No one is an island, and private detective of the gods Tom Statford is no different. The family he was born with, the family he chose, the family that chose him, they all make him more than the sum of his parts.This collection of short stories is set between the first and second volumes of The Statford Chronicles, and answers some of the questions about the lives and times of some of the pivotal members of Tom Statford's life.

Ralf Brandenburg, international musician, is found dead on his loved piano. The man who will be in charge for the investigation, Vincent Germano, will have nothing but the words and hearsay evidences from the people who had the luck to know him.

When two jobless sisters start prepping their kid brother for high school they land six paying students and their money problems are solved. Now they have bigger issues on their hands as the teens unload a ton of personal baggage and boyfriend problems get thrown in the mix. It's a summer filled with disaster but they find a silver lining through friendships made and memories gained along the way.

Love, revenge, secrets – and murder – in a medieval kingdom at war.A young woman, left alone and destitute after the mysterious death of her mother, vows, somehow, to bring the murderer to justice. Godric, and the dashing nobleman, Hugh, lay claim to Janna's heart, but who can she trust with the truth when all around her have secrets?In a country torn apart by the vicious civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, Janna needs all her wits and c...

"Sleep Walking Now and Then", by Richard Bowes, is a weird, futuristic novelette about an interactive theater production in The Big Arena (aka New York City) and the mystery surrounding its inspiration.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Tess Darling is a ballsy blonde TV producer. She's also an inadvertent sleuth: Aided by her hunky but hapless cameraman Miller, Tess digs up the truth whenever a shoot turns deadly...Short story, The Flood, sees Tess and Miller despatched through a vicious storm - to film the launch of a remote, celebrity spa hotel. When noxious owner Noah Dellow is found strangled in his study, they discover he was not so much a 'friend' to the stars as a blackmailer - the assembled guests are his...

Her destiny lies within the whispers of a dream...A sprawling epic of war, prophecy, and a princess who must forge a kingdom from the ashes.On her nineteenth birthday, Angelterra, princess of Palzintine, finds her sheltered world collapsed in a single, catastrophic battle against the brutal Venordaladian legions, unleashed by a power-hungry sorcerer. In his pursuit of world domination, Shutharja, a sorcerer and cleric of the dark cult of t...

Chick Lit. Mystery - Some girls have all the luck, and I'm not one of them. I've gotten myself into some really sticky situations all my life, but this one beats them all. Who can say they had dinner with a dead man? Me. That's who. Add to that, I am currently unemployed and will take any measly bone a person might throw a dog. I am licking that dog bowl for odd jobs that pay cash, as I collect my unemployment check. All this, while trying to please my mother's need to marry me off before ...

Huge corporations like Psi-Tech rarely have enemies not easily managed. Emily Winters is the exception. As a highly gifted precognitive and a prisoner of Psi-Tech, Emily is its greatest asset and also its greatest threat. That's why they plan to kill her very soon.Most of the world is blissfully unaware of an impending disaster that looms ever closer. Most of the survivors will emerge from the widespread devastation as psychics. Those who already possess special abilities like Emil...

Welcome to the first great space opera decalogy of the twenty-first century! Agents of ISIS is the 21st century re-envisioning of the Family d'Alembert series by its original author, an epic saga describing the fight to preserve humanity from the forces of chaos and destruction.With humanity scattered across the galaxy on hundreds of worlds, the Empire is the only force for order across the stars. Without it, interstellar conflicts would bring chaos and billions of deaths.B...

The body of a U.S. soldier reported AWOL during the Korean War is found encased in a concrete pillar. What secret did he carry to his grave and why is someone hell-bent on keeping that secret buried? Detective Sergeant Samantha Casey has an advantage over other cops. The dead speak to her, tell her secrets about their life and death. But sometimes what she learns can get her killed. Book 1 in the series. When the Dead Speak is a fast-paced, tension-filled joy ride sprinkled with humor, plo...

An abused mountain woman has the local sheriff over for dinner to discuss her missing husband. Unbeknownst to the Sheriff, someone else is in the room.