Double Trouble 2-in-1 Mystery Collection: Too Good to Be Truman / Too Bad to Be Truman

Truman #1-2

by Chris Well

Get two complete Truman mysteries in one convenient volume!
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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUMAN
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YOU NEVER HAD MONEY TROUBLE LIKE THIS

When unemployed crime reporter Harry Truman gets a note from a local mission thanking him for his generous contribution--to the tune of a half million dollars--he's reasonably certain he had nothing to do with it.

Internal Revenue Service agent Marion Russell wants nothing more than to make a name for himself with his employers. (Well, and to spend more time with his show dog.) Agent Russell is certain that Truman has some undeclared source of income--and will go to any bizarre lengths to prove it.

Meanwhile, record label owner Buddy Powell has found that his latest marketing scheme--stage a fake kidnapping of country music sensation Darla Lovell--isn't working out as planned. His fixit men, Sherman Clayton and "Bull" Ron Taylor, have bungled the job, and now the fake-kidnapping has turned into the real thing. But what happened to the money?

FBI Special Agents Murphy and Reed are heading an investigation into the kidnapping. The demands were met, the money was dropped--but the girl is still missing. And Murphy is certain that Truman must have something to do with it.

All these oddballs collide in a tale of poor planning, miscommunication, and greed. Now, Truman has got to figure out who stuck him with this halo if he doesn't want to get fitted with prison stripes--or a harp and wings...

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TOO BAD TO BE TRUMAN
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YOU NEVER HAD A JOB INTERVIEW LIKE THIS

When out-of-work crime reporter Harry Truman is hired to kill a man’s wife, he’s reasonably certain there’s been some mistake. But when he’s left holding a smoking gun, Truman has got to act fast--or this marital spat could end with his funeral!

Chris Well's previous comedy mysteries and thrillers have received favorable reviews from Publishers Weekly, RT Book Reviews, Booklist, TitleTrakk, and The Suspense Zone, among others.

421 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 20, 2013

About the author

Here's the deal: When I was in the first grade, my life goal was that I would grow up to be Batman. Because I thought it was a vocation—you know, policeman, fireman, Batman. Once my first grade teacher crushed the dreams of that little boy, I guess I decided I would do the next best thing and make up stories about Batman. And then somewhere after that I learned about things like "intellectual property" and "copyright law" and "cease and desist" and decided I would have to make up stories about my own characters.

So today, I do just that: Write stories about my own characters— whether it's a doomed hitman named Solomon Long or a grumpy old amateur sleuth named Earl Walker or an out-of-work smart alec crime reporter named Truman.