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OMNIBUS is a collection of fifteen captivating short stories crafted by H. P. Oliver on a canvas of the American saga from the late 19th Century through today. Genres range from mysteries to romantic thrillers, all painted in authentic period color with fascinating locations populated by convincing people. In addition the paperback edition is illustrated with location and character photographs.

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Four hundred one-line stories from the once-upon-a-time city where live went on even when it didn't.The words belong to Johnny Spicer, the guy who lived the storiesNoir? Oh yeah, black as the La Brea Tar Pits.

A Classic Saga of Virtue and EvilSanta Barbara, California - September, 1928It is generally thought by those who know such things that Estelle Abernathy is one of the richest women in the United States. Some claim she is the richest.Others, those who have dealt with Estelle personally, also know her to be ruthless, vindictive, and deadly as a rattlesnake. Of course none of those people would dare express such opinions publically, or even priva...

JOHNNY SPICER IS BACK!In his second novel-length caper, H. P. Oliver's wise-cracking Hollywood gumshoe tackles a mystery from history right in his own backyard when studio boss Jack Warner calls Johnny in to find out who is sabotaging the production of a film on the Warner Bros. Burbank lot. With a cast of characters that reads like a 1930s Hollywood Who's Who and a plot with more dangerous curves than a sound stage full of Goldwyn Girls, REVO...

Set against a backdrop of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, Hollywood gumshoe Johnny Spicer's first novel length caper plunges him into the depths of international intrigue where he becomes entangled in multiple webs of conspiracy and deception. Walk a tightrope of suspense with Spicer as he chases conflicting clues and dodges deadly foreign agents in a case where nothing-and everything-is what it seems to be.

In PAYBACK, Johnny Spicer's seventh caper, H. P. Oliver's cynical, wisecracking detective is up to his ears in World War II.As a counter espionage agent with the Army Military Intelligence Division, his orders are to help protect a top secret Army Air Force mission intended to strike a blow against Japan as payback for its dastardly attack on Pearl Harbor. When his assignment brings him face to face with the Dragon Lady, a Japanese spy with mo...

In Johnny Spicer's fourth novel-length caper, H. P. Oliver's irreverent Hollywood private eye goes to war. Days before the US enters WWII, Spicer is called back to active duty with his old outfit, the Army's Military Intelligence Division.But Major Spicer's war isn't being fought in Europe or on remote islands in the south Pacific. No, his war is on homeland soil against enemies who don't wear uniforms or wave flags. There are no tanks rumblin...

A romance that changed movie history, an action packed thriller, and a suspense-filled mystery all rolled into one epic motion picture saga told as only H. P. Oliver could tell it!Pass through the famous Paramount Bronson gate and meet the movie makers and the stars they made famous. Travel to the locations used in filming William Wellman's Wings just as if you were a member the cast or crew. You may even find yourself wondering if Winging IT ...

San Francisco radio news reporter Parker Atkins is back in Los Angeles where, in a previous and less sober life, he was an LAPD detective. Now in L A to cover a story on off-shore gambling ships, Atkins stumbles into the middle of a serial murder investigation run by his former boss, homicide detective Don Chambers.The killer, dubbed the Mob Avenger by the press, is bumping off mobsters, and as the death toll rises, everyone is getting nervous...