Michael Collins (Pseudonym of Dennis Lynds)

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Dan Fortune Series:

TH - 890/1 | Act of Fear (Dan Fortune #1) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)
TH - 890/2 | The Brass Rainbow (Dan Fortune #2) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)
TH - 890/3 | Night of the Toads (Dan Fortune #3) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)
TH - 890/4 | Walk a Black Wind (Dan Fortune #4) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)
TH - 890/5 | Shadow of a Tiger (Dan Fortune #5) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)
TH - 890/6 | The Silent Scream (Dan Fortune #6) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)

Dan Fortune Series: 

TH - 890/1 | Act of Fear (Dan Fortune #1) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds) 

 Back in the day, the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City wasn’t hip, chic, expensive, and yuppified, with a Starbucks on every block. In fact, it was such a lousy place to live, you could hardly give the real estate away. Populated by gangsters, muggers, grandmothers with baseball bats, and parents working long hours on the wrong side of the law to pay for tenement apartments with no view, the place was also colorful, with memorable characters straight out of a Damon Runyon novel.

It was in this live-by-your-wits atmosphere that Dan Fortune grew up. One of his best boyhood friends was Andy Pappas. They broke into the holds of ships together, stealing cargo, watching one another’s back. But things happen. Dan lost his arm in a failed robbery attempt, and decided it was time to figure out another way to make a living. 

With the people and geography of Chelsea his only areas of expertise, he put out his shingle: Dan Fortune, Private Detective.
TH - 890/2 | The Brass Rainbow (Dan Fortune #2) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)

Con artists and call girls, hoods and hippies, and New York City’s untouchably wealthy populate this smashing tale of a small-time crook wanted for a murder he swears he didn’t commit. The problem lands with an ominous thud in the office of Dan Fortune, Private Investigator, when the crook, Sammy Weiss, comes begging Fortune for an alibi. 

But the alibi Sammy needs is for a beating, not for the murder for which he’ll soon be charged. Fortune says no.
TH - 890/3 | Night of the Toads (Dan Fortune #3) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds) 

NUDE ACTRESS VANISHES

NEW YORK -- Anne Terry, 22, actress and model, who made headlines when she appeared nude for a whole act in a banned production at the New Player’s Theater, was reported missing late last night.
The disappearance of the curvy actress was reported by her sister, Sarah Wiggen, of 29 West Seventy-sixth Street, who told police her “sexpot” sister vanished last Thursday from her West Tenth Street apartment.
 
The one time Dan Fortune met Anne Terry, she made a memorable impression on him. She was not only gorgeous, but she radiated a bold spirit, the kind that signaled bravery and honesty, and he admired that. Reading about her disappearance in the morning newspaper, he remembers with disgust how Ricardo Vega, the Broadway impresario, had verbally humiliated her when she tried to reignite their affair. Vega is “Rey” Vega to anyone who claims to know him well – El Rey, the King. He’s handsome, rich, and powerful, and he always gets his way. 

Sitting there, holding the newspaper, Fortune feels a tide of hot jealousy sweep through him. Rey has set his sights on another beautiful actress – Martine Adair, the woman Fortune loves, and his lover. Until now, she’s resisted, and Fortune wants to protect her from the power plays that Rey is known for. Fortune has something going for him, too. He’s a private detective, seasoned, and angry.
TH - 890/4 | Walk a Black Wind (Dan Fortune #4) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)

“One of the Year’s Best Mysteries”
– New York Times
– The National Observer

It’s the 1970s, and the edgy metropolis of New York attracts waves of newly liberated young women. Like most of them, Francesca Crawford finds an apartment and a job, and she begins dating. She’s making a life. She’s just twenty years old. 

When she’s stabbed to death, a man twenty-five years older than she appears in the office of private investigator Dan Fortune and offers $2,000 – much more than Fortune charges even on his best day; he’ll tell you that himself – to find out who murdered her. The man, a salesman, insists that no one can know he’s the guy who hired Fortune.
TH - 890/5 | Shadow of a Tiger (Dan Fortune #5) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)

 New York Times: “One of the year’s Best Mysteries.”

It’s summer in New York, 1972, and the city is steaming. Actress Martine Adair can’t stand it any longer. She sends her lover off to pawn the diamond ring he gave her, so they can spend the next month cooling off at the beach. Her lover is private detective Dan Fortune, who works the worn high rises and dangerous alleys of the edgy Chelsea district.

At the neighborhood pawnshop, Fortune not only picks up cash, he meets Claude Marais and his wife, Li Marais. Claude is a retired soldier who fought on the losing side during France’s humiliating defeats at Dien Bien Phu and Algiers. Convinced someone is trying to kill him, Li asks Fortune to stand guard outside their hotel room that night. Fortune agrees – the money will be enough to redeem Marty’s ring and still take her to the beach.
TH - 890/6 | The Silent Scream (Dan Fortune #6) by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)

It takes fear to make normal people reach out to a private detective, and that's how Dan Fortune knows his newest client, the icy Mia Morgan, isn't normal. For reasons she refuses to reveal, she offers to pay him far too much to investigate a lush blonde who frequents a nearby French restaurant. Dan's love life is in turmoil, and he needs a distraction. In the end, he takes the job.

Soon events turn bizarre. A wizened old man warns him to run, a vicious Israeli pilot threatens to remove Dan's one good arm if he doesn't steer clear of Mia Morgan, and a patron at the blonde's favorite restaurant seems to know more about her than he lets on.

- End of Dan Fortune Series - 

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