Larry Edwards unmasks the emotional trauma of violent loss as he ferrets out new facts to get at the truth of how and why his parents were killed.In 1977, Loren and Joanne Edwards left Puget Sound aboard their 53-foot sailboat Spellbound, destined for French Polynesia. Six months later they lay dead aboard their boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Larry's younger brother became the prime suspect in the FBI's murder investigation. But federal prosecutors never indicted him, lea...

Buckhorn #3: The Gallant GunsWritten by Larry EdwardsGriff Buckley: the tall, implacable Texan, who reluctantly provides the driving force to keep the fugitives pushing on in their quest for freedom.Joaquin Valdez: young aristocrat of the Mexican hierarchy, has never before fired on another human being – but he learns fast.Armida and Marita: his twin cousins, unwilling fugitives from one of the most notorious gangs of cutthroats ever spawned, Ben Callendar’s...

Construction workers in the San Juan Islands of Washington State discover the body of a man who had disappeared three decades earlier. Threats again haunt investigative journalist Rent Beacham as he turns to the San Diego Herald newspaper archives to dig into the man's disappearance following a toxic-waste scandal in the wake of the America's Cup sailing regatta in San Diego, California.Rent confronts prominent property developer J...

When investigative journalist Rent Beacham looks into reports of EBT fraud, he has no clue his investigation not only will take him into a remote, semi-lawless area of San Diego County, but that a twist of fate will give his probe a more personal—and deadly—nature than he ever imagined.As Rent digs deeper, he suspects a sinister criminal enterprise lies behind the fraudulent activity. When horseback riders discover human remains at an abandoned gold mine in historic Chariot Canyon,...

"You'll understand when you grow up." "Just wait until you have kids." "Well, when I was a kid..." "Just do as I say." "You're going to thank me for this someday." Gap: a space between two people or things; a hole or space where something is missing. (Merriam-Webster) Generation Gap: the difference in opinions, values, etc. between young and older people. (Merriam-Webster) Generation gaps are timeless. The first one was probably between Adam and Eve and their sons Cain and Abel. Occasional...

He’s been slapped by Frank Sinatra, hugged by John Lennon, and ridiculed by The Beatles’ record label. It all happened over his song Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘round the Ole Oak Tree that ignited emotions of love, patriotism, and forgiveness in billions of fans.Born in Newark, New Jersey, Larry Russell Brown stole food to feed himself and his six brothers and sisters. His enterprising methods including stealing a car that landed him in jail at age eleven in the State Ho...

From the authors of the “true crime classic”* Notes on a Killing comes the harrowing story of the games that couples play—and what happens when role-playing becomes a deadly reality.Was murder part of the game?Seventeen-year-old Kat McDonough grew up with theater in her blood—and a penchant for make-believe. More than a decade older, Seth Mazzaglia was well known in the community theater circle of Portsmouth, New Hampshire...

True crime.When Brad Baker met Andrea Currier, it was classic middle America meets old money. Brad was from Indiana and dabbled in politics; Andrea was the great-granddaughter of Andrew Mellon, former Secretary of Treasury for three Republican presidents. Andrea's net worth was in the range of $500 million.It started out like a romance novel and ended with a shotgun blast New Years Eve.

From the co-author of I Would Find a Girl Walking and an award-winning true-crime television reporter comes the shocking story of Debbie Flores, a Las Vegas showgirl whose dreams of a dazzling career ended in a nightmare…Vivacious Debbie Flores was a college educated Washington Redskins cheerleader when she headed for “Sin City.” It was a smart move for the aspiring showgirl who’d soon be making her star-making solo debut at the legendary Luxor. But after ...

A Millionaire Has An Affair. His Wife Throws Him Out. She Gets The Mansion, The Business, The Cash. His Parents' Business. His Parents' Cash. She Gets Shot And Doesn't Know It. The Bullet Disappears. He Goes To Prison. His Parents Flee The Country. He Weds The Other Woman Behind Bars. Has There Ever Been A Case Like This?--The Miami Herald, Tropic MagazineFLOWERS FOR MRS. LUSKIN begins with a flower delivery to the best house in th...

Blonde, beautiful, and now missing, Robyn Gardner took a secret trip to Aruba that no one in her family knew about until two days after she vanished without a trace.Tina Watson was a young and pretty newlywed found dead at the bottom of the ocean just one week into a dream Australian honeymoon.Two women who went on separate vacations and didn’t return home alive. Were they victims of men who plotted their perfe...

A WALKING NIGHTMARE-IN SIZE-NINE STILETTOS . . .The officer responding to a 911 call at one of Houstons hippest high-rises expected the worst. After all, domestic violence situations can be unpredictable. But nothing couldve prepared him for what he found: a beautiful woman drenched in blood . . . an older man lying dead on the floor . . . and a cobalt blue suede stiletto with tufts of white hair stuck to its five-and-a-half-inch heel.With her stunning looks, magnetic per...