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Johnny’s Back in Town

By Robert P. Fitton Things have changed in the Prince William-Hamilton area. The town patriarch Hamilton Fletcher has been dead for months. Nigel Kent Dean of Students for years has retired and replaced by a man name Phil Curran, a fundraiser for many schools. And there’s news about Cocoa’s estranged father Johnny Stefani is rumored to be back in town. Although Johnny Stefani funneled money…

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Deader than Dead

Deader than DeadBy Jerry St. ClairFront Page Exclusive I predicted the old man’s murder back in ’57 after an all-night binge at Swanson’s bar downtown. The boys thought I was a nutcase and maybe I am. I keep a low profile. Ya have to. Within hours after the untimely but not surprising death of one Hamilton Fletcher I flew in north of town to a private airfield with my pilot, One-taff-Doode.…

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Murder at the Applegate

By Robert P. Fitton You’ve reached the combined sales department of the Applegate. We’re extremely sorry we cannot answer your request. Leave your name and number and we’ll be sure to return your call. Matthias Jones: If it’s not too much to ask George, who’s dead?Chief Strickland: Leo Crowley While on vacation in Indiana Matthias Jones learns that his close friend and Team Manager Leo Crowley…

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Six Feet Under

Six feet Underby Robert P. Fitton “He would make a lovely corpse.”Charles Dickens There is a secret lingering in the tiny hamlet of Hamilton, New Hampshire, a secret not extending to more than twenty-five years in its past and a secret that has never been revealed because no one has ever bothered to uncover or reveal its contents. Would anyone want to reveal the comings and goings of one…

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The Handyman’s Secret

The Handyman’s Secret By Robert P. Fitton One thing leads to another. Maybe. The Frothingham Stakes-the Ocean race on Memorial Day. Hamilton Fletcher has The Pride of the Hill, simply known as Pride, bred for Mr. Fletcher in Kentucky, entered and slated to win the sweepstakes. In the same race Cocoa Stefani, with links to Albert Fiore and the Boston mob, has paid over sixty thousand dollars…

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Anthony's Story

By Robert P. Fitton Anthony’s StoryMatthias Jones Series “I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again. The strong survive and the weak disappear. We do not intend to disappear.” -Jimmy Hoffa Anthony Stefani and John, Jr. (Cocoa) My brother Anthony and I were inseparable. He wasn’t Tony. He was Anthony and will always be Anthony. Anthony was two years older than me. My mother Rita treated us…

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Funeral March for the Maestro

By Robert P. Fitton “You know what’s wrong with karate Jerry? It’s based on the ridiculous assumption that the other guy will fight fair.“ -Jim Rockford The convolution/sum of probability distributions arises in probability theory and statistics as the operation in terms of probability distributions that corresponds to the addition of independent random variables and, by extension, to forming…

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The Man in the Glass, Matthias Jones Series

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.-Al Capone Words to describe The Man in the Glass… complex… tense… humorous… violent… duplicitous… threatening… criminal… Bernie the K Jones has been coach at Hamilton College for less than a year when another murder is committed in eastern Prince William near the car dealership. The connections to a larger crime and Mafia wars astounds…

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Murder at Tolby Lake

By Robert P. Fitton Coach Matthias Jones before the murder Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven’t got a clue what the hell I’m doing.— Robert B. Parker Be mindful of two items of consequence before reading or listening to Murder at Tolby Lake. One maxim is eternal, no matter what your occupation or whatever aspect of life you choose. And that maxim can only be…

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The Club Max Murder by Robert P. Fitton

Sherlock Holmes “It seemed to me that a careful examination of the room and the lawn might possibly reveal some traces of this mysterious individual. You know my methods, Watson. There was not one of them which I did not apply to the inquiry. And it ended by my discovering traces, but very different ones from those which I had expected.”The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893)Sir Arthur Conant…

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The Strange Death of Dr. Povitch

By Robert P. Fitton Dr. Sergei Povitch How do you feel when you’re accused of something? I guess that depends on whether you’re guilty or innocent. Right? Unless you’re just plain cold blooded, Truman Capote. In this Matthias Jones story, the Strange Death of Dr. Povitch is about murder, which in Hamilton, New Hampshire there are more murders committed annually than speeding tickets…

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Matthias Jones: The Prince William Slasher

by Robert P. Fitton We all have a full time job that involves our skills and ability to make a living. Perhaps college prepared us for our life’s work or if we have learned a trade that we apply in life. And then there’s a few interests or hobbies that may take up down time or perhaps these interests and hobbies go a bit further. Career changes happen many times because we truly fall in love…

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Matthias Jones Series: Book 1-RIP Bill Jones

Coach Jones ‘Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.’ John Lennon Do you remember when you met your best friend? What were the circumstances surrounding the meeting? Did you seek out this special person? Or like Lennon’s line from his song Beautiful Boy were you busy with plans and schemes when you met someone who would be important in your life?Twenty-Three year old…

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Sojourn, The Shanghai Incursion by Robert P. Fitton

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HARRY Cobb: The Ice of Triton

“There are no conspiracies but there are also no coincidences.”– Stephen K. Bannon Harry Cobb Power tends to accumulate and is forced to sustain itself. Being suspicious by nature, Harry Cobb approaches every day finding the truth- about everything. Even when taking time off from his investigations Cobb trusts his intuition and his observations. He books passage aboard a space cruise liner…

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Harry Cobb: The Dust of Mars

By Robert P. Fitton Wil Shakespeare Love is not love which alters when alteration finds or bends with the remover to remove.-William Shakespeare Unfortunately for Mr. Harry Cobb recently retired from his official investigator role and having begun his private intra-solar system investigation service, the above mentioned from Shakespeare’s sonnets will sting him with more intensity than…

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Galactic Command: The Nebula Planet

The Nebula Planet by Robert P. Fitton Galactic Command: The Nebula PlanetTime: The distant futurePlace: Patrolling the galaxy at the close of the Antarian War.Voyage 24 Of course man will reach for the stars Will humanity reach the stars? Or perhaps the more poignant proposition concerns whether humanity will control the galaxy, or will another civilization usurp total power? One would think…