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The Matthias Jones Mysteries (lol)
The Matthias Jones Mysteries (lol)
His father was an investigator who was murdered. Matthias Jones became an athlete and coach, but he solved his father’s murder. Hamilton College on the coast of New Hampshire hired him to coach sports, but getting into murder investigations remains his passion. He knows the cops and the district attorney Herbert Lane hates his guts. He's best buds with Cocoa Stefani a major under world character and a good friend of parish priest, Father Jim Gallagher. Jones's persistence gains him the upper hand over the cops and the DA-and the murderer.
"The Matthias Jones Series will bring you murder, mayhem, and monkey business."
"The Matthias Jones Series will bring you murder, mayhem, and monkey business."
Robert P. Fitton
Robert P. Fitton
RIP Bill Jones
RIP Bill Jones
FIRST BOOK in the Matthias Jones Series.
The beginning of the series. Jones wins the national high school championship and is recruited by Cocoa Stefani to coach at Hamilton College. But there's a glitch. His dad, a veteran investigator is murdered and left in his truck at the river's edge. Jones and Cocoa become friends tracking down Bill Jones's killer. Their efforts are thwarted by Lester Larsen, son of the retiring bumbling coach Lark Larsen as he attempts to prevent Jones from replacing his father as coach.
RIP Bill Jones
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The Prince William Slasher
The Prince William Slasher
SECOND BOOK in the Matthias Jones Series.
Four women are brutally murdered in six weeks by a killer wielding a razor’s deadly blade. Matthias Jones, just taking the reins of coaching at Hamilton College learns tangentially of the Prince William Slasher. He is introduced at a Hamilton College trustees meeting and catches the eyes of the retired model Pia. Jones and Cocoa are witness to a fifth gruesome murder and Jones begins the pursuit of the killer. Jones must deal with the antics of the irascible Arnie Dewars and his goofy friend Muddy Jacobs. The slasher attempts yet another murder and begins taunting Jones on the phone. Pia and Jones begin dating but Pia has grand designs on the Hamilton College coach. As Jones’s basketball team begins winning, the killer threatens him directly with murder.
The Prince William Slasher
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The Prince William Slasher
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Murder at Tolby Lake
Murder at Tolby Lake
THIRD BOOK in the Matthias Jones Series
Brad Davis was a brilliant genetic researcher working for Hamilton Fletcher and Hamilton College. But Davis’s wild life of parties, booze, drugs and sex made him many enemies. When he is murdered a Hamilton College student Amy Pollard is found with her personally owned handgun, the gun that killed Brad Davis. Just that afternoon Davis bloodied his benefactor, Hamilton Fletcher’s nose. Lurking in the background is Davis’s mob connection to Albert Fiore in Boston. A Hamilton College professor, Zoey Wilmont is suspiciously in the lake house area. The Fletchers reach out to Matthias Jones to protect the college’s interest and find the murderer. Jones ends up with his nefarious friend Cocoa Stefani in Boston eventually confronts the murderer directly.
Murder at Toby Lake
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Murder at Toby Lake
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The Club Max Murder
The Club Max Murder
FOURTH BOOK in the Matthias Jones Series
Club Max, owned by Jones's friend and underworld character Cocoa Stefani, is a cauldron for risky behavior. Jones's star football player is arrested for the murder of a Club Max hooker. Jones jumps into the case, irritated by a Sherlock Holmes buff trying to solve the crime. Mobsters and students are all suspects and it is only in the hair raising final scene where the true killer is revealed.
The Club Max Murder
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The Strange Death of Dr. Povitch
The Strange Death of Dr. Povitch
FIFTH BOOK in the Matthias Jones Series
Blocking Jones's investigation is a bumbling security cop, Bucky Driscoll. Driscoll clumsily destroys vital evidence and his constant stupidity annoys Jones' temperamental close friend-a sly underworld figure named Cocoa Stefani.
Then-a second murder-one of Jones's cheerleaders. While at the funeral in her hometown, Jones finds the evidence he needs to confront the murderer.
