The Holmes Files: Roller Skate Roundup

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Private detectives get all kinds of odd, cases. Bob Holmes is a private eye, and odd doesn't even come close to characterizing the case that develops when a bizarre looking young woman walks into his office and hires him to retrieve a pair of roller skates for her. The task sounds like a cakewalk and Bob allots half a day to wrapping it up. Weeks later he's bruised, battered, in love with his client ... and still hasn't managed to liberate the skates. So who has them? Some Mafioso? An Asian crime lord? A Chicago street gang? Nothing so simple. No, this villain tops them all, and Bob is no match for his client's ... mother.

Told in a faintly noir style, with overtones of the Keystone Cops, this tale will leave you breathless, initially from laughter, and eventually from the erotic scenes as Bob's life takes a turn for the better.

Warning: This book contains adult content and language and is not appropriate for persons under the age of eighteen.

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About the author

Robert Lubrican

Robert Lubrican has worked for a landscaping company, for a lumber company, as a Culligan Man, as the supervisor of a tire warehouse, as a painter, a plumber, a roofer, and a few other things. Along the way he spent 22 and a half years in the US Army, 16 of which were as a CID Agent, investigating felony crimes in which military personnel were involved. He has been to nine different countries but speaks only English and German. He refers to money in far flung places as "scooters", as in "How many scooters does that cost?" The vendor rarely speaks English but, with some gestures, usually understands. He once did a transaction for a formal Korean dress for is daughter and after asking "English?" received a head shake. "Deutch?" got a smile and a nod. German was then used to complete the sale.

All these experiences created the swirling mix of memories which are tapped to write a book or story. If you've read others of his work, you will have noticed that someone always gets pregnant in the story. This is because some of his most treasured memories were of the three times he and his wife created life in her womb. To Robert, there is nothing more beautiful than a pregnant woman. The scenes on the Alaskan Highway come in second, if you're curious.