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Pearls Aren't for Kids A young Chinese boy by the name of Wong Chun Li accompanies his parents to Hawaii where his father plans to purchase the Outrigger Reef on the Beach Hotel. His father takes him to watch pearl divers and buy a string of pearls. The boy associates the pearls with the Hawaiian Islands and as he presents the gift to his mother says, “We have conquered the Islands of Hawaii for you.” Forty years later Bordeau and Bristol are asked to assist an intelligence officer with SUBPAC, Hawaii to investigate the murder of a radio operator on the attack submarine USS NORTH ...

A Whole Lot'a Shake'n Go'n On Trevor only has a year to go to earn his degree in Humanitarian Aid and Search and Rescue. He's taking the summer between his junior and senior years for a practicum in Search and Rescue. An 8.0 magnitude earthquake just occurred near Lake Van in Eastern Turkey. Trevor's on his way with four teams from the Orlando Search and Rescue Agency to assist in rescuing thousands of victims from the earthquake-prone region. He soon demonstrates that he has the knowledge and skills to lead in a remote and dangerous environment.

Did Katy Do It? The Katy Trail is a state park that runs about 250 miles along part of the Missouri River from Kansas City to St. Louis. It's a hiking/biking trail that was converted from the old Missouri/Kansas/Texas Railroad. The trail crosses the Missouri River at Boonville, Missouri, a river town named for the sons of Daniel Boone who retired near St. Louis. Bordeau and Bristol are requested by an FBI agent and one of his former students at Scotland Yard to investigate the disappearance of a biker traveling the Katy Trail. The case leads to the discovery of a series of murders that ...

Jesse Robinson tried to tell his father that they were in danger, that the increasing magnitude of the earthquakes meant the volcano they were climbing was about to erupt. If it did, they would be burned alive in the hot pyroclastic material that would sweep down the mountain. They had started their hike to the lava dome only a few hours earlier. But with the increase in shaking there must have been something wrong with the hazard alert under which they were granted the permit to enter the caldera. Will the volcano erupt? Why was the alert green, not red? Was someone trying to kill them? If...

Thank Heaven for Little Girls Bordeau and Bristol leave London with their new wives, Katherine and Cindy and travel by Eurostar to Marseille, France to meet Katherine's father, Liam Barnett, and family. But first, they plan to celebrate New Year's Eve in Paris. While there they enjoy classic tourist attractions, eat at well-known restaurants, and watch fireworks at the Eiffel Tower. An urgent message from Katherine's father causes them to hurry home to help Liam find who killed one of his nephews. When they arrive in Marseille Bordeau and Bristol are informed by Katherine's father that they...

Fires plague California, but now they seem to be turning the Golden State black. Jack Wilson watches fires char the hillsides around him in Santee, California until one approaches his home. He's forced to load up his family and seek refuge in Palm Springs when he discovers that the inferno was only a short distance away in a fifty-mile-per-hour wind. The smoke and flame of the Julian Fire was not done with him yet, but continued to chase his family for several more days. Did his home survive? Will he stay in California when firestorms continue to chase him?

Around the World in 80 weeks Pete's dad sailed around the world with his grandparents in the 50-foot sloop still stored next door in their yard. They don't plan to make the trip again and grandpa Langston has agreed to sell her to Mike Dempsey, a businessman and experienced sailor from Anacortes, Washington. Mike needs a three-man crew to sail her and has offered the position of Yeoman to Pete. After a year of restoration and several run-ups Expeditious is ready for the open sea. Join Pete as he sails to the watery part of the world.

Here a Million, there a Million Jesse’s walking Kim’s dogs when he’s snatched off the streets of Vancouver leaving them behind to fend for themselves. He's whisked away in the dark where he's imprisoned in an ancient, round tower to be tortured by a bearded Anglophile. What does the torturer want? Why is Jesse imprisoned in a round tower? Where is the tower? Will Kim be able find him? Will he be reunited with his cats, Max and Zoe, and her dogs, Lulu and Penny?

Give Me Some Iron and I'll Give You an Ice Age Bordeau and Bristol are requested to assist the New Orleans Police Department investigate why two helicopters carrying graduate students to oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have mysteriously crashed killing five people. Suspicions are raised that the crashes were not accidental. The students were working on a National Science Foundation grant designed to solve global warming by seeding the Gulf with iron and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Rumours are circulating among the maritime community and local environmentalists that the ...

