Recker's World
The Seth Gannon Investigators
(Previously published as 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 Seth Gannon Investigators series follows the adventures of a group of young detectives from New Zealand, lead by the dynamic Seth Gannon. They form a private investigation firm in Hollywood USA. Their adventures see them up against all sorts of abominable characters.
I first started writing about the Seth Gannon 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.
I am currently in the process of revamping them all again. (Nov 2024)
Some titles are not available at the moment.
Will I write more SGI adventures? Probably not. These days I prefer to write drama and comedy rather than detective novels. But maybe all it would take to continue would be some inspiration.
You can download from Smashwords and Kindle.
Paperbacks available on Kindle.
1 - The Curse of the Witchdoctor
The Seth Gannon 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 SGI 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 Seth Gannon 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, Seth Gannon 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