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Mr Swirlee (Dev Haskell - Private Investigator, Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Mike Faricy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 1,523 ratings
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Mr Swirlee is the SECOND off-beat mystery in the Dev Haskell mystery series.

MURDER & MAYHEM IN THE ICE CREAM TRUCK BIZ.

"Laugh a minute story line in another of Faricy's deliciously engaging worlds..." -The Irish Gazette

Skirt-chasing, wise-cracking, dysfunctional Private Investigator Dev Haskell leaves his usual stool at the Spot Bar to take on what looks like a cakewalk job: keep ice cream mogul Mr. Swirlee alive. Turns out Mr. Swirlee is anything but a cakewalk... He's a ruthless "entrepreneur" with a flash temper, a mean streak a mile wide, and a laundry list of people who want to do him in---including his sex-crazed girlfriend Lola. Things go from bad to worse when Dev discovers his client is running a gambling ring in his ice cream trucks. When Dev's revelation is detected, a dead body ends up in the trunk of his car. Once again, our hero is in over his head. Thank God for Dev's sometime friend, felon Tony "Dog" Colli, who agrees to help out.

Murder, mayhem, romance, double cross, and bodies pile up as Dog and Dev follow their difficult client through the streets of St. Paul in the steamy summertime, spinning a colorful yarn with a healthy serving of the bizarre. A fast paced tale of bottom feeders and the criminal class, Mr. Swirlee will leave you at turns gasping and laughing your way through Dev Haskell's screwy world.

"You'll be chuckling at midnight and trying to remember when the dives close in your neighborhood..." -Crimeways Magazine
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Please Note this book was entitled Mr Softee and is now entitled Mr Swirlee - "Mr. Softee is a bit like a nice carton of Neopolitan... There's something in there for everyone."
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"Faricy is America's hottest new mystery writer..."
-The Dirty Lowdown

"You'll be chuckling at midnight and trying to remember when the dives close in your neighborhood..."
- Crimeways Magazine

"Laugh a minute story line in another of Faricy's deliciously engaging worlds..."
-The Irish Gazette

From the Author

Mr. Swirlee is my second book in the Dev Haskell  - Private Investigator Series. As per always, Dev is in over his head, but don't confuse him with the facts. Mr. Swirlee is the story of people making really bad personal decisions, but then bad decisions make for interesting tales. Thanks for taking the time.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0056396DS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mike Faricy (June 14, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 14, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3218 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 297 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 1,523 ratings

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Mike Faricy

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Mike Faricy was awarded the 2016 IACM Silver Award for Best Mystery Author.

His books have held the #1 slot in the Kindle Store in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and India.

Mike Faricy was listed as the IACM Author of the Month for April 2018.

His Dev Haskell tale, The Office, was a finalist for the 2018 Minnesota Book Awards and the 2018 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award.

He was awarded the Crime Masters of America Poison Cup Award in January of 2019.

His Dev Haskell tale, Star Struck, was a mystery finalist for the 2019 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award.

The Dirty Lowdown called Mike Faricy America's hottest new mystery writer.

Robert Carraher referred to him as Minnesota's Master of the Bizarre.

Crime Scene referred to him as the next Carl Hiaasen.

Crime Capers said; "Open at your own risk, you won't put him down."

UnderCover wrote; "This guy is nuts and one hell of a lot of fun.”

The Irish Gazette referred to; "The laugh a minute storylines of Faricy's deliciously engaging worlds."

Mike’s Dev Haskell series books are stand-alone, they can be read in any order. His Corridor Man series was initially written under the pseudonym Nick James and should be read in order. His Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series was originally written under the pseudonym, Patrick Emmett. His Hotshot series are standalone tales that can be read in any order. Faricy's novels are filled with the sort of oddballs we're all curious about, but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. His characters serve not so much as an example as they do a warning. None of them will be saving the world from terrorism, international banking conspiracies or coups to take over the government. Rather, Faricy's characters inhabit a world just below the surface of polite society. The circumstances they find themselves in are usually due to their own bad decisions, but then bad decisions make for interesting stories.

Reminiscent of the late Robert B. Parker, Faricy's tightly woven Dev Haskell series is penned with a delightful sense of humor and even some romance. Entertainment is the name of the game as back-slapping, corner-cutting, babe magnet Dev Haskell interacts with such quirky characters as ice cream mogul Mr. Swirlee, The D'Angelo brothers, local crime lord Tubby Gustafson, 'Fat Freddie' Zimmerman, former NFL tight end Luscious Dixon, exotic dancer Swindle Lawless, and gorgeous Heidi Bauer. The Dev Haskell novels can be read in any order.

Faricy's Corridor Man series was originally released under the pen name Nick James. The series is a bit more gritty than the Dev Haskell series and a lot more violent. Disbarred attorney Bobby Custer makes his way back into the legal game. He's neurotic, psychotic, psychopathic, narcissistic, greedy, unprincipled and . . . always charming.

