Neal Egan, former police detective turned golf hustler, can't escape from the gravitational pull of his beautiful ex-wife Desiree Diaz, the daughter of one of New Mexico's most prominent men. When Dez becomes the prime suspect in the brutal shotgun slaying of her current lover, Neal is drawn into an investigation that promises to end badly.Neal faces crazed and violent bikers, the Mexican mafia, and a sleazy television host exploiting the case to jack his ratings. On top of that, a...

THE RHYTHM OF UNDERGROUND EVIL THREATENS TO UNLEASH HAVOC ON THE WORLD ABOVE THE SURFACE!!!After running away from home, sixteen-year-old Noah Keene and his thirteen-year-old sister are swept into the turmoil of a universe they never imagined—inside Humbug Mountain on the Oregon Coast.Noah and Abby are key figures in an ancient prophecy that will pit them against Spid, a powerful and obnoxious troll who plots to unleash his underground forces against humankind. Their allies...

Portland, Oregon, 1997Back in the 60s he tuned in, turned on, and dropped out into a life without deadlines or documentation. But now the aging flower child known as Paladin has run up against reality.High-tech thugs with guns want a package he didn’t deliver, cops like him for the murder of a low-rent attorney, and the attorney’s secretary wants to jump his bones—or bury them. And what about the band of misfits and miscreants he calls his friends? Can he trust them? Or wil...

Rock and Roll Reunions Can Be Murder!Portland's Tie-dyed Detective Cracks Another Case.(The sequel to THE HARD KARMA SHUFFLE)When The Velvet Miasma self-destructed on stage in the mid seventies, band members vowed they'd never perform together again. But it’s 1998, retro is in, and a reunion means big bucks. Thor, the band's egocentric leader, recruits aging hippie Paladin to dry out the lead guitar player and persuade sexy Maggie Thunder to return to the stage. Pal...

Mystery authors Carolyn J. Rose and Mike Nettleton serve up 32 short stories featuring detectives, killers, ghosts, radio deejays, thwarted authors, bungling criminals, Harry Houdini, Santa Claus, insurance salesmen, young lovers, talking vegetables, mistaken assumptions, and paranoid conclusions.

(If you like this book check out the sequel, DECEPTION AT DEVIL'S HARBOR.)When the body of an unscrupulous land developer washes in with the tide, there are more motives for murder than grains of sand on the beach at Devil's Harbor, Oregon.Vince Grabowski created an environmental disaster, hatched shady investment schemes, lied, cheated, and bullied residents into going along with plans to commercialize the quirky community.Those who wanted him off the planet includ...

(The sequel to DEATH AT DEVIL’S HARBOR)It’s bedlam by the bay.It’s chaos on the coast.It’s another dustup in Devil’s Harbor, that quirky Oregon community.When an image appears scorched into a breaded crab cake some say it’s a miracle. Others say it’s a disaster.The image draws swarms of pilgrims, trying the patience of residents and stressing the town’s aging sewage treatment system. Facing huge financial penalties, Mayor Henri Trevelle plants portab...