Dick Lochte

A Leo Bloodworth and Serendipity Dahl Quist Novel

1 - Sleeping Dog (Nov-1985)
2 - Laughing Dog (Jun-1988)

Terry Manion

1 - Blue Bayou (Jul-1992)
2 - The Neon Smile (Apr-1995)

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  Sleeping Dog
  

  • Nov-1985
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Leo Bloodworth and Serendipity Dahl Quist Novel - 1
  

  This is the story of a girl and her dog...and the tough, middle-aged private eye she hires to find her pitbull Groucho. It's a tale of sunny, smoogy Southern California, where 60s flower power still fourishes amid the Mexican Mafia of the 80s...and a...

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  Laughing Dog
  

  • Jun-1988
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Leo Bloodworth and Serendipity Dahl Quist Novel - 2
  

  Lochte's debut in Sleeping Dogs attracted critical raves and an army of fans, beguiled by the orphaned adolescent Serendipity (Sarah) Dahlquist and veteran private investigator Leo Bloodworth of Los Angeles. The 15-year-old sleuth and her unwilling p...

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  Blue Bayou
  

  • Jul-1992
  • / Private Investigator
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  Terry Manion - 1
  

  New Orleans P.I. Terry Manion is just out of drug and alcohol rehab when he's hit with the kind of sobering news that makes detox look like a day at the beach. His friend and mentor in the gumshoe game, J. J. Legendre, has been found with his brains ...

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  The Neon Smile
  

  • Apr-1995
  • / Private Investigator
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  Terry Manion - 2
  

  When Terry Manion, the New Orleans private investigator introduced in Blue Bayou, agrees to work for Pierre Reynaldo, the king of exploitation TV, he doesn't have a clue about what he's getting into. Reynaldo wants to reopen a case the police slammed...

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  Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder
  

  • Aug-2000
  • / General Fiction
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  Diamond Dog
  

  in Creature Cozies

  • 2005
  • / Mystery
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  They're cute... they're cuddly... they're on the case. We all know that the most innocent-looking pets can commit a lot of unexpected mischief. But they can also have a talent for sniffing out two-legged troublemakers of a more dangerous kind. ...

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  Croaked!
  

  • Apr-2007
  • / Mystery
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  Things were different in the 1960s: love was freer, morals were looser, protests were hotter, and America hadn't yet matured into the cynical, embittered country it is today. But some things were the same: a young man starting at the bottom at a popu...

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  Blues in the Night
  

  • Feb-2012
  • / Mystery
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  When ex-con Dave 'Mace' Mason is hired by Paulie Lacotta, an old acquaintance and high-rolling criminal, to watch his ex-girlfriend, Angela, he knows there's more to the job than he's being told. Angela has fallen in love with one of Paulie's competi...

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  Rappin' Dog
  

  • Nov-2016
  • / Mystery
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  Rockets' Red Glare
  

  • May-2025
  • / General Fiction
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  Perfect for fans of Jack Reacher and Joe Pickett, Rockets' Red Glare is a fast-paced thriller that introduces Sage Mendiluze, a police deputy determined to find and stop a series of relentless and brutal murders.After two wilderness guides are gunned...

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  The Body in the Back Seat
  

  • / Thriller
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  An irreverent, tricky whodunit by Dick Lochte, the award-winning, Los Angeles Times bestselling author whose work Publisher's Weekly says outclasses, in many ways, the tales of Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald and other renowned California mystery wr...

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Award-Winning Books by Dick Lochte

Sleeping Dog
1985 Nero Wolfe Award -- Novel