Railroad Mysteries

Two brutally murdered victims are found in an abandoned WW II Federal internment facility for Japanese Americans. One is a beautiful young Japanese housewife married to a local man. The other is a former POW from the Pacific Theater of war, a survivor of the construction of the Burma-Siam Railway. FBI Agent Nelson Paine has been assigned to the investigation. Experience tells him the bloodshed has just begun. As bodies begin to pile up, it is apparent the murders are connected somehow to the infamous Death Railway. Find out if Agent Paine can catch the killer before it's too late!

Businessman Conrad Browning is desperate enough to hire his estranged father, quick-draw Frank Morgan, to neutralize the trouble plaguing his New Mexico railroad line. As the unlikely pair rides to the remote railroad site, they outshoot vengeful bushwhackers and hostile Apaches. But just as Frank and his son begin to bond, a criminal mastermind designs an evil plan to kill them both. And when a gorgeous young lady stumbles into their camp one night, they soon find themselves under her disarming spell.

When a toy train locomotive—a chilling replica—is discovered at a gruesome homicide scene, Special Agent Sandra Rose finds herself pulled into an investigation that's off the rails. To crack this enigmatic case, she enlists the help of Samuel Lynch, a railroad expert and former FBI agent. Together, they embark on a perilous journey, tracking a killer whose gruesome tableau unfolds along the railway lines between Chicago and San Antonio, the very route of the Texas Eagle train line.

Winner, 2006 Inspirational Reader's Choice Award Captain Ahab is dead, the victim of his own pride. Hannah, his widow, and their son flee Nantucket to escape the infamy of his maniacal behavior that caused so the deaths of his entire crew. Visiting old friends in Boston, Hannah meets kind and warm Captain Lazarus and the dashing Captain Longwood. But before she can consider remarrying, Hannah has another encounter that shakes the very foundation of all she believes, slavery. Before she can go on with her life, Hannah must face her own convictions.

In 1850 in Massachusetts, Whittaker House stood as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It’s where two freedom seekers, Little Annie and Clementine, hid and perished. Whittaker House still stands, and Little Annie and Clementine still linger, their dreams of freedom unfulfilled. Now a fashionably distressed vacation rental in the Berkshires, Whittaker House draws seekers of another kind: Black women who only appear to be free.

What was once a quaint and happy coastal town is now something out of a nightmare. A killer is leaving a bloody path of destruction. Detective Maddox Hart and his new partner have their hands full with a slew of recent murders. Bodies are found decimated and ripped to shreds by a train. Piece by bloody piece, they'll have to patch this case together to stop the killer. Can they beat the train? Can they save the residences of their sleepy town from fear of what lurks in the dark?

Oliver and Eleanor move into a strange old house full of secrets. They start to uncover clues about the house's long history and begin to piece together the secret lives of the people who lived there in the past. Being new kids can be hard, but especially new kids from the city moving to rural Ohio can be tough. Together they meet locals and make friends with Stella, Hannah, and Maverick who help uncover evidence to suggest their house was part of the Underground Railroad. Before they know it, they are knee-deep in secret tunnels and the pages of a journal that connect the people of the ...

Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Award A captivating historical novel with spell-binding mysteries, inspired by actual people, places and events. B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree A compelling novel with several sub-stories in different settings and time periods that bring life to each one. Helen Ainsley is a best-selling mystery writer struggling with cancer. She returns to her childhood home in rural Brattleboro Vermont for the serenity she hopes will rekindle her imagination. Ainsley Hill Farm was originally an Inn dating back to the American Revolution. With a new-found friend, an old golden ...

In April of 1843, Phoebe’s family hears about a murder while they are traveling to their new home in the Shenandoah Valley. They arrive to learn the victim attended her father's new church and the crime took place on a leading church member’s plantation. Eager to make new friends, Phoebe forms a unique relationship that propels her into the middle of the mystery, and she begins to question several acquaintances’ motives. Will she uncover their secrets before the plantation owner’s charming son discovers hers?

SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT ABOUT JONAH Other Civil War re-enactors thought all along there was something different about Jonah the way he corrected the placement of a line of Confederate riflemen, the way he took apart and reassembled an old cannon with ease, the way he walked over the battlefield like he'd been there before. Their suspicions were confirmed when he started firing live ammo into the Yankee lines. Find out if there are any additional casualties at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads more than 150 years after the last shots were fired. WHERE DID HE COME FROM? In the deepest mud at the...

