Saratoga Snapper

by Stephen Dobyns

Published 25 September 1986

Everyman detective Charlie Bradshaw returns with sidekick Victor Plotz for a fourth mystery in Saratoga Springs.

In search of an easy buck, Victor has found a sideline taking photos of tourists, but his new career nearly kills him when he is the subject of a hit and run and his camera in snatched.

Meanwhile, Charlie has his own problems when a maid is apparently murdered in the hotel owned by his mother and a waiter suspiciously vanishes. The two cases come together as a spate of robberies suggests something else is going on.


Saratoga Swimmer

by Stephen Dobyns

Published 28 May 1987

Everyman detective Charlie Bradshaw returns for his second mystery.

Having left behind his career as a cop for a job as a security guard at a Saratoga stable, middle-aged, divorced Charlie thinks his life has finally calmed down. Until, that is, his boss is shot while swimming.

As Charlie digs deeper into the murder and the murky world of Saratoga Spring's racing scene, fighting the bumbling local police at every turn, he discovers a conspiracy that reaches right to the top.