Sin City Investigations

Her bloody finger left a translucent smear on the phone screen as she glanced through the list of private investigators in Vegas. Her stained nail came to rest on Sin City Investigations. Jim Bean would serve her well. Private investigator Jim Bean is a straightforward, to-the-point man. He likes his cases to follow suit. But when his latest client, Sophie Evers, asks him to find her brother Daniel, Jim has no idea how complicated his life is about to become. As he falls deep into a manipulative game of cat and mouse, Jim uncovers the horrible truth about Sophie. Now he must set things right before her plan leads to the loss of innocent souls...even more than it already has.

PI Jim Bean should walk out that door and let the Vegas bouncer do his worst. That's what an ordinary man would do. But nobody ever accused Jim Bean of being ordinary. Private Investigator Jim Bean has worked hard to create his new identity in Vegas. He doesn't have a great life, but it's his. When his ex-fiancée, Erica Floyd, walks into one of his investigations looking for her missing sister, the tragic past he wanted to leave behind comes flooding back. Despite serious reservations, Jim agrees to search for Erica's sister. Clues lead him to a human-trafficking ring and one of Vegas' most influential mobsters. Unless Jim can face the ghosts of his past, the anger of his present, and a new enemy out for his blood, four women will suffer a fate worse than death.

When Private Investigator Jim Bean is called to conduct a simple insurance investigation at a Nevada trailer park, he finds himself wrapped up in a case that's more complicated than anything he could have imagined. There's a torched trailer. A missing woman named Emilee who harbors a dark past. And the Ward family, with their own sinister secrets to hide. Jim quickly realizes that if he wants to find Emilee, he's going to have to get closer to the Ward family-and untangle their twisted web of lies. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous things become. And when Jim gets caught up in the gruesome events, he realizes that he's not just fighting to save Emilee-he's fighting to save himself.

Jim Bean comes face to face with his greatest adversary so far-a con woman who is as clever as she is dangerous. Stella DeSoto has had it with Vegas and her life. She's experienced the worst of people, and now a sailboat in the Florida Keys is calling Stella's name. All she needs is the cash to buy it. And she's got an idea. It's reckless, risky, and downright illegal. But big risks can mean big rewards...if you don't get caught. Then Stella's mother recognizes her on the news, disguised and on a crime spree. Worried sick, she hires Private Investigator Jim Bean to track her daughter down. Only after he agrees to help does Jim realize just how cunning Stella is-and how desperate. And a seasoned PI like Jim has enough experience to know that's a very dangerous combination. As Stella manages to stay one step ahead of him at every turn, Jim wonders if he'll ever be able to track her down - and how many more people will get hurt if he can't. J.D. Allen's Flat Black Ford is a fast-paced story of anger, escape, and revenge that will leave you questioning the meaning of right and wrong, and the gray area in between.

When a mobster's buried treasure inspires a series of violent crimes, private investigator Jim Bean will risk his life to solve his deadliest case yet. What do Jeffrey Dahmer's murderous glove, a brick from Lizzy Borden's fireplace, a girl missing for over a decade, and an old mob boss have in common? That's what PI Jim Bean must find out to solve his next case. When Irving Silverland hires him to find some missing murderabilia objects from his museum, Jim Bean struggles to find a motive behind the strange theft. But when one of the exhibit's employees is bludgeoned to death with the stolen brick that came from Lizzie Borden's fireplace, the bigger picture behind the crimes begins to take shape. As legend has it, infamous mobster Phillip DeAngelo buried his fortune somewhere in the Vegas desert-and Jim suspects that Silverland's museum holds the key to the treasure's location. Now, more than one person is ready to kill Silverland's daughter to get their hands on it. As a trail of violent crimes blazes through Vegas, Jim Bean finds himself scrambling to untangle the Silverland family's dark history. But when he gets too close to the truth, the fortune hunters will do anything to keep him quiet…even if that means putting him six feet under.

They thought kidnapping the girl would be easy, but her bodyguard will make their lives very difficult... Working security for a wealthy Indian businessman sounds like easy money to PI Jim Bean. He's charged with watching the man's teenage daughter, the stubborn and spirited Zevah Ralen. His task is simple: keep the girl out of trouble during her father's business trip to Las Vegas. But trouble strikes as soon as the assignment starts, when a group of kidnappers ambush Zevah outside the mall. Jim barely has time to handcuff himself to her before they're both knocked out and transported to the kidnappers' remote cottage hideout. With no weapons, no backup plan, and nobody coming to save them, Jim knows he can only rely on himself-especially when he learns Zevah's father has no intention of paying the ransom, afraid the money would encourage the kidnappers to go after his other children. Now, Jim must escape the cottage, find his way out of the wilderness, and rescue the girl he promised to protect…but as usual with Jim Bean, that is actually just the beginning of the danger and surprises that await him.