RETIRED INTELLIGENCE agent Winston Crisp thought his career of delving into dark, unpleasant secrets was long over. He'd forsaken adventure and settled comfortably into the tiny community on Penobscot Island off the coast of Maine. There, he's content to write poems no magazine will publish, gossip with the locals around the pot-bellied stove at the hardware store, and gain weight on his landlady's homestyle cooking. But when the body of a young woman is found, he just can't refrain from a...

In grade school when one of Albert's teachers had said "everybody's special," a classmate quipped, "Albert's terminally special." He was probably right. Albert had never felt at home in the world; he didn't know why people did what they did, or thought what they thought, or were the way they were. And talking to them only made things worse. Not that he really ever noticed . . . until they started killing each other all around him. Suddenly, he had to understand, because one of the people t...

n this second book in the series, Bean, Ab and their friend Spooky are looking for pirate's treasure and learn about the somewhat checkered life of Abnezar Twing, a pirate who lived on Penobscot Island many years ago. In the course of the investigation, Ab is kidnapped, and the youngsters soon figure out that some of the guests at the local bed-and-breakfast know more than they're saying. Adding to the mystery, is that appearance of a legendary spector from the island's dark past: the Blac...

Nothing made sense to Albert.Why would anyone want to kill Professor Glenly because of Etruscans? Why did everyone think Tewksbury had done it? And why did the cassette recorder stop working when you spilled beer on it?Albert didn't think like most people. He never understood how they could spout their age, or weight, or Social Security Number off the top of their head without looking it up somewhere.All Albert knew was music.The orbit of his tiny, coffee-st...

The danger-prone teens thwart drug runners, escape from federal agents, and side-rail assassins. When Ab first arrives on the ferry from New York, Bean is concerned that his longtime friend has grown up too much. She doesn't seem anything like his mystery-solving pal from the summer before. To make matters worse, she has brought along a spoiled Middle Eastern princess, Dahab, and her strict governess, Miss Termagaunt.Bean's feelings are hurt by Ab's snub, but he has bigger problems...

For as long as she could remember, Ab and her family had spent summers on Penobscot Island, off the coast of Maine – and far away from the sun-baked streets of their home in New York City. And every year, she spent time with Bean Carver who was her best friend, even if he didn't seem to notice she was a girl. This year, Bean tells Ab that the Moses Webster House where she is staying with her parents is haunted, and the two friends become immersed in the history of the house and solving a m...

A Terrible Mercy is the world's first real-time novel, meaning that it will be updated and re-published every three months to reflect current events.To conquer the demons without, one must first recognize those within."Tertullian - 148 A.D.It is Christmas Eve in Rome, and the Pope is dying. Among millions of faithful who have come to share in his final Mass, is an American doctor on a mission; to bring the world to an end.A mismatched quartet of ordinary peop...

In order to save a kidnapped child, Winston Crisp must first battle a merciless and insidious enemy: senility. Where does the past end, and the present begin; and how does one untangle them? Why do the ghosts of so many dead suddenly people his dreams? Or is he dreaming?

The third Charlotte Diamond mystery.Retired FBI senior investigator Charlotte Diamond finds herself jetting from murder on one coast of the United States to kidnapping on another in attempts to save both her lover and her former husband. Charlotte follows her new-found companion, the leading movie actress, Brenda Brandon, to Hollywood. Brenda had abruptly abandoned Hollywood and the movies and returned to her hometown of Hopewell on the Choptank, on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. But a...

Can people learn to leave the past behind them, and move on? Flora has tried hard to do this but her wartime past as a secret agent just won't let go of her. The spymaster she knew then seems to be pulling the strings again as an old adversary reappears in her life. Meanwhile her friendship with Oliver Quest goes through a difficult patch after a silly argument. He takes on the task of looking after a very special painting belonging to an important industrialist and she looks for a job as ...

Frozen in Crime is the fifth novel in the Pitkirtly mystery series.As Christmas approaches, deep snow cloaks the little town of Pitkirtly, an armed robbery takes place and Jemima's husband Dave disappears.Amaryllis, searching for adventure, wants to go on an epic quest but Christopher, needless to say, isn't at all happy about the prospect. They both find themselves trekking through the snow anyway. Meanwhile at the police station Charlie Smith and his men, trapped at work ...

Writing Can Be Murder!Is there life on other planets? Does your love life need a boost? Do you believe in vampires? Don't you wish you were that stylish chick-lit kind of girl? All of these questions seem a little strange, but not if you are attending a book talk...When local writers present their books at the Pecan Bayou Library, one author gets a killer review. Betsy Livingston, there to talk about her own gripping book on helpful hints around the house, finds herself the...