NOW BACK IN PRINT
Don Pendleton waited many years before publishing his first hardcover
novels. The series of six mysteries, featuring ex-cop/private eye Joe
Copp, was published in hardcover by Donald I. Fine and in paperback by
Lynx and Harper Paperbacks.
Typical of Pendleton's writing style, the stories are hard-hitting, fast-moving, gritty, filled with authentic dialogue, and capture keen insight into the inner-workings of the characters.
"Pendleton emphasizes fast-moving, gritty action."
–Library Journal
COPP FOR HIRE
Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1987
Lynx Books, 1988
iUniverse.com, Inc., 2000
Books in Motion
Tough, cagey, ex-cop turned private eye, Joe Copp, descends into the
labyrinth of forbidden sex, corrupt politics, and multiple murders. It
is a powerful story of gray and light and shifting shadows that conceal
as much as they reveal about human nature. The fast moving story takes
Joe Copp to the rough and tumble, down and dirty, anything-goes underbelly
of Los Angeles and on to the deadly vice pits of Honolulu's Chinatown.
"Pendleton's
Joe Copp is a dynamo."
–Roanoke Times and World News
COPP ON FIRE
Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1988
Harper Paperbacks, 1990
iUniverse.com, Inc., 2000
Books in Motion
From Hollywood's corporate halls to the famous back-lots, Private Investigator,
Joe Copp acts his way through someone else's script until he's face to
face with the ruthless star of the whole bloody show. Copp writes his
own script and turns the production on its head in his search for truth
and justice.
"This
is the real thing...the charm of the Executioner books."
–ALA Booklist
COPP IN DEEP
Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1989
Harper Paperbacks, 1991
iUniverse.com, Inc., 2000
Books in Motion
In an adventure filled with high tension and intrigue, ex-cop turned
Private Eye, Joe Copp, sinks into a world of greed and corporate corruption,
treason, professional sex, and murder on demand. As the corpses pile up,
Copp dodges the Feds, butts heads with traitors, romances women with questionable
morals, and finds himself out in the cold, in deep, and getting deeper
in his search for the truth.
"Pendleton
mines another bestselling vein with the cases of ex-cop/private eye
Joe Copp, the toughest operator this side of Mike Hammer."
–ALA Booklist
COPP IN THE DARK
Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1990
Harper Paperbacks, 1992
iUniverse.com, Inc., 2000
Books in Motion
A plea for help from a mysterious client plunges Private Eye, Joe Copp
into the dark shadows of legitimate theater. The playbill includes multiple
murders, kinky sex, illicit drugs, organized crime figures and corrupt
politicians, and Copp, in a desperate struggle for survival, scrambles
to fit the pieces together before the last bloody act.
"The
latest Joe Copp adventure reads like an express train...
Pendleton knows how to keep us turning pages."
–Publishers Weekly
COPP ON ICE
Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1991
Harper Paperbacks, 1992
iUniverse.com, Inc., 2000
Books in Motion
Ex-cop turned Private Eye, Joe Copp, takes on the world of corrupt lawmakers
and dirty cops. In the temporary role of Chief of Police of a force gone
bad, Copp finds himself on an icy, downhill trail of murder, sex, drugs
and dirty politics. The badge he wears offers little protection against
the evil forces of corruption.
"Pendleton is the master."
–Kirkus Review
COPP IN SHOCK
Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1992
Harper Paperbacks, 1993
iUniverse.com, Inc., 2000
Books in Motion
Private Investigator, Joe Copp, is taken to the edge of insanity as his
relentless plunge toward the devastating truth threatens to engulf him.
It is Copp's darkest hour in the riveting adventure of murder and intrigue,
and a man at war with his own mind and with those who would eliminate
him.
"Pendleton
has a great new character in Copp. His style is fresh, the pace is
brisk,
and there are enough twists to please any mystery fan."
–St. Petersburg Times
The Joe Copp mysteries are available as:
ebooks for the Palm Reader at peanutpress.com
Unabridged Audio Books, Available on CD and MP3 at Books in Motion
and available at
amazon.com
barnesandnoble.com
Borders
backinprint.com
and other online bookstores or on order at bookstores.
The Joe Copp novels were published in several foreign language editions.
For information regarding Film Rights and Screenplay Adaptations
on the Joe Copp Mystery Series contact Linda Pendleton.
iUniverse, Inc.
Awards for:
Copp in Shock;
Copp on Ice;
Copp in Deep;
©Copyright 2002 by Linda Pendleton