The Santa Ana Wind: Sam Crud Series

by R.P. Fitton

Sam Crud is a private investigator south of Los Angeles in the fictitious city of Oce nico Beach. From his loft apartment behind the classic hotel the Para so Oce nico situated on the Pacific Ocean Sam handles adventurous and dangerous cases for his clients. He also works the Para so Oce nico's security under the cantankerous Colonel John Aloysius Crocker. His assortment of colorful friends includes Sergeant Nick 'Marty' Martin, Woody, and Byron 'Bad' Cody. They hang out at the Club Mediterranean and the Back-Door Pub and along the beach itself. Crud drives a 1966 blue Corvette and is often forced into high speed chases, sometimes with his girlfriend, Maura 'Queenie' McGonigal, a local TV reporter.Who was Al Compton? Sam Crud is awakened by Woody to a gruesome murder at the Oce nico Beach marina. A potential client, Meagan Stoller, Al Compton's sister, is requesting a client according to Marty. Sam meets her and takes the case. Stoller disappears and Sam's friend Lucy is murdered, sending Sam and Queenie with the help of their friends on a wild investigation to find why Al Compton was murdered.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08MSKDDXJ
• ISBN13: 9798559359021
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"