{"title":"Dakota Stevens Mysteries","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"perfect-triple-threat-book-chris-orcutt-9781539823605","title":"The Perfect Triple Threat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBefore they took down global conspiracies...\u003c\/b\u003e See tough, wisecracking New York PI Dakota Stevens and his brilliant associate Svetlana Kr sh in three of their early cases. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Triple Threat\u003c\/i\u003e, the 4th installment in the critically acclaimed Dakota Stevens Mystery Series\u003c\/b\u003e, features three novella-length mysteries that occur before or between the novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this mystery trilogy, Manhattan PIs Dakota Stevens and Svetlana Kr sh solve cases in the Green Mountains of Vermont; Dutchess County, New York; and the mean and glamorous streets of L.A., tangling with chainsaw artists, seven-foot tall Native Americans, motorcycle gangs, ex-cons, crooked cops, nude celebrities, and Chinese gangsters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Adventure of the Babysitting Detectives\u003c\/b\u003e: While caring for a friend's boys over Columbus Day weekend, besides learning that childcare is not easy, Dakota and Svetlana find a number of mysterious items in the woods and uncover a conspiracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mystery of the Vanishing Greenskeeper\u003c\/b\u003e: A number of bizarre incidents at a Millbrook area golf course, culminating in the disappearance of the head greenskeeper, prompts the club's managing pro to call in Dakota to investigate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Case of the Fake Reality TV Show\u003c\/b\u003e: A Hollywood studio exec's daughter is arrested for an armed jewel heist, but she claims it was only the pilot of a new reality TV series. 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Flawed, funny, heroic and developed fully from the first page until the final page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI read A Real Piece of Work in three days. Didn't get much sleep...but it was well worth it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDakota Stevens and his indispensable sidekick\/chess champion Svetlana Krush are a delightful modern take on the noir detective style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author's ability to paint a picture or scene with words is astounding. This book is ripe for adaptation to film. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrcutt weaves a story that keeps you hanging on until the very end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople in the reviews keep mentioning Spenser\/Robert B. 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