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    8 Funny Detective Stories with Maynard Soloman, Gal-Damn Detective
    8 Funny Detective Stories with Maynard Soloman, Gal-Damn Detective
    8 Funny Detective Stories with Maynard Soloman, Gal-Damn Detective
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    8 Funny Detective Stories with Maynard Soloman, Gal-Damn Detective

    By Benjamin Sobieck

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    Since launching with the first short story, Maynard Soloman Solves the War on Drugs, Maynard Soloman, gal-damn detective, has become somewhat of a cult hero. Or a folk hero. Or maybe just confused.

    Using his vocabulary of insults from bygone days and a decaying RV, the old-timey Maynard Soloman made good on his promise to fix the problems of the modern world one case at a time. Or at least cuss at them until they went away.

    8 Funny Detective Stories represents his first eight cases of mystery, malarkey and misadventure. Each combines the slapstick fun of The Pink Panther with the sharp wit of The Onion, if both lived in an RV watching nothing but old Westerns. Fans of Carl Hiaasen's crime fiction humor, Elmore Leonard's bumbling bad guys or snappy current events satire will enjoy these quick reads.

    Despite being older than dirt, the Ol' Badger is just getting started - so long as the piss and vinegar don't run out. Here are the short stories and bonus features you'll find in this keen collection.

    Short Stories:
    1. Maynard Soloman Solves the War on Drugs
    2. Maynard Soloman Fixes Social Security and Eats a Pony
    3. Maynard Soloman and the Job-Nabbin' Illegal Immigrants
    4. Maynard Soloman Proves Santa Claus is Real
    5. Maynard Soloman Legalizes Gay Knot Tying
    6. Maynard Soloman Takes the Bus to a Strip Club
    7. Maynard Soloman & the Bull$hit Cancer Awareness Campaign
    8. Maynard Soloman vs. The Kidney Thieves

    Bonus Features:
    How to Cuss Like Maynard Soloman
    Maynard Soloman's Two-Beer Critter Marinade
    Maynard Soloman's Guide to Milk and Cookies
    10 Signs Your Kid is in a Cult
    Maynard's Guide to Tipping
    Maynard's Guide to Charitable Giving
    Dr. Maynard's Guide to Kidney Transplants

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBenjamin Sobieck
    Release dateOct 21, 2013
    ISBN9781301834457
    8 Funny Detective Stories with Maynard Soloman, Gal-Damn Detective
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    Benjamin Sobieck

    Benjamin Sobieck is the author of The Writer's Guide to Weapons: A Practical Reference for Writing Firearms and Knives in Fiction (Writer's Digest Books), Glass Eye: Confessions of a Fake Psychic Detective, The Invisible Hand (New Pulp Press, late 2015), the Maynard Soloman crime fiction humor series, Cleansing Eden and numerous short stories scattered about the lonesome alleys of the Internet. His website is CrimeFictionBook.com.

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