Joe Rodriguez Rookie Cop

Joe Rodriguez Rookie Plainsclothesman Cop is featured in a series of 12 stories first published in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Magazine. Here are the first 3 stories: THE NUDE IN THE POOL--The young detective had a studious side to his nature. But the two Hollywood murders made the world of books seem more than a little anemic. THE BIG KEY SUICIDES--Rookie plainclotheman Rodriquez knew that success and big money could turn a man into a dangerous psychopath. But trapping a killer could make psychology seem text-book remote. THE GREAT HUNTINGTON HEIST--Art may be long and life short. But rookie plainclothesman Rodriguez found that theft and murder left a man little time to ponder the more mellow aspects of philosophy.