Sheldon Russell

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	The Insane Train Author: Sheldon Russell Published: November 9, 2010 by St. Martin's Minotaur Series Name: Hook Runyon Mystery Category: Historical Mystery Main Character: Hook Runyon The Baldwin Insane Asylum in Barstow, Calif., has recently burned to the ground in an inferno that cost many inmates their lives and injured others. Now, Hook Runyon has been put in charge of security for a train that is to transport the survivors, Dr. Baldwin, the head of the asylum, Dr. Helms, the taciturn attending doctor, and self-sacrificing nurse Andrea, to a new location in Oklahoma. Click for more info.

	The Yard Dog: A Mystery Author: Sheldon Russell Published: September 1, 2009 by St. Martin's Minotaur Series Name: Hook Runyon Category: Mystery Main Character: Hook Runyon, Runt, Dr. Reina Kaplan At the close of World War II, some 400,000 Nazi POWs are incarcerated in camps across the United States. Near POW Camp Alva in the desolate underbelly of rural Oklahoma, railroad yard dog Hook Runyon usually spends his time running off hobos and arresting pickpockets. That changes overnight when coal-picker Spark Dugan turns up dead at the yard. Hook and his sidekick, Runt, the local moonshiner, suspect foul play. With the help of Dr. Reina Kaplan, a Jewish big-city transplant to Camp Alva, they uncover a conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of the camp and beyond. Click for more info.