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Russian Roulette (Dev Haskell - Private Investigator, Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Mike Faricy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.0 2,580 ratings

Book 1 of 31: Dev Haskell - Private Investigator

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Private Investigator Dev Haskell has finally got it made!

Beautiful Kerri seems to have fallen for him. She even left Dev a note . . .

Apparently she just needs a little help finding her sister.

Unfortunately, it turns out both women are involved with notorious Russian mob boss, Bracko the Whacko! Things quickly go downhill from there.

In short order Dev finds himself at odds with the local police, Homeland Security, ICE, and an FBI task force. He's got a gunshot wound and shrapnel in his rear, ouch! Not to mention he's on the run from a psychotic killer!

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What readers are saying about Russian Roulette . . .
FIVE STARS "Faricy is a strong writer and takes care of the reader."
FIVE STARS "I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I had a hard time putting it down."
FIVE STARS "This action-driven thriller will keep you turning the pages."
FIVE STARS "You can tell by the number of stars I gave that I liked it a lot."
FIVE STARS "A fantastic novel that kept me hooked from the first page."
FIVE STARS "I recommend this book, a detective story with a likable rogue hero."
FIVE STARS "Good character development, good editing, and a believable story line make this a great book! Loved the book and I highly recommend it!"
Five Stars "I only wish I could give this more than five stars"

FIVE STARS "I Highly recommend this book. It gets five stars from me."
FIVE STARS "Only one question . . . When is the movie coming out?"

Russian Roulette is the first book in the Dev Haskell Private Investigator series. The books can be read in any order.

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I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I had a hard time putting it down. It was very well written and is the first in a series of books with Dev as the main character. G. PolkaAn absolute delight. A fast paced page turner that had us laughing out loud at the same time it was suspenseful. The Irish GazetteI'll be looking for more from this author, a solid five star intro. I'll be looking for more of the same. Crime StoriesFantastic! Where has Devlin Haskell been all my life. An absolute delight. Mystery Mayhem

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Dev Haskell - Private Investigator Mystery Series Reading Order:
Russian Roulette: Case 1
Mr. Swirlee: Case 2
Bite Me: Case 3
Bombshell: Case 4
Tutti Frutti: Case 5Last Shot: Case 6Ting-A-Ling: Case 7
Reading Order:
Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick
Baby Grand
Chow for Now
End of the LIne
Finders Keepers
Merlot

Co-Authored Novella:
Irish Dukes

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Don't miss these Mike Faricy titles;
Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick
Baby Grand
Chow For Now
End Of The Line
Finders Keepers
Merlot
Russian Roulette: Dev Haskell - Private Investigator 1Mr. Swirlee: Dev Haskell - Private Investigator 2Bite Me: Dev Haskell - Private Investigator 3
Bombshell: Dev Haskell - Private Investigator 4Tutti Frutti: Dev Haskell - Private Investigator 5Last Shot: Dev Haskell - Private Investigator 6Ting-A-Ling: Dev Haskell - Private Investigator 7All Mike Faricy's books are stand alone and can be read in any order.

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The Dirty Lowdown called Mike Faricy America's hottest new mystery writer. Robert Carraher and the Irish Gazette referred to him as Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre. He has been nominated for a Minnesota book award. All his books are stand alone, they can be read in whatever order you wish. They're filled with the sort of oddballs we're all curious about, but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. His characters serve not so much as an example as they do a warning to us all. None of them will be saving the world from terrorism, international banking conspiracies or coups to take over the government. Rather, his characters inhabit a world just below the surface of polite society. The circumstances they find themselves in are usually due to their own bad decisions, but then bad decisions make for interesting stories. Mikes debut novel was Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick. He has also written, Baby Grand, Chow for Now, End of the Line, Finders Keepers and Merlot. His Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series, in order are; Russian Roulette: Case 1, Mr. Swirlee: Case 2, Bite Me: Case 3, Bombshell: Case 4, Tutti Frutti: Case 5, Last Shot: Case 6 and Ting-A-Ling: Case 7. The Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series novels are all stand alone and can be read in any order.Mike is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, where he spends part of his time as well as in Dublin, Ireland. You can follow Mike on Twitter @mikefaricybooks or connect with him on his Facebook page at facebook.com/MikeFaricyBooks?ref=hl or email him at mikefaricyauthor@gmail.com

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004V4AHYU
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mike Faricy (November 11, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 11, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1440 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 357 pages

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- #1,567 in Organized Crime Thrillers
- #2,039 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)

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Mike Faricy was awarded the 2016 IACM Silver Award for Best Mystery Author.

