#3
POOR DEAD CRICKET
Cricket Dawes lies dead in a parking lot.
An explosive corporate dossier is in the wind.
And the company will stop at nothing to get it back.
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Get Poor Dead Cricket HERE.
#4
WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME
Toby Wells said he was a legit bounty hunter.
Rafferty saw no reason not to believe him.
Now Luis Ortega is dead and Rafferty’s the one carrying the gun …
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Get Wrong Place, Wrong Time HERE.
#5
CANNON’S MOUTH
Max Krandorff is dead and mutilated. Rafferty’s been left holding the bag.
And it’s full of cash …
Get Cannon’s Mouth HERE.
#6
FATAL SISTERS
Patty Akister wants Rafferty to find her husband, Sherm. He’s a secret agent.
Sure he is …
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Get Fatal Sisters HERE.
#7
FALSE GODS
Teenager Kimberly has run away from home.
Rafferty can do this with his eyes closed; he’ll have her back by dinner-time.
Hiding somewhere in the Texas desert is a twisted cult leader with very different ideas …
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Get False Gods HERE.
#8
WRIGHT & WRONG
Bradley Wright and two friends terrorized their high school.
Rafferty watched the whole thing go down, clear as day. As open and shut as it gets.
So why does the killer’s mother want him on the case?
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Get Wright & Wrong HERE.
Acknowledgments
I don’t know if it’s apocryphal that the second book is the hardest but, boy, did this one take some getting over the line.
There were too many times along the way I thought it wouldn’t happen, and it was only due to the wonderful people around me (and possibly a strong stubborn streak) that this book is now in your hands.
Ongoing thanks and gratitude to:
My beloved Catherine for listening, offering sage advice and snacks, and laughs, and trips, and so much more. Let’s keep doing this for a long while to come.
Lisa Cron, and her book Story Genius, for pulling aside the bushes to reveal the path which would allow me to write the book I always wanted to. Without Lisa, this novel wouldn’t exist - end of story.
Amanda Spedding and Rebecca Heyman for thoughtful, honest, and sharp-eyed editing that made this a much better book than it originally was. It wasn’t always easy to hear their insights, but it was worth it.
Jessica Bell for yet another wonderful cover design.
My team of loyal beta readers: Stew, Alice, and Grace, for slogging through first drafts and coming back for more. My sister Kelly, for her buoyant proofreading and belief.
The Memories of Dallas Facebook Group for the inside scoop on Rafferty’s haunts and locales. You guys are great, and I’ll be back to pick your brains for more.
Everyone kicking ass and taking names over at the 20 Books to 50K Facebook Group for daily inspiration. Keep pushing up that mountain!
Jo Penn, Mark Dawson & Nick Stephenson for sharing their hard-earned lessons and their ongoing commitment to indie publishing.
My Sydney Indie Tribe: Samantha Grosser, Susan Mackenzie, Rachel Sanderson, and Angharad Thompson Rees. You guys inspire me with all that you do and make me want to work harder. I’m so glad we found each other.
As always, so much gratitude to Dad for starting this journey and creating a cast of characters who make me laugh, cry, and teach me more about myself with each book. I just wish you were still here walking this trail with me.
And finally, to yet again plagiarise one of my author idols, Matthew Reilly: “To anyone who knows a writer, never underestimate the power of your encouragement.”
Praise for Rafferty P.I.
“If you like Parker’s Spenser, or Robert Crais’ Elvis Cole you should love the Rafferty series.” | Mark A. Johnson - 5 star Amazon review.
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“At first sniff, it may smell a like Spenser with a cowboy hat, but take a good whiff: W. Glenn Duncan's Dallas, Texas private eye Rafferty was actually a blast of fresh air in what was becoming a glut of sensitive, soul-searching, overly politically-correct cookie cutter P.I.s … of course, it helps that Dallas ain't Boston.” | Kevin Burton Smith
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“The thing about Rafferty is the fun with the noir aspect. Only a deft hand at word magic could accomplish the mix so smoothly.” | 5 star Amazon review.
