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THE BOOKS

 

To Live and Die in Deep Deuce  and Death of the Lavender Artrist are the first two books in a series of historical crime noir novels that follow the detective Lou Nayland during the 1930's in Oklahoma City  by Scott R. Hartshorn.

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​Set to be released April 15, 2022

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Death of the Lavender Artist

ISBN 979-8-9853351-3-2

Spring 1936, Lou Nayland, private investigator is pulled away again from his haven in Holland Field to locate the missing brother of an attractive red-headed librarian. The trail will lead Lou through the underground world of the Gardenia Club and the death of three young men. The clues will take him to two Mexican border towns in search of the murderer and the missing young man.

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To Live and Die in Deep Deuce

ISBN-978-1-953789-11-2

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July 1935, Oklahoma City, the Great Depression, red dust, oil, the Indians' pennant race in the Texas league and Charles Christian's explosion of jazz all hold the city under their spells. Lou Nayland, private investigator must set it all aside to aid the wife of an Indian's ballplayer who is being blackmailed.

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