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John Billheimer
Full Series List in Order
A Lloyd Keaton Mystery
1 - Field of Schemes (Oct-2012)2 - A Player to Be Maimed Later (Sep-2013)
An Owen Allison Mystery
1 - The Contrary Blues (Jun-1998)2 - Highway Robbery (Feb-2000)
3 - Dismal Mountain (Jul-2001)
4 - Drybone Hollow (Apr-2003)
5 - Stonewall Jackson's Elbow (Sep-2006)
Book List in Order: 8 titles
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The Contrary Blues
- Jun-1998
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Not much happens in Contrary, West Virginia--a sleepy town with failing coal mines, a few old moonshine stills, and an urgent need for revenue. A federal grant for a nonexistent bus system seemed just the ticket . . . if only the government audito...
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Highway Robbery
- Feb-2000
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PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS Civil engineer Owen Allison is called home to West Virginia by his mother, who's convinced. that a skeleton unearthed by a construction crew belongs to Owen's late father--a highway commissioner believed drowned decades ...
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Dismal Mountain
- Jul-2001
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HOME FIRES Transportation expert Owen Allison returns for a family emergency and is plunged into scandal, scams and murder down home in West Virginia. His eccentric aunt Lizzie claims to have shot a man in a truck on Dismal Mountain, where developer...
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Drybone Hollow
- Apr-2003
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Mined to death If failure analysis engineer Owen Allison has notions about returning to his life in California after an extended stay in his native West Virginia, those plans come to a halt when a local dam breaks, killing four people and sending ...
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Field of Schemes
- Oct-2012
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When a hotshot minor league outfielder asks his trainer, Dale Loren, for steroids, Loren supplies a harmless mixture of cold cream and lemon juice, telling him it's a brand-new steroid that can't be detected by baseball's drug testing regimen. Believ...
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A Player to Be Maimed Later
- Sep-2013
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Blaze Stender, a retired pitching superstar, asks his old friend Lloyd Keaton to write his biography, hoping that the book will help ensure his election to baseball's Hall of Fame. Keaton starts work on the biography and continues even after Stender ...
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Primary Target
- Sep-2019
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Ten years after California Governor Red Davison engineered the collapse of Owen Allison's consulting firm, Owen crosses paths with the Davison family again. A win in the West Virginia primary is all Red's son Jason needs to capture his party's pre...