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More of Stanley Hastings series available for $2.99 at Amazon and B&N:

#1. Detective

Synopsis
Stanley Hastings, the world's most unlikely private eye, a struggling actor/writer trying to support his wife and kid in New York City, who chases ambulances for a negligence lawyer and carries a camera instead of a gun and photographs accident victims and the cracks in the sidewalk that tripped them, tackles his first real case, tracking down the murderers of a client he could not save because he wasn't a real detective.

1988 Edgar Award Best First Mystery Nominee
1988 Shamus Award Best First Mystery Nominee

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Det...I=parnell+hall

http://www.amazon.com/Detective-Stan...1179458&sr=1-1

#6. Juror

Synopsis
Shanghaied into jury duty and placed on a hopelessly boring civil case, Stanley Hastings swings into action when a juror is murdered, and engineers a most unusual courtroom climax. An amusing inside look at the jury selection system and a must for any prospective juror.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Jur...I=parnell+hall

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Hastin...179458&sr=1-10

#7. Shot

Synopsis
Stanley Hastings tries to prove his client didn't kill her lover, and gets shot for his trouble. He also gets fired, summoned before the grand jury, and embroiled in such a legal mess that his boss, negligence lawyer Richard Rosenberg, will have to cut a deal to save him.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Sho...I=parnell+hall

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Hastin...1179458&sr=1-6