My Mystery Books


Making a deal with the devil is never a good idea, 

but when it’s with a witch, it can be deadly.


Investigative reporter and recent widower, Cavendish Brown, is unemployed and floundering. Coerced into returning to his childhood home by the town's eccentric matriarch, Cavendish finds himself involved in murder, deceit, and a not-so-subtle attempt at matchmaking. Joined by Jane, a disturbed psychic, and Alexandra, a young Goth woman with uncanny abilities, they follow leads into the hills of West Virginia to catch the killer. A sheriff who shoots first and asks questions later makes solving the case difficult for the trio. Adding further complications is an ex-girlfriend with a mob hitman on her trail who seeks Cavendish’s help. 

Immersed in a never-ending spiral of clues and secrets, he must unlock the darkness that surrounds the enigmatic Jane, stay ahead of the law, and come to terms with his own grief.
 
AMAZON       KOBO       SMASHWORDS       CHAMPAGNE BOOKS


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A dead man on a Ferris wheel and a cold-case murder take Cavendish Brown into a world of carnival kooks, ghosts, and killers.


The annual carnival comes to Maiden Falls, a small town in the West Virginia Mountains, but everything is not merry.

The ghost of a woman appears to Cavendish Brown, a carnival worker lies dead aboard a car on the Ferris wheel, and a bullied teenager plots to kill people at the carnival with a homemade bomb. More complications arise. Cavendish again butts heads with the local sheriff, Clinton Pike.

Marbella Wellingway, owner of the newspaper where Cavendish works, receives a visit from the Angel of Death. And a Fortune Teller at the carnival knows something that could forever change Cavendish’s life.

With the aid of Jane, a disturbed psychic, and Alexandra, a Goth witch, he must find the killer, help the mystery woman, and risk his life to prevent more deaths.

AMAZON       KOBO       SMASHWORDS       CHAMPAGNE BOOKS


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Before the vampire...before the werewolf...there was the Strigoi


On the verge of suicide, after his wife left him, Alex Regal learns he has inherited property located in a small town deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Putting things on hold, he heads to Glade, hoping for something positive in his life. Getting there is easy but leaving proves to be impossible. A dark spell exists, keeping everyone captive, and the place is run by a Shapeshifter called the Strigoi

Romanian tales tell of the Strigoi, a creature who once was a man that died and rose again to become the undead. The Strigoi, according to shapeshifter folklore, is capable of taking on the form of another man or animal, a favorite being the wolf. This being needs to drink human blood to survive. The Strigoi became the basis of vampire and werewolf mythology, including the most famous one--Dracula by Bram Stoker.

In 1792, Nikola Choroleeva emigrated from the city of Sighetu Marmației near the Carpathian Mountains to the Americas and founded a secret colony, hidden in the mountains of Appalachia, comprised of followers who took a blood vow to provide for his nourishment, and he in return gave them eternal life. Being infected with the malady as him, they became the living Strigoi.

Impervious to old age and disease, the members of this society from time to time die by accident or murder. By Lord Nikola’s edict, they are staked through the heart and buried to keep them from coming back as the dead Strigoi. When a citizen is lost, a replacement must be found. To this hidden world, an unwilling Alex Regal was brought as a replacement. To escape he must find a murderer, discover who the ghost bride is, and break the blood curse.

AMAZON       KOBO       SMASHWORDS 

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WHEN NORTH MEETS SOUTH IT'S MURDER!!!


Millionaire playboy Peter Reynolds is at loose ends, not terribly moral and more than a little spoiled to a lavish lifestyle. All that he has come to know and cherish is about to change when he gets an invitation to attend the funeral of an ex-girlfriend, Diane. Her death that initially looks like a home invasion gone wrong starts to look more and more like a planned murder. Soon more die, and Peter discovers he's not welcomed in the small North Carolina town.

The ill-tempered moonshiner...the power-hungry businessman...the love-starved country girl...the lustful trophy wife...the psychopath...the lady sheriff...the clever country boy...all provide plenty of diversions as Peter struggles to figure out who's behind the murders.

From a backwoods moonshine operation to big business southern style, Peter must unravel the mystery of who's behind the murders, and how to keep himself and Diane's eight-year-old son from becoming the next victims. 

AMAZON       KOBO       SMASHWORDS 

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Move over Nancy. Here comes Penelope!




Never having experienced Christmas, twelve-year-old Penelope finally gets her wish when her parents decide to celebrate it as part of her home-schooling education. Traditions become murky as her parents improvise curious ways to observe the holiday.

To make things weirder, a moving van arrives at the old Compton house down the road and delivers a fully decorated Christmas tree, an armchair and a lamp, and nothing else. Penelope sets out to discover who lives in the old house and why they only own those three items.

As the holidays progress she gets a unique experience that she will remember for a lifetime.

This short story is the prequel to PENELOPE AND THE BIRTHDAY CURSE and is sure to delight children and adults alike. After reading this, Christmas will never be the same.

AMAZON       KOBO       SMASHWORDS

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THE BIRTHDAY CURSE is set outside the town limits of Dillwood, in a strange old house called the Manor, with a detective who is bold, brassy and only thirteen. Her name is Penelope Amour.

Her parents invite family and friends to the Manor to celebrate Penelope’s birthday, assembling an odd mix of characters. Complications soon arise when a snowstorm knocks out the power, stranding them in the country, fourteen miles from town. Then on the morning of Penelope’s birthday, they find one of the guests dead. Another guest spins a tale of a triple curse, claiming that two more will die in the next two days. While the adults bumble along trying to find the killer, Penelope enlists the help of friends Ruthie, Wendell and Orson to find the murderer.

THE BIRTHDAY CURSE is a blend of humor, cozy mystery and suspense that is a fun read for adults as well as tweens.

AMAZON       KOBO       SMASHWORDS
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Despite Penelope's objections, her parents hustle her off to Tiffin Preparatory School, operated in the old Windorf Hotel. According to the rumors, secret passages and hidden rooms honeycomb the place. There’s talk about hidden treasure and may even be a ghost.

First days at a new school never go well, and for Penelope it is a disaster. Within minutes of being at the school, a teacher falls over dead and everyone thinks Penelope caused it.

Penelope enlists the help of her offbeat friends and a quirky professor to find the real killer in an adventure that leads across roof tops, through hidden passages and in the woods outside the school. Complications arise when a feud develops with some other students and when the wily principal plots ways to expel her. Before it’s over she must save herself and everyone in the school from the hands of the crazy killer and find the ghost's treasure.

AMAZON       KOBO       SMASHWORDS

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Marvel Movies comes to Penelope’s school to shoot a motion picture against the backdrop of the old Windorf Hotel that now houses the school. She sneaks onto the set and watches them film a scene. Famous actors Priscilla Young and Clarence Dodd star in the movie and Penelope gets to see them up close. Regrettably, she also sees a spotlight fall on the director and kill him. Penelope claims she had her eyes shut when it happened, but the police think she may remember something. Unfortunately for her, the killer also thinks she may recall something.

To complicate matters, the school has a new chef and Penelope’s friend Raddy thinks Chef Judy is trying to poison them. The new girl at school steals away everyone’s friends. As always Principal Merriweather keeps finding new ways to expel her. Between trying to get her friends back, starving and keeping away from the killer, she has her hands full in this next Penelope Mystery

AMAZON       KOBO       SMASHWORDS 

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