Island Detective

TREE CALLISTER IS LEAVING SANIBEL ISLAND! Sanibel’s most unlikely private detective has decided to call it quits. Battered by hurricanes, their Captiva home in ruins, Tree and his wife Freddie are moving to Chicago. Just before he leaves, Tree gets a call from his former wife, Judy Markov. Known as the American Oligarch, thanks to the business she inherited from her late Russian husband, Judy demands a favor of Tree. Simple enough, drive to Judy’s burned-out mansion and pick up a piece of jewelry. Reluctantly, Tree agrees, only to discover the jewelry in question is the Alexandra Tiara....

Peg Toland and her father think they’ve found the perfect vacation spot: a beautiful, uninhabited Mexican island in the sparkling Sea of Cortez. Unfortunately, the locals who live on the coast do not agree. “That is no place to go,” they tell the Tolands with alarm. They will not explain why. Peg and her father should have listened to these mysterious warnings. Shortly after they arrive on the island and set up camp, the untamed landscape and isolation turn into a terrifying and deadly trap.

Rookie Police Officer Gina Santoro has a tough night while on patrol on Christmas Eve, one she'll never forget. Her holiday eve takes a dirty turn at her lifelong parish church, and when she sees the aftermath of an impulse move, she holsters her sidearm for the last time. After pondering her future in law enforcement, she makes a career change that takes her from Cleveland's Little Italy all the way to Hawaii. Now working in landscape management, she finds her new home in a lush tropical forest a little too rustic. She also finds a dead body on her front porch. Tag along with Gina as she ...

Pelican Cove’s Favorite Resident Gunned Down! When someone close to Jenny King is found murdered on a boardwalk bench, the Magnolias are plunged into grief. Secrets from the victim's past complicate the situation. Faced with a baffling lack of suspects, Jenny has no time to mourn as she struggles to hunt for the killer. Meanwhile, Pelican Cove residents are battling a wave of mosquito infestation. Quashing the menace becomes difficult with the town ready to rebel and dwindling city funds. Muffins and Mobsters brings tragic new developments as the Magnolias must persist in the face of ...

A dreich day for a crossing and a small ferry packed to the gills. A fracas when off loading leads to blood and tears. And one man sits dead at the wheel of the last remaining car. Macleod and McGrath return to Cromarty when a man is found dead at the wheel of his car on the small, local ferry. As the passengers are identified, the trail extends across the highlands and islands as past deeds are paid back in full. Can the now seasoned pair hunt down a killer before their butchery spreads across the land?

The Great Paddleboard Race is over and George Bailey and Associates have another case. This time George, Walt and Sharon need some expert help because gambling appears to be involved. They recruit their fellow classmate Henry Lido, a caddie at the Hamilton Island Golf Course and the hardest working kid on the Island. He also knows a lot about gambling. Fans of the George Bailey series will enjoy the addition of Henry to the team. It's another fun fast -paced mystery set in the 1930's when the new sports of surfing and paddleboard racing first appeared on the California Coast.

Leger's family are taking a trip to a tiny Scottish island and he is looking forward to spending the summer with Annabella, Hugh and Bob. But when he discovers he is to stay in Glasgow with Annabella's niece, Carole, while the rest of the family go on their trip he is outraged. Leger hears there has been a murder on the island and knows he has to somehow travel with them and assist in finding the killer. What he didn't count on was meeting a fellow cat sleuth on the island as well as a clowder of unfriendly gossips. The island way of life proves to be very different from Glasgow. Can he ...

Chaos on the Island (DI Liam O'Reilly mysteries Book 9) If there's one thing Detective Liam O'Reilly hates, it's bombs. The Irishman transferred to the peaceful island of Guernsey to escape that kind of thing. So, when random explosions start taking the people on the island by surprise, O'Reilly wonders if moving to Guernsey was such a good idea. It soon becomes clear that the bombs are a smokescreen for something else. Something more sinister is going on, and when a gang of masked men enter the equation, O'Reilly realises this has nothing to do with blowing things up. A team of armed men, ...

Paradise is turned upside down when a killer begins hunting victims in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the situation quickly goes from bad to worse. Former NYPD detectives Pete Nazareth and Tara Gimble are vacationing in St. John when the killing spree begins, and they offer to lend their expertise to the investigation. But a local police lieutenant does everything he can to keep them from becoming involved, and even his own officers don't understand why.

Kiyama Fernando and Vinodhini Dias are involved in another mystery - this time in the sweltering heat of the hottest month of the year. When Vino is invited to judge a beauty pageant as part of the Sinhala New Year celebrations in the small town of Parkaduwa jealous rivalries and social bias soon lead to murder. Why would someone target the local drug lord's daughter? Can Kiyama and Vino pay off their debt to a shady character and see justice done? Will their friendship survive the unforeseen hazards of this case? This book sees the return of quirky but beloved characters like the crime ...

