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The hero of this mystery novel, Daniel Somerset, is determined to solve the murder of a famous writer. Daniel must track down the writer’s hidden manuscript and face the suspects, the rich and famous in the Hamptons. Searching for love, reconciliation with his father who has a secret, and an identity he can live with, Daniel finds himself struggling to maintain his moral guidance system in a dangerous and confusing world.

This mystery thriller is set in England during the Nazi Blitz attack in 1940. The book is a sequel to Battlelines but can be read on its own. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a woman from Military Intelligence work to solve a mysterious murder and in doing so come across a Nazi spy plot. The Nazis have sent in an agent to work with the head of the pro-German movement in England. That head is in charge of a secret mission that threatens the British nation. The detectives have only a limited time to discover the identity of the pro-German head in London. Additionally, the fate of a refugee ...

This mystery thriller begins in 1938. The Nazis know that Winston Churchill is their greatest enemy. They therefore send two trained agents to London—but not to kill him. They must figure out how to eliminate his power while keeping him alive. Meanwhile, two Scotland Yard detectives are assigned to solve a murder. Their investigation leads them to the center of a struggle in British life between those who wish to make a deal with Hitler and those who wish to fight him. Clues about the murder lead the detectives into the twisted Nazi plot, the valiant effort to rescue children from the ...

Charlie Bell tries to escape his past by moving to a small town. But he must soon deal with a double murder and take care of an abandoned and scared little girl. Charlie must deal with a detective who doesn’t trust him, a fatal illness he is trying to outrun, and his own guilt about the death of his twin sister. But Charlie is not alone. He gets help solving the murder from an unusual source: Edgar Allan Poe.

Daniel Summerhill gets up one day and walks out of his college class. This novel takes place in the chaotic year of 1970 in Greenwich Village. Daniel is confused. He has to face the draft, angry parents, newly-liberated girlfriends, and total uncertainty about his future. Carefully, he decides to explore being a writer. He gets advice and meets a variety of famous and rebellious people. There is the painter who lives in a treehouse, figures in the music business, writers among the Beatniks and others. Trying to find his self and be true to it, Daniel struggles to write, to find love, and to...

A murder. A young detective hired by a woman about to be nominated to be the President of the United States. And then another murder. It is New York City in the explosive year of 1968. Walker West puts his life in danger to discover if a famous Senator is a killer. THE CORPSE THAT WOULDN’T SHUT UP is a mystery thriller filled with nail-biting suspense and twists. Walker’s love gets involved with another man. His beloved aunt is being blackmailed. And through it all, Walker must confront a dangerous villain who frames others and knows how to hide. Wandering through Greenwich Village’s ...

It is 1940. The world’s greatest mystery writer witnesses a murder by hemlock poisoning. She accuses Katie Walker of the crime. Katie’s detective partner, Charlie Singer, seeks the real murderer. But he can’t prevent the death of the one person who can free Katie. The novel is filled with deceptive twists and the dark and deadly secrets of family life. The case’s shocking revelations change Charlie as he discovers truths within himself about love and justice.

Matt Cresson, a 16 year old with learning disabilities, has learned a lot from reading mysteries. He meets Robert Burnside, a famous author. Together, this unlikely pair set out to solve a murder. Set in 1963 in Sag Harbor, a small town near the Hamptons on Long Island, the novel is aimed at young adults but is suitable for adults as well. Matt not only learns from Burnside how to find a killer but how to deal with adults, including Matt’s first feelings of love.

Walker West is in trouble. Caught in a dangerous explosion, he saves a woman from death, only later to discover that she is under arrest for murder. Determined to help her, West faces danger, the challenging control of his wealthy Aunt Agatha, and a group of suspects who are even more angry at him than his friends and family. Walker gets help from a mysterious protector and an attractive assistant his aunt hires. Traveling around New York City in 1968, Walker struggles to identify the killer and stay alive.