Faricy's Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series was originally released under the pen name Patrick Emmett. US Marshal Jack Dillon is sent to Dublin to escort a prisoner back to the US. Things don't go exactly as planned and trouble ensues. Dillon becomes permanently stationed in Dublin, just to get him out of his boss's hair. Things take an entertaining turn from there, think of a cross between Dev Haskell and James Bond.

Faricy's Hotshot series are zany, delightfully entertaining standalone crime tales.

Enjoy the reads!

Originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Faricy still spends six months of the year in the saintly city as well as six months in Dublin, Ireland. Contact information for Mike is listed just after this shameless list of titles. Thanks for taking the time and be sure to tell 2-300 of your closest friends.

The Hotshot series (Read in any order)

Reduced Ransom!

Finders Keepers

Bankers Hours

Dev Haskell - Private Investigator series: (Read in any order)

Russian Roulette: Case 1

Mr. Swirlee: Case 2

Bite Me: Case 3

Bombshell: Case 4

Tutti Frutti: Case 5

Last Shot: Case 6

Ting-A-Ling: Case 7

Crickett: Case 8

Bulldog: Case 9

Double Trouble: Case 10

Yellow Ribbon: Case 11

Dog Gone: Case 12

Scam Man: Case 13

Foiled: Case 14

What Happens in Vegas: Case 15

Art Hound: Case 16

The Office: Case 17

Star Struck: Case 18

International Incident: Case 19

Guest From Hell: Case 20

Twinkle Toes (a Dev Haskell short story)

Doll House (A Dev Haskell novella)

The Dance (A Dev Haskell novella)

Pixie (A Dev Haskell novella)

FORE! (A Dev Haskell novella)

Corridor Man series: (Read in order)

Corridor Man 1

Corridor Man 2: Opportunity Knocks

Corridor Man 3: The Dungeon

Corridor Man 4: Dead End

Corridor Man 5: Finger

Corridor Man 6: Exit Strategy

Corridor Man 7: Trunk Music

Corridor Man 8: Birthday Boy

Corridor Man 9: Boss Man

Corridor Man: Valentine (novella)

Corridor Man: Auditor (novella)

Corridor Man: Howling (novella)

Corridor Man: Spa Day (novella)

Hotshot series: (Read in any order).

Reduced Ransom!

Finders Keepers

Bankers Hours

Jack Dillon Dublin Tales series.

Welcome: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 1

Sweet Dreams: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 2

Mirror Mirror: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 3

Silver Bullet: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 4

Fair City Blues: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 5

Spade Work: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 6

Madeline Missing: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 7

Mistaken Identity: Jack Dillon Dublin Tale 8

You're Mine Valentine! Jack Dillon novella

Novella: Irish Dukes (Published in the Fight Card series under the pseudonym Jack Tunney)

Visit Mike on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MikeFaricyBooks

Visit Dev Haskell's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/DevHaskell

Email Mike" mikefaricyauthor@gmail.com

Follow Mike on Twitter @mikefaricybooks

Mike’s web site; www.mikefaricybooks.com

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Reacher Creature
4.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyable.
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2014
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Dev Haskell is a wise cracking P.I. that's called to investigate a hit and run of someone who's very rich, powerful and used to getting his own way. The problem is that as Dev investigates this, he finds that pretty much nobody liked him, and pretty much everyone wanted him dead. Dev soon learns that this is much deeper than a hit and run, and someone is soon hunting Dev. That's all I really want to say about the plot, anything more would be spoilers.

This really is a good read, it has a lot going for it. Dev is funny and at times I was chuckling out loud at him. The characters are really interesting and I liked getting to know them. I really liked the character Dog. You want plot twists, this has them. It will keep the reader glued to the page.

