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A private investigator visite the secluded mining town of Stillwell, Colorado, to find a missing miner named Randall Cook. The trail leads to a tangled mystery when the investigator learns that Cook is dead, buried under a rockfall in the mine. As the PI digs deeper, he suspects that the story behind the death isn't as simple as it seems. With the tight-knit town hiding secrets and the mine's dangers looming, the investigator must navigate a delicate balance between truth and survival.

It’s time to take a break from the world you think you know and to step through into another one. These five stories offer a guided tour of new possibilities and different places. They rely on magic, science, and sleight of hand, and will betray your trust at every opportunity. But just because they are fantastic, doesn’t mean they aren’t real (somewhere).You can stay tucked away on a safe perch and let this book unveil the genre-bending consequences of rather mino...

The magnetic pull of your opposites can provide an unfathomable attraction. To put it simply -- you know better. Still, that attraction is as powerful as the lure of the dark and giving in to it is as exciting as it is disruptive.

Tropical islands, clear, clean water, white sand beaches — images of tranquility. Yet, even there, bad things happen — even murder. But investigations require a different touch in the islands and aren’t handled much like the way they are in bigger, louder, confusing places.Includes: Death of a Sandman, Sweet Death, and The Missing Skillet~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~The sand was packed down harder where the gentle waves of the Caribbean Sea rose up and relentlessly pounded it...

They hit the road for adventure.Three friends want to shake off the doldrums and search out something new.Adventure is a rocky path and meeting an intriguing hooker, a Scorpio, in Las Vegas splits them up.Going back on the road in a dentist's Porsche leads through the Midwest to a small mountain town... an insignificant spot at the end of the road, high atop a mountain that doesn't even have a name. This is home to a short-order cook who is teaching...

Everyone has a theory about luck, wanting to attract good luck and keep bad away.When you make your living riding wild horses or, even worse, crazed bulls in a rodeo, you know that good luck isn’t just important — it is essential. If you could ever get a handle on it, maybe you’d figure out how to play things so you came out ahead, at least for a while.A story of loss and recovery and learning to take things as they come.

A story of frontier justiceThe wild west had its fair share of spooky stories, tall tales of strange goings on, heroic good guys, and evil villains. But, except around lonely campfires, you didn't often hear tales of paranormal critters running wild out there.And there was a reason. Back in them days, out in New Mexico Territory, folks had to learn to be self reliant. It was the frontier—the place where civilized people overlapped with the wild. So frontier...

Murder is always darkA private investigator finds the dead body of a man being investigated by another investigator. A possible suicide with a lot of reasons not to kill himself, and other people who might want to do it for him.A hard-boiled story of death and betrayal, with enough twists, enough double dealings to satisfy fans of Raymond Chandler.Get a copy now!

Tropical islands, clear, clean water, white sand beaches — images of tranquility. Yet, even there, bad things happen — even murder. But investigations require a different touch in the islands and aren’t handled much like the way they are in bigger, louder, confusing places.Includes: Death of a Sandman, Sweet Death, and The Missing Skillet~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~The sand was packed down harder where the gentle waves of the Caribbean Sea rose up and relentlessly pounded it...

Cities are breeding grounds for possibilities…Almost anything and everyone has a chance to be good, bad, heroic, evil, mundane, and magical. And most things, and people, are hybrids.Consider the countless opportunities for people to develop unique, innovative solutions to their problems; consider the challenge of surviving in the chaos of a teeming city where survival is a challenge; consider the opportunities for complete failure; and consider the options ...

Why did somebody kill that man?The mysterious death of a popular figure at a Caribbean resort has inspector Johnny Cliff wondering why someone might want him dead. He didn't seem to have any enemies, but there's no question it was murder. And he still has to solve the case of Henderson’s dog disappearing. It’s busy times on the island.~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~Johnny Cliff looked out over the white beach, taking in the crystal clear water. It was a shame, really. ...

If the crime is challenging and tangled, it's a proper crime.When Sherry Proper latches onto a crime, begins digging deep, she doesn't let go—not until she knows what is going on. Some people don't like that, especially the power brokers who run crime, the ones who benefit directly from the crimes. That makes a collision inevitable.Without a badge. Without a legal interest, Sherry is ready to find the truth.Sherry is ready for whatever comes. Are yo...