His books have held the #1 slot in the Kindle Store in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and India.

Mike Faricy was listed as the IACM Author of the Month for April 2018.

His Dev Haskell tale, The Office, was a finalist for the 2018 Minnesota Book Awards and the 2018 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award.

He was awarded the Crime Masters of America Poison Cup Award in January of 2019.

His Dev Haskell tale, Star Struck, was a mystery finalist for the 2019 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award.

The Dirty Lowdown called Mike Faricy America's hottest new mystery writer.

Robert Carraher referred to him as Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre.

Crime Scene referred to him as the next Carl Hiaasen.

Crime Capers said; "Open at your own risk, you won't put him down."

UnderCover wrote; "This guy is nuts and one hell of a lot of fun.”

The Irish Gazette referred to; "The laugh a minute storylines of Faricy's deliciously engaging worlds."

Mike’s Dev Haskell series books are stand-alone, they can be read in any order. His Corridor Man series was initially written under the pseudonym Nick James and should be read in order. His Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series was originally written under the pseudonym, Patrick Emmett. His Hotshot series are standalone tales that can be read in any order. Faricy's novels are filled with the sort of oddballs we're all curious about, but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. His characters serve not so much as an example as they do a warning. None of them will be saving the world from terrorism, international banking conspiracies or coups to take over the government. Rather, Faricy's characters inhabit a world just below the surface of polite society. The circumstances they find themselves in are usually due to their own bad decisions, but then bad decisions make for interesting stories.

Reminiscent of the late Robert B. Parker, Faricy's tightly woven Dev Haskell series is penned with a delightful sense of humor and even some romance. Entertainment is the name of the game as back-slapping, corner-cutting, babe magnet Dev Haskell interacts with such quirky characters as ice cream mogul Mr. Swirlee, The D'Angelo brothers, local crime lord Tubby Gustafson, 'Fat Freddie' Zimmerman, former NFL tight end Luscious Dixon, exotic dancer Swindle Lawless, and gorgeous Heidi Bauer. The Dev Haskell novels can be read in any order.

Faricy's Corridor Man series was originally released under the pen name Nick James. The series is a bit more gritty than the Dev Haskell series and a lot more violent. Disbarred attorney Bobby Custer makes his way back into the legal game. He's neurotic, psychotic, psychopathic, narcissistic, greedy, unprincipled and . . . always charming.

Faricy's Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series was originally released under the pen name Patrick Emmett. US Marshal Jack Dillon is sent to Dublin to escort a prisoner back to the US. Things don't go exactly as planned and trouble ensues. Dillon becomes permanently stationed in Dublin, just to get him out of his boss's hair. Things take an entertaining turn from there, think of a cross between Dev Haskell and James Bond.

Faricy's Hotshot series are zany, delightfully entertaining standalone crime tales.

Enjoy the reads!

Originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Faricy still spends six months of the year in the saintly city as well as six months in Dublin, Ireland. Contact information for Mike is listed just after this shameless list of titles. Thanks for taking the time and be sure to tell 2-300 of your closest friends.

The Hotshot series (Read in any order)

Reduced Ransom!

Finders Keepers

Bankers Hours

Dev Haskell - Private Investigator series: (Read in any order)

Russian Roulette: Case 1

Mr. Swirlee: Case 2

Bite Me: Case 3

Bombshell: Case 4

Tutti Frutti: Case 5

Last Shot: Case 6

Ting-A-Ling: Case 7

Crickett: Case 8

Bulldog: Case 9

Double Trouble: Case 10

Yellow Ribbon: Case 11

Dog Gone: Case 12

Scam Man: Case 13

Foiled: Case 14

What Happens in Vegas: Case 15

Art Hound: Case 16

The Office: Case 17

Star Struck: Case 18

International Incident: Case 19

Guest From Hell: Case 20

Twinkle Toes (a Dev Haskell short story)

Doll House (A Dev Haskell novella)

The Dance (A Dev Haskell novella)

Pixie (A Dev Haskell novella)

FORE! (A Dev Haskell novella)

Corridor Man series: (Read in order)

Corridor Man 1

Corridor Man 2: Opportunity Knocks

Corridor Man 3: The Dungeon

Corridor Man 4: Dead End

Corridor Man 5: Finger

Corridor Man 6: Exit Strategy

Corridor Man 7: Trunk Music

Corridor Man 8: Birthday Boy

Corridor Man 9: Boss Man

Corridor Man: Valentine (novella)

Corridor Man: Auditor (novella)

Corridor Man: Howling (novella)

Corridor Man: Spa Day (novella)

Hotshot series: (Read in any order).

