing is ever what it seems and I’m now neck deep in sand in the middle of nowhere.”
Private Investigator Ham Spayde finds himself amidst murderers, gamblers and a secret police force, with unforeseen complications.
But this is Cattleblanca the oasis of Morrocow.
Book Three of The Ham Spayde Mysteries
“Somehow I was gonna have to find his murderer, before this all comes back to haunt me.
But why was Harry Ramstein so important?
And why would someone go to great lengths to cover it up and make me look insane?”
A simple case on behalf of a powerful client, turns Spayde’s world upside down.
Suspected of murder, he finds himself in a race against time to uncover the truth as the bodies start piling up.
Can he prove his innocence before it’s too late?
Book Four of The Ham Spayde Mysteries
“I got given six months in the cooler for a murder I didn’t commit, and now thanks to new evidence I’m out and looking for answers!
Who set me up and why?”
With his partner missing and Missy presumed dead, can Spayde really trust the new Police Commissioner or the shadowy figure who hires him?
Could this be Ham Spayde’s final case?
A Pig Called Spayde
Cattleblanca
The Pig who Wasn’t There
& Animals with Dirty Faces.
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