Eden Palms Murder

Bailey Green arrives in Key West just in time to discover that her old family friend Francine Shipton has been found murdered. Francine was planning on turning her home into a refuge for the homeless, and as a result, was far from popular with her neighbors.Once Francine's son Zack installs Bailey in residence in the guest cottage as his mother had planned, he presses Bailey to help him find her killer. Zack is loathe to suspect his neighbors: realtor Courtney Lusk, who'd like to become Mrs. Zack Shipton; Dr. Gravely, who operates a private clinic in his home; and funeral director Tucker Tisdale. Zack's more inclined to suspect the new yardman, Mitch Mitchell who appears to be hiding a secret past. Bailey herself is falling for Zack, but as they cruise the Keys looking for clues, their relationship is threatened by their mutual suspicions of the possible suspects…and each other.

“Engrossing...It’s a tribute to criminal lawyer Schofield’s persuasive powers that his characters, procedural elements, and atmosphere are convincing enough to keep those pages turning without logic getting in the way.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Time of Departure In Killing Pace, Douglas Schofield, author of Time of Departure and Storm Rising, delivers a heart-pounding tale set in Everglades City, Florida and Sicily, Italy with three important questions: Where am I?... How did I get here?... and most importantly... Who am I? It’s been two months since Lisa Green crawled barefoot and bleeding out of a terrible car accident. Her boyfriend Roland has been nursing her back to health under close watch. Lisa has amnesia. They both know that, but only Lisa knows that she hasn’t lost her ability to reason. And reason tells her that she is not Roland’s girlfriend. She is his prisoner. Gradually, Lisa remembers training and skills that she didn’t know she had and is able to make her escape. When a sheriff’s deputy finds her, she tells him she wants to report a missing person: herself. What follows is a high-octane international chase, which involves US Border Control, the Sicilian mafia, and a shadowy organization specializing in trafficking infants taken from Syrian refugees and made available for adoption to wealthy American couples. Lisa, whose real name is Laura Pace, must figure out who she can trust and how to stay alive.

Forty-two year old hairstylist Max Snow enjoys a life most males his age would envy. We're talking good looks-his own hair-and a metabolism that can process chocolate fast enough to keep it from expanding his gut. Max is also flush with green-thanks to a multi-million dollar hit on the Michigan lottery, and freely admits having bucks gives him an edge when attempting to hook up with the opposite sex. "Stuff" happens-to paraphrase the oft-used saying. When it happens to Max in a big way, his comfy life is shattered by unbridled greed and the violence that accompanies it. Maxie's inclination to leap before he looks only ratchets up his troubles. If our would be P.I. doesn't get hip in a major hurry, his virgin investigation is likely to become his last. Ride along with Max Snow and his mixed bag of peculiar associates in a wild, do-or-die romp through the gritty streets of Detroit and its surrounding suburbs-a tale way too cool to miss and whole lot better than a bad haircut.

SMALL TOWN LIFE CAN BE MURDEROUS . . . 'This is the most cheerful book about murder I've ever read. If the writings of Agatha Christie and Peter Kay ever had a baby, I like to think it would read something like this' The Bookbag Fast-paced and funny, this is a must-read for all fans of a classic murder mystery - think The Vicar of Dibley meets Midsomer Murders meets MC Beaton’s Agatha Raisin meets Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club! Welcome to Castle Kidbury - a pretty town in a green West Country valley. It's home to all sorts of people, with all the stresses and joys of modern life, but with a town square and a proper butcher's. It also has, for our purposes, a rash of gory murders ... A dead body is found in the tacky 1970s splendour of the local Jolly Cook diner. Nailed to the plastic seating, on the formica table in front of it is a complimentary lollipop, the sort given to kids as they leave the cafe. Bodies begin to pile up. The police believe a serial killer is at work. While local sleuth Jess Castle chases this new villain, she also wrestles with her attraction to Mitch, a newcomer to Castle Kidbury. His can-do Aussie attitude, coupled with the pathos of a lone man bringing up a gaggle of barefoot kids, affects her deeply. Lawyer Rupert, who has always had a soft spot for Jess, doesn’t like it one bit. Fast-paced and funny, this is a must-read for all fans of a classic murder mystery - think The Vicar of Dibley meets Midsomer Murders meets MC Beaton’s Agatha Raisin meets Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club!

This teen time-travel thriller to prehistoric Africa is a thought-provoking parable that is both a gripping suspense story and a provocative looked at our species and its place on Earth. When Nick Brynner stumbles on a time wormhole and finds himself in a mysteriously deserted village, he is saved from a bizarre living gargoyle by fellow teen Eleanor Terrell. The two ultimately find themselves the tools of an alien race and in search of the genetic Adam and Eve among our prehistoric ancestors. The two are forced to become the reluctant guardians and judges of the future of humanity. "The Murder of Adam and Eve" is a survival story, coming-of-age story, love story, and a provocative suspense novel that wrestles with our planet's biggest questions - on the savanna where Man was born.

Best Book of the Year The Los Angeles Times • The Washington Post Los Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, and celebrity scandals. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor in the pocket of the syndicates and a DA taking bribes to throw trials. In A Bright and Guilty Place, Richard Rayner narrates the entwined lives of two men, Dave Clark and Leslie White, who were caught up in the crimes, murders, and swindles of the day. Over a few transformative years, as the boom times shaded into the Depression, the adventures of Clark and White would inspire pulp fiction and replace L.A.’s reckless optimism with a new cynicism. Together, theirs is the tale of how the city of sunshine went noir.

Here is the first statewide collection of true Florida murders, and, as the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. The Sunshine State has played host to a memorable and varied array of crimes of passion, greed, and revenge. In stories spanning from the 1860s to the 1990s, you will meet such varied characters as Lena Clarke, a killer with both her feet planted in a dozen bewildering worlds; Terry Jo, the Sea Waif; Chief Tigertail; the outlaw Ed Watson; Blue, the Enforcer; President Franklin Roosevelt; the Duke of Windsor; novelist Zora Neale Hurston; Lobster Boy; the Gulf Stream Pirate; Brother Gillette, a gentle Shaker who killed out of compassion; and Pensacola's Black Widow, a Spider Woman who killed without mercy. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series