Galileo is credited with the first telescope, but there were many people involved before him. However, he made it into a science.Metal mirrors were first used to reflect the star light. They worked but had problems. When glass could be formed into mirrors and then silvered to reflect the star light, astronomy became a true science. In England in the 1850-90 a small university had the money and telescope to do leading edge astronomy. Unfortunately, over time the money ran out and oth...

A small town in the middle of the country has only two stores, no post office, a sheriff paid by the mile, no schools, a part time Public Works person, a gas station with one pump that closes at dusk, and a lunch counter where you eat off the kitchen table.In all of this or the lack of it, a young lady called Sam wants to start a Daycare Center. In a town that has the sheriff's single squad car uses a 12-volt battery to power his flashing lights.Mildred, the town gossip and l...

Detective Rage and Sergeant Jones after their shooting date, skip the watering hole and go rock climbing. First they need to stop at Rage's home for their gear, and she is driving. They find a delivery truck in her driveway, but she is not expecting anything.Will they get out of her house before the package blows? They take her to the hospital after the explosion and she is wondering about watching submarine races as Jones drives her to Yakima for safety.Why is the Navy so up...

The Interlude #70 book is the final installment in the Detective Rage Mystery Series and becomes Book #108. It was written in 2000 but never published, As a final installment, there are a few points that could be clarified, explained, or not. Some may be better left to your imagination.Yes, there has to be a shootout, a case solved and what are the characters planning on doing when left on their own. But It is time to wrap it up.Of course the Madam may run a muck or not. She ...

These two books cover the little-known history of Roma where their records were lost or never recorded. Even oral tradition is lacking.The first book is when Roma was small but growing.The Road North First Step is when the Roman Empire's total army was about 10 legions. There is a desperate need to expand the road north through land not Roman to Port Quid on the northern sea. Goods can be moved to Rome during the winter storms. Some welcome the road through their lands, othe...

Rage wants to go fishing away from the crowds and brew some sagebrush tea. She drags Jones along for company and he makes a good pack animal. To get away from the crowds she decides to go into the Montana high country and even better a more or less restricted area to everyone.It takes Colonel Hill to deliver them into Montana and another plane into the area she has chosen. The fish and animals have not seen a human for maybe 100 years. Things are going well until someone or somethin...

An abandoned car in West Seattle raises a few flags when Detective Rage's police business card is found on the passenger's side foot area. It is plain, it was carefully placed there to be found. The car is towed to the police garage and torn down to the frame to find anything else. But the only thing found is that all the computer counts are set to zero. Most difficult to do is the milage, and it is zero. The car was later found to be stolen but the owner has been in Hawaii for a week and ...

Rage and Jones are going to the Ballet, to fit in they will need proper attire. Jones is worried that his Goodwill shirt and tie will not past the mustard, and what is it going to cost? The Salon is giving them the full treatment.Rage says, "Jones is the cat's meow." He has no words for her but just looks. Then they add a 22 diamond broach for her to wear.Jones is given a title, a man servant to fill the cover, and the penthouse in the Olympic Hotel in Seattle.What doe...

Someone or some group is out to remove Detective Rage from the playing field permanently. Several earlier attempts were cheap shots because that is what they could afford. But the last one was an expensive attempt to bring down an FBI jet with her in it.Detective Rage and Sergeant Jones find a bomb under her jeep in the police garage. That had the Inspector Strong sending her and Sergeant Jones away, far away. Searching through about 100 cases Detective Rage had worked on only adds...

Red Bird's people lack a written record and barely have a small record on a twisted piece of string.Red Bird is an outcast. She is claimed by no clan in the ceremony. She will be sent to the never land, never to return. She grows enough to be accepted by the twiners. She is sent to collect food from the great waters where only the burial log is permitted to be and those who build them. But there is some history of every burial log. The size, cycles required to build, trees prepared ...

The Sickness is in the year 2041. Rebekka Lindgren, better known as Rebe is a newly board-certified medical doctor in Denmark. She is also awarded two PhDs in mathematics.Unknown to Rebe her medical advisor applied in her name to the only larger medical school in Denmark. The President of the medical school believes he will be interviewing for an internship.In the hospital Rebe starts to come across patients with very unusual symptoms. Their age and sex vary, and she does not...

The Detective Rage Mysteries follow the exploits of Janette Ward Rage from her time as a cowgirl in Idaho, to a patrolman in Seattle, then her career as a Homicide Detective.Her boss Inspector Strong, functions as a Chief. He seldom visits a crime scene. He fishes with the FBI Regional Director, Ted McClearly. Her senior lead is Detective Harry Smith. He famous for his Sears Sucker suits.Patrolman Samuel Ray Jones is slightly junior to Rage in the police department. Their pat...