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This is book #1 in The Western Space Institute Series Dr. Macklin Carmichael, a Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist, is cast out from the scientific elite for his unwavering creationist beliefs. Devastated by the loss of his wife to COVID-19, he retreats to a haunted hilltop in Northern California, seeking solace among the stars. But when the Western Space Institute discovers tantalizing evidence of life on Exoplanet Hispaniola, 600 light years away, Mack’s unparalleled expertise becomes humanity’s last hope to unlock the truth. Teamed with Dr. Nola Dearing and protected by Brigadier ...

This is Book 1 of The Jab Bone Murder Mysteries series. Leona Wilkes was a 15-year old daughter of a prominent NorCal family. Sheriff Bob Corman tried unsuccessfully in locating her. With a re-election looming and his approval rating dropping precipitously in the polls, he became more and more desperate for a solution. He enlists in Jab Boone's help to track her. Jab soon discovers that he is the hunted prey—by the same man responsible for killing his wife, Tiffin, along with three other influential women, in a Bay Area car-bombing. Jab discovers a connection between his wife’s murder ...

Book #4 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Jab Boone is lured out of retirement to track the missing brother of a fellow orphan. Jab’s involvement leads to the dismissal of the recently orphaned FBI Special Agent Astrid Lundquist. Reluctantly, Jab joins forces again with the FBI. Little did he know that his tracking expertise would lead to gold smugglers and dark secrets under a carefully constructed lake!

On a primitive Exoplanet 26 light-years from Earth, historian Dr. Manfred Calistoga and his telepathic alien wife, Dr. Cansolo, volunteer as hostages to avert war with an immortal village untouched by time for three millennia. As they uncover a hidden spring that grants eternal youth—and a black hole devouring a neighboring world—their captivity becomes a desperate bid to unite two alien tribes, heal ancient betrayals, and decide whether forever is a gift or a cage.

Book #15 in the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Jab and his student trackers discover a commonality among missing teenage girls: they were all Girl Scouts! Worse, they deduce a heinous motive: 100 dead Girl Scouts at the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts. As more bodies are found, it’s up to Jab’s team to stop the person responsible—before any more Girl Scouts are killed!

A Mexican assassin, known as La Culebra, or The Snake, has taken his trade north of the border. He injects an incurable toxin called ricin through a spring-loaded umbrella tip. The FBI discovers one of his future victims is Jab Boone! Against his wishes, Jab and his wife, Tippy, are placed in witness protection. But, when it is La Culebra vs. Jab Boone, the outcome is not what Jab – or anyone else – expected!

Book #8 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Ezra Parkinson discovers the American Indian that taught Jab’s grandfather the art of tracking 40 years ago. But that discovery unearths deadly secrets—and those determined to keep them! Jab must find a way to draw those responsible for Jay Boone’s death out in the open—or be a target himself!

Book #10 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Ezra receives an anonymous package on his front porch. It details the bullying death of a former classmate that has haunted him over 30 years. Worse, the classmate’s killers have eliminated anyone who threatens their multi-billion dollar empire. With Jab’s and the FBI’s help, Ezra faces his billionaire tormenters in a kill-or-be-killed challenge!

Book #14 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series A year ago, Jab tracked the voice of Cristie Wickersham to her grisly resting place. What made the track so remarkable was that Cristie Wickersham died twelve years earlier. Now Jab is after the two ex-privates responsible and won’t rest until they are apprehended!

In the twenty-fifth (and final) Jab Boone Murder Mystery, Rachel Canaday, one of Jab's original high school tracking students, was found dead at the bottom of a canyon ravine. An investigation showed that Rachel, along with FBI ASAC Crystal Foxworthy, were forced off a cliff by the Loud Noise, a mountain-based militia. Jab vows to Rachel's parents to avenge Rachel's death and bring her killers to justice!

