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Harold Adams
Full Series List in Order
A Carl Wilcox Mystery
1 - Murder (1981)2 - Paint the Town Red (1982)
3 - The Missing Moon (Jan-1983)
4 - The Naked Liar (Jun-1985)
5 - The Fourth Widow (Jun-1986)
6 - Barbed Wire Noose (May-1987)
7 - Man Who Met the Train (Jun-1988)
8 - The Man Who Missed the Party (May-1989)
9 - The Man Who Was Taller Than God (Sep-1992)
10 - A Perfectly Proper Murder (Sep-1993)
11 - A Way With Widows (Sep-1994)
12 - The Ditched Blonde (Aug-1995)
13 - Hatchet Job (Nov-1996)
14 - The Ice Pick Artist (Nov-1997)
15 - No Badge, No Gun (Oct-1998)
16 - Lead, So I Can Follow (Nov-1999)
Book List in Order: 18 titles
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The Missing Moon
- Jan-1983
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Ne'er-do-well part-time detective Carl Wilcox tries to free a prime murder suspect--the best moonshiner in the Depression-era town of Corden, South Dakota--and stumbles into a cesspool of moonshine, madness and murder....
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Man Who Met the Train
- Jun-1988
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On his way to Sioux Falls to work as a sign painter, Carl Wilcox comes upon a car wreck and rescues the sole survivor, 4-year-old Alma Ellison, whose mother dies in the accident. Partly because Alma seems to want him to stay, Carl accepts Judge Carls...
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The Man Who Was Taller Than God
- Sep-1992
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One hot July day, Felton Edwards, the tallest and most disliked man in Hope, South Dakota, is found dead. The Mayor hopes to pin the crime on an outsider and hires Carl Wilcox to do the job. But then another body turns up and with it a warning to ste...
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A Way With Widows
- Sep-1994
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When Aaron Fiest, an overly friendly neighborhood man, is stabbed on a stairway, Carl Wilcox finds multiple suspects in Darlene Singer, a protective mother; Stella Feist, the owner of the knife; and Carl's nephew Hank, Stella's jealous suitor...
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The Ditched Blonde
- Aug-1995
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When amateur sleuth Carl Wilcox wanders into Greenhill, South Dakota, intent on earning enough money to get out of town, he finds himself investigating the "accidental death four years earlier of the lovely and popular Genevieve Sinclair...
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Hatchet Job
- Nov-1996
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In Depression-era South Dakota, detective Carl Wilcox finds himself investigating the brutal murder of a local town police officer, and meeting a woman or two along the way. By the award-winning author of
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Lead, So I Can Follow
- Nov-1999
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Carl Wilcox joins forces with his new wife Hazel to investigate a bizarre mystery after they stumble upon a corpse on the bluff overlooking their favorite fishing spot, in an entertaining mystery set in the Depression-era northern plains....
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The Fourth of July Wake
- May-2002
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Shamus Award-winning Author
When an old friend invites Kyle Champion to attend a wake, he quickly realizes that it's not going to be a typical affair. P. J. Krueger, the family patriarch, died three months ago, and now his young widow, Sarah, want...
Award-Winning Books by Harold Adams
1992 Shamus Award -- P.I. Novel