Private investigator Andi is hired to look into the drowning accident of Kitty Ralph at Shore Haven. She sweet-talks R. A. Huber into coming out of retirement and reside undercover at the upscale senior community near the Ventura pier. Huber uncovers other suspicious deaths at the place. Only when Andi rides to Reno and Salt Lake City on her Harley-Davidson to interview relatives of recent victims, does the motive for the crime make sense. Andi and Huber confront the villain and barely escape being silenced.
From the author of The Last Trip of the Magi, comes a perplexing mystery featuring colorful and unusual characters trapped in a maze of surprises and dead ends. <br><br>"Woe unto those who do not heed my warning." The newscaster prepares his viewers for the ferocious blizzard surging toward them. Most listen. A few do not. <br><br>"Only daredevils, fools, and the naïve come out in weather like this." The restaurant manager describes the fourteen unwary travelers forced to seek overnight refuge in his establishment. He will soon add murderers to his list.<br><br>"Someone call 9-1-1. Please. Call 9-1-1." The young lady pleads for help after stumbling over the body of the secretive loner who had been spying on the restaurant's guests.<br><br>"Oh, how I hate this job." The aging deputy battles through the blizzard to his first homicide scene ever. His inexperience with major crimes is only one of the reasons he can't curb the violence or identify the culprit.<br><br>"We are being held hostage by the blizzard and a murderer." The frustrations of the patrons and staff of the restaurant boil over. Fear and tension build. Tempers flare. Rumors spread. Suspicion shifts from person to person.<br><br>"All is not going to end well." A stranded woman makes an ominous prediction. She is right. All does not end well.
Jonathan Winters was good looking, charming and a Manipulator of Energy or an M.O.E.. Hope witnessed first hand, how he manipulated women into having sex, and almost got caught in his energy web herself, but got out before it was too late. Jonathan, however, has designs on Hope and will stop at nothing to get what he wants, her. <br><br>Now it was time to turn the tables on him. <br><br>With the help of Judy and her psychic friends, Hope arms herself with tools to take him down. Dressing in various disguises, Hope and Judy set out to stop him, only to find out he has a faceless friend who is involved with him as well. <br><br>Judy and Hope soon realize that taking Jonathan and his friend down isn't as easy as it seems, especially when danger is lurking around the corner and Jonathan is in hot pursuit of Hope. <br><br>Will Hope fall prey to Jonathan's M.O.E. ways or worse?<br><br>Find out if the women succeed at catching the bad guys one more time.
A green-eyed woman, a psychic and a whole lotta trouble!!!<br><br>Fifteen years ago Judy's mother was brutally murdered. The murderer walked away with money and their freedom. Now fifteen years later Judy is having dreams about a woman whose only discernible feature are her green-eyes. This green-eyed psycho professes to be the murderer and warns Judy to leave her alone or she would regret it. <br><br>Judy turns to the police for help, but their reluctance gives Judy's friend Hope an idea. She suggests taking the case on themselves. With stolen police information in hand, Judy and Hope bumble their way through trying to catch the bad guy. Little do they know someone is watching over them. <br><br>Through dinner dates, sultry dance routines, stakeouts and a whole lot of psychic visions, the women find out playing detective isn't what it's cut out to be, especially when the true murderer is revealed. <br><br>Follow along this mystical ride to find a murderer.
Young superheroes Alexa and Rachael Casaday return to that abandoned factory, the backdrop for the near fatal climax of Book 1: Super Kids. They rescue Isaac Fromme, the cruelly mistreated gentleman who vanished–imprisoned in a crypt beneath the crumbling building. Could Fromme be a vampire, one of the "good" ones? Why is this elusive man researching a grotesque creature originally thought to be a figment of local imaginations? The Casadays must use their extraordinary gifts again to prevent misguided individuals from destroying the beast. Will their superpowers make the world right again in the wilds of South Jersey?<br><br>Monsters AND vampires? Fascinating.
In the first chapter Rachel Penrose is standing trial for the murder of her fiancé, Steven Moretti, and in the last chapter, the trial continues and comes to a revealing end. The pages in between are the essence of the story. The evidence against Rachel is indisputable. Everyone is convinced of her guilt except her old friend Jonathan Lighthart, who believes in her innocence and hires R. A. Huber to find the real culprit. Huber accepts the challenge, which puts her and her young assistant, Andi, on a cruise to Alaska, and ultimately on a frantic race against time. Days before the trial, Huber gets a breakthrough, but the villain cannot risk having her testify and launches a brutal attack, landing her in the hospital in critical condition.
Private Investigator Steve Cassidy has a knack for finding trouble in the most unusual places. This time around, he gets entangled in a new mystery during a romantic getaway!<br><br>On a relaxing weekend trip, Steve and his girlfriend Dawn board The Tour of True Terror sightseeing bus to discover the City of Dannenberg's deadly history. The three-hour excursion highlights crimes from the past century, allowing the anxious tourists an up-close look of each murder scene. Final destination: the stately McDowell Mansion, built in 1902 by the most powerful man of his time as the ultimate status symbol. Decades later, it is now known as the site where great-great-grandson Eric McDowell killed his school teacher wife Lucy in cold blood … or, so claims Guide Rodney Dutton, the Retired Detective who worked the case six years earlier.<br><br>After a violent confrontation outside the mansion between Rodney and Eric's outspoken mother-in-law, Steve offers to review the court transcript and police files. Not one to retreat from a challenge, he soon discovers that the depth of deception involved in this crime will test his skills like no other case has.<br><br>Brimming with unforgettable characters, Cassidy's trademark sarcasm and investigative intellect, Off The Beaten Path will leave you twisting in anticipation as its shocking conclusion is methodically revealed.
Women are suddenly dying after visits to nail salons. All across the US, ricin tainted bottles of nail polish are showing up in beauty shops. Athena Elliott, the number one nail technician in the US figures out the cause of this diabolical domestic terrorist attack and jumps into action. A disgruntled nail polish chemist sets the stage for a real adventure into the criminal mind. Dr Robert Spalding, in his eighth book, offers the reader an actual firsthand account of the US nail salon industry through his first published work of adult fiction. The reader will be a real expert in the nail salon industry after reading this novel.
T.K. O'Neill received national recognition from the 2014 National Indie Excellence Awards for Jackpine Savages—hard-boiled detective fiction in the tradition of Ross MacDonald and Robert B. Parker, set on the rugged north shore of Lake Superior.<br><br>Carter Brown always wanted to be a private eye. Thanks to an inheritance from a well-to-do uncle and a mail order P.I. diploma, he realized the dream. When word spread of a homegrown P.I. in the backwoods of northern Minnesota and Carter landed his first case, Brown Investigations was born. Before he could cash his first check for services rendered, Brown found himself locked up on a murder charge, wondering what the hell happened.<br><br>And that was just the beginning.