Varela, Ron

Death in Uptown by Michael Raleigh( Sound Recording )
5 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 69 libraries worldwide
A killer is loose in Chicago's colorful and racially diverse Uptown, and Paul Whelan finds himself drawn into the case for several reasons. His search for the killer is complicated by the arrival of a client, an attractive young woman seeking a lost brother. Whelan soon realizes the missing brother is somehow linked to the murders.

Curiosity didn't kill the cat by M. K Wren( Sound Recording )
6 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 67 libraries worldwide
When the widow of an 'accident' victim asks bookstore owner Conan Flagg to investigate her husband's death, clues all seem to lead to Flagg's own establishment!

A body in Belmont Harbor by Michael Raleigh( Sound Recording )
4 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 59 libraries worldwide
The body of a small-time drug dealer has surfaced in Belmont Harbor among the yachts of Chicago's wealthy class, and a woman hires Paul Whelan to investigate her husband's death.

Seasons of death by M. K Wren( Sound Recording )
6 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in English and held by 57 libraries worldwide
In 1940, Leland Langtry ran off with his reheaded secretary and $10,000 in company funds, or so everyone believed. Forty years later, Langtry's remains are found in a boarded-up silver mine shaft, with a knife found still stuck between the ribs of his skeleton.

Dead folks' blues by Steven Womack( Sound Recording )
2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 43 libraries worldwide

Maxwell Street blues by Michael Raleigh( Sound Recording )
3 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 42 libraries worldwide
Private Investigator Paul Whelan is hired by an elderly jazz musician to look into the murder of his beloved friend, a dealer in Chicago's great open-air market.

Gibraltar passage by T. Davis Bunn( Sound Recording )
2 editions published between 1999 and 2005 in English and held by 37 libraries worldwide
Pierre enlists Jake to help him search for his twin brother Patrique, a French Resistance leader imprisoned somewhere in Morocco.

The good and the dead by Seymour Shubin( Sound Recording )
4 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 33 libraries worldwide
Mystery author Ben Newman has written about scores of murders, and thinks he has seen it all, until he is confronted with murders of adults from his childhood neighborhood. As memory lane turns deadly, more friends re-enter Ben's life only to mysteriously die.

The Jakarta plot by R. Karl Largent( Sound Recording )
6 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 30 libraries worldwide
The heads of state of the worlds most powerful nations -- the United States, Russia, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, & France are meeting in Jakarta to issue a joint declaration to the Chinese government. China must stop its nuclear testing or face strong sanctions from the World Economic Council.

Hypershot by Trevor Scott( Sound Recording )
3 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide
As the U.S. military shrinks, the nations leaders turn instead toward high technology as a force equalizer. Chad Hunter is hired by private industry to work on securing an international partnership for the most sophisticated, fast, & unbelievably accurate hand held rifle ever produced. He is drawn into a nightmare of murder, extortion, & assassination, leaving the destination of the new weapon up for grabs.