It takes all of Private Detective Jack Hamma's resourcefulness, his ability to think on his feet and his downright native cunning to come out on top in these fast paced thrillers. The Purple Pimpernel Jack Hamma, private detective extraordinaire, meets the rich and beautiful Katerina de Medici Crest. Jack lives to regret that meeting. His drink is spiked and he finds himself under arrest for murder. Jack must untangle a web of intrigue full of twists, turns and jumbled evidence to clear his name. 'Jack Hamma wakes up in jail where the coffee is disgusting and the inmates worse... and you just know he's going to escape but then it's not what we expect. I'm only up to page 38, but there have already been 3 major plot twists. Wonderful stuff.' The Girl with the Golden gun The action begins with the honeymoon from hell. Jack encounters raging floods, a hot air balloon that goes ballistic and takes a quick dip in quicksand and is then accosted by a bikie with a grudge. There's a fight, Jack's beaten to a pulp, but he's the last man standing, sort of. He collapses, undergoes emergency surgery and must contemplate life in a wheelchair. If that wasn't enough for our modern day hero he has to deal with a high school reunion that goes badly wrong, a gun toting husband and an unhinged scientist with a nuclear bomb.