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Meet Jax Diamond, a sharp, sophisticated, skilled, no-nonsense private detective. Or is he? Glued to his side is his canine partner, Ace, a fierce and unrelenting German Shepherd whose mere presence terrorizes criminals into submission. Well, maybe not. But the two of them are a whole lot smarter than they look. And they have their hands full when a playwright’s death is declared natural causes, and his new manuscript— worth a million bucks—goes missing.

Solving their own murders is the least of their problems… The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. Vivian Steele moved to California to start a new life. She opened a fashion boutique in Beverly Hills, befriended Carole Lombard, the actress, and married a successful banker. But when her husband is murdered, Vivian discovers she isn't the only one hiding a few secrets. An anonymous phone call lures Vivian to a plush hotel room where she stumbles upon the dead body of a beautiful young actress – her husband’s mistress. To add fuel to the fire, she's not alone. Preston Stone, her adversary and...

It’s a deadly game of who’s who, and who isn’t. Things get pretty sticky for PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, when their best friend, a cop, is framed for murder. And not just anyone’s murder. The victim is the fiancée of the most notorious gangster in the city, Orin Marino, Jax’s worst enemy. Laura Graystone, the budding Broadway Star and Jax’s new squeeze, proves to be an ingenious partner as they sift through clues trying to find the real murderer. But when Jax is pinched for another crime, Laura and Ace are forced to go undercover. Hang on to your seat...

“I now pronounce you husband and…” New York City, 1923. The most talked-about wedding is quickly approaching, and PI Jax Diamond is on top of the world. His good friends are decorating the nightclub for a glorious reception, and Ace, his courageous partner and best man, is prancing around, anxious for the event to begin. The only thing missing is the bride. Three days before the wedding, a group of mastermind criminals pull off the biggest diamond heist the city has ever seen, but that’s not the only gem they steal. And boy, do they have their hands full. Every police officer from ...

Now you see a murder, now you don’t… The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. It's the annual Awards Banquet at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, and Vivian Steele can’t wait for the star-studded event. She’s attending with her best friend, Carole Lombard, and several acclaimed actresses will be wearing her fashion designs. What she doesn’t expect is for the night to turn deadly. During the awards ceremony, Carole finds an actress stabbed to death in the restroom. She quickly alerts the staff, but when they return, they can’t find a body. An hour later, another guest screams bloody murder...

Two smalltown deaths reveal two bigtime killers… Millbury, Massachusetts 1923. While vacationing in New England, PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, bite off more than they can chew when they discover a dead body in the woods, and it vanishes before the lawmen show up. Laura Graystone, Broadway star, auto expert, and Jax’s heartthrob, is once again front and center digging for clues while trying to ditch an old boyfriend. That is, until her brother becomes Jax’s prime suspect. Then all hell breaks loose, and Ace is left in the lurch, tracking down leads with his new...

Her story is so much more than a tale of war, tremendous courage, and loss. It is one of the greatest love stories in history. Based upon a true Spanish heroine during the Napoleon War. Barcelona, Spain, 1803. Agustina Saragossa, the youngest daughter of a bladesmith, spends most of her time sneaking around the military barracks yet not to snag a husband as everyone thinks. She is fiercely devoted to her country and far more interested in the ensuing war between Britain and France than the lazy, arrogant Spanish soldiers at the compound. Until Sergeant Juan Roca, a handsome soldier with a ...

TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS…TWO LOVES. Republic of Texas, 1843 Three days before their betrothal, Fire Blossom, a free-spirited Comanche princess, meets her beloved Lone Wolf at their secret hideaway. She rides back to her camp afterwards only to discover a posse of settlers slaughtering her tribe. Fire Blossom is captured, beaten, and left for dead at a remote farm. Revenge is foremost on her mind when she awakens, but she can barely breathe let alone move and keeps a mistrusting eye on Colton, the Texas Ranger who rescued her, and his family. Colton hasn't felt anything except revenge for ...

It's a spooky game of who's to blame. New York City, 1923. The suspicious death of a chorus girl sends PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, to the oldest theater on Broadway. At the murder scene, they stumble upon a clue too bizarre to share with the cops or with Jax’s sweetheart, who would definitely make a haunted mountain out of this eerie little molehill. But one bizarre clue leads to the next. Laura Graystone, Broadway star and Jax’s fiancée, drags her friends into the investigation after she finds another dead body. They're convinced the ghost of a beautiful ...

Officer Jax Diamond doesn’t always play by the rules, and he’s in the hot seat again with the captain of his precinct. So, when a brazen little puppy alerts him of a crime, Jax is ordered to stand down or get canned. On the city streets, broke and alone, Jax beats himself up for making the wrong decision. Even the little tramp who keeps trailing him everywhere can’t lift his spirits. But crime never stops in New York City and a string of deadly Christmas capers spirals out of control.

Lorraine Mansford was nineteen years old, beautiful, sophisticated...and murdered. May 1904. Katherine has resigned herself to a reclusive life at Mansford Hall. Unlike her younger sister, she could never live up to her father’s expectations. Lorraine was perfect…beautiful, sophisticated, and engaged to a prominent lawyer. But she told Katherine a secret before her death, one that could destroy their family. On the day of the funeral, Katherine escapes to her secluded cottage down the beach only to discover Michael Johnston, the accused killer – her sister’s lover - hiding there. He...

The stakes turn deadly aboard a gambling riverboat. New York City, 1923. After three easy cases explode into a mess of major crimes, PI Jax Diamond is ready to throw in the towel on his job. He can barely make ends meet, so how will he ever give Laura, his fiancée, the comfortable life that she deserves? In the nick of time, one of his wealthy clients makes him an offer he can’t refuse – a side job on a gambling steamboat making a thousand bucks a week. But Laura and Ace, their loyal companion, smell something fishy about the steamboat captain. With the help of their friends and a ...

A honeymoon to die for… Niagara Falls, 1923. Traveling out of the city isn’t PI Jax Diamond’s cup of tea, but when he, Laura, and their faithful companion, Ace, head to Niagara Falls on their honeymoon, they’re on cloud nine. That is, until Jax carries his new bride over the threshold, and there’s a corpse in their bed that looks to have been there since the dawn of time. A ten-year-old unsolved murder sets off a string of others with victims plunging to their deaths over the falls, and all the evidence is pointing to nightclub owner and their good pal, Orin Marino, as the killer....