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The Silver Star Caper: A Damien Dickens Mystery (Damien Dickens Mysteries Book 6) Kindle Edition

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A spate of hate crimes has rocked the peaceful communities of the Monterey Peninsula and Monterey Bay.

When the police appear helpless to stem the incidents from spiraling into outright domestic terror, Damien and Millie Dickens enter the fray.

Risking their marriage, their reputations and their very lives, the detective duo go undercover to penetrate the neo-Nazi group that is behind the crimes and bring its leaders to account.

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The Nielsen Professional Building, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Courtyard offices of the Dickens Detective Agency
The Carmel Years - Offices of the Dickens Detective Agency

In 1983, Damien and Millie move to the peaceful coastal town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and set up their agencies in a courtyard office suite at the southern edge of the downtown district.

As their reputation grows, they are drawn into high-stakes cases that threaten their partnership, their marriage, and their very lives.

The Dickens Detective Agency

The early years

The Dickens Detective Agency was established in the early 1970s by Damien Dickens, an ex-cop with the Atlantic City Police Department. Located in a small office suite above a restaurant, the agency also employed Millie Hewitt, who had the unenviable job of keeping Damien organized, while keeping the bill collectors at bay.

Damien and Millie marry, and she becomes a full-fledged licensed PI and an equal partner in all of the agency's cases.

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5-Star Review by Helen Pryke Domi for Pink Quill Books

"Damien Dickens and his wife Millie are a great team, and it isn't necessary to have read the previous instalments to enjoy this one.

"Set in the 1980s, the author mixes real-life events with fiction, and adds a few twists along the way. This time Dickens is up against white-supremacist, neo-Nazi militia whose actions are hitting a bit too close to home, while Millie concentrates on her own investigative work. Their relationships with each other, and their friends and family, are put to the test as events unfold and they are both dragged deeper into their investigations.

"With no mobile phones or internet, the author takes us back in time to good, old-fashioned detective work, and the frustration and worry at not knowing where or how a loved one is. I love how Millie is just as important to the story as Damien is - sometimes even more important! With witty one-liners, together with some serious moments, it kept me gripped all the way through. A great read that I highly recommend!"

5-Star Review by Allie Cresswell, author of The Talbot Saga and The Highbury Trilogy

In this sixth instalment of the Damien Dickens series, Damien and Millie pursue two different investigations that threaten to undermine the very basis of their marriage and their partnership. Both cases have sinister aspects, and this book is as much a thriller as it is a mystery to unfold.

Set in 1986, before the internet and mobile phones, I liked the good old fashioned investigative work that went into the unravelling of these cases. Domestic details of shopping, cooking and the care of Hershey the labradoodle kept the plot grounded and relatable. I am sure that if I visited the west coast of California I'd find the town of Carmel-on-Sea, or a facsimile of it. I got a strong sense of place that also kept the high adventure and rachet-tense atmosphere real.

Most of all, Damien and Millie are such a strong and attractive couple, ordinary but also admirable, human but good. Putting aside the excellent and accessible writing style, the clever plotting and the relatable settings, they alone are a strong draw to explore the other 'Capers'.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09BLDWL9N
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quintzy Press
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 30, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.5 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 331 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 6 of 6 ‏ : ‎ Damien Dickens Mysteries
  • Customer Reviews:
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Recipient of the 2019 Top Female Author award in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller category, Phyllis Entis is the author of the Damien Dickens Mysteries. Her debut novel, The Green Pearl Caper, was a Library Journal SELF-e Selection.

Born and raised in Montreal, Phyllis is a free-lance writer and retired food safety microbiologist with degrees from McGill University and the University of Toronto. In 2007, ASM Press published her non-fiction book, Food Safety: Old Habits, New Perspectives. Phyllis lives in Victoria, British Columbia with her husband and their Australian Cobberdog, Shalom. When she’s not writing, Phyllis usually can be found walking around town, browsing in the local library, or enjoying her garden.

