Del Garrett
Arkansas Hall of Fame writer Del Garrett is the author of six novels: Texas Justice, While the Angels Slept, Shadowlight, The Buccaneer’s Daughter, The El Dorado Trail and Whispers in the Wind — The Search for Jack the Ripper, plus an anthology of short stories he calls Del Garrett’s Flea Market Tales.
In addition, he owns Raven’s Inn Press where he publishes books and anthologies by other writers. His books are available on Amazon.com.
Del’s first attempt at writing fiction, a Civil War short story, was published by Louis L’Amour Western Magazine. He has also been published in Pro Se Presents, Blood Moon Rising, Gateway Science Fiction and Storyteller Magazine.
In February 2023, Del released his fourth book in the Felix Nash, Private Detective series. Other titles include The Case of the Deadly Dame, The Case of the Stolen Jade Buddha, and The Case of the Bloody Butcher.
He has won an international award for Best Historical Western Fiction and numerous other contest awards. His poetry has been published by the Missouri Poetry Society.
Del is the 2019 president of WCCW and serves as the group’s press agent.
In August 2022, Del was featured in our Member Spotlight section. You can read Del’s posts at the Write Way Blog here.
His web page is: authorsden.com/delgarrett.
BOOKS BY DEL GARRETT
LITTLE RED SHOES. An old couple trudge along crowded icy streets looking for a particular shoe store where a lonely old man has nothing in his life except memories of his family, now deceased.
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THE CLOWN KILLER
In a quiet little town, Detectives Parker and Reynolds investigate a murder at a nudist colony.
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COLD JUSTICENo mercy for dangerous outlaws.
They are to be delivered alive or dead.
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THE TOY BOX
It fell from the sky and crash landed behind Barney’s Beer and BBQ. Everyone rushed out to see what it was. When they figured that out, they dug it out of the ground. Imagine the surprise when they saw what nit was. An even bigger surprise was the two Men in Black who roared up and took it away. Was it dangerous? You figure it out. BUY ON AMAZON
SON OF COCHISE
An Apache raid on a Catholic orphanage on Christmas Eve results in a surprise for all concerned.
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ROSALEEN
A beautiful young Irish girl must battle an evil wizard to save her father from being whisked away into the never-never.
LOLLAPALOOZA Down in the swamp land near Opelousas, Louisiana, Big Momma reins supreme as the Hoodoo queen. Lolopalooza Stories deal with the everyday goings on of the folks who live in the backwater area, among the alligators and other critters. Crime doesn’t pay. When a gypsy woman moves in trying to take over Big Momma;s crown, she finds that task not so easy when Big Momma casts her evil eye on the intruder. BUY ON AMAZON
WHILE THE ANGELS SLEPT
When Lydia Taylor’s husband dies in an auto accident in Los Angeles, he leaves her so well off she becomes a target for scam artists who want her money and others who want her body. Lydia just wants to get on with her life and accepts an offer from close friends to stay at their villa in Carmel, but an international gang of art thieves has other plans for her until an old school chum, now a detective, steps in. BUY ON AMAZON
SHADOWLIGHT
Ace reporter Rio Shannon searches for the girl of his dreams in a nightclub called the Silk Rose — a place where a woman can break his heart and government hit men can break his neck. But what’s life without a little adventure?
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SHOTGUN: BILLY THE KID’S FIRST KILL Billy the Kid is said to have killed 21 men in his short life. This ‘Tall Tale’ from a trusted source who kept the secrets in our family tree, rings true in the ways of the country back then and is somewhat borne out by the pattern of movement Billy’s mother chose to protect her son. The book answers one important hypothetical question—just who was Billy the Kid’s first victim? BUY ON AMAZON
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE? The life and death of notorious outlaw Jesse James has been told and retold. We know how he lived, but do we really know how he died? Robert Ford, “that dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard,” was a trusted member of the James gang. Isn’t it conceivable that Jesse, a known mastermind, would have entrusted someone close to him to help set up a false tale to take the heat off the attempt to find and bring to justice America’s most inventive outlaw? BUY ON AMAZON
THE CASE OF THE BLOODY BUTCHER (Felix Nash)
A sadistic killer just murdered Felix Nash’s current girlfriend. There is no option … the killer must pay for what he has done. This time Felix is his own client. This time it is personal.
THE CASE OF THE STOLEN JADE BUDDHA (Felix Nash)
Private detective Felix Nash is hired to track down a priceless stolen jade Buddha and deliver the ransom to a pair of thieves. They already have a buyer and reject Nash’s offer in the worst possible way, in blood — his blood. All Felix wants to do is get the job done and go fishing.
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THE CASE OF DEADLY DAME: A Felix Nash Crime Story
Felix Nash goes to Hollywood in search of a blue-eyed blonde and discovers there’s more to her than meets the eye. For one thing, she’s wanted for murder. For another thing, someone’s trying to murder her.
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INTRODUCING FELIX NASH (Felix Nash Crime Novella) Felix Nash, a 1940’s private investigator in San Francisco has a gambling problem. He also has a nasty habit of getting into trouble with the bad guys and with the law. His salvation is his quick mind and Mavis, the army .45 caliber semi-automatic that sleeps in a holster near his heart. Mavis hates to be woke up, but when she is, she lets you know you made a mistake. Short on money, even shorter with his temper, Felix Nash is a man to be reckoned with and never, never be taken for granted. BUY ON AMAZON