Joe's Published Books
Murder in the West Bottoms
Second Edition
Sage Chandler, a high profile, Kansas City lawyer, loses his job due to alcoholism and becomes a private investigator. After successfully solving some minor cases, he takes a case that involves finding a missing prostitute. Papa B, the prostitute’s pimp, hires Sage to find his best girl, Trixy Bedluv. Believing Trixy is a run-away, Sage takes the case but before he and Papa B begin their search for Trixy, Papa is contacted by the man who kidnapped Trixy, Max Brown, who demands $50,000 in ransom or he will kill Trixy. With the money in hand, Papa convinces Sage to help him deliver the money to the kidnapper. In the process, Papa is shot to death and Sage wounds the kidnapper by shooting him in the arm. Wounded, the kidnapper escapes with the money but not before taking a few potshots at Sage and Trixy as they run away. Trixy, having nowhere else to go with her pimp dead, stays with Sage. After she discloses her true identity to Sage, he finds himself very attracted to her. Together they begin a journey of suspense and intrigue.
Frank and Charlie
Frank and Charlie is a story about Frank who is a bus driver in Minneapolis. Frank becomes a bit paranoid after realizing that what Charlie is telling him is true. There really are weird things going on in the world such as Chemtrails, and there is something different about his neighbors. Frank and Charlie take matters into their own hands and begin a strange journey into Frank’s psychotic world.
Sunset in Montana
Sunset in Montana is the story of Lafe Roberts, who grew up with Hank Carpenter, son of notorious Road Agent leader and Sheriff, Henry Plummer. The story takes place in western Montana, in the 1902. Lafe Roberts has been riding shotgun for a stage line for several years, but now he must quit so he can tend to business with his old acquaintance, Hank Carpenter, who has just been released from prison. Lafe owes his old acquaintance a little payback so as he awaits his arrival in Virgina City, Montana.
EXPIRATION DATE
“Expiration Date” is a supernatural thriller that follows Dr. Mavis Maldonado, a head librarian at a community college in Sheridan, Wyoming, whose life is irrevocably altered when she discovers she has a terrifying ability: she hears the voices of people announcing the precise date of their own impending deaths.