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Gripping suspense and gut-punching emotions! Terrific!
I would tell you to read all the Damien Dickens mysteries in sequence, but I don't want you to wait to enjoy the newest and best of the bunch: The Silver Star Caper. The thrill of danger, the impact of timeless evil, and the poignancy of a deep, true love make this the strongest, fiercest, and least-put-downable of all the great Phyllis Entis books. Set in the eighties, the story might have been inspired by 21st-century headlines or 20th-century war crimes investigations. Author Phyllis Entis accomplishes the difficult task of putting the reader into the mind and philosophy of anti-semitic, xenophobic, white-supremacist criminals when Damien Dickens leaves his wife in order to join just such a group. Millie Dickens is left to cope with life (and PI work) on her own as Dick becomes a Harley-riding skinhead willing to fire bomb innocent people in the name of evil masquerading as "patriotism." Lives are threatened -- and some are lost -- while the reader hopes against hope that Millie and Dick will somehow survive the horrors and danger of the situation and somehow return to the unbreakable marital partnership that has inspired the couple's friends and acquaintances for years. Every Damien Dickens mystery hits harder than the one before -- on the adrenal glands, brain cells and heart strings. The author's seamless prose draws the reader into the story and propels him/her through trials and dangers to the much-anticipated but unexpected outcome. I'm giving five stars to The Silver Star Caper, A Damien Dickens Mystery, by Phyllis Entis. I recommend you read this latest in the series immediately, and then go back to book one and happily read them all.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2021
    In this latest installment of Ms. Entis’s ’80’s vintage, noir detective series, husband and wife private detectives, Damien and Millie Dickens, face their most insidious villain yet. They must identify, unmask, and ultimately thwart the criminal hiding in plain sight before he succeeds in tearing their idyllic community of Carmel-by-the-Sea apart.

    My favorite aspect of this story is Millie’s opportunity to shine as a private investigator in her own right. When necessity requires Damien to work solo, she holds down the fort at their joint agency and takes on a separate high-stakes personal case on her own. Ultimately, their cases intertwine in a harrowing climax that tests their strength, both individually and as a couple.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2021
    If you enjoy private eye mysteries with lots of action and suspense, you'll love "The Silver Star Caper," the sixth novel in the Damien Dickens mystery series by Phyllis Entis. This book is a real page-turner! I thoroughly enjoyed the book and I highly recommend it.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2021
    Another solid add to the series! Keep them coming please
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2021
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    I would tell you to read all the Damien Dickens mysteries in sequence, but I don't want you to wait to enjoy the newest and best of the bunch: The Silver Star Caper. The thrill of danger, the impact of timeless evil, and the poignancy of a deep, true love make this the strongest, fiercest, and least-put-downable of all the great Phyllis Entis books.

    Set in the eighties, the story might have been inspired by 21st-century headlines or 20th-century war crimes investigations. Author Phyllis Entis accomplishes the difficult task of putting the reader into the mind and philosophy of anti-semitic, xenophobic, white-supremacist criminals when Damien Dickens leaves his wife in order to join just such a group.

    Millie Dickens is left to cope with life (and PI work) on her own as Dick becomes a Harley-riding skinhead willing to fire bomb innocent people in the name of evil masquerading as "patriotism." Lives are threatened -- and some are lost -- while the reader hopes against hope that Millie and Dick will somehow survive the horrors and danger of the situation and somehow return to the unbreakable marital partnership that has inspired the couple's friends and acquaintances for years.

    Every Damien Dickens mystery hits harder than the one before -- on the adrenal glands, brain cells and heart strings. The author's seamless prose draws the reader into the story and propels him/her through trials and dangers to the much-anticipated but unexpected outcome.

    I'm giving five stars to The Silver Star Caper, A Damien Dickens Mystery, by Phyllis Entis. I recommend you read this latest in the series immediately, and then go back to book one and happily read them all.
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    Gripping suspense and gut-punching emotions! Terrific!

