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Barrie Bennett is buried in plans for a gratitude party for her neighbors, who stood by her during Captain Conklin’s quest for power. Videos of his behavior go viral and he is soon headed out of town. In the meantime, it’s time for the Christmas season at her Flea Market Flip Shop in Key Largo. The most recent restoration project, a giant oak mantel, its front peppered with tack-holes from generations of stockings hung by the chimney with care. A big surprise: two secret panels at the base of each leg. Finally, the mantel’s panels open revealing silver coins from a ship sunk in 1688 ...

Barrie Bennett has a talent for turning junk into unique and useful things. It’s a profitable enterprise. But so far, it hasn’t been without its problems. The last one ended her up in the hospital. That won’t happen again. No way. Her newest find: a 100-year-old sewing machine cabinet, will soon be a bathroom vanity. Found in one of the drawers is a book. Not just any book. A first edition Grapes of Wrath, valued somewhere around $50K. She doesn’t feel right keeping it. Unfortunately, returning the book to its original owner causes a whole mess of trouble. Meanwhile, her sister has ...

A strange burst of energy at a Mount Shasta, California spiritual retreat for kids has an unexpected and most extraordinary outcome. Jade has converted her Mount Shasta school for advanced spirituality into a retreat for kids. The first session is a rousing success, except for two things... Her daughter K’iin is manipulated by the spirit of her great-grandfather Zipacna, who seems determined to cause chaos and dissention amongst the group. Amid this turmoil, Zipacna senses a disturbing explosion of energy near the complex. He relates this to the family, but because of his recent behavior,...

A local drama teacher is found dead with a makeup tube duct taped into her mouth. Everyone is devastated, especially Kiana Smith, co-author of the most recent production intended to raise money for the floundering drama program. Although her own community theater is in the midst of its next production, Angie Deacon agrees to help out. But the principal announces she’ll be working on the case. Since she and Detective Colby Jarvis’ near-death experience in a recent case, she’s sworn to leave investigating to the professionals. Angie thinks the gene that produced maternal instinct is ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from JJ Cale songs, help Joy solve the murder of a young girl’s parents thought to have died in a horrific car crash? Happy times arrive in central Florida as Joy, Anna, and Whitney, prepare to renovate an old warehouse into a place where kids of all ages can hang out and learn how to ‘pay it forward’. Because of an endowment from one of Uncertain’s leading citizens, The Down ’n Dirty Brigade will soon become a reality. Even the adults in town are excited for a safe place the kids can hang out. Naturally, things in Uncertain don’t remain ...

Angie Deacon’s partner has gone to Broadway to follow his dream, and she’s left alone to produce Prince & Pauper’s first play of the new year. Proudly she narrows the group of leading-man applicants to pharmaceuticals salesman Stone Powers. His six-pack abs and charisma have the female cast practically swooning. Stone accepts the attention with cool professionalism, even as wives pop up like dandelions in a field. When he arrives drunk at the theater two days in a row, Angie isn’t surprised; keeping three wives from learning of each other could drive anyone to drink. The next day, ...

A kidnapped dachshund. Poison lemonade. A van forced over an embankment. And a mysterious 50-year old diary. Could such seemingly random events be related? Glenn and Lindsay Reade are out buying used books for their bookstore—always seeking that valuable First Edition so coveted by collectors. Instead they discover a diary, written by a troubled teen more than 50 years ago. Within moments of its discovery, their lives turn upside down. Attacks are perpetrated, people are dying. Is it somehow related to the diary? IF so, who in the tiny close-knit Berkshire town could still care? But ...

A spear is unearthed from Inca ruins on a hillside in Peru. Although the jade spearhead originated 3,000 miles away and 1400 years in the past, carvings on the shaft unite Mexican and Peruvian images with a more recent time period. But more remarkable is the strange dialect now issuing from the resident archaeologist’s mouth. Is it coincidence that, in Mexico, two-year-old K’iin K’aay is suddenly speaking the same language used by the archaeologist? Jade and husband Luna are buried in preparations to sponsor the world’s largest spiritual healing festival at their school. So buried ...

The barking dog's owner lay dead in the living room Angie was last seen in a confrontation with him Several other people have better motives--but she is the main suspect. Especially when his wife is found dead later--and once again Angie was the last to see her alive. Angie Deacon thought her vacation in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire would be relaxing. But the dog next door would not stop barking. After two sleepless nights, she confronts the handsome, athletic owner at the local diner. When he doesn't even apologize... Their ‘discussion’ ends in a near knockdown drag-out.The following ...

Barrie Bennett is ecstatic about the opening of her store: Flea Market Flip Shop in Key Largo, Florida. Her brand-new project: recycling a dozen terracotta pots, vases, and urns, into a spectacular garden fountain. Well, that’s the plan, but a body under the pile of ceramic puts the job on hold. There is a positive side: Captain Conklin doesn’t try to blame her for it. Yet. She and sister Holland are looking forward to their first Thanksgiving together in many years. Until their parents come to visit. Normally, that’s a good thing…but Mom’s biological clock is booming, and ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from Bruce Springsteen songs, help Joy solve the murder of a prominent philanthropist? Turmoil comes to Uncertain, Florida in several ways. First, Joy’s roommate, Whitney falls from a ladder during a design job and breaks her ankle. No problem. Joy simply goes along and does the heavy lifting. The second bit of trouble is the most…well, troubling. Joy’s parents arrive unexpectedly, each with a goal. Robert wants his daughter back in Maryland to take over the family business. And all Jillian’s friends are boasting about new grandchildren, and ...