The Strange Death of Dr. Povitch
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Funeral March for the Maestro
Funeral March for the Maestro
SIXTH BOOK in the Matthias Jones Series
In Funeral March for the Maestro, the conductor of the Prince William Symphony is murdered with a single bullet, yet two shots were fired - a minute apart. Beloved coach Lark Larsen has tested positive for firing a gun. With the help of the wacky locals in Hamilton, New Hampshire, Matthias Jones zeroes in on the real murderer - someone who knew the maestro very well
FUNERAL MARCH FOR THE MAESTRO
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Anthony's Story
Anthony's Story
SEVENTH BOOK in the Matthias Jones Series
Hamilton Fletcher leader in the town, industry, and patriarch is murdered in his study. His money grubbing daughter was on the Fletcher Estate in the carriage house. A gun toting neighbor lurked in the shadows. The company controller may have wanted more power. And the fired groundskeeper was upset with Hamilton Fletcher. Matthias Jones finds Hamilton dead at his computer with a mystery file called Jersey imports on the screen. After being shot at on numerous occasions, threatened and targeted for murder, Matthias Jones locates the accused. Of course the local yokels impede and help him solve the murder-all with much (lol).
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Anthony's Story
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The Handyman's Secret
The Handyman's Secret
EIGHTH BOOK in the Matthias Jones Series
A collision of Lark Larsen’s new boat with “the Maintenance Free” in Hamilton Bay leads to the murder of local handyman Webster Howard. Lark hires an intelligence operative, Detective Clyde Hooper whose antics annoy and frustrate Matthias Jones’s investigation of the murder. Cocoa Stefani falls in love with a beautiful but innocent brunette, Janet Boudreaux, but J.B. soon becomes a Jones suspect. Trooper Banastre O’Connell appears to have been romantically involved with the overspending Mabel Howard, Webster’s wife. In the middle of the investigation is Reverend John Paul Bricker and” his church.” From a bar on Cape Cod Jones and Cocoa track the killer, while shadowed by Clyde Hooper and his helper, the ever-bumbling Bucky Drisco
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Murder at the Applegate
Murder at the Applegate
NINTH Book in the Matthias Jones Series
Mathias Jones’s longtime friend Leo Crowley is found dead under a concrete foundation at the Applegate Development in Hamilton, New Hampshire. Bonner Development’s unsavory owner Bobby Bonner becomes an immediate suspect because of his activities around the time of Leo’s murder. The belligerent attitude of Bonner’s construction superintendent Scott Gleason begins confronting Jones and Cocoa Stefani as they delve into the murder. Dennis Cruchek, who lured Leo out to the site, has disappeared and Kim Rose, a tall blonde seemingly is deeply involved in the development. Watching over the development is the pugnacious Red Kroc, a Bonner worker on the site who will instantly pick a fight with anyone. As always District Attorney Herbert Lane tries to block Jones's efforts. Jones gets closer with his friend Frannie McShane but needs counseling from Father Gallagher when fate takes a turn for the worse.
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Deader Than Dead
Deader Than Dead
TENTH Book in the Matthias Jones Series
Hamilton Fletcher leader in the town, industry, and patriarch is murdered in his study. His money grubbing daughter was on the Fletcher Estate in the carriage house. A gun toting neighbor lurked in the shadows. The company controller may have wanted more power. And the fired groundskeeper was upset with Hamilton Fletcher. Matthias Jones finds Hamilton dead at his computer with a mystery file called Jersey imports on the screen. After being shot at on numerous occasions, threatened and targeted for murder, Matthias Jones locates the accused. Of course the local yokels impede and help him solve the murder-all with much (lol).
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The Life and Times of Charlie Diaper
The Life and Times of Charlie Diaper
ELEVENTH Book in the Matthias Jones Series
Mob boss Albert Fiore is under suspicion of fixing races on Channel Z, a nationwide gambling video feed. To clear himself of the charges Fiore plans to implicate Charlie DiPiro, former mob boss now suffering from dementia. Cocoa Stefani was brought up in DiPiro’s organization and has an unyielding loyalty to his boss. In this backdrop a Mustang explodes behind Coach Matthias Jones’s baseball game. As Cocoa disappears Jones follows a lead to find out why the car exploded. Sidetracking the investigation Is former sportswriter Billy Bobcat. In the course of turning up clues, Jones uncovers the truth but also faces Fiore’s wrath.
The Life and Times of Charlie Diaper
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Let's examine the dog mind: Every time you come home, he thinks it's amazing. He can't believe that you've accomplished this again. You walk in the door. The joy of it almost kills him. "He's back again! It's that guy! It's that guy!"
Let's examine the dog mind: Every time you come home, he thinks it's amazing. He can't believe that you've accomplished this again. You walk in the door. The joy of it almost kills him. "He's back again! It's that guy! It's that guy!"
-Jerry Seinfeld