Get this book, you won't be sorry. I know I wasn't.
I was glad I was able to come across this book, it was such nice read. I'm looking forward to reading the other books in the series. This one is a winner.
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V K Kristoffersen
5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, man. My NEW FAVORITE AUTHOR!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2018
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I am binge reading your books, Mr. Faricy ... And let me tell you...You are a RIOT!!! I am reading the two bundles of 7 books each. I am on the first set now. And boy- You are AWESOME!! I LOVE the flow, the character development, how much of an idiot Dev tends to be (it's like you are watching in slow motion someone opening the door to a room that the Monster is hiding in....You duck, you flinch, you hide your eyes....But you can't because you Are Reading This- so you peek... He is husterical!! I LOVE YOUR WORK!! OMG, Please do us all a favor-Never never EVER stop writing!! You are AWESOME!! AND!!! (SPOILER ALERT!!)
You don't need an editor!! These books are GREAT!! As an indie, sometimes you get a LOT of mistakes. NONE!! ZERO!! ZILCH!! NADA!!
I LOVE you!! LOL!!
OK. Back to reading. I am up to Bombshell. I have binge read FIVE of your books... Ok. 4.3 of your books, but the point is, I usually cannot DO an author back to back to back like this.
You are easy reads. Your stories flow beautifully, your characters are (now) like old friends. I love your work. You are Hysterical, and your work makes SENSE.. I LOVE IT!!
THANK YOU for being the special kinda Weird that it takes to produce work such as this. I am incredibly grateful...
Keep on writing, big guy. Your fans await!!
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Luvs2Read
3.0 out of 5 stars No Icing on the Cake for Mr. Swirlee
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2014
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This is an okay book. Not good, not bad. It is about a down at the heel P.I. who is hired to investigate who hit Mr. Swirlee in a hit a run accident. Little did Dev Haskell realize what he was in for when he accepted this work. As bodies fly hither and yon, Dev finds himself in the middle of a muddled mess. At least it was edited well enough that I didn't constantly have to hit "report content error." It is a book that you can read, put down, and pick up a week later and not miss not reading it in the meantime. Just an okay book. I guess from other reviews I have read that in this, book 2, it isn't as good as book 1 of the Devlon Haskell series. At least it kept my interest enough to finish reading it.
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Sandy Penny
4.0 out of 5 stars Cold Days on the Ice Cream Route
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2016
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Mr. Swirlee, the king of ice cream trucks, is a totally unlikable man. His wife is pretty much crazy and oversexed, and P.I. Dev Haskell has been hired by them to find out who's trying to kill Swirlee. When Haskell is not making progress fast enough for them, they try to stiff him for his fee. When Swirlee ends up dead, Haskell becomes the prime suspect, even though there is a whole line of people who think the world is a better place without him. Haskell goes to major lengths to hide from the cops and stay out of jail as he tries to find the killer to prove his own innocence. It's a wild ride with a Mr. Swirlee soundtrack, and it's not gonna be easy, but then, what is for Haskell? It's a good story with lots of humor and a quick change plot. The whole cast of characters, including Haskell are pretty raunchy and a little too familiar with the seedy underbelly of society. I like the humor, not so much the raunchy unsavory characters. ~review by sandypenny, sweetmysterybooks.com
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April Abtey-Pettigrew
5.0 out of 5 stars A handful of a mystery to solve
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2023
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Ice Cream and murder, beautiful women and a private investigator are in this book. This one kept me guessing to the end on how the book would come to a conclusion.
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KS
3.0 out of 5 stars deserves a better ending
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2014
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This is my second Dev Haskell mystery. Dev is a like able enough character, and the plot twists work pretty well in both stories, but the first one I read, Bite Me, had such a flat ending that I really hesitated reading a second one. Mr Swirlee had a little less plot and a slightly less disappointing ending, but I am still undecided whether I want to spend anymore time with the wayward womanizing PI... They were both light quick reads that didn't require great concentration, and sometimes a reader just wants to read light... But light weight reads should still finish strong.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Swirlee tell Dev that his client is not a nice guy and is more then selling ice cream out ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2017
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This is the second book in the series. Dev is back and once again finds himself in trouble and a suspect in some murders. It starts again with a client hiring him to look into an accident. The client is Mr. Swirlee who was hit by a car, hit and run. The police are saying it was an accident but Mr. Swirlee thinks someone is out to kill him. One by one the people Dev speaks to about Mr. Swirlee tell Dev that his client is not a nice guy and is more then selling ice cream out of trucks. This is a very entertaining read. Another page turner.
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David W.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 26, 2016
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Haskell the Rascal- a lovable lowlife. nuff said
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d k sarma
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in India on April 29, 2016
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A reasonably engaging detective novel.
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Stan
5.0 out of 5 stars Icecream was never like this
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2015
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Fast, action -packed, totally unbelievable and great fun. Bodies strewn about but nothing nasty, all clean killing.
Plot? Well, a nasty bit of work sells icecream with a byeline in betting ( taking bets in an ice cream van does seem strange - here they'd just set up a legit shop - but maybe the Yanks are stricter). The nasty gets hurt in a hit and run, Dev is employed to find out who dunnit, and mayhem begins.
Ok, he's not an advert for sobriety or chastity, but his women are all willing and the booze is probably essential given the number of times he gets beaten up.
Looking forward to the next case.
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Frank Gyzemyter
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on April 3, 2016
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A great easy read that keeps you enthralled through the whole story, great fun and highly recommended
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4.0 out of 5 stars Decent read
Reviewed in Canada on June 2, 2016
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Kept my attention, I like the Dev Haskell character; I enjoy the author's light hearted writing and many times funny storylines. It's an easy read.
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