It’s official, Grayson has moved to Hawaii. Barrie’s not really ready to jump into life without him, but sometimes you have no choice. And she’s doing okay until she’s turning a hickory dining table into a foyer bench for her Flea Market Flip Shop. The problem? The underside of the table holds a message written in blood—a clue to an unsolved murder case from three months ago. New Captain Tina Samoset reopens the murder case, determined to find the woman’s killer. To that end, she compels Barrie’s involvement in the investigation. A second problem is Gray’s smothering ...

Why do we fear death? Does reincarnation really exist? Why were references of it removed from the bible? Interview with a Soul is intended to answer these questions and more. In a sometimes lighthearted, sometimes serious fictional format, the author hopes to help people understand how the after-death ‘process’ works. Obsidian is funny and irreverent, and scared silly as he stands before the Council of Elders. They guide him gently through his recent life events, and help him decide which situations he could’ve improved, and which were a success. Afterward, he chooses the where, who, ...

Barrie Bennett’s trouble starts with a recycling cabinet made from a storage container. A lot of work sanding and refinishing, but the result is stunning. She can understand why two people might want it. What she doesn’t get is why they use fisticuffs to settle the dispute inside her Flea Market Flip Shop. One thing she does know: sooner or later she’ll see these people again. Sure enough, the next day, she finds Brenda Shaw’s body stuffed inside the cabinet. Trouble is, the woman’s partner in crime has an airtight alibi: he was at a nude bar in Key West. When Barrie’s tires are...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from Neil Diamond songs, help Joy solve the murder of a local woman competing in the annual fishing derby? The phone rings at the butt-crack of dawn. Life for Joy, Whitney, and Anna rapidly spirals out of control. Within hours, the only fisher-woman at the derby is found crammed in her ex-husband’s smoker. Even though Ronnie’s less-than-sparkling personality offers up a voluminous number of suspects, her on-again-off-again relationship with the ex makes him the leading suspect. But was it possible for the 110-pounds-soaking-wet man to lift the 180-...

Can a yellow-throat toucan, and lyrics from Jimmy Buffett’s songs help Joy solve a month-old murder? The central Florida town of Uncertain looms as a mere distraction for Joy Wagner when the new-to-her motorcycle breaks down under a banner publicizing the annual mud festival. Why would anyone celebrate mud? Sounds disgusting, but she’s stuck here till her bike’s fixed. In less than an hour, her luck changes. She’s offered pizza-for-life and a job at Moore’s General Store. The job comes with two perks: a yellow-throated toucan, which is odd enough, but add to that the ghost of ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from Cat Stevens’ songs, help Joy solve the murder of the vice-principal in the middle of her marriage proposal? Joy is finally settling down. She’s bought a house but it needs work. No problem, as she has amazing friends to help out, but a kink in the plans arises when she enlists Trinity’s help ‘relocating’ Merrick’s ghost to the new address. Meanwhile, Joy, Anna, and Whitney are immersed in making a snowy Christmas wonderland in the high school gym, even though they live in sunny Florida. Things go well until a man in a ten-gallon hat, ...

The mammoth chandelier in a pile behind her garage is calling. Time for Barrie Bennett, junk refurbisher extraordinaire, to turn it into something beautiful for her Flea Market Flip Shop. But while she’s deciding what to do with it, intrepid Captain Tina Samoset makes a discovery that blows the lid off her plans. The diamonds and pearls, hundreds of them, worked into the fixture’s filigree design, are real. They can’t be. Can they? The total value has to be astronomical. The chandelier’s been in her junk pile for more than two years. Surely, someone would’ve missed it by now. Two ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from Jim Croce’s songs, help Joy solve the murder of one of Uncertain Florida’s leading citizens? Joy and Diablo, the yellow throat toucan, return to the central Florida town of Uncertain to attend a friend’s wedding, and soon Xander and Amanda are zipping off to their honeymoon in Alaska. Joy is delighted the annual chili cook-off is happening that weekend also. Second to pizza and peanut butter, chili’s her all-time favorite—the spicier the better. Unfortunately, someone uses the hubbub of the cook-off crowd to poison Darcy, a popular ...

How can the number one thoroughbred in the country disappear while on a practice run at the track? Ocho Rios, the number one thoroughbred in the country, has just been sold for $10.7 million. The new owner watches him run a practice lap at the Lexington, Kentucky track—ears are back, mane flying, hooves pounding the dirt. But as the sweaty animal returns trackside, it’s quickly obvious another horse has taken Ocho Rios’ place. He was only out of sight for three seconds while he rounded the backstretch. How could a substitution be made with dozens of people looking on? And who is the ...