Lee Henry Oswald Mystery
3 primary works
Book 1
It's not easy being named Oswald, at least not in the city where Lee Harvey grabbed his fifteen minutes of infamy and choked it to death. It's especially hard when half the town seems deter- mined to kill you for reasons as murky as the river that splits the city in two. For Lee Henry Oswald, a private investigator, Gulf War vet, and terminal loner, it's just one more burden to face as he trudges through the gritty underbelly of the concrete and glass metropolis that is Dallas in the new millennium. A simple assignment turns deadly when Oswald asks the right questions in the wrong places, and finds himself drawn into a shadowy world of smooth-talking drug lords and double- dealing real estate developers. In the end, he learns that blood is not always thicker than water, especially the muddy tributaries of the Trinity River, where he confronts the ultimate in dysfunctional families as he races to save the life of his partner.
Book 2
The story begins with a bourbon-swilling Baptist preacher who hires Oswald to recover a stolen file, who figures the job for a quick and painless infusion of cash. But nothing comes easily in Dallas for anybody named Oswald, especially when a psychopathic hit man shows up, intent on finding the same scrap of missing paper. As the stakes mount, each treacherous step toward the missing file forces Oswald to confront the haunting memory of a split second decision which ultimately cost one-time partner, Billy Barganier, his life.
Book 3
All he wants is a normal existence away from the assorted lowlifes inherent to his former profession as a private investigator. Unfortunately, peace and solitude are hard to find for Lee Oswald, now weary after a decade as the fix-it man on the back streets of Dallas.But when a medical researcher begs him to help find the person threatening her daughter's life, Oswald returns to the shadowy world he'd tried so hard to leave behind. He is soon engaged in a high stakes battle against a man known only as The Professor - a former intelligence operative, and an enemy more deadly than Oswald's ever faced.Hailed by reviewers, Hunsicker is a skilled noir writer whose cast of characters leap off the page as Lee Henry gigs deeper and deeper into the crime world of Texas.