The Stuff Series Collection

by Don Bruns

USA Today best-selling author

For those who love humor as well as fast-paced mysteries,  the “Stuff” series seven book collection has it all.  Combining the stumbling shenanigans of James Lessor and Skip More, two twenty-something ne’er-do-wells trying to succeed as crime solvers produces laugh-out-loud moments while delivering a great mystery.  For any fans of “the Hardy Boys” these books are a must read to witness them “all grown up”.

Genres: Mystery

1841 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 9, 2016

About the author

Don Bruns is a writer, novelist, musician, songwriter, painter, cook, advertising executive and stand up comic who has no idea what he wants to be when he grows up. He's the author of nine books and was editor of the mystery/music anthology A Merry Band Of Murderers.

Don's published novels cover two series. One, a Caribbean thriller collection and two, the Stuff series, a humorous look at two twenty-four year old guys in South Florida who start their own detective agency and end up neck - deep in trouble.

Jamaica Blue, Barbados Heat, South Beach Shakedown, St. Barts Breakdown and Bahama Burnout make up the Caribbean books. The Stuff series consists of Stuff To Die For, Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Stuff To Spy For, and Don't Sweat The Small Stuff. Bruns is currently working on the fifth Stuff book, Too Much Stuff.

He currently resides on Florida's West coast.

Bahama Burnout/ Finalist, National Best Books Award - Mystery/Suspense 2009
South Beach Shakedown/ Winner National Best Books Award -Fiction/Suspense 2006
South Beach Shakedown/ Winner, Indie Excellence, 2006 Award - Mystery/Suspense
South Beach Shakedown/ Winner USA Book Award, 2006 - Mystery
Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/ Winner Indie Excellence Award 2009 - Mystery/Suspense
Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/IndieBound Notable, October 2008
Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/Winner Florida Writer's Association -
Stuff To Die For/ Starred review Booklist

Reviews

[Jacque Holst · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of fun to read.

James and Skip are life long friends, they desperately want to make it big, preferably without too much work. James is the idea man, Skip somehow gets sucked in. Some of these schemes almost get them killed. Em is Skip's love, always has been, beautiful, rich and his, except when she feels the need for an occasional break. The misadventures of these three make for a fun read. I hope there's at least one more book to find out if maturity overtakes them, do they get rich, do Em and Skip get married?

[Darlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun series to read, reminds me of the Hardy Boys only grown up. Author has a very readable writing style, and I liked the characters.

[Jeff Benham · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is really cool, that the author put all these books in a bundle. All are 5 stars on their own for the adventure and humor. The basic premise in each book is the same. Skip Moore and James Lessor are best friends since forever. Both of them barely graduated college, Skip in Business and James in Culinary Arts. Both want to get rich and James has no end of ideas how to do it. Problem is, he schemes are usually life threatening and he always pulls Skip in with him. Lucky for both of them, Skip has a girlfriend, Em, who is not only rich and beautiful, but very smart. She pulls them out of mess after mess. The fun is seeing how they solve all of the crimes that seem to find them.

[Carlton Phelps · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great books

Mr Burns weaves a great story.
This collection of five stories follows the adventures of James, Skip and Skip's on and off girlfriend Em.
This unlikely duo find themselves in one murder after another. Not by their choosing.
Follow them through these crimes as they get better at solving each case and along the way become better investigators.
Take a bit of time to read this collection and well worth it.

[Thomas Mihalchick · Rating 5 out of 5]

An enjoyable series

In glad I got the entire series, as just one book wouldn't have been enough. The characters are well developed and stay true to their character. Telling theses stories from Skip's perspective was smart. The stories are well written,fully detailed, and fun to read.

[Roger · Rating 5 out of 5]

great read

!best of the series!.............................
looking forward to the rest................
reminds me of my life as a new grad and the best times in the world long ago before I became a responsible adult lol.

[John Hubbard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun

Fun read with familiar characters in unfamiliar settings. The humor and pacing kept me in for the ride, and I'm glad.