Gary Eagan was shocked when the sheriff arrested him for theft. The ventriloquist had been a popular entertainer at the Placid Hotel and Casino for many years. Eagan turned to his old friend John Michaels, magician and private investigator, for help. Eagan’s lawyer, Wayne McCarthy,...

The book "All the Pretty Hearses" is another one by author Mary Daheim starring the heroine, Judith, who runs a bed and breakfast and on the side solves murder crimes. She finds out that her husband, Joe, has been arrested for murder and she must...

Anita, the nanny of the children of Molly and Mitch, decides to hunt for a four-leaf clover. She completes her search but finds more than what she expected: a man in a tuxedo lying in a ditch. Before she has a chance to do anything,...

Gillian Cooper and brother Luke ran a detection business, not as Luke would say, a detective agency which meant they did all sorts of jobs people wanted them to do. Luke learned of a detective job that needed doing and asked Gillian to go to...

Ex-NYPD Detective Sam Jenkins is now the Chief of Police for the Prospect, Tennessee Police Department. He and his team take on what looks to be a routine task, investigating all the civilians working for the Prospect Police Department. However, things don’t turn out exactly...

A Pointed Death is a riveting read. The strong female personality in the person of Nola Billingsley provided mystery, action and wit in one neat little package. The story is set in San Francisco and describes the city so beautifully that one is literally transported...

“A Hard Death”, a novel of suspense by Jonathan Hayes is a good book. This is the second book about forensic pathologist Edward Jenner. I did not read that book, “Precious Blood”, but it was not necessary. “A Hard Death” is a great stand alone...

The setting is Seattle, 1901, when University of Washington Electrical Engineering Professor Benjamin Bradshaw discovers the corpse of Professor Wesley Oglethorpe electrocuted inside the Electric Machine's Faraday Cage as the Tesla Coil. Because Bradshaw and Oglethorpe were rivals with particular dislike for each other, and...

A Hypnotic Suggestion by Allison Jones is a gripping suspense right from the beginning. When John Harkins had a 7:00 a.m. meeting with Michael Freidan, his father-in-law, little did he know that morning that his life was about to take a complete turn! Walking into...

With the proper training, an ordinary man can become a stone cold killer, especially when his mind is clouded by mood altering drugs. But, what happens when he loses everything he loves? Does the intense grief of his loss cause him to become a lethal...