RenaissancePlayer Releases New Detective Series

CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. - April 8, 2014 - PRLog -- Author Gene Poschman has written a new detective series circa San Francisco in the 1930's. Paying homage to Dashiel Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Gene Poschman has released the first in a series of short novels about a reluctant private investigator who works out of a private detective's office he inherits by default.

“Jonas Watcher: The Case of the Running Bag” is the first book in the series and introduces a new detective to the 1930's genre. From the opening of this first person narrative, when he is almost killed, Jonas Watcher lives by his wits and instincts. He is trapped in a situation where he must pretend to be someone he is not to keep from being put in jail or worse killed. As the story moves quickly forward the reader gets a first hand view into the thought processes that Jonas has as he deals with a rich heiress looking for her husband, a Police Lieutenant looking for the murderer of his friend, and figuring out why someone wants to kill him.

“Jonas Watcher: The Case of the Running Bag” keeps the reader guessing as the facts come rolling in and Jonas deals with blackmail, kidnapping, and murder. The eBook is being released by SmashWords and CreateSpace. It is available at a number of eBook retailers including Barnes & Noble, Apple iTunes, and Amazon.com in April, 2014. The paperback is available through CreateSpace and Amazon.com.

About the Author: Gene Poschman is a native Californian who has lived in the San Francisco Bay area since 1967. Writing has always been a passion with him which he has fulfilled with technical White Papers, News Letters and internet Web Sites. He has written short stories, novels, and published poetry, a political comic book satire and now turns his talents to the genre of detective fiction of the 1930's.

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www.smashwords.com/books/view/420969 or www.renaissanceplayer.com/jonaswatcher.htm