Reduced Ransom!

Finders Keepers

Bankers Hours

Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series.

Welcome: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 1

Sweet Dreams: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 2

Mirror Mirror: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 3

Silver Bullet: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 4

Fair City Blues: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 5

Spade Work: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 6

Madeline Missing: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 7

Mistaken Identity: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 8

You're Mine Valentine! Jack Dillon novella

Novella: Irish Dukes (Published in the Fight Card series under the pseudonym Jack Tunney)

Visit Mike on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MikeFaricyBooks

Visit Dev Haskell's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/DevHaskell

Email Mike" mikefaricyauthor@gmail.com

Follow Mike on Twitter @mikefaricybooks

Mike’s web site; www.mikefaricybooks.com

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Norm Owens

Great crime mystery! Look out Gripando and Patterson!

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2024

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Really enjoyed the book. Read it in a day, good scenes. Will read more of his books.

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017

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Enjoyable. Easy to follow stand-alone. Some violence, no drag-you-down drama.

The storyline focuses on the Russian mob and Dev Haskell, a private investigator. Dev is a realistic guy with a great sense of humor.

Believable characters with distinct personalities. Entertaining dialogue.

No desire to re-read this story. I am interested in other works by this author.

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Eric Bogomoly

Author shows intellectual laziness by neglecting basic research

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2015

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The book is OK. But there are 3 sins that I usually cannot forgive an author: 1. When timeline does not work (the story takes place in 2015, the character is in his 50s, yet he is a Vietnam War veteran); 2. Unnecessary technical details that the author gets wrong, yet had those details been omitted, the story would not suffer; 3. Screwed up foreign names. These sins are unforgivable because with a little calculation or research they can easily be avoided. This book commits the sin #3. Admittedly, I can only find errors with Russian names, since I grew up in the former Soviet Union, and I speak the language. But the errors here are ridiculous. I'll describe them here, so the author and the readers learn from it. Warning: I will reveal here characters' names.
Karina Vucavitch. This name could be Russian, although a name like this is more likely to be Serbo-Croatian.
Nikki Mathias. Mathias is NOT a Russian surname. Could be German. One could make a claim that she was one of the ethnic Germans who lived in Russia for centuries, but that claim was not made. The book also states that her name in Russian was Nikolaevna. Nikolaevna is NOT a name. It is what is called "otchestvo" - a Russian substitute for middle name derived from one's father's name with the addition of a suffix. So, if the lady's father's name was Nikolay, her otchestvo would be Nikolaevna. Now, it would be more believable if the lady's name was actually Nicole (Nikol' in Russian). It is very uncommon, but possible. The short for it would be Nika (pronounced: Neekah).
Tibor Crvek. Tibor is Hungarian name. Crvek could be Serbo-Croatian. But neither 1st nor last names are Russian.
Braco Alekseeva. Braco again sounds like Serbo-Croatian. Alekseeva would be female equivalent of Alekseev, a legitimate Russian surname. If the name was Braco Alekseev, than only the 1st name would have been screwed up. As it is, the 1st time the name was mentioned, I thought the character was living with a woman. Russian nouns, including names (although names not always) have cases, and change endings depending on position in a sentence. Alekseeva could be such change, equivalent of Alekseev's. For example, if a question was "Whose gun is this?", the answer in Russian would be "Alekseeva", as in Alekseev's, i. e. belonging to Alekseev.
Sergie. There is no such name. There is a name "Sergey" (pronounced: Serghey). Although, I suppose americanized version could be Sergie.
Valentina Dziedzic. Valentina is a legitimate Russian 1st name. Valya would be short for it. Although, someone with such name could be going by Val in the US. Dziedzic again sounds Serbo-Croatian.
I will not buy any more books by this author because I don't want to reward intellectual laziness.

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MoHurley

Fast-paced bumbling lovable gumshoe read

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2015

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As most of my Kindle library is comprised of free downloads from Amazon, it's eclectic, at best. I prefer soft murder mysteries over bodice rippers, but cosy murder mysteries are sophomoric, and hard boiled action thrillers are usually too violent for my taste. Finding someone edgier than Miss Marple, is a challenge.

