Robert J. Ray

A Frank Branko Novel

The Hit Man Cometh (Feb-1988)

A Matt Murdock Mystery

1 - Bloody Murdock (Aug-1986)
2 - Murdock for Hire (Feb-1987)
3 - Dial 'M' for Murdock (Nov-1988)
4 - Merry Christmas, Murdock (Nov-1989)
5 - Murdock Cracks Ice (May-1992)

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  Cage of Mirrors
  

  • Sep-1980
  • / Suspense
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  Bloody Murdock
  

  • Aug-1986
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Matt Murdock Mystery - 1
  

  PI and ex-cop Matt Murdock is picky about the cases he takes on. Being a bodyguard isn''t his favorite gig, especially when the client is a high-handed number-cruncher like Ellis Dean. But Murdock is short on funds, and the case is a puzzler. It does...

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  Murdock for Hire
  

  • Feb-1987
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Matt Murdock Mystery - 2
  

  When software mogul Eddie Hennessy dies of a heart attack, there''s no reason to suspect foul play ... except that the family man was in bed with a masked call-girl and snorting cocaine at the time. And that the death scene closely resembles that of ...

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  The Hit Man Cometh
  

  • Feb-1988
  • / Suspense
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  A Frank Branko Novel
  

  While investigating the attempted assassination of a television evangelist running for office, Detective Frank Branko learns that the would-be killer is a psychotic with links to a powerful military figure...

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  Dial 'M' for Murdock
  

  • Nov-1988
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Matt Murdock Mystery - 3
  

  "Crusty but softhearted Matt Murdock is a damn fine private-eye, but being his client has its hazards. Especially when you''re not straight with him. Insurance investigator Bruce Halliburton hires his old army buddy to check into what he suspects is ...

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  Merry Christmas, Murdock
  

  • Nov-1989
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Matt Murdock Mystery - 4
  

  Silent Night in Southern California They don't believe in Santa. The girls hanging out at the Xanadu Mall are too young, their jeans too tight, their eyes too old. Now the too-fast life of one of these poor little rich kids has been nearly snuff...

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  Murdock Cracks Ice
  

  • May-1992
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Matt Murdock Mystery - 5
  

  THE BIG CHILL IN SEATTLE A November breeze blows away the smog as two twinks--a blonde beach sweetheart and a brunette in black leather--stroll the pier near Murdock's place in Newport Beach, California. A dude in sunglasses hands the brunette a R...

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  The Black and White Race Rationale
  

  • Dec-2007
  • / General Fiction
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  Murdock Tackles Taos
  

  • Jun-2013
  • / Mystery
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  Weary but wise private-eye Matt Murdock is back, and he has met his match -- a vital and attractive writer and cop’s daughter, Helene Steinbeck. Helene is hiking in the hills of Taos when she happens upon the corpse of a young woman downed by an ar...

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  Murdock Rocks Sedona
  

  • Dec-2015
  • / Private Investigator
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  Wealthy investors in Sedona, Arizona, are dropping like flies -- more accurately, lead weights. They are falling down staircases and off mountainsides, decks, and hiking trails. With so many similar “accidents,” the victims had to have been pushe...

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