Danger on the Island (DI Liam O'Reilly mysteries Book 11) The Island of Guernsey isn't exactly a favourite destination for adrenaline junkies. But it does have one thing that attracts a new breed of adventure freaks. Cliff jumping is taking off on the island, and June appears to be the best time of year for those that way inclined to choose to partake in the sport. When a young woman is killed after a jump, her death is judged a tragic accident, but when her body is retrieved, and the remains of another corpse is found on the rocks below, the Island Police are brought in. It's the last ...

A fourteen-year-old girl disappears on the small island of Föhr, and Detective Lena Lorenzen is called in to investigate. When the girl’s bloodied body is found on the beach with vicious wounds to the wrist, Lena immediately suspects that what’s been made to look like suicide was in fact a brutal and calculated murder. But the local residents - even the girl’s own parents - won’t cooperate with her investigation. The devoutly religious islanders are clearly hiding something. But what ungodly secret could possibly lead to the murder of an innocent teenage girl?

Murder in the dunes: A new mystery series where dark secrets lurk beneath the surface, with a dash of humor to keep things afloat. A dead body lies in the shadow of the dyke near Fleetstedt. The man shared a sprawling villa overlooking the sea with six others, not far from where his body was found. Enna and Pavel quickly encounter hostility, suspicion and mutual accusations. Which of them is true? Who benefits from the co-owner's death? Pavel's obsession with detail is a real treat. But what he and Enna uncover, piece by piece, is something they never could have imagined in their worst ...

BANK FRAUD IN MAINE & MURDER IN THE BAHAMAS Stand-Alone Story > Is the discovery of the banker’s body in Thunderball Grotto in The Bahamas linked to the discovery of hidden cash in Maine? The banker lied to both his boss and his wife when he told them he was going to Florida to attend a banking conference. Why he deceived them about the conference and died in the turquoise waters of Thunderball is a mystery. The Bahamian authorities call his death an accidental drowning. The bank suspects an embezzlement and hires Steve Wilson to investigate. Steve’s curiosity about the source of the ...

One day, after fishing on the pier at Hamilton Island in 1934, 13 year-old Walt Jenkins saw two men load a body into the back of a Model-T Ice Truck. He ran away, but left behind his Bucket of Fish. When he returned later, the Bucket of Fish was gone! Walt and his friend George Bailey (GB) set out to solve the mystery. The boys soon find themselves tracking down bootleggers, a crooked policeman and a hired killer. Their detective work involves Walt pedaling hard with GB on the handlebars, George Bailey shining a killer’s shoes for 5 cents and his girlfriend Sharon disguised as a 7 year-...

A shifter's secret, an agent's mission, and a love that defies the odds in a captivating tropical escape. Violet I rose above my past to become a famous pop star, only to have my secret identity as a wolf shifter exposed on social media. Desperate for peace amidst the chaos, I retreat to the idyllic Casa del Lobo, a tropical resort owned by a trusted friend. My path unexpectedly crosses with a captivating masseuse, and our instant connection is impossible to comprehend. In a world where fated mates no longer exist, trusting the bond is a risk that may be too dangerous to take. Jesse As a ...

In his undead quest for justice, Felix Gomez - detective vampire extraordinaire - has traveled from dusty desert battlefields, to gritty urban barrios, to the deepest corners of outer space. Now he's about to embark on his wildest adventure yet: back to an alternative past of steam-powered technology, telepathic magic, and intrigue more deadly and unforgiving than any he has ever encountered. There, he's a renowned pistolero hired to find the missing daughter of notorious Chinese gangster Wu-Fei.

Gus somehow won the church raffle. It was a miraculous feat given that he’d never entered it-the church or the raffle. He suddenly finds himself with two tickets to paradise and one of them premade out for Father Xavier. Paradise in this case being the Caribbean Island of Saint Hubbins. They’re joined at the hotel by two couples that appear to be engaged in a tangled web of extra-marital affairs with each other. Gus isn’t too interested in the affairs of others until one of them ends up dead. Another person is arrested by the local police for the crime. It’s not that Gus feels he ...

A NEO-NOIR HONEYMOON IN HELL: A Suspenseful Tale of Love, Murder, and Fate John thought he had left behind his days of drinking and killing, but as he and his new bride, Cherry, embark on their honeymoon in the jungles of Malaysia and Borneo, they are haunted by ghosts from their past. The release of nihilist criminals connected to John's SAS background brings death and destruction to their luxury island resort. Just when they think they can escape the darkness, their paradise is raided by savage pirates, revealing that everything is connected and they are unable to outrun their destiny. ...

We are on an island rumored to have many rare animals. Let's check it out and see what we can find. This book is for beginning readers ages 5 to 8.