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Hannibal For Hire
For over three decades, Joe Hannibal has stood tall on the fictional PI landscape. The Hannibal books and stories have been translated into several languages and have been nominated for an Edgar, an Anthony, and a total of six Shamus Awards.
Almost from the outset, Hannibal was dubbed "the blue collar PI" due in equal parts to the series' initial smaller-city setting of Rockford, Illinois, and its surrounding rural areas - as well as to the middle class roots and values that his creator brought to the writing. Later, after author and character both moved to the even more rural setting of west central Nebraska, the distinction only deepened.
Hannibal has matured and evolved as a character and the writing has been honed to a finer edge. But the admiration for and love of the PI genre that was always at the core and heart of the series has never wavered.
While new Hannibals continue to be written, the original titles¾though somewhat sketchily available over the years¾remain strong, entertaining works. In order for readers to be able to discover this for themselves, a series of "boxed set" collections is being re-issued.
Volume II, presented here, features the first three full-length Hannibal novels:
AND FLESH AND BLOOD SO CHEAP
THE FIGHT IN THE DOG
THE DAY AFTER YESTERDAY
Read, enjoy, stay on the lookout for Volume III coming soon!
Almost from the outset, Hannibal was dubbed "the blue collar PI" due in equal parts to the series' initial smaller-city setting of Rockford, Illinois, and its surrounding rural areas - as well as to the middle class roots and values that his creator brought to the writing. Later, after author and character both moved to the even more rural setting of west central Nebraska, the distinction only deepened.
Hannibal has matured and evolved as a character and the writing has been honed to a finer edge. But the admiration for and love of the PI genre that was always at the core and heart of the series has never wavered.
While new Hannibals continue to be written, the original titles¾though somewhat sketchily available over the years¾remain strong, entertaining works. In order for readers to be able to discover this for themselves, a series of "boxed set" collections is being re-issued.
Volume II, presented here, features the first three full-length Hannibal novels:
AND FLESH AND BLOOD SO CHEAP
THE FIGHT IN THE DOG
THE DAY AFTER YESTERDAY
Read, enjoy, stay on the lookout for Volume III coming soon!
859 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 6, 2015
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About the author
Wayne D. Dundee
92 books20 followersWayne Dundee lives in the once-notorious old cowtown of Ogallala, on the hinge of Nebraska's panhandle. To date, Dundee has had six novels, three novellas, and over two dozen short stories published. All of the novels and most of the short stories have featured his PI protagonist, Joe Hannibal. He also writes in the fantasy, straight crime, and Western genres. Dismal River is his first Western novel.
Titles in the Hannibal series have been translated into several languages and nominated for an Edgar, an Anthony, and six Shamus Awards. Dundee also founded and was the original editor of Hardboiled Magazine.
A short Western story was recently named winner of the Peacemaker Award from the Western Fictioneers.
Titles in the Hannibal series have been translated into several languages and nominated for an Edgar, an Anthony, and six Shamus Awards. Dundee also founded and was the original editor of Hardboiled Magazine.
A short Western story was recently named winner of the Peacemaker Award from the Western Fictioneers.
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March 6, 2015
3 More Tales of Joe Hannibal
A great buy to get three Joe Hannibal, Private Investigator stories for one small purchase. If you read them in order, Joe ages appropriately as do his friends and circumstances. Mostly by rough and tumble persistence he solves crime and gets the girl. I read them for the fun of it and recommend them.
A great buy to get three Joe Hannibal, Private Investigator stories for one small purchase. If you read them in order, Joe ages appropriately as do his friends and circumstances. Mostly by rough and tumble persistence he solves crime and gets the girl. I read them for the fun of it and recommend them.
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