Three short stories of fictional private detective Alexander Steele. The predominant setting for most of these stories is the city of Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Also included is the first chapter of the full-length Alexander Steele novel Blackout.

Alexander Steele is a private detective turned night club owner in the city of Philadelphia. Steele and his longtime girlfriend Shakia's plans for him to retire are derailed when his cousin brings him an encrypted travel drive. The drive is opened by Steele's hacker friend Stan. A few days earlier every transformer in Canada had…

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Deadly Game Part #3 The Alibi

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Bad news for the prime suspects. Most have flimsy alibis and some have none at all. No matter, I'm sure you will get to the bottom of this and catch…

The Deadly Gamble

Part One - The Crime

Private Investigator Alexander Steele needs a break.  Earlier this year he took on drug kingpin Fat Daddy in the Case of the Death Dealer.  On the…

The Deadly Gamble

The Suspects

Here is the list of suspects based on access and motive.

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The Alexander Steele File - Confidential

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Alexander Steele and the Deadly Ring

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The Case of the Ring of Death will lure our famous Philly detective into the secret world behind the scenes in the Vatican.  Follow Steele as he attempts to solve this baffling case while preserving old traditions and avoiding a major scandal in the church.

A man who holds a powerful secret has been found dead in the middle of the night on the steps of the main branch of the Philadelphia Library . He has no ID, no…

I'am putting the finishing touches of Philly detective Alex Steele's newest story Ring of Death. This short story follows the newly released novel BLACKOUT.  It is the prequel to the very successful Case of the Death Dealer which takes place in Philadelphia.

The Case of the Ring of Death will lure our famous Philly detective into the secret world behind the scenes in the Vatican.  Follow Steele as he attempts to solve this baffling case while preserving old traditions and…

BLACKOUT CONTEST

Alexander Steele is a retired African American private detective turned night club owner living in Philadelphia. He hoped to put the detective life behind him and move on with his longtime girlfriend Shakia. When Alex's friend brings him an encrypted travel drive with…

The Alexander Steele Mysteries

Alexander Steele is a retired African American private detective turned night club owner living in Philadelphia. He hoped to put the detective life behind him and move on with his longtime girlfriend Shakia. When one of Alex's friends brings him an encrypted travel drive with info on the blackout that was created three months before the recent Canadian blackout; Alex finds himself drawn into the…

Death Dealer and beyond