Bøger af Tony Howells

The Neanderthals (Nea) became extinct about 30,000 years ago, about 10,000 years after Early Modern Humans (Sap) reached Southern Europe. This book is historical fiction concerning the extinction of the Nea. The early chapters are about the culture and social organization of the Nea and the Sap. Later chapters describe armed conflict between the Brown Bear tribe of the Nea and the Sap invaders. The Brown Bears learned their fighting skills from the Nea groups who invaded their land, which prepared them to fight the Sap when they came. Eventually, a group of Sap came onto Brown Bear land, and started to build a camp; the Bear fighters prepared to challenge them. The battles began, and these are described in the final chapters of the book.

Rick Hartley, now a successful private investigator, is hard at work with several large companies, investigating security issues, and earning big money. As well, Rick has got himself involved in a search for Jodie, a young woman with peculiar behaviour, who has disappeared. The danger level soars when Rick discovers that Jodie has become involved with the Moretti family, a leading criminal gang in South Sydney. Rick is a risk-taker so he ignores the dangers and the warnings he receives and continues with his search for Jodie. Will he find Jodie? Will the police stop hounding him? Will the Moretti gang get to him? There's romance and sex in this story too. Rick's love affair with Alison started well and their sex life was great, which Rick describes in detail. Now it's falling apart, with former partner Jennifer back on the scene, and then Alicia appears. How can he sort out this love-triangle without losing all of them?Interesting commercial plots, an intriguing search for a missing woman with all its mystery and false trails. Rick, despite his many flaws, is excellent at what he does - hunting down criminals, and solving complex security issues. This is the fourth novel by Tony Howells, the second in the Rick Hartley series, and is of the same high standard as his previous ones.

Rick Hartley smokes and drinks and is a high risk-taker. An ex-rugby league player and ex-policeman, he needs all his experience and toughness to make his way as a PI. His latest adventure involves fast cars and dangerous thugs as he pursues a gang stealing luxury cars. He is also attempting to unravel a baffling case involving a missing baby who hasn't been seen for five years. Can Rick bring the car-stealing criminals to justice and survive? Will he find the young child? This book isn't just about criminal investigation, there is romance and sex in it too. Rick describes in detail his love-making with his partner Jennifer, and it's every bit as exciting as the cases he works on.This is a typically Australian private detective drama. It's Hartley's story and he tells it with wry humour and he provides some insights into his sex life. The author, Tony Howells is an up and coming crime-writing talent, known for his DCI Barton crime novels. If you enjoy mysteries with interesting and well developed plots, told with humour and with sex thrown in too, buy Hit and Run and you won't be disappointed.