Adam Dumphy Libros

Drop a born and bred Yorkshireman,retired after twenty five years as Scotland Yard's most respected DetectiveInspector, into the sun baked society of Southern California and you have the stock for this binational bouillabaisse.Add cameo performances of a dozen of his former antagonists,members of London's underground who he had caught atone time or another, come to California to demonstrate their individualtype of larceny. Receipt of an Egyptian mummy which ticks, theft of the entirearticulated skeleton of a Brontosaurus from the museum, bank robbery as aBachelor Dinner, are among them.They come to pick up a few bucks in the 'AmericanColony' but also as a means of saying good-bye and good riddance. Or justpossibly out of respect for the man or even a real liking. (They provide themusic for his last tango.)Mix in the beautiful Arabella, aDuchess by marriage and Queen of all London bunco byher other talents and Bentwhistle's long timeunrequited love. With her arrival the 'Great Game' can continue. Therules being that he would marry her if he could not solve every larceny that iscommitted by her friends. That is the flavoring in the stew between thesecovers.

The Misadventures of a "Modern Day" Gibson Girl by Adam Dumphy

Adam Dumphy's¿ early years in San Diego, Ca, included service in the Navy of WW II and atreasure hunt in Mexicoin which he learned of the Beale.Undoubtedly the most genuinetreasure in history, the Beale is verified by newspaper accounts, privateletters, even his name on Pawnee Rock, Kansas.It has fascinated people of every age, trade and profession. It has spawnedclubs, research from every profession and even support groups for the fainthearted.In the 1819 era T.J. Bealereturned from New Mexico withtreasure in silver, gold and jewels. He buried it near Buford, VA and left a box with three manuscripts totell of its presence. Linguists, cryptographers and even the Navy's famouspurple box have been unable to decipher all but one.With this Dumphywas able to concoct a lighthearted quest about a treasure hunt in the '40s withpeople and background of San Diego.The Beale remains as ever elusive but the characters do discover why 'MinneapolisIs Missing'.

A "modern western" for men, this novel is set in 1943 and describes a little known off shoot of WW1I. In a partly true scenario it involves an attempt of Japanese Intelligence to establish a radio receiving station high in the mountains of Sonora, Mexico.A Marine newly returned from Guadalcanal and seeking only the quiet necessary to heal his wounded body and mind encounters the tense situation of Mexican/Americans vs. Anglos in a small New Mexican valley.And he meets two Mexican/American women who behind their attractive faces seem to have dark shadows. Being asked to locate the receiving station results in a shoot out between a marine-trained marksman with his Garand and the traditional Winchesters of the old west.

The Annunzio Collar, a very much one of a kind, bejeweled pectoral has been presented to the outstanding personality of the each decadefor three hundred years. Still in 1921 the 1870 collar can be seen displayed openly by three consorts of minor royalty of Europe. Ranulf, David, etc Viscount Lindley, a peripatetic minion for British Intelligence sleuths. And wherever Rannie goes, Lady Audra the "Faithful Hind" of the piece, always a close behind hind, follows. Rannie is quite unready for the meeting with the first Collar wearers, both Countessesone from Vienna and one from Jersey City. He is amusedby Svetilof V (Sveaty) of amatriarchal Barony where he is paid to stay away. He is astonished by Capitanul( Captain ) Mooch of the Fascist Branch of the Legion of Demetrius the Archangel. He is not helped by the "dirty minded stick", a gold seeking divining rod that in Rannie's hands points only to handsome women. And is definitely hindered by the "Orange Elephant" Audie's pedigreed Great Dane who has suffered a colorful catastrophe from her worming medicine. Aparody of the novels of the '20s much effort has been made to make it sounddated.