Recker's World
The Rex Cassidy Investigators
I refer to this series of novelettes as kid's detective novels for adults. If you liked reading detective novels as a kid, these ones have more mature content.
The Rex Cassidy Investigator series follows the adventures of a group of young detectives from New Zealand, lead by the dynamic Rex Cassidy. They form a private investigation firm in Hollywood USA. Their adventures see them up against all sorts of abominable characters. If you’ve read any of my Mob from TAC books you will find that these are the same characters, but now adults.
I first started writing about the Rex Cassidy Investigators when I was 12 years old and wrote my last one in the mid 90s. They were originally all handwritten on paper and I kept them due to the sentimental value. Years later (around 2010), I became appalled at just how amateurish and badly written they were, but I couldn’t dispose of them, so I started to revamp them, rewriting them in the style that I write now and I am very pleased with what I have come up with.
Will I write more RCI adventures? Quite possibly, although these days I prefer to write drama and comedy rather than crime stories, but really I just need to have some inspiration to continue with the series.
You can download from Smashwords and Kindle.
Paperbacks available on Kindle.
1 - The Curse of the Witchdoctor
The Rex Cassidy Investigators must find a gang of poachers in Congo, Africa, under the curse of a maniacal witchdoctor. Everything starts to go wrong, but is that the result of the curse or foul play by the people who don’t want them there?
The RCI must undergo encounters with vicious criminals and wild animals as well as dealing with an unusual drug that makes people violently paranoid.
Available for download from Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1015326
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
2 - The Secret of the Devil's Triangle
The Rex Cassidy Investigator’s plane is forced down onto a strange island in the Bermuda Triangle, but what forced them down? Will they find themselves yet further victims of the legendary Devil’s Triangle?
Having to look after their fellow passengers, Rex Cassidy and his fellow investigators find themselves in one desperate situation after the other, having to deal with a gang of dangerous criminals and a man-eating tiger.
Available for download from Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1015936
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08767RQTG
3 - The Gruesome Murders at Manhattan High
The RCI are called on to go undercover into a New York high school as student teachers to uncover who is behind the serial killing of some of the school’s teachers.
Will Rex be able to stay out of the principal’s office when he was always in trouble at his own High School?
Available for download from Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/676879
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0871QZV73
4 - The Case of the Cattle Rustlers
Golderado, a town still locked in the 19th century, where horses are the main method of transport and outlaws go about their dirty deeds unhindered.
The Rex Cassidy Investigators must help a young ranch owner deal with a ruthless gang of cattle rustlers led by Fingers McGraw and his two brothers. However, Husk, the local sheriff seems to have no interest in dealing with these criminals.
This does not stop the RCI from doing their job, but Fast Draw McGraw, the fastest gunner in the west, just might.
Available for download from Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1016332
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0878WVZ6J
5 - The Mystery of the Moving Statue
The Rex Cassidy Investigators are on a mission in England to infiltrate a gang of modern-day pirates, led by the infamous Kid and Fingers McGraw.
They must also investigate an even more bizarre case; that of the statue of buccaneer Bjorn Van Heath, which gets off its pedestal some nights and walks around Prindles square.
Available for download at Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/676933
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087JTR4CN
6 - The Secret of the Phantom Clown
The RCI go undercover to investigate murders inside Harvey's Circus, committed by the ghost of a popular clown. What does the killer have against Terry Harvey and his circus and who is the mysterious ringmaster who never shows his face?
Creepiness comes in caravan loads as Rex and Vanessa become targets.
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/676253
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1370796587?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
7 - The Case of the Landmark Terrorists
A group of terrorists are out to destroy every major tourist attraction they can and they have challenged the RCI to stop them.
Could they be lead by the infamous mob boss, Mr Shades, who the RCI were not able to apprehend in their previous case?
One of the terrorists is the massive Tiny Flynn, a homicidal maniac over seven feet tall. Has Rex finally met his match?
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1071921
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XSCRLSQ
8 - The Great Prison Break
A massive prison break has taken place and many of the Rex Cassidy Investigators greatest foes are out to get them. Led by Kid McGraw and Mr Shades.
Rex is abandoned up in the Canadian Rockies and finds himself outnumbered by escaped cons, all wanting him dead.
What can the RCI do against such a huge bunch of homicidal maniacs? Hire the A-Team? Well... something close.
Available for download on Smashwords:
Smashwords – The Great Prison Break – a book by Richard Pinkerton
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XYFP2RR
9 - Doppelganger Madness
Rex Cassidy, leader of the Rex Cassidy Investigators, is tragically killed in an accident. Days later, more and more Rex Cassidys appear around Los Angeles committing crimes. Is Rex really dead?
Vanessa Dante, tormented over Rex's apparent death, attempts to commit suicide....
Available for download at Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/679647
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08863R1KK
10 - The Angel and the Hag
Rex has quit detective work, lamenting the fact that Vanessa is in a coma. He finds himself falling for her nurse, Angel Murray. But how can he allow himself to fall in love with Angel, while his childhood sweetheart and perfect match, remains in a coma?
Tucker’s abusive mother has come to stay and is determined to treat him exactly like she did when he was a kid. He has also been dumped by his girlfriend, Sally, but has his mother believing they are still together and that Sally is a model.
What hell will his mother put him through when she finds out the truth?