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“Duncan truly captured the essence of the definitive smart-ass P.I. in his character Rafferty. Take part Sam Spade with a little Mike Hammer, mix in some Spenser and you have an awesome character.” | Cliff Fausset
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“I love this series. Rafferty returns with his regular cast of characters: his beloved, sexy and intelligent Hilda Gardner; rumpled and overworked Lt. Durkee and his sidekick Ricco; feisty and fun Mimi with her arsenal; and Mimi’s beloved, the down-to-earth Cowboy with his charming Texas drawl.” | Alice - 5 Star Amazon review
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“I have all of the Rafferty titles in my collection. I've gotten rid of a lot of stuff over the years, but the Rafferty books are a mainstay. I think they're terrific!” | Paul Bishop - Author of LIE CATCHERS
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“Rafferty tends to play dirty, boasting at one point that he ‘hasn't fought fair in twenty years.’ No brainiac, his chief MO seems to be to stir things up, and then see what happens. And he tends to be pretty stubborn, as well. ‘I often ignore what people tell me to do,’ he says. Like, no kidding. And that's part of the fun.” | ThrillingDetective.com
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“I don't know much about W. Glenn Duncan except that he wrote a dandy private eye series set in Dallas, Texas … and I think of them as throwbacks to the kind of P.I. books … in the '50s, except influenced as much by Robert B. Parker as by Spillane.” | Bill Crider
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“If you love hardboiled P.I. mysteries, don’t hesitate to dig in to this series! I absolutely love the Rafferty PI novels! Fast-paced, exciting, and with twists that keep you guessing, the humorous, sarcastic, and likeable Rafferty is a character with the depth to carry the series and make fans of his readers. I love the relationship he and Hilda have ... it just adds even more depth to the books. I eagerly await the next book in this series ... that’s the hard part: the waiting.” | Suzanne - 5 Star Amazon review
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“I love that Rafferty is straightforward about who he is and what he's good at. The dialogue is witty when warranted and the action moves well. As a woman, I also like his girlfriend, who isn't whiny about his work or odd hours, and that he talks to her about his work. So often in this genre, the girlfriend/wife are just for sex or to give the hero a soft side.” | Minnie - 5 Star Amazon review
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“At first blush, the framework for Rafferty appears to be yet another Spenser clone (Cowboy, Rafferty’s semi-sociopathic partner channeling Hawk; Hilda, Rafferty’s significant other who is a less irritating version of Susan Silverman; an equal number of wisecracks, fists, and bullets), but it’s quickly apparent in the first few pages of the series, Rafferty and company are in a class of their own.” | Paul Bishop
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“Rafferty: Fatal Sisters won a 1991 Shamus for Best Paperback Original. All in all, an entertaining, and very highly recommended series.” | ThrillingDetective.com
About the Author
Born an hour north of Rafferty’s stomping ground, W. Glenn Duncan Jr. joined his family when they moved to Australia in the mid-1970’s. He didn’t have a lot of say in the matter, only being a seven-year-old at the time.
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He studied Architecture at university and spent 20 years working in the design and con
struction industry before performing a crash left turn into writing.
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WRIGHT & WRONG is his second Rafferty : P.I. novel.
Get in touch. I’d love to hear from you.
RaffertyPI.com
[email protected]
Wright & Wrong
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Copyright © W. Glenn Duncan Jr. 2020
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The moral right of the author has been asserted.
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All rights reserved.
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No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.
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This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Under no circumstances may any part of this book be photocopied for resale.
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This is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and situations within its pages and places or persons, living or dead, is unintentional and co-incidental.
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Published in 2020 by d squared publishing.
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Ebook ISBN: 978-0-6482234-7-4
P’back ISBN: 978-0-6482234-8-1
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For enquiries regarding this book, please email: [email protected]
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Edited by Amanda Spedding
Phoenix Editing and Proofreading
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Cover Design by Jessica Bell
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Contents
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
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