Danny Ryle is a political fixer on Long Island. When the Congressman he works for is blackmailed, Danny investigates only to walk into the middle of a murder. Aided by his father, a retired hit man, a well-connected member of the D.A.’s office, and his team of a former terrorist fighter and a woman ex-cop, Danny struggles to do good while living in a world that makes that difficult. Facing a former love who returns to start again, suspects with troubling alibis, and a wily killer, Danny is back to fix his troubled world.

It's New Year's Eve, and a special day for Danny Ryle. Danny is a political fixer. He and his friends help all people in trouble. One friend really needs his help. The friend's wife has been killed. Danny faces a wily and tricky opponent as he relentlessly follows the clues.

It is 1943. New York City private detective Jack Ryder must deal with a dead blonde woman dumped behind the diner he uses as an office. Ryder enlists the aid of a woman who asks to trail him. She wants to be a writer and figures she can learn as he solves cases. On the dark streets of Greenwich Village, Ryder is trying to save his own life and the lives of those he is supposed to protect.

It is early in 1942. The war with Germany has just begun. Jack Ryder, who calls himself a fixer rather than a detective, wanders the darkest nights to his office in a back booth at an all-night diner. Ryder is famous for killing members of the mob who have crossed their bosses by hurting innocent people. Ryder also helps ordinary people in trouble. An enemy—a homicide detective—comes to hire Ryder to find the detective’s missing sister. Ryder also gets involved in going up against some Nazis in New York and saving a woman on the run from gangsters.

Ethan Brady had a romance with a woman forty years ago. Now she has been murdered, and he must solve her killing. Set in New York and New Orleans in 1963, this suspenseful thriller deals with unique ways of murder and an unusual romance.

Daniel Levin is sent by the U.S. government on a mission to Hitler’s Berlin in 1934. Levin’s task is to rescue a mysterious boy held by the Nazis. Coming face-to-face with Hitler and other leaders, Levin must solve a murder for the Nazis in order to save the child. But Levin, aided by a German criminal investigator deeply unhappy about his country, develops a daring plan that will test him to his limits.

Danny Cresson tries to solve a murder to comfort a widow in mourning. Danny is soon drawn into a major conspiracy involving his arch enemy Litani. It is a tense political assassination with high stakes that pits these two against each other.

A shot is fired on a starry night. A woman lies dead. Her husband is accused of murder. The man begs Danny Ryle, a political fixer, to find the real killer. Danny is unsure until someone close to him is arrested. Then, facing danger, Danny cannot be stopped. He is helped by his team, a tough ex-cop woman and a terrorist hunter. Danny faces suspense, an attack on his life, odd twists, and surprises at every turn. Set on Long Island in 1983, this mystery novel never stops to give Danny, or the readers, a moment to pause. Seasoned by humor, rapid-fire dialogue, and quirky characters, the novel...

New York City private detective Jack Ryder must deal with a murder and a woman he might love. Except she has a husband who is missing. It is 1943 and the Nazis are also after Ryder. He wanders the dark streets of Greenwich Village trying to save his own life and the lives of those he is supposed to protect.

It is 1943. New York City private detective Jack Ryder gets an urgent request from the FBI. Ryder is supposed to kill a dangerous Nazi. He also must help a client who fell in love with a woman he saw on a train platform. The client doesn't know her name but has a clue in the jacket she was wearing. Ryder aids an emotionally damaged veteran, but the two of them are in love with the waitress Ruth. Only one of them can win her heart.

It is the Spring of 1943. Jack Ryder, a New York City private detective. gets a surprising request—from a nun. Ryder must solve a murder to help save Jewish children in Europe from the Nazis. Confronting a vicious Nazi killer who has come to America, Ryder finds himself trying to rescue some children himself. This historical thriller also probes Ryder’s personal struggles. A lonely widower, Ryder is driven to help people but struggles to help himself. Ryder’s world is filled with suspense, death, and the dark shadows of Greenwich Village.