    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2021
    I would tell you to read all the Damien Dickens mysteries in sequence, but I don't want you to wait to enjoy the newest and best of the bunch: The Silver Star Caper. The thrill of danger, the impact of timeless evil, and the poignancy of a deep, true love make this the strongest, fiercest, and least-put-downable of all the great Phyllis Entis books.

    Set in the eighties, the story might have been inspired by 21st-century headlines or 20th-century war crimes investigations. Author Phyllis Entis accomplishes the difficult task of putting the reader into the mind and philosophy of anti-semitic, xenophobic, white-supremacist criminals when Damien Dickens leaves his wife in order to join just such a group.

    Millie Dickens is left to cope with life (and PI work) on her own as Dick becomes a Harley-riding skinhead willing to fire bomb innocent people in the name of evil masquerading as "patriotism." Lives are threatened -- and some are lost -- while the reader hopes against hope that Millie and Dick will somehow survive the horrors and danger of the situation and somehow return to the unbreakable marital partnership that has inspired the couple's friends and acquaintances for years.

    Every Damien Dickens mystery hits harder than the one before -- on the adrenal glands, brain cells and heart strings. The author's seamless prose draws the reader into the story and propels him/her through trials and dangers to the much-anticipated but unexpected outcome.

    I'm giving five stars to The Silver Star Caper, A Damien Dickens Mystery, by Phyllis Entis. I recommend you read this latest in the series immediately, and then go back to book one and happily read them all.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2021
    Wow. The Silver Star Caper, the sixth book in the Damien Dickens Mystery series, is the best one yet.

    The Silver Star Caper, like the other books in the series, is set in the mid-1980s, which is one of its greatest features: readers get a glimpse of what crime-solving and private investigating was like before the age of cell phones and technological advancements that put information at one's fingertips.

    This book deals with some heavy topics that were at the fore in the 1980s and, tragically, remain disturbingly current. The issues of neo-Naziism, anti semitism, white supremacy, and violence against immigrants are all part of the fabric of Phyllis Entis's well-researched and impeccably written novel. While the story is a bit of a departure from the previous books in the series, I believe readers will find it every bit as enthralling and page-turning, if not moreso. The dialogue is relatable, the action zings...and that pounding you hear? That's your own heart, racing toward the climax.

    At the center of the story, though, lies the relationship between Millie and Dick, and readers are in for a roller coaster of emotions as they travel the dark and dangerous roads of undercover work with this beloved couple. We always knew Millie was a strong woman, and this book is really her turn to shine.

    I am grateful to the author for providing me with an ARC. This is my honest review of a terrific tale.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2022
    This is the only book I did not finish. I did not care for the story line. I felt like the author is a lefty going after the right wing party. There are crazies in all races , I just wish she had written a different story line.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2021
    This book is non-stop action! The multiple storylines overlap seamlessly and the characters and well developed and clearly defined. Though It is clearly part of a series, listening to this book first, I am not left with the feeling of missing any important details. I am however excited to seek out the great of the series.
    The writing was excellent and the narrator top notch. This made the multiple store lines and broad range of characters easy to distinguish, not always and easy task in an audio book and this style. Well done!

    Best part? The end of the story was not rushed. Everything was tied up nicely at the same pace as the story, not that one-page race that so many of today's stories seem to have shifted too! That made This reader extra satisfied!!
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2021
    Damien & Millie, what a duo! Oh, how they've grown throughout this series, becoming dear to my heart in the mystery genre. I love the entire series, and I recommend you start at the beginning, but I think this is my favorite storyline yet. We are now in the mid-80's with our crime solving couple, but the content is still quite relevant (sadly) today. As always, the writing is smooth and captivating. A big thumbs up to the author.

    I received an ARC with no obligation to review. This is my honest opinion.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Phyllis Entis does it again!
    Reviewed in Canada on August 20, 2021
    Always entertaining. Just enjoy this couple....Damien and Millie... no matter what the story line. The Silver Star Caper reminds us to "never forget" with the hope that we will "never repeat". Thanks Phyllis for another great read.

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