Book 10 in the RCI series. This book gives a look into the everyday lives of the RCI when they are not on a case.
Available for download at Smashwords:
Smashwords – The Angel and the Hag – a book by Richard Pinkerton
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y4FJBMC
11 - Aliens in Atlantis
Holidaying at sea where the lost city of Atlantis has recently been discovered, the Rex Cassidy Investigators stumble upon a mysterious man named Dr Dream who may have connections with a foe from their past.
What is Dr Dream up to and why is he so paranoid? And who is the strange orange man who is terrorizing divers among the ruins?
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1022749
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088QSPKJM
12 - The Revenge of Dr Dream
Dr Dream is back and kidnaps Rex and, using his latest invention, changes him into a criminal. Rex forsakes the RCI and joins a street gang known as the Thundermen. His wife Angel will do anything she has to do to get him back, even if it means putting her own life in danger.
Somehow the RCI must get Rex back to his normal self.
Available for download on Smashwords:
Smashwords – The Revenge of Dr Dream – a book by Richard Pinkerton
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08YQR61XV
13 - The Return of Fingers McGraw
The Rex Cassidy Investigators go undercover to assist old nemesis, Fingers McGraw in bringing down the infamous Kono family, a mafia organisation. Also to capture one of the Governments most wanted men, Bronson Tanglemeyer.
Is Fingers McGraw really a changed man? Can he be trusted? And will Vanessa Dante be able to convince the gang that she is a vicious hired assassin?
Available for download at Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/679661
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087X2FX1Y
14 - The Angel Cassidy Rescue
Mob boss, Kono has escaped from custody and has kidnapped Angel Cassidy, Rex’s wife.
The Rex Cassidy Investigators are forced by Kono and his gang, to undergo an impossible mission in the Vietnam rain forest to get her back. They are separated into groups, and ten of them must make it through alive.
There are booby traps, diabolical tests, and worse, a bunch of criminals intent on stopping them from making it through.
As an additional hazard, Kono’s gang have imported wild animals, ferocious beasts you should never come across in Vietnam.
Available for Download at Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1022069
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088NDF16J
15 - Silhouettes of a Moving Statue - The Ghost of Bjorn Van Heath
Sequel to "The Mystery of the Moving Statue"
Pirates terrorise the South Pacific in a submarine, led by the infamous Tiny Flynn as well as a crazy man who believes he’s a vampire; Captain Rigourmortis.
Colin leads a team undercover to bring down the pirate scum.
Meanwhile Rex leads the rest of the team on a dangerous search for Captain Bjorn Van Heath's long lost treasure.
Who is the mysterious Black Friday, a man in a hockey mask? Is there really an ancient pirate’s curse on the RCI? And is there really such things as ghosts?
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1018241
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087PY24R9
16 - The Second Great Prison Break – Ninja Attack
Tiny Flynn is on the loose again, busted out of jail by a gang of ninjas, compliments of Dr Dream. But he’s not the only one. Many of the RCI’s former enemies have joined him in the escape.
Vanessa is cornered in Disneyland as Tiny Flynn and his mob attempt to track her down to hold her hostage.
Rex goes on the warpath to take them all out and rescue his childhood sweetheart.
Available for download on Smashwords:
Smashwords – The Second Great Prison Break – a book by Richard Pinkerton
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
17 - The Legacy of a Roving Buccaneer - The Son of Bjorn Van Heath
More piracy, more hidden treasure. Sequel to "The Mystery of the Moving Statue" and "Silhouettes of a Moving Statue".
Bjorn Van Heath III enlists the Rex Cassidy Investigators to help find his father's long lost pirate treasure. The search takes them to Van Heath Island and a run-in with the mad scientists, Dr Dream who has a nasty surprise in store for them all - a laser gun which completely erases their memories.
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1019598
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087ZS4NRB
18 - The Shadow of Capricorn
The RCI attempt to take down a secret organisation.
Still to be written.
19 - The Return of Fingers McGraw II: The Yarum Alliance
Fingers is back, as is the evil Yarum, a man with a secret identity. The RCI discover a horrible fact and that Yarum is in fact a friend of the RCI, perhaps even one of the RCI themselves. And Yarum is out to kill Rex.
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1027273
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B3DXQPT
20 - The Isle of Bad Dreams
The RCI are called to Rex's estate on the Isle of Jersey, when their house minder, an old school friend is murdered. Is the murder linked to the strange occurrences involving witchcraft near the caves on the coast?
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1027276
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B3L4GYZ
21 - The Plot to Destroy the RCI
Rex is sent to an alternate universe where Angel is still alive and finds himself living the life of a different Rex who isn't quite as honourable as him.
In it he discovers there is a plot afoot to have the entire Rex Cassidy Investigators wiped out and it is coming from within the RCI itself.
Who are his allies and who are his enemies? Could he be stuck there forever? Will what happens here affect the other universe?
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1075360
Also available in paperback on Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZJTN6PK
22 - The Madness of Dr Dream
Dr Dream is back and his memory has been restored. He also has a new amazing invention which propels the RCI into a bizarre alternative universe where they are lost, bewildered and have Dr Dream’s squad hunting them down.
Even more bizarre, the universe they find themselves in is running backwards.
Available for download on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1075364
Also available in paperback on Kindle: