Frank & Ernest Files Books
DRIVE-BY.... A FRANK & ERNEST MYSTERY The Frank & Ernest Files Book I Meet Ernie Campanella, the poster boy for all that was wrong with the notorious Philadelphia Police Department in the 1970s. A boarder-line alcoholic, Campanella regards bigotry and brutality as standard operating procedure. Like many racists of his day, he can look kindly upon individual black people he has met and gotten to know, but still carries a strong measure of contempt for the race in general. On the other hand, he is a genius. Ernie’s closest friend and former police academy roommate is Frank Mueller, a resourceful and ambitious cop who quickly gets promoted to Detective Third Class. The price he must pay for that promotion is to leave the orderly middle-class neighborhood where he, Ernie and their friend Greg Martin patrolled, and transfer to the most dangerous area of the city. Oddly enough, the safe, respectable neighborhood carries the unglamorous name of Fishtown, while the dangerous ghetto is called Strawberry Mansion. Go figure. Shortly after Detective Mueller’s transfer, a drive-by shooting, seemingly between rival drug dealers, takes place. The shooters are believed to be from a Jamaican gang. In the process, they kill one member of the rival gang, wound another and kill an innocent little girl who had the bad luck to be in the path of the shooters. Because of the child’s death, the city is calling for blood. Frank, to whom the case has been assigned, is under major pressure to build a case against the Jamaicans, and soon. In spite of the prevailing attitude, he thinks there may be more to this crime than meets the eye. Maybe his genius friend in Fishtown can help—that is if Frank can catch him in a sober moment. Scroll up and download today!
IN DEEP.... A FRANK & ERNEST MYSTERY The Frank & Ernest Files Book II In the second novel of the Frank and Ernest series, we meet the same two crafty cops we first met in Frank and Ernest at the Drive-By. Once again the two friends must solve a puzzling murder that, for one of them at least, hits a little too close to home. Oh yes, there is an added wrinkle this time: the two friends are friends no longer. In this story, Frank is left largely on his own to solve a gruesome murder for which the Philadelphia police have nabbed the wrong suspect. Meanwhile, Ernie is left to cope with his recent partner Luther Porch, whom Ernie describes as the stupidest white man he ever met. Will the two crime-busting cops be able to put their noggins together and solve this puzzle, or will an innocent man rot in jail? A gentle note to the reader: this story will read yet even better if you have first availed yourself of Frank and Ernest at the Drive-By. Scroll up and download today!
