Bob Liter

The stories involve light romance, sports heroics, social and relationship challenges, as well as a mystery or two to indulge in. Included in the collection is the first chapter of the Bancroft Mystery, "Murder Inherited," which is becoming a generational project.

Freelance reporter and sometime private detective Nick Bancroft is tough enough when he has to be. But he can be soft for the ladies....

When reporter Nick Bancroft's protégé, Bobby Scalf, is found murdered with a large spike in his head, Nick, while trying to find out who killed the boy and the reason why, discovers a conspiracy that includes the town council....

When Vicki Fowler's body is found covered with bee stings in a Central Illinois pasture, the sheriff calls her death an accident. Freelance reporter and private detective Nick Bancroft doesn't believe it....

A young woman with a sex etiquette book in her lap is found dead at a high school football stadium. Freelance reporter and novice PI Nick Bancroft is hired by the girl’s father Ramsey Sinclair to find the killer and gets kicked around by various suspects....

When a sexy nudist hires him to protect her from whoever is threatening her life, Nick Bancroft becomes the target. Someone tries to burn him alive, beats the hell out of him, and, since that didn't run him off, uses him for target practice....