Book #9 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Jab’s town turns against him after his student trackers discover twenty dead girls were—drug-lord daughters of the Huerta Cartel! Soon the School Board fires Jab which splits the town wide open. But Jab isn’t convinced the Cartel is responsible for the subsequent reprisals. He feels the town—and the FBI are locked with tunnel vision. Jab’s determined to find the truth—and clear his name!

Former FBI Agent Garrett Keating's treason conviction is overturned by the California Supreme Court. He swears vengeance, not only to the FBI, but to Jab Boone. Keating aligns himself with a terrorist group that Jab brought to justice years back. Jab and his colleagues must somehow delay the group's next move: wreaking carnage upon thousands of innocent people! Their showdown leads to Mt. Jab. Both sides agree that there will be no arrests -- and no mercy! Jab and his friends must not only defeat their enemies with a creative solution, but stay alive themselves!

Book 7 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Sheriff Corman, Jab’s sworn enemy, recommends Jab to a Central California sheriff. Corman wants Jab to track a 12-year old cold case. Even harder, Jab would have to track the victim’s voice only. Complicating Jab’s time are ultra-extremist Arab murderers, practicing their deadly skills in Northern California. They’re targeting young, Mayoral daughters with Clare Blevens, Jab’s star tracking pupil, next!

Book #16 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series FBI ASAC Mickey O’Malley receives a desperate voicemail from a trapped teenage girl. Together with Jab and three other FBI agents, Mickey invades the underbelly of Miami. They not only rescue the girl but dare her vicious captors for a showdown. Jab reluctantly enlists a Mexican drug-lord to quash the Miami syndicate despite the disapproval from his FBI superiors! But he reasons that is the only way to stop the Miami drug lords from trapping more teenage girls!

Verna Claymore, a 16-year-old orphan, has run away from an abusive foster home in Seattle. She hitchhikes her way to Southern Oregon and enlists Jab's help. She discovered new information in her parents' murders over ten years ago. Jab accepts the challenge and begins an investigation throughout Northern Washington. Little does he know that the man who murdered Verna's folks will do everything in his power to destroy her as well!

Book #2 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series A sheriff in Southern Oregon taps Jab to find a kidnapped charter school teacher. It’s not enough for Jab to track the teenage killers. He must deal with a resentful deputy, his frightened girlfriend, and a town deep in mourning. But when Jab finds her body too late, it’s up to Jab and the sheriff’s department to stop the Termite Brigade—teen killers swearing vengeance on anyone standing in their way!

Book #6 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series A badly injured Jab Boone cannot directly lead the FBI against renegade ex-GIs targeting Muslim mosques. He is recuperating from a fractured larynx and broken ribs, suffered at the hand of Spangler the Strangler. But when Jab’s top three student trackers are tapped to find the bombers, Jab must trust a Saudi exchange student to be his voice—or have the mission result in fatal disaster!

Book #3 in the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series A car-bombing, similar to the one that killed Tiffin Boone and friends four years ago, resurfaces in the Bay Area. It turns out that the actual bomb maker, known as The Caveman, has his sights on Jab Boone! Complicating matters is the murder of Under-Sheriff Sherry Davis and the lurid press fascination between Jab and The Caveman. Jab enlists sheriffs in three separate counties as well as the FBI to stop The Caveman from wreaking further havoc!

An international assassin, known as The Operative, returns to his native America with a price on his head. However, he is soon arrested for murder in a Northern California town. He warns the sheriff that if he were to be arraigned and their location revealed on social media, his life would be over — and so would the town’s. Despite the law enforcement’s best efforts to conceal The Operative’s whereabouts, he is soon discovered on the internet. Other assassins cross the Atlantic to kill him and collect the ten million dollar bounty. Jab Boone must work backwards to uncover the hit-...

A mentally unbalanced former student exacts revenge, killing thirty and wounding sixty others. He takes perverse delight in taunting the police about his next victims. He leads Jab and his friends in a manhunt throughout Northern California. Will Jab stop this maniac? Or will the nightmare continue?