Black Oak Series by Charles L. Grant

Black Oak Investigations is a firm that handles office fraud, missing persons, and a variety of white collar crime. But Black Oak also investigates situations that are not so quite the norm as owner Ethan Proctor discovers when one of his operatives turns up dead in a town cowering in fear from something roaming the hills, leaving dead bodies in its wake....

IS IT PARANOIA …Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. He is a careful man. Careful in what he says, careful in what he does. And very careful about which cases he takes. But when a letter arrives from a woman he once knew, begging him to investigate strange happenings in her town, Proctor is careless. He takes the case without knowing exactly what he's getting into... moreIS IT PARANOIA …Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. He is a careful man. Careful in what he says, careful in what he does. And very careful about which cases he takes. But when a letter arrives from a woman he once knew, begging him to investigate strange happenings in her town, Proctor is careless. He takes the case without knowing exactly what he's getting into.OR PARANORMAL …Hart Junction, Kansas, is the image of a deserted frontier town. Its claim to fame is being the set for many a grade-B western. But the movies moved out, and a strange cult moved in. Its members seem friendly. Concerned. Cooperative. So why are the townspeople so afraid? Why are so many people missing? And what are the strange winged creatures seen circling in the sky above town? less

Private investigator Ethan Proctor delves into the dark secrets of a town cursed for generations -- by an evil that can grant your heart's desire...for a price.

WORK CAN BE DREADFUL … Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. But even the brilliant get burned out sometimes, and when his employees order him to take a much-needed vacation in Atlantic City, Proctor reluctantly agrees... moreWORK CAN BE DREADFUL … Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. But even the brilliant get burned out sometimes, and when his employees order him to take a much-needed vacation in Atlantic City, Proctor reluctantly agrees. Ensconced with friends in a boardwalk hotel, he is just beginning to relax when things start getting strange … BUT PLAY CAN BE DEADLY An old friend drops the information that a killer is stalking the boardwalk – and the locals suspect vampirism … A beautiful, mysterious woman hints that she knows who killed a former associate of Proctor’s some weeks earlier … A fierce winter storm strikes the coastal city, and Proctor and his friends are trapped between nature’s wrath and a killer’s rage … less

A LONG-LOST FRIEND Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor, who has just received a cryptic message from an old friend of his father. Proctor is being asked to look into a series of disappearances and brutal mutilations in the swampy woodlands northwest of Atlanta, Georgia... moreA LONG-LOST FRIEND Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor, who has just received a cryptic message from an old friend of his father. Proctor is being asked to look into a series of disappearances and brutal mutilations in the swampy woodlands northwest of Atlanta, Georgia. Some think the culprit is a real-life wolfman, A LONG-HIDDEN SECRET What Proctor doesn’t know is that the terror in the swampy backwoods is linked to something much more personal. It is an evil mystery that has haunted Proctor for months. And when he uncovers the truth, he will be lucky to survive it … less