Fat Tuesday by Earl Emerson

Thomas Black Mystery #4

When Fred Pugsley receives a dead rattlesnake in the mail, ex-Seattle cop Thomas Black and his friend, lawyer Kathy Birchfield, are called in to investigate. But when they get there, Fred is dead, and his stunned wife sits huddled in the kitchen, clutching a tool used on racing bicycles the murder weapon. But the wife says she's innocent, and suddenly there are plenty of other suspects. Just as Seattle stages its own Mardi Gras, Thomas is getting ready for a wild blow-out of his own.

Printing History

Written by Earl W Emerson (1948- )

William Morrow & Company

January 1987

ISBN 688 06770

Ballantine Books

June 1988

ISBN 345 35223

Kindle

January 2013

The Rainy City by Earl Emerson

Finalist 1986 Shamus Award for Best Paperback.

When a pretty woman disappears, detective Thomas Black gets soaked in sex and scandal, with cold murder in the forecast.

Thomas Black is a bicycle riding, Seattle ex-cop who does investigating for lawyer Kathy Birchfield.

Kathy Birchfield urges Thomas to find a Melissa Nadisky. As he investigates, people who have information show up dead. Thomas' dog is killed and in the course of his house being burgled, Kathy is attacked. Melissa's husband is a hapless poet and her daughter has been abducted by her father. Someone doesn't want Thomas to succeed.

Printing History

Written by Earl W. Emerson (1948 -)

Avon Books

January 1985

ISBN 380-89517

Ballantine Books

 ISBN 345-41405

June 1997

5th printing

The Vanishing Smile by Earl Emerson

A Thomas Black Mystery

Marian Wright is an amateur sleuth in the employ of two attractive young women eager to catch up with their no-account ex-lovers, But when Marian's investment ends abruptly and ferociously, Seattle private eye Thomas Black has a new case on his hands. Picking up the pieces of Marian Wright's search for her clients' rouge boyfriends, Thomas encounters a network of people. From ex-cons and prostitutes to other private investigators, all webbed together by a chilling common thread. It's a discovery that speaks volumes about the zealousness of Marian's manhunt and even suggests a monstrous reason for her sudden death. Yet equally monstrous is an unknown baseball-bat-wielding assailant who seams hell-bent on making sure Thomas Black's investigation stays closed.......

Printing History

Written by Earl Emerson (1948-)

Random House, Inc

Ballantine Books

 Hardcover

ISBN 345 38486

November 1995

 

 Softcover

ISBN 345 40453

October 1996