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D.B. Murphy #1
Gas Head Willy
Gas Head Willy is missing, and D.B. Murphy has been hired to find him. It seems easy at first, but as Murphy learns more about the missing veteran's secret life, he is plunged into a prohibition-era underworld of booze cans and swamp whiskey.
188 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Richard J. Thomas
13 books1 followerRichard J Thomas spent his formative years in Delta, British Columbia. He attended Conestoga College in Kitchener before settling in Owen Sound with his wife Morag and their sons Finn and Renny and daughter Niamh.
An avid reader all his life, Richard has always been interested in writing. In 1991 he began to pursue his dream of being a published writer and in 1995 his first published fiction appeared in Owen Sounder magazine. "From Horseshoe to Gumshoe" was the first appearance in print for detective D.B. Murphy.
In 1996 the first full-length D.B. Murphy novel Gas Head Willy was published and subsequently shortlisted by the Crime Writers of Canada as one of the best first novels of the year.
An avid reader all his life, Richard has always been interested in writing. In 1991 he began to pursue his dream of being a published writer and in 1995 his first published fiction appeared in Owen Sounder magazine. "From Horseshoe to Gumshoe" was the first appearance in print for detective D.B. Murphy.
In 1996 the first full-length D.B. Murphy novel Gas Head Willy was published and subsequently shortlisted by the Crime Writers of Canada as one of the best first novels of the year.
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