The Beginning of the Jonas Watcher Detective Adventure Series

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"The Case of the Running Bag" in the first volume of The Jonas Watcher Detective Adventure Series. The eBook is free on all internet sites that deliver eBooks. Running bags have been in existence, I guess since men have been in wars. Men who no longer wanted to return home or who were hiding out always had one. Clothes, money and whatever one felt was necessary to make a clean getaway. A man or woman could grab the bag and go. A Running Bag plays a major role in the first case Jonas Watcher finds himself involved in.

It Began with a Simple Accident, or was it an Attempted Murder?
A woman in search of her missing husband; A dead private detective; And a dangerous game of mistaken identity...
It all started when Jonas Watcher found a business card along with some keys – curious... some money – a really good thing... and a gun. It's the nineteen thirties and Jonas Watcher must solve the mystery of a dead PI if he wants to stay alive. This is classic noir with a P.I. dealing with extortion, kidnapping, and murder. 
Author Gene Poschman brings back the hard-boiled detective novel, featuring the romance and humor reminiscent of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.

Pick up your free copy of "The Case of the Running Bag" Here.

 "The Case of the Bourbon Street Hustler" is the second book in the Jonas Watcher Detective Adventure Series. While I love San Francisco, I decided to put Jonas into a location he was unfamiliar with. Mix in a little bit of 1930s New Orleans, the surrounding Bayou, and some wonderful Louisiana characters; let marinade; serve Hot.

Murder in the Bayou!

New Orleans, the Crescent City... An armed standoff between Louisiana State Troopers and New Orleans Police... An art swindle that will end in murder... Smugglers working the Bayou...
Jonas Watcher arrives to determine if a dead man is really dead. Someone is dogging him to make sure he doesn't find out. The investigation takes him from the French Quarter to the surrounding Bayou. 
“The Case of the Bourbon Street Hustler” is the second novel in the Jonas Watcher Detective Adventure series. The story is picked up from the first novel, though it stands on its own. 
Author, Gene Poschman, takes Jonas out of his element and drops him into the Crescent City during political turmoil between New Orleans police and Baton Rouge troopers. He mixes in an old love interest, the New Orleans underworld, and friends from San Francisco for a heady brew of murder, mystery, and mayhem.

If he's going to stay alive, Jason will have to rely on “invisibles” that aren't his own and a Colt 44 that is.

You can purchase “The Case of the Bourbon Street Hustler” Here. 

"The Case of the Jade Dragon"  I had three goals with this book; Bring in a love interest for Jonas (the romantic in me), explore the San Francisco underworld a bit, and mix some Chinese Mythology with reality and see what I get.

When Jonas Watcher sees a Chinese couple being kidnapped; he sighs, grabs his gun, and goes to help them. This selfless act involves Jonas with the Chinese underworld. He is hired to unite two families by bringing a prospective bride from St. Louis to San Francisco for an arranged marriage. There are several factions who will kill to keep him from succeeding. 
His mission is complicated even more by his employer's beautiful granddaughter. She's the only one who knows where the bride is and she insists on going with him. A girl, his Colt 44, and diplomacy; Jonas will have to use all three if he wishes to complete the mission, end the feud, and live to tell the tale.
“The Case of the Jade Dragon” is the third novel of the Jonas Watcher Detective Adventure series. It's the 1930s in San Francisco’s Chinatown, where old traditions conflict with the new, and Jonas gets caught up in a world of mysticism, a deadly family feud, and a potential underworld war. 
Author Gene Poschman brings a new slant to the noir hard-boiled detective by introducing him to a world out of his comfort zone and adding an exotic love interest. To learn the fate of the Azure Dragon, purchase “The Case of the Jade Dragon” Here.

 "The Case of the Dead Detective" is the fourth book of The Jonas Watcher Detective Adventure Series. It seems I got a critical review of "The Case of the Running Bag". The observation had some truth to it, and I realized I had a backstory in my head that had yet been shared. Hence the fourth book. You gotta love readers.

Who killed Mickey Phillips?

Jonas Watcher went to the docks for some clam chowder and sourdough bread. He became aware of two men who showed an unusual interest in him. He played cat and mouse with them and finally led them back to his office.
The confrontation wasn't what Jonas expected. After a discussion with the two men over some coffee laced with Irish Whiskey, Jonas learned a shocking truth. A truth that sent him on a journey to Sacramento with his newly acquired girlfriend Mei Lin Fong and her family butler Charles.
In Sacramento, Jonas made a phone call that resulted in them being put under surveillance that took an ominous turn.
In the 1930s, political isolationists had an agenda focused on keeping the United States out of the current conflicts in Europe. And, they added one item to the top of their list: killing Jonas Watcher.
Jonas needs the wisdom of Solomon to get out of this alive, and he finds him wearing a rumpled fedora and coat.

You can purchase "The Case of the Dead Detective" Here.

More To Come...