Everyone's done something they regret in the past. Dean Devereaux is dealing with that, making amends. Now, after nine months sober, he feels confident. So confident that he begins a noir romance with a troubled woman from his past. Despite her stories that don't add up, he is intrigued. What is he supposed to do, investigate every pretty lady he meets? Maybe she's a little flaky. Maybe laying off the booze would help. It's no mystery. Anyone who's been the victim of an abusive, abandoning...

Dean Deveraux wants to get back on his feet after a lifetime of addiction and the failures that go with it. He never planned to return to his parents' trailer in Mahuenga after his mother's death but, then, he never planned anything. Before he gets a chance to feel too sorry for himself, he begins investigating the disappearance of a teenage sex worker after a violent encounter in a dark parking lot. With no witness, no obvious suspect, and evidence at the crime scene that doesn't make sen...

Stories of a fictionalized 1960s childhood, as if Judy Blume had written Little House on the Prairie. Nellie and her family and friends navigate various childhood dilemmas full of nostalgic lingo through conflicts as simple as a missing marble and as complex as the loyalty of friendships. A favorite pet, a first dance - it's all here. It even has a fictional episode of the Wallace & Ladmo TV show! These stories will entertain and ring true to anyone coming of age in the late '60s/ early '7...