He Needed Killing

by Bill Fitts

Overview

The Needed Killing Series: When James F. Crawford retired from the university he didn’t expect to become a private investigator. But Provost Rufus George wanted Crawford to investigate a suspicious death--and he wouldn’t take no for an answer. Turns out, Crawford has a knack for solving crimes. With his dog and cat as the perfect sounding board, he talks through the specifics of each case--posing questions to Tan and The Black and answering them himself. If you like your mysteries with a side of humor, give the Needed Killing Series a try.

Book 1: I was standing in a dead man’s apartment staring at the severed end of a rope hanging from one of the exposed beams overhead. What was I doing here? Last week I was just a university employee who had taken early retirement. Now a man was dead and I was in the thick of it. People were counting on me to figure out what had happened—and why. What kind of retirement was this?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045030823
Publisher:	Bill Fitts
Publication date:	10/18/2012
Series:	Needed Killing , #1
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	313,737
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

When Bill began writing  “The Screaming Sword,” he took notes in a Marble Composition notebook and typed on a Smith-Corona portable electric typewriter. He now uses Scrivener, a word processing program designed for writers, on an iMac. He has published 3 books in Song of Narne, epic adventures in a magical world, and 6 in the Needed Killing Series, cozy mysteries with a southern flair. He’s still writing in both genres.
 
Bill and his wife, Anne Gibbons, owe an odd kind of thank-you to the 2011 tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala. They were physically unharmed, but they began to assess their needs and wants, their hopes and dreams with the visceral understanding that the future is uncertain. In 2015 Bill and Anne moved to Vero Beach, Fla. They enjoy living 9 miles from the ocean—an easy drive but out of storm surge range—and their cats enjoy the screened patio.

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Editorial Reviews

Crawford [is] a likable fellow [who] . . . enjoys cooking and has a cat and dog. . . . [Even] more fun, and somewhat provocative, is his running commentary on life . . . in “Shelbyville,” when the novel turns to satire. --Don Noble, Tuscaloosa News, May 5, 2013

Terrific! This book was such a fun read. It is a light and fun mystery and yet I could not put it down! --Christine (Amazon)

This is an enjoyable, well-written mystery with appealing characters. . . . And I enjoyed how his cat and dog were part of the background story. --Eleanora (Amazon)

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