Rich Bishop Novels

The Rick Bishop private investigator series continues when a local attorney hires Bishop to find her missing friend and then insists on tagging along to help with his investigation. The missing friend has a sordid past. Her mob-connected ex-father-in-law wants to find her just as badly for about two million good reasons. When Honolulu attorney Nicole Hersey hires Bishop to help her find her best friend Diane Clark, she insists on accompanying him in the search. In a financial bind, he agrees. Rick and Nicole follow her friend's trail to a small town on the North Shore, only to learn from the locals that Diane died there of heart failure. That literal dead end should have closed the investigation, but Bishop notices someone is tailing them. And, later, when the pair interviews the doctor who pronounced Diane dead, Rick's suspicions Diane isn't dead at all grow. After confronting the man following them, Clifford Shepard, he informs Bishop he is an IRS special agent, also looking for Diane Clark because she had come into two million dollars recently but hasn't paid the taxes owed. Once Rick uncovers more evidence that Diane Clark may have faked her death, he ends up in a cemetery in the middle of the night with his two closest friends Joe Rose and Koko Mahelona, intent on digging up Clark's casket. But just as they unearth the casket, three east coast mobsters from the mainland, also searching for Diane Clark, ambush them. When Bishop's case takes a deadly turn, will the penurious PI find Diane Clark and her money before hitting his own dead end? Dead End is the second book in the Rick Bishop series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Join Richard Bishop, the wise-cracking private detective from Honolulu, as he embarks on a thrilling quest to retrieve a rare Hawaiian antiquities artifact in San Diego. With a high-stakes bonus on the line, Bishop must outsmart a rival collector and navigate a dangerous chase through the city to protect the valuable treasure. But as the stakes get higher and the danger intensifies, Bishop must use all of his cunning and wit to secure the artifact and outwit his adversary in a heart-pounding showdown. For fans of fast-paced mysteries with a touch of humor, this is a must-read book that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Larry Darter is an American author best known for his crime fiction novels written about the fictional private detective Malone. He is a former U.S. Army infantry officer, and a retired law enforcement officer. He lives with his family in Oklahoma.

"Easy money," thought Honolulu private investigator Rick Bishop as he accepted a new client's request to hold on to a package of documentary evidence for a local mobster's upcoming trial for a few days. But when a gun-wielding associate of the gangster shows up at Rick's office demanding the package, things quickly take a dangerous and painful turn.Despite taking a beating, Rick manages to keep the evidence hidden. But he knows he can't hold on to it for long. He decides to return the package to his client along with the generous retainer, even though he desperately needs the money. But during the hand off, Rick gets ambushed again, his client gets killed, and the evidence disappears.With the fat retainer still in his pocket, Rick feels obligated to find his client's killer and retrieve the evidence. But as he delves deeper into the case, Rick suspects his client set him up and played him for a fool. Now, he's caught in the crosshairs of the vengeful mobster and his dangerous associates. As he unravels the truth, Rick realizes he may be just a pawn in a much larger game, the victim of a deep fake.If you enjoy the mystery, suspense, and action of private detective novels, you'll love Deep Fake, the seventh book in the Rick Bishop Mystery Novels series. Enjoy reading this Honolulu private eye series in any order. Get your copy of Deep Fake now. Larry Darter is a novelist and retired Texas peace officer. He is a veteran of the United States Navy and the United States Army Reserve. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. Larry currently lives in southern Oklahoma near the Red River. All Our Yesterdays is his first published crime fiction short story. Come What May, published in 2016, was his first novel, the debut book in The Malone Novels series. Larry is currently writing the second novel in the series, Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair, which will be released in April 2017.