Loser washes up in gas station restrooms, wears Salvation Army giveaways, and eats what she can find, beg, or filch. Life on the streets of Richmond, Virginia, is hard, but it's better than facing her demons. That is, until she meets Bryn, a little girl who steals her heart. When Bryn's daddy is accused of murder, there's no one willing to help except Loser. Penniless, almost mute, and terrified of failure, Loser attempts to gather her resources and prove Nick Saraff is innocent of the cri...

The popular historical series The Simon & Elizabeth Mysteries is now together in a boxed set for e-book. Join commoner Simon Maldon as he meets and becomes friends with Princess Elizabeth, Henry VIII's daughter, and moves with her through crime-solving adventures. Praised its for characters, historical detail, and engaging mysteries, this series shines!Book #1 Her Highness' First MurderBook #2 Poison, Your GraceBook #3 The Lady Flirts with DeathBook #4 Her M...

This suspense/mystery has a paranormal element and a plot twist that makes it all the more delightful to visit Chicago's streets in the 1960s.Leo appears to be just another downtown bum, but he and Libby, Memnet, and Roy share a secret that requires constant vigilance. They live off the grid in the basement of an almost forgotten museum and survive mostly by committing petty crimes. Each of them has gifts for surviving; each has weaknesses as well. They make it through each day by ...

Secretive men, ancient spies, the location of a huge cache of treasure, and, most amazing of all, secrets concerning England's greatest playwright await readers in SHAKESPEARE'S BLOOD.While vacationing in Britain, Mercedes Maxwell discovers a woman stabbed to death in an old castle. Soon afterward her traveling companion is murdered, and Mercedes is horrified to learn the police suspect her of the murder.An old journal she discovers in her luggage that might connect the two...

How do years of sharing everything, from genetics to hairbrushes, result in people so different from each other?Three sisters raised in Michigan follow completely different pathways. The oldest, Nettie, threw away every advantage she had when she was still in her teens, and her mystified parents and siblings watched in horror as she spent years in squalor and degradation. Middle sister Ruth fell in love with a wealthy man and now has a life beyond all the dreams she spun in the cram...

When one of Edward VI's council members is poisoned, Elizabeth fears a plot against her brother the king. Her fears worsen when whispers surface that she herself is responsible. With no one she can turn to at the palace, she asks her old friend Simon Maldon to help her prove that she isn't guilty of murder and treason, but they face a clever killer who cannot be caught and will not be stopped.

Zalea and Milla Wood know little about the world outside their tribe's land-hold. In school they learned about the troubled Old Times, when bad leaders wreaked havoc on the nation, but that was before they were born. Today the sisters live in a community that shares roots, culture, and beliefs, where everyone knows everyone and all are treated fairly under the guidance of the girls' Grandfather, Ben Woods.Seventeen-year-old Zalea is a firebrand who has always seen cracks in the trib...

Escaping Chicago one step ahead of the police, con artist Kip Morgan looks for a way to start replacing what he's lost. Answering an ad for a private investigator in a small Michigan town, he meets Maureen and Jocelyn Waite, and Kip's life will never be the same.Finding that few trust the sleuthing abilities of two sixty-plus women, Mo and Jo Waite are looking for a face for their business that's young, confident, and, they admit ruefully, male.Jo is immediately convinced K...

Tonnie Berndt wakes from a coma to find that the world around her has drastically changed. As she struggles to deal with the shocks and surprises of her return to life, she feels compelled to ask questions.*What really happened to her beloved husband Stuart?*How can people believe what's being said about him?*Why does she feel like everyone, even Stu's former partner Luke, are keeping secrets from her?Tonnie's questions lead her into danger, and the threat soon ...

What happens when a murder victim doesn't understand what happened? In the four volumes of The Dead Detective Mysteries, readers get an intriguing, often humorous answer. Seamus the Dead Detective will discover what you need to know about why you died, who killed you, and what happened after that.

From the author of KIDNAP.org and Pharma Con comes Book #3 of the Kidnap Capers. Readers of the series know the lovable misfits who make up the Kidnap Gang: Robin, a former legal secretary; Cam a guy with developmental delays; Hua, a former victim of human trafficking, Tom, a disabled veteran; and Luca, a woman with an "interesting" past. In an earnest desire to right wrongs for the little guys, the Kidnap Gang abducts cheaters, shows them the error of their ways, and rel...

This compelling story focuses on friendship, love, loss, and the life-changing power we gain by helping others. Spanning the decades from the 1960s to the present, the events play out in two primary locations, Thailand and Michigan's Mackinac Island.On a cruise ship in the Gulf of Thailand, passenger Elvera Tharp, known as Miss E, has a reputation for being difficult—almost impossible—to please. When new employee Michael volunteers to be full-time steward to the ornery old woman, h...