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Gunny Mac Private Detective: Trouble in Chinatown Kindle Edition

by Steven Walker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
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When Roosevelt orders all U.S. cash on the island destroyed and kept out of Japanese hands, can a hard-boiled gumshoe stop a corrupt conspiracy?

Hawaii, 1942. Gunnery Sergeant Gunny Mac has nothing left to live for. Celebrated as a hero but medically discharged after eighteen years of service, the former Marine dreads his new future as a useless civilian. And with only depression-filled days to look forward to, he follows his nurse’s suggestion to become a private eye.

After setting up office in Chinatown, Mac meets a lieutenant with intel on a scheme to steal the bills marked for burning and ensuring others take the fall. But when he discovers the involvement of a notorious gangster who’s supposed to be dead, the just-licensed detective is determined to unravel a perilous plot of greed, revenge, murder…

With the help of his best friend and other displaced veterans, will he go down fighting crime?

Gunny Mac Private Detective: Trouble in Chinatown is the gritty first book in the Gunny Mac Private Detective series. If you like tough heroes, zany humor, and true-to-life stories, then you’ll love historian and former Marine Steven Walker’s hazardous harbor.

Buy Gunny Mac Private Detective: Trouble in Chinatown to fight to the last man standing today!

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Move over Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler ...there is a new hardboiled Private Detective novelist on the scene, Steven Walker. His protagonist walks in the footsteps of Samuel Spade...Charlie Chan...Michael Shane.  A man who is strong...a man who will not bend before anyone. He will break himself; if that is what must be done. A man who walks down bad alleys and streets...but not bad himself. His code is strong and untarnished...his shield a thin coat of honor. A common man... at the same time uncommon...he doesn't require much, some bourbon...a cigar...and friends who he will fight for and friends who will fight for him. He talks like a man of his generation...sometimes harsh...sometimes profane...and sometimes with laughter on his lips. He only deals with the truth, despises liars and has contempt for cheats. He is a proud man who won't tolerate insolence without due dispassionate revenge. His personality draws bad guys to him like flies around a dead carcass. Gunny Mac...they hire him when the law book has to be thrown away.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09L55DTSS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seadog Publishing; 1st edition (November 4, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 4, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 459 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 374 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1735702609
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I served as an Infantry Officer during two decades and traveled to many exciting places and some not so exciting.

After my military tours I became a business owner and High School teacher and Head Baseball coach.

I just finished my first novel in ebook and paperback editions with the audiobook coming out next month.

I live in central Ohio on five acres with my beautiful wife and two Borders collies smarter than me, Mollie and Beauregard Pierre Townsend Walker. I garden, mow my acres, walk, run, and shoot my weapons when ever possible.

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Richard Herron
5.0 out of 5 stars Return of the hardboiled private eye.
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2023
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As an avid reader of detective novels it was great running into Mr. Walker and learning of his book which I just finished. GunnyMac is a throw-back to the great PIs from Micky Spillane and Raymond Chandler and I am looking forward to Trouble In Cleveland. Mr. Walker has captured the feel of the 40's and 50's private eye. He keeps you anxious for the next page and you will find it hard to put the book down.
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Karl Braungart
5.0 out of 5 stars Alert Reediness
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2021
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Gunnery Sergeant Mac led the first machine squad team to thwart the Japs on Edison’s Ridge at Guadalcanal, Solomon islands in 1942
Mac survived the battle and spent weeks at Hawaii’s Naval hospital from serious injuries. During recovery, he tosses staying active or retiring. He always liked military challenges, but civilian life seemed promising, too. The story unfolds into Mac becoming a detective, private eye. Graft and social matters developed among the military on the island.
It was a good choice because a new challenge awaited him. Gentleman Jack became the thorn in his butt. The gangster fabricated a friendly personality that got him illegally rich. He also wanted a piece of the million-plus dollars scheduled for burning; the government was not going to let the Japs get the cash. It was an exchange for fake money. But, getting there was a problem. It was a seven-figure catastrophe.
Readers will identify with the story. The author takes a historical event and parallels it with similar contemporary military events. It is a novel for active duty, veterans. and civilians. I know because I’ve been there and done that.
The author, Steve Walker, used twenty-three years in the military to write a true-to-life novel.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2021
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I was never in the service but always marveled at some of my friends that talk about the Marines like I talk about my fraternity brothers. “Once a Marine always a Marine” Well this book centers around that relationship and the support that happen as a result. Great read. Couldn’t put it done.
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Amy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story! Looking forward to the next!
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2021
I enjoyed the Old School feel of the characters. Unapologetic men from an era when they needed to be. Great story, looking forward to the adventures in Cleveland!
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