Seniors are dying at the Brookside Senior Living Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. This is not unusual, but the rate has doubled in the last six months. One or two retirees are now dying each week. The executive director reports to the police that someone appears to be helping the grim reaper harvest his crop more quickly than expected. Chief Detective Bradley requests his friend and celebrated international investigator, Maurice Bordeau, and his confidante, Anthony Bristol, to take a break from their train tour across America and assist him to find the murderer.

Most families have interesting histories and personalities. There’s sometimes an Uncle Ted that never came back from the war or a cousin Rose who married the Grand Duke of Moravia. But most families in the Mid-western U.S. live normal lives and don’t move far from the farm or small town where they grew up. Doc’s Tribe, originating in Missouri and Illinois, was unique. Phillip and Louise, the parents of the Vardiman family, believed in culture, education, travel, and adventure that propelled their children into exciting careers and experiences. They also moved frequently and owned ...

Danny and Lucy Bishop, a husband and wife team of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, were vacationing in Key West, Florida. They noticed that a hurricane named Zelda just off the coast of Florida was acting very strangely. It was traveling in loops not far from their hotel. They decided to call up a friend in the National Weather Service and get permission to fly on the next Hurricane Hunter flight to see what was going on. This led to an international adventure of flying on multiple planes and advising the President about heat beams.

Danny and Lucy Bishop, a husband and wife team of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, were vacationing in Key West, Florida. They noticed that a hurricane named Zelda just off the coast of Florida was acting very strangely. It was traveling in loops not far from their hotel. They decided to call up a friend in the National Weather Service and get permission to fly on the next Hurricane Hunter to see what was going on, This led to an international adventure of flying on multiple planes and advising the President on heat beam warfare.

Nate's My Name and Traveling's My Game I like shiny eighteen-wheelers, but I never thought I’d spend three days in one exploring Canada. My dog, Cody, and I unexpectedly woke up in Big Red, a Peterbilt big rig, and traveled by ferry to a dozen cities in British Columbia. Join Cody and me on our adventure to see British Columbia.

Masada Shall Never Fall Again The B4 Detective Agency has free time between murder investigations during a three-week visit to the Holy Land. Stacie Schlomo, an Israeli Mossad Agent who helped hire Bordeau as a consultant offers to take his team to tour the Masada National Monument. While Bordeau's team is at the historical site a large group of Orthodox Jews in black, remove all tourists from the mountain to stage a protest. Stacie's small tour group is overlooked and swept up in the protest. They help recover the body of a fallen tourist, treat the head protestors for wounds, and capture ...

Damn the Torpedoes. Full Speed Ahead! The Mediterranean recently became an active war zone. Russia bolstered its naval fleet on the coast of Syria north of Beirut and in the Black Sea to support its invasion of Ukraine. Newly promoted Captain Dan Phillips just reported to duty aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as the new Information Warfare Officer for NATO whose job was to coordinate exercises for Strike Force 8 based in Naples. The exercises had barely begun when Russia cut off its oil flowing to Europe when an LNG tanker loaded with gas from a new source in Israel was sunk by a Russian ...

A Smooth Sea Never Made a Skilled Sailor Bordeau and Bristol end their year-long tour of America and return to England in this suspenseful romantic comedy, murder mystery. They've become infatuated with two women from Marseilles, France. The unlikely suitors attend plays and concerts in New York with their new girl friends, Katherine and Cindy, before departing for home. Friendship turns to love and Bordeau and Bristol decide to propose marriage at the top of the Empire State Building. After they learn how to properly say, I love you, and clear up a few misunderstandings, the Captain of the...

There's Go'na Be a Lot'a Shak'n Go'n On The San Andreas fault runs directly through California and under a portion of San Francisco. There have been fears for many years that another major earthquake like the one in 1906 could occur any time destroying the city and sending California into the Pacific Ocean. Two disenchanted college-age terrorists decide to use a bomb to trigger the built-up energy in the fault and wipe out the shambles thirty-million Californians had made and start again. One terrorist wishes to clear away the pollution, the industrialization, and the destruction of the ...

When You're in Luck, You're in Luck Willie Nelson's bus driver is killed and his guitar, Trigger, is stolen in the parking lot behind Ryman Hall, Bordeau and Bristol are recruited by the Nashville Police Department to find the killer and the guitar. Willie carries the two detectives on his tour bus, Honeysuckle Rose, to Memphis, Branson, and Austin to recover Trigger. The chase turns into a version of Smokey and the Bandit from Branson to the Missouri/Oklahoma State line. Following several adventures Willie shows Bordeau and Bristol his ranch outside Austin, Texas; takes them to see his ...