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Home Again to Stay
This is the sixth of eight box sets covering the complete Nick Williams Mystery series of novels!
The four complete books in this set
The Harried Husband
Monday, August 8, 1960
It's been three weeks since the case against Nick and Carter was dismissed and life has moved on.
They're at home in the big pile of rocks on Nob Hill and doing swell.
Meanwhile, a new client wants to see Nick. He claims that only Nick will be able to catch his cheating wife in the act. And it might end up being a good deal for everyone involved. Well, almost everyone.
In order to work the case, Nick decides he needs to grow out his beard so no one will recognize him as he prowls the City. Of course, Carter is along for the ride because beard burn isn't good. So they're off to the woods for 10 days to rough it.
Or are they?
The Stymied Star
Wednesday, November 30, 1960
Raymond Burr from TV's Perry Mason is calling and he's in a bit of a pickle.
Someone stashed a corpse in his on-studio cottage and he's worried about how this might affect the show.
Nick and Carter fly down where they find a handsome stiff. He was a former personal assistant and wanna-be actor who turned to one of the best-paying gigs in male companion.
And he had a little black book chock full of famous names, home phone numbers, and careers that could easily be ruined.
But only one of them is a murderer and it's up to Nick and Carter to find out who it might be...
The Roving Refugee
Thursday, December 8, 1960
Nick and Carter are jetting across the Atlantic to the island of Capri for a funeral.
When they arrive in Europe, Nick and Carter receive a distressing message. A good friend is sick with a mysterious disease that has the doctors baffled in Salisbury, the capital of Southern Rhodesia.
Right after the funeral, Nick and Carter fly south to get Paul and bring him back to the States and, hopefully, back to health.
Once they land in Salisbury, they discover their friend is dying and his lover from the Congo has been arrested.
Nick and Carter have to come up with a plan to sneak the man out of Southern Rhodesia and into the U.S. without getting caught.
If they fail, he'll be deported to a land he loves but thrust back into the middle of a civil war he wants no part of...
The Perfidious Parolee
Tuesday, July 25, 1961
It's been 214 days since Nick and Carter promised their friends they would stay home. Los Angeles County still has a warrant out for them both, so they've been good boys and remained within the 49 square miles of the City by the Bay.
However...
Nick, being Nick, gets carried away with Ben White's idea to build a back lot for Monumental Studios on a few hundred acres in Sonoma County and drives up to have a look around.
Unfortunately, they stumble across a decaying corpse.
Fortunately, the Sonoma County sheriff's deputy doesn't notice who Nick is and he safely makes it back across the Golden Gate Bridge where Mike and Carter have something to say about Nick's carelessness.
And that's just the beginning...
1961 is a fateful year for our boys and for the City they love.
As usual, San Francisco is ahead of the rest of the country and change is in the air.
The four complete books in this set
The Harried Husband
Monday, August 8, 1960
It's been three weeks since the case against Nick and Carter was dismissed and life has moved on.
They're at home in the big pile of rocks on Nob Hill and doing swell.
Meanwhile, a new client wants to see Nick. He claims that only Nick will be able to catch his cheating wife in the act. And it might end up being a good deal for everyone involved. Well, almost everyone.
In order to work the case, Nick decides he needs to grow out his beard so no one will recognize him as he prowls the City. Of course, Carter is along for the ride because beard burn isn't good. So they're off to the woods for 10 days to rough it.
Or are they?
The Stymied Star
Wednesday, November 30, 1960
Raymond Burr from TV's Perry Mason is calling and he's in a bit of a pickle.
Someone stashed a corpse in his on-studio cottage and he's worried about how this might affect the show.
Nick and Carter fly down where they find a handsome stiff. He was a former personal assistant and wanna-be actor who turned to one of the best-paying gigs in male companion.
And he had a little black book chock full of famous names, home phone numbers, and careers that could easily be ruined.
But only one of them is a murderer and it's up to Nick and Carter to find out who it might be...
The Roving Refugee
Thursday, December 8, 1960
Nick and Carter are jetting across the Atlantic to the island of Capri for a funeral.
When they arrive in Europe, Nick and Carter receive a distressing message. A good friend is sick with a mysterious disease that has the doctors baffled in Salisbury, the capital of Southern Rhodesia.
Right after the funeral, Nick and Carter fly south to get Paul and bring him back to the States and, hopefully, back to health.
Once they land in Salisbury, they discover their friend is dying and his lover from the Congo has been arrested.
Nick and Carter have to come up with a plan to sneak the man out of Southern Rhodesia and into the U.S. without getting caught.
If they fail, he'll be deported to a land he loves but thrust back into the middle of a civil war he wants no part of...
The Perfidious Parolee
Tuesday, July 25, 1961
It's been 214 days since Nick and Carter promised their friends they would stay home. Los Angeles County still has a warrant out for them both, so they've been good boys and remained within the 49 square miles of the City by the Bay.
However...
Nick, being Nick, gets carried away with Ben White's idea to build a back lot for Monumental Studios on a few hundred acres in Sonoma County and drives up to have a look around.
Unfortunately, they stumble across a decaying corpse.
Fortunately, the Sonoma County sheriff's deputy doesn't notice who Nick is and he safely makes it back across the Golden Gate Bridge where Mike and Carter have something to say about Nick's carelessness.
And that's just the beginning...
1961 is a fateful year for our boys and for the City they love.
As usual, San Francisco is ahead of the rest of the country and change is in the air.
948 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 7, 2022
About the author
Frank W. Butterfield
123 books106 followersFrank W. Butterfield, not an assumed name, loves old movies, wise-cracking smart guys with hearts of gold, and writing for fun.
Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.
Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.
After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof apartment with superior water pressure that was built in 1926.
While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.
Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.
Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.
After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof apartment with superior water pressure that was built in 1926.
While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.
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March 4, 2022
More Intrigue
The stories remain consistent in content, tone and, sadly, errors. These installments have the same blend of new and old characters, with threads of mystery and pathos to contend with. Each book provides a short synopsis of previous books, and usually resolves the primary threads by the book’s end.
The stories remain consistent in content, tone and, sadly, errors. These installments have the same blend of new and old characters, with threads of mystery and pathos to contend with. Each book provides a short synopsis of previous books, and usually resolves the primary threads by the book’s end.
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