Delightfully flawed PI and slovenly boozer, Dev Haskill is an interesting protagonist, and the Mike Faricy series is well written. Faricy is a strong writer and takes care of the reader. A la Ray Chandler, Faricy's characters make bad decisions early, and their consequences inform the story. I didn't realize I had several of Faricy's books already on my Kindle, so as soon as I read one, I galloped onto the next one. Makes it hard to review just one book.

Dev Haskill singlehandedly holds up the corner of the bar with cases of jack Daniel's and Jamison's at a dive called The Spot in St. Paul, when he's not working (and when he's working too); he uses the watering hole as his office. Moe's Diner is his recovery room and office away from home. Dev is hired by a French girl named Kerri to find her sister Nikki. He doesn't have much to go on, a photo of the missing girl with two men—who turned up dead.

Despite being up to his eyeballs in bad decisions, Dev's investigations lead him into the sinister underworld of a Russian Mafia white slavery ring, and a passel of Russians want him silenced. And the St. Paul police force would like to bag him, and pin some felonies on him too. When he runs afoul of a FBI sting, his only buffer is his childhood friend on the force, vice cop Aaron LaZelle, and an alcoholic public defender, about to be debarred. But there's only so much they can do to keep Dev out of trouble. Dev has to save himself by solving the crime with the help of Heidi, his bail bondswoman and sometimes squeeze, and Sunnie, a computer whiz.

This action-driven thriller will keep you turning the pages. Well worth your time to invest in this series. Before you read Russian Roulette, you might want to download a short (back)story, prequel, Twinkle Toes. Up next are Mr. Swirlee (Mr. Softee), Bite Me, Bombshell, Tutti-Frutti,, and Last Shot. Watch for them. They're stand-alones and can be read in almost any order. There are eleven books so far in the series, Faricy is a prolific writer.

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Dee

😂😂🤭❤️

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2023

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Reading this book felt like I was just reading a Brooklyn Nine-Nine script and I loved it. The author has a way with words that will just have you laughing even in serious situations and I get why the book is called Russian Roulette. This was an awesome and funny read

The mystery was easy to solve and I’m not complaining, I had so much fun 😄

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amoca

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on July 12, 2015

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Ann Stanmore

Good Enjoyable Story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2014

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My kind of book! Love the laid back ways of PI Devlin Haskell! Little does he realise the danger he is getting himself into! I also love the humour too.
Lots of action with our hero dodging bullets and car bombs so often I thought he would get a permanent bed in the hospital!

Good enjoyable story.

Will certainly be looking for more by Mike Faricy.

Happy day !!!!

Five Stars

Reviewed in Australia on May 24, 2016

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Great detective fiction with typical humour of PI Dev Haskell.

JJ Bateman

STRONG FINISH

Reviewed in Canada on August 31, 2023

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I found this book started a little slow but once the pace picked up it was great! The humour was an added bonus and I found myself actually laughing out loud in a couple of places.

I’m left wondering if Dev is independently wealthy or really makes a lot of money considering how Aaron spends Dev’s money. Since this is the first book in a large series I’m sure more will be revealed. Definitely, a good read.

I bite

This one fires on all cylinders

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2012

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PI Dev Haskell might just as well put a pistol to his own head when he gets hired to find 'Kerry's' missing sister. Kerry is not what she seems and neither is the sister as Dev finds out in this frantically paced crime novel.
Never in the field of crime fiction has one man been dumped on by so many. Dysfunctional Dev is shot at, beaten and blown up in the course of his investigation as the bad guys turn out to be Russian mobsters and some of the good guys self-serving Feds. But Dev isn't entirely alone as friends in the police and on-off girlfriend Heidi are around to patch him up and kiss his wounds. One cracker of a story.
As per, I do have an odd gripe which takes the edge of what should be a 5-star tale. The most serious of the minor faults being that one or two of the threads are not tied off at the end.
I've read three Dev Haskell adventures now and I'm still no nearer getting under the man's skin. We don't know what he looks like, there is never a description and he has no background. We don't know how he ended up becoming a PI or how he earns a living as most of his cases end up as duds and he drinks away the profits of those that do pay. Dev's an engaging character but he has no substance. Maybe that's part of the joke but I for one would like to know more. Or is it enough to know that he's feckless and attracts and repels women in equal measure while keeping the Spot Bar in business?
C'mon, Mike, help me out here. I'm aching to press the button on that final star.
Nontheless an excellent, humourous and fast-paced thriller from a writer who is making a name for himself in crime literature.

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