Cory Sergeant, a modern day Black woman computer scientist, is trapped in the body of a white man in a fantastically realistic simulation of cotton plantation in 1860. Who and what can she pretend to be in order to survive? How can she help the slaves all around her without bringing catastrophe down upon them and on herself? Who can she share her thoughts, her fears, and her beliefs with? What lessons can she draw from her life, her parents, and her friends that might guide her in this str...

When a star woman athlete dies ahead of Bend's famed Pole Pedal Paddle multi-sport race, Sheriff's Detective Carl Breuninger finds multiple suspects but no proof that the woman's death was murder. Sarah Chatham, the attorney the victim hired shortly before she died, believes the woman stole a fortune and ingeniously hid the money. Sarah and Carl help each other find the truth through intertwined investigations, interrupted by the gang-style execution of a prominent citizen during the race ...

Road rage or calculated slaughter? On a sunny morning in the resort community of Sunriver, who would turn a shotgun on a respectable older man driving a Mercedes? Deschutes County Sheriff's Detective, Carl Breuninger, is left with no witnesses, no motivation, no murder weapon, and no suspects.The victim's wife seeks guidance from her kindhearted art instructor, Leon Martinez. Leon has painted a watercolor of the crime scene, only to discover that he has connections to the victim, m...

A murder mystery set in Central Oregon, starting with a murder committed in 1966 and ending with the murderer finally identified in 2018. The Mount Bachelor Murders features continuing characters from Suspects and The Mirror Pond Murders but can be fully enjoyed without reading the earlier books.When Erik Peterson is found buried in snow at the new Mt. Bachelor Ski Area, Sheriff's Detective Forest Connor cannot find or identify the young man Erik was skii...

jeff hanley, 32, is reeling from the failure of quickrabbit, a san francisco dotcom company where he was the vp of software. his dedication to the company has caused jeff's chinese-american wife, cheri, to divorce him and keep jeff's two sons away from him. quickrabbit's failure has left jeff with a large and inescapable debt to the irs.jeff's leap off the golden gate bridge is aborted by achmed fandy, who attempts to recruit jeff for a terrorist suicide mission. achmed introduces ...

On the Road from Burns brings to life a still remote part of the American west. In sixteen stories dating from 1853 to 2039, Ted Haynes presents fascinating characters facing the wide open opportunites of this beautiful land. We meet pioneers, Indians, scoundrels, lumber camp women, and even aliens who love to ride horses. The stories in range in style from humorous to sad, from suspense to romance, and from realistic to imaginative. In "Bridges" a rancher rides two days with his ...

Four murders, none by a serial killer but all linked to a beautiful pond in the heart of Bend, and to Sarah Chatham, a successful Portland attorney who thought she was coming to Bend to retire. Are the killers long gone or still in Bend, pretending to be upstanding citizens? Police detective Jim Sorenson thinks one murder was an accident. Can Sarah change his mind?

Central Oregon was the last frontier of the American West. Mountains, deserts, and deep river gorges kept it isolated well into the twentieth century. The region was almost uninhabited when William Plutarch Vandevert, legendary bear hunter, homesteaded a site on the Little Deschutes River in 1892 and built a log house that served his family for three generations. The Vandeverts raised cattle, sold timber, and served their community as civilization grew up around them. The ranch has been ho...

Dan Martinez, twenty-eight, laid off from his job with a law firm in Portland, Oregon, decides to train for an off-road triathlon in rural Central Oregon. After a run, Dan comes to the back door of his childhood friend, Candy Winterpol, to find Candy’s husband, Ken, barely conscious on his deck. Dan and Candy help Ken into the kitchen and call 911. When Detective Breuninger of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Department arrives with the medics, Dan and Candy realize they may be charged with ...

On The Road from Burns brings to life a still remote part of the American west. In sixteen stories dating from 1853 to 2037 Haynes presents pioneers, Indians, scoundrels, lumberjack daughters, and even aliens who love to ride horses. A wild ride with a master storyteller."These stories are a delight. Vibrant, inventive, varied, original and packed with colorful characters, they explore a special place and its people with a practiced eye and a generous heart." - Tom Parker, author o...

When young Black computer engineer Cory Sergeant agrees to test a time-travel simulation, she intends to visit the day of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Instead she finds herself trapped in an extremely detailed simulation of an 1860 Alabama cotton plantation.She must playact the part of her avatar, a newly arrived white male tutor, in order to survive while trying to find a way out of the sim, which feels all too real. But slavery horrifies her, and she struggles to ...

Road rage or calculated slaughter? On a sunny morning in the resort community of Sunriver, who would turn a shotgun on a respectable older man driving a Mercedes? Deschutes County Sheriff's Detective, Carl Breuninger, is left with no witnesses, no motivation, no murder weapon, and no suspects.The victim's wife seeks guidance from her kindhearted art instructor, Leon Martinez. Leon has painted a watercolor of the crime scene, only to discover that he has connections to the victim, mu...