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Joe Hilley
Full Series List in Order
A Mike Connolly Mystery
1 - Sober Justice (Sep-2004)2 - Double Take (Aug-2005)
3 - Electric Beach (May-2006)
4 - Night Rain (Mar-2007)
5 - The Deposition (Jul-2007)
Book List in Order: 13 titles
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Sober Justice
- Sep-2004
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Mike Connelly, a divorced, alcoholic 50-something attorney finds out that his life takes an unpredictable turn when he is appointed to defend the indegent man accused of murdering a prominent plaintiff's attorney....
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Double Take
- Aug-2005
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Mike Connolly is a recovering alcoholic wrestling with newfound sobriety and a law practice that is on the skids from years of neglect when he is asked to represent Harvey Bosarge, a former police detective. Bosarge is accused of murder in ...
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Electric Beach
- May-2006
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After years in a drunken stupor, Mike Connolly is finally sober. His legal practice is back to being profitable and his life has reached a comfortable rhythm. Then a late-night phone call turns his world upside down. Camille Braxton is missing a...
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Night Rain
- Mar-2007
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Dibber Lutz lives in his uncle's house on Dauphin Island, a barrier island near the mouth of Mobile Bay. As a hurricane approaches most of the island's permanent residents evacuate. But not Dibber Lutz. He stays behind. When the eye of the storm pass...
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The Deposition
- Jul-2007
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Told in real time, The Deposition continues the story of Mike Connolly, the-down-and-out attorney you came to know in Joe Hilley's previous novels, Sober Justice, Double Take, and Electric Beach. This time, Mike's story is told through the eyes of hi...
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What The Red Moon Knows
- Oct-2009
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Who is the man Ruth England sees getting into a yellow Cadillac one afternoon? Is it Elvis Presley--long thought dead--with whom she had a brief romantic encounter when she was a teen? Or is it Bobby Wayne Pugh, an Elvis impersonator who is on the ru...
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The Legend of Dell Briggers
- Feb-2020
- / General Fiction
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Dell Briggers was born in Vidalia, Georgia -- or so he said -- and I believed him, too. When we were growing up, he was my best friend and we told each other everything. But then he died and at his funeral I learned he was actually from Hot Springs, ...
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The Art Dealer's Wife
- Oct-2020
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Jack Frazer is an award-winning New York journalist, but he's in a slump. And his wife is fed up with life in the big city. With his marriage in trouble, and his career stalled, Frazer is on the hunt for a big story that will...
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Other People, Other Places
- Oct-2021
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In this collection of short fiction, Joe Hilley presents variations on two of his constant themes-the nature of human existence and the quest for purpose and meaning. His concise narration and vivid characters give a perspective on life that challeng...
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Sunset Motel
- Jul-2022
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When the bodies of Margo Doucet and Paul Elliot are found in a motel room, everyone thinks Margo's husband, Willie Gene, killed them in a jealous rage. Evidence seems to point to him, too, and he's charged with their murders. Willie Gene turns to Mik...
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Sunlight Through A Window
- Sep-2022
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Sunlight Through A Window contains two short stories: Hornwallace Korlinheiser and Nora Mae. The first, the story of a man, confined to an institution, who lives a life that exists only in his mind. The second, the story of neighbors who wrestle with...
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Kipling Park
- May-2023
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Allison, Phyllis, and Maureen-neighbors in a Houston suburb-have faced many challenges together. A spouse's unexpected death. The discovery of one's husband in bed with his assistant. Dreams left unfulfilled. Now, facing fear and isolation in the mid...
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Winter Hill Farm
- Nov-2023
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When Jake gets his girlfriend Julia pregnant, all their plans and dreams for the future fall apart. Determined to put things right, Jake drops out of school and takes a job to support them. Their sparse existence in a cramped studio apartment is diff...