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When retired police detective Albert Smith and his dog wander into a small town in the French mountains, no one expects the trouble they will uncover. A body has been unearthed at a nearby archaeological dig and it's clear no one was ever supposed to find it. The locals deny all knowledge; they have no idea who it could be, but there is something disturbing about how they all give the exact same answer. And what of the archaeologists? What were they really looking for? It wasn't the Stone Age settlement they claim to be after. Does everyone in this town have a secret they don't want exposed?

When a retired detective superintendent chooses to take a culinary tour of the British Isles, he hopes to find tasty treats and delicious bakes...what he finds is murder, mayhem, and mystery everywhere he goes. His dog, Rex Harrison, a former police dog fired for having a bad attitude, does his best to steer the humans in the right direction, but he cannot understand why they don’t just use their noses–the answers are right there if they would just employ their strongest sense!

Sam is stolen from the comforts of the only life he has known. A young man, he is captured by pirates and forced into their crew. A common practice for the time, he never thought it would happen to him. Sam is forced to undergo a series of trials and tests beyond his wildest imagination- all in the hopes of escaping pirate life and returning to his family and beloved twin sister. Filled with harrowing adventures, mythical creatures, and one man’s determination to survive in a world gone mad, The Rattler is an epic journey you won’t want to miss.

Dirk De Graaf has kept his deadly secret for twenty-three years. Not one person on the planet knows. Until today. A chance encounter in the street threatens to expose everything and topple an empire he built with little more than ruthless cunning. But it's just one man. One old man. And one old man can be dealt with easily enough. Or so Dirk De Graaf thinks.

The Voyage #1 was a success–even though nothing happened. It turned out that listeners liked the easy style–the sideways view of a singlehanded ocean crossing in a small boat without long-range communications. No news, no weather forecasts. Just one man and his boat in the middle of nowhere. So here is The Voyage #2–and this time something did happen: A knockdown, a broken rudder, 1,500 miles with the steering held together with string...

When a retired detective and a former police dog set out on a culinary tour of the British Isles, they dream of tasty treats and delicious bakes.... What they find is mystery, mayhem, and murder. Albert’s investigator’s brain sees things ordinary people might not, and his dog, Rex Harrison, cannot understand why the humans are struggling to solve each mystery. He can already smell the answer - it’s right before their noses.

When Helena - the reincarnation of Brigid - appears in the moors, Brendan can’t deny that the family curse has brought her back to him. Together, they must face their growing attraction and use Helena’s expertise to solve the mystery and find the missing children. Highlander Hunted is the eighth book in the Highlander of Time series, perfect for fans of brooding heroes, intrepid heroines, and pause-resisting time-travel romance. Grab your copy today and enter the exciting world of Highlander of Time!

Look who is back! Kevin is back, but now he is working on cases. Then, something goes down that no one had any clue of, that is, until Kevin accidentally stumbles upon it.

Bethany’s search for her sister Delilah leads her to the ancient MacClaren Keep. When she falls asleep in the ruins, the last thing she expects is to awake in the past, with her sister standing over her. Overjoyed at finding Delilah, Bethany soon discovers the world isn’t as simple as she believed it to be. With new knowledge of ancient magic and curses, she must face the fact that the MacClarens are under attack, and this isn’t the type of war her military skills trained her for.

Sylvia van Lidth sits atop a criminal empire providing a service to a very specific clientele…a very wealthy clientele with a particular taste. She fought to achieve her lofty status and is not about to let anything stop her. Lee Yoo the local boss of Korea’s most ruthless crime family, has an order of high-end cars to steal. He doesn’t want to consider the consequences of failure. Arriving in the heart of Amsterdam, Albert’s only aim is to sample the local cuisine, but when his detective’s nose results in being mistaken for a thief, his faithful companion and sidekick, Rex, is taken from him.

On the trail of a master criminal, a retired detective and his former police dog expect a quiet time in the Cumbrian village of Keswick. However, when Rex picks up a scent upon arriving at their B&B...the discovery of a body in a shallow grave draws them into a mystery someone does not want solved.

Pulled back in time to witness the real aftermath of her horrible dream, Fiona must navigate the uncertain waters of the Scottish Highlands while fighting her growing attraction for the man she knows is a killer. Fiona Chase never expected her love of history to thrust her back into it, but when magic and an ancient family heirloom send the archeology student back to medieval Scotland and straight into a mystery involving the murder of a woman who is her mirror image, she’s forced to accept that not all things can be explained by science.

When a newspaper ad typo sends all manner of daft paranormal enquiries his way, PI Tempest Michaels has no sense of the trouble and danger heading his way. In no time at all, he has multiple cases to investigate, but it’s all ridiculous nonsense like minor celebrity Richard Claythorn, who believes he is being stalked by a werewolf and a shopkeeper in a nearby village with an invisible thief.

A shadowy master criminal has been kidnapping experts from the food industry and stealing both food and equipment. The crimes are so unrelated no one in the world had noticed the connections. No one except Albert Smith, that is. He’s got almost nothing to go on, but with every place he visits, he gets just a little closer to the truth. He’s not working alone though, his faithful sidekick, Rex Harrison the former police dog is right there with him. Can the two of them pull off the impossible and find the man Albert chose to dub ‘the Gastrothief’?

Kevin was a hard worker. He never allowed anyone to give him anything he didn’t earn. It’s just how he was raised. Well, something was given to him that he didn’t deserve, accidentally. But it’s not something that can be given back: Power. Magical Power.

"My murder will take place in a darkened séance room—shot twice in the chest.” The words are a premonition related to Arthur Conan Doyle when he answers a summons for help from a mysterious woman who identifies herself only as “a Spiritualist Medium of some renown.”

In the brooding, dark landscape of England, with its rolling hills and forgotten castles, the dark breeds evil in every shadow. Well, almost every shadow. Some of them have stupid in them instead.

Every journey might start with a single step, but where does it end? Albert Smith and his faithful dog, Rex Harrison, have been on the road for far longer than they ever expected, but they can’t go home yet. Not until they solve one final case.

In the small Bedfordshire town of Biggleswade, retired detective Albert, and former police dog, Rex, are enjoying a peaceful break from the murder and mayhem of the last week. Until the waitress serving him is arrested for murder....

Following a trail of clues to a sleepy seaside village in the southwest corner of England, retired police detective Albert Smith aims to prove his theory of a master criminal by catching the "Gastrothief’s" agents red-handed.