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  • The Old Detective on Bleecker Street

    In 1942 New York City Police Detective Henry Fox, grieving over the loss of his son on the USS Arizona, is tasked with investigating the murders of six German-American immigrants. With the war going on and the nation battling the Axis powers, few wan...

  • The Torpedo Ballbuster Omnibus

    Master Chief Petty Officer Torpedo Angus Ballbuster, recently retired from the U.S. Navy after a career spanning more than thirty-five years, finds himself embroiled in three exciting investigations during which he ferets out dirtbags, criminals and ...

  • Intifada in Squidville

    The third in the very popular 'Torpedo Ballbuster' series, Intifada in Squidville is the tale of the sinking of the newly commissioned submarine USS Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a result of terrorism. In this gripping story, retire...

  • Cucumber Smith and the Vanishing Van Goghs

    The first in the famous Cucumber Smith detective series. Cucumber Smith is hired by the mother of another gumshoe to investigate why her son was murdered. He is soon embroiled in a difficult inquiry which takes to various Florida locations and Costa ...

  • Centurion Spur's Unexpected Return

    The 10th book in the famous Centurion Spur series. The gumshoe from Duluth has returned to the United States after nearly a year 'off-the-grid' following the death of his wife, Second Lieutenant Betsy Bitter, in Afghanistan. Soon he is in New Orleans...

  • The Case of the Ho-Daddy of Rancho Cucamonga

    The dramatic 9th novel in the famed Centurion Spur series involves the case of Ho-Daddy, who has been arrested for the murder of Wookie Beaverton in Redondo Beach, California. With plot twists and turns, the case stymies three of the best detectives ...

  • Groggy and the Hookers

    This is the eighth book in the Centurion Spur series. It takes on a darker and more somber tone than previous offerings as a result of the deployment of Second Lieutenant Betsy Bitter, Centurion's wife, to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and the gum...

  • The Foul Kidnapping of Stinky Fontaine

    The 7th book in the famous Centurion Spur series. Detectives Centurion Spur and Olivia Pioneer figure out who kidnapped Stinky Fontaine amongst a large number of suspects who had been defrauded by him. An outstanding work which emulates the best of t...

  • The Abnegating Nihilistic Numismatist

    Beloved gumshoe Centurion Spur of Duluth, Minnesota and private investigator Olivia Pioneer of Fargo, North Dakota team up together to solve the exciting case of the abnegating nihilistic numismatist. When the coroner gets it wrong, these P.I.s start...



  • Anastasia's Lethiferous Visitor

    The 5th book in the famous Banger Jasko series. Anastasia, a kindly brothel owner in Amsterdam with a golden heart and courage of a lion, recieves a near fatal knife wound in Cologne, Germany. Banger Jasko and an old friend of Anastasia's from her Pe...

  • Centurion and the Yellow Cake

    This is the 5th book in the famous Centurion Spur series. Centurion works to protect the United States from terrorists hell-bent on contaminating America's national parks with enriched uranium hexafluoride. With his wife Betsy Bitter he also thwarts ...

  • Centurion Spur, Private Eye

    This volume contains the first four Centurion Spur novels. Centurion Spur, a private eye residing in Duluth, Minnesota solves the cases which have stymied others. Quick paced and a great read in the classic 1930s and 1940s style, this is one book whi...

  • The Strange Demise of Noogie Arden

    This is the 4th book in the famous Centurion Spur detective series which has recieved wide acclaim in the United States and overseas. Centurion Spur investigates the murder of Noogie Arden, a strange bird, who has returned to Duluth, Minnesota after ...

  • Banger Jasko - The First Six Cases

    This book contains the first six cases of the reluctant gumshoe Banger Jasko with additional supplemental materials. An exceptionally exciting read which introduces him and fellow characters Eva Heinlatch and Doc Churchill....

  • Centurion's Disconcerting Cases

    Centurion Spur, private eye and long term resident of Duluth, Minnesota tackles two difficult cases, one involving an errant runaway woman-child who is more than she appears to be and the other involving a foreign government seeking to harm our natio...

  • The Case of the North Dakota Bale

    The third Centurion Spur novel. Centurion Spur, private eye and long term resident of Duluth, Minnesota, tackles the case of an immigrant couple from Germany who are murdered. A gripping tale of deceit, mystery and good old fashioned who-dunnit!...

  • Opprobrium in Duluth

    The first of the Centurion Spur detective series. Taking place in Duluth, Minnesota, this gumshoe who lives at the Royal Thunderbird Hotel tracks down the murderer of a socialite and her companion, a battered woman. With plenty of local flavor, this ...

  • Banger's Involuntary Recall

    Banger Jasko, the most exciting gumshoe of the new millenium who is a man's man in a coarse & gritty world and loved by the ladies and feared by the miscreants, is involuntarily recalled to active military duty. Leading a team of technicians in Afgha...

  • The Super Expanded Banger Jasko Omnibus

    The omnibus contains the first five Banger Jasko novels. Banger Jasko is the most exciting gumshoe of the new millenium. Set in the modern day, and written in the classic 1930s and 1940s style, Banger Jasko is a man's man in a coarse and gritty world...



  • Churchill's Coal Cracking Cousin

    In yet another adventure, Banger Jasko, the reluctant gumshoe, tracks down the murderer of a young Navy Petty Officer, survives eco-terrorism, and fights the good fight for the common man and woman. He is a man's man in a coarse and gritty world, who...

  • The Expanded Banger Jasko Omnibus

    This Omnibus contains the first four Banger Jasko novels. Banger Jasko is a man's man in a coarse and gritty world who works as a reluctant gumshoe. He is loved by the ladies and feared by the miscreants. This work is in the style of the great detect...

  • The Banger Jasko Omnibus

    This omnibus is a collection of the first three Banger Jasko Novels: Murder in Monkeyville; The Long, Lethal Cruise; and The Barricading Barbarian. The Omnibus contains supplemental interviews of both Banger Jasko and Eva Heinlatch....

  • The Barricading Barbarian

  • The Long, Lethal Cruise

  • Murder in Monkeyville

  • Murder in Monkeyville and the Long, Lethal Cruise

    Banger Jasko, a retired military veteran and part-time gumshoe uses his skills, power of observation and common sense to solve mysteries. An exciting coarse and gritty read, not for the faint of heart or spirit. Possibly the best detective of the new...

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kenneth R. Bryan has published 26 books.

Kenneth R. Bryan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Old Detective on Bleecker Street, was published in January 2018.

The first book by Kenneth R. Bryan, The Long, Lethal Cruise, was published in March 2010.

No. Kenneth R. Bryan does not write books in series.