The War in the Pacific rages in hot, steamy jungle, and on sweltering ships while a different kind of war is being waged at home in the icy cold of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Dead soldiers keep showing up on the border of Alaska and Canada, men assigned to build the desperately needed ALCAN Highway. Once again, FBI Agent Nelson Paine is dispatched to catch a killer. A killer familiar with the territory and winter conditions that plague the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, a vital link in the supply line for the U.S. Army units building the ALCAN Highway. In conditions where simple ...

“The great cast of characters add depth and intrigue to the plot. There's love, humor, suspense, nail biting moments and more to be enjoyed in these well-crafted stories.” – Author Jan Romes “Lillian’s quest for justice and truth sends her headlong into danger and treacherous politics. Everyone is a suspect and no one can be trusted.” – Author Stephanie Parker McKean ‘The author takes us on journeys of twists and turns that spring surprise endings.” - Author Patricia La Vigne “the individuals are so well drawn, you'll find characters you recognize from your own life!” ...

Recently married and returned from their honeymoon in Europe, Dan and Susan Reed Myer have returned to Fox Run Arkansas and to their new home that was ready for occupancy. But before they had a chance to settle in disturbing developments put Susan on the trail of another investigative journalist article. Events at the annual War Eagle craft fair had turned deadly and Susan was determined to discover the reason.

After the baseball season ends, ambidextrous relief pitcher Lefty Gallagher is sent to bring a Czech javelin thrower from behind the Iron Curtain. Leaving Cleveland, Lefty meets a zany cast of characters when he travels from Paris to Prague and back again.

In this rousing 1852 romp through the eerie woods surrounding Hannibal, Missouri, and up and down the Mississippi River, 14-year-old Daniel Webster Jackson runs into a counterfeit Underground Railroad when he decides to run away from his foster home. At every turn, he musters courage to survive in a land where the law is at odds with the heart and soul of a people, where the Missouri Compromise forces everyone into a disguise or a secret identity.

In 1946, a powerful freight train storms across West Virginia. Half a century later, police learn the terrible truth about that night. The railway mystery sets off a bizarre series of present-day crimes that threaten to derail State Police detective Josh Draper and his alluring assistant, Annie McBride. The two race to unravel the past while an environmental disaster looms and dangerous criminals from New York prepare to clash with the inhabitants of a tranquil valley called Briar Fork. Enjoy this tour-de-force Henry D. Smith classic, complete with his trademark humor, colorful characters, ...

Was Johann Mueller’s death a tragic accident or was he a victim of murder?Mueller, A German born physicist who immigrated to the United States in the 1930s to escape Hitler and the Nazis, was a scientist for the U.S. Department of War. Traveling on the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s famed San Juan Express, Mueller dies under mysterious circumstances.With World War II raging and foreign spies operating in the United States, FBI Special Agent Nelson Paine is assigned the sensitive task of uncovering the truth about Mueller’s death.Forced to retrace Mueller’s last hours of life, Paine ...

Step into a whirlwind of adventure with The Magic Library: Golden Spike where history leaps off the pages, and two sisters become the heroines of their own story. Amelia and Bethany's ordinary day turns extraordinary when they uncover a hidden library with the power to transport them through time. Their first stop? The bustling work camps of the Transcontinental Railroad, where the legendary Golden Spike has mysteriously vanished. Cloaked in the fabrics of the past and armed with curiosity, the sisters dive into a world of steam engines, spirited workers, and untold stories. From navigating...

Richard Mason travels to New Mexico to pastor a small church. Trouble finds him when he foils a stagecoach robbery. Kidnapped before he can preach his first sermon, rescued by Amber Logan, a beautiful vigilante, desperate to make it back to Casa Nueva alive, Richard learns someone has big, bad plans and Richard is in his crosshairs. Why is Bank President Lawrence Jacobsen so interested in his old Bible? It might be worth Richard's life to find out.

Fifteen-year-old self-proclaimed detective Lynda Parkwood finds a suspicious item buried near a rusted railroad. What is the significance of the item? Who put it there? Follow along as Lynda investigates the mystery and seeks happily ever after for all.