Bob Mayer’s Readers Guide

I welcome you to this Reader’s Guide. I put this together so that you can peruse all my titles, see books in series orders, and have convenient links to the platforms the books are available on.

Books are listed in order in their series with a brief note from me on each book. Connections between books and series are explained, along with links where the books can be found—just click on the appropriate symbol. For the Audible symbol, you’re taken to the Amazon Audible Page, but you can also find those titles directly on Audible.

Several books are free so you can get a feel: Eyes of the Hammer and Duty. Books that have only Amazon and Audible links are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited and can be borrowed on Amazon. If you’re enrolled in Amazon Prime you can also borrow those books.

The Castle

England, 1106 AD

The earl of Trent’s Norman widow, Blanche, and her English steward, Miles Edwulfson, take possession of Blanche’s estates, hoping to live a life of peace and quiet. However, they run afoul of a baron named Aimerie, who is building an illegal castle and taxing the surrounding manors–including Blanche’s–to pay for it. Aimerie has ambitions that go far beyond this castle, to the heart of the English throne, and he won’t let anyone stand in his way. What’s more, Aimerie’s hot-headed son, Ernoul, lusts after Blanche and wants to make her his wife. When Blanche and Miles refuse to pay Aimerie’s taxes, Aimerie vows to crush them.

The Slayer Rule

Set against the backdrop of the American West, “The Slayer Rule” is a sweeping crime drama that delves into themes of friendship, love, loss, and the silent tragedies that haunt the rural landscape.

The story begins with a dinosaur hunter being found dead at the base of a cliff, just days after our protagonist, Nick Yearsley, arrives in Jordan, Montana. Unfortunately for Nick, the local sheriff doesn’t believe in coincidences.

But Nick isn’t looking for trouble—he’s looking for dinosaurs. It shouldn’t matter what happened in Jordan thirty years ago when a twelve-year-old boy deliberately killed his drunken father in a hunting “accident.” Nor should it matter that the area has a history of disappearances and deaths dating back decades. And it certainly shouldn’t matter that the young sheriff was promoted from chief deputy because of the recent death of her husband, the previous sheriff.

What does any of this have to do with the present-day life of Nick Yearsley? On the day he arrives in Jordan, absolutely nothing. By the end of that day, with what he accidentally sets into motion, everything.

Richard DeGrandpre’s stunning crime novel employs great depth of characterization to harness the age-old power of storytelling. If you’re expecting a straightforward whodunnit or a formulaic crime thriller, prepare yourself for a page-turner that is, well, just the beginning.

Next in “The Bone Hunter” series, “The Knackerman.”

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Three Confess

When Silas investigates a case of intellectual property theft, he has too much of everything.
Too many suspects. Too many distractions. Too many feelings.

Circuitry Innovations of Dallas has developed a new type of semiconductor. Sales are pouring in, but when the CEO learns a Chinese tech company in Shanghai has an identical product, he hires Silas, head of operations for Discreet Corporate Security Systems, to investigate. However, it proves to be a daunting task for a number of reasons. Primarily, because there are . . .

Too many suspects . . .
Silas determines there are several employees at Circuitry Innovations who could be responsible for selling the company’s trade secrets to the Chinese, but it’s also possible the company’s proprietary data was stolen due to a breach in their security system. Then, there’s the businessman who discovered the theft. Could he be the guilty party?

Too many distractions . . .
As Silas begins the investigation, not only does he discover he’s being followed, his college-age daughter, who’s home for Christmas, is giving him advice about his love life, and the energetic puppy he recently adopted is proving more time-consuming than he anticipated.

Too many feelings . . .
In trying to cope with spending his first Christmas without his wife, Silas realizes he’s become emotionally attached to a colleague he’s mentoring. As he tries to sort out his feelings for her, he’s also concerned about his daughter. Is the man she’s fallen in love with good enough for her?

While Silas is sifting through the suspects, handling the distractions, and dealing with his feelings, he suddenly crosses paths with a killer, a man who’ll stop at nothing to achieve his objective. Can Silas trust God when faced with his greatest challenge? Will his prayers for wisdom be answered?

Three Confess is an inspiring, suspenseful read from USA Today bestselling author, Luana Ehrlich. This full-length novel is Book III in the Silas McKay Suspense Series, a character-driven, emotion-packed series featuring Silas McKay, a corporate security investigator, who’s not afraid to take risks, but who’s a little skittish about making changes.

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Harper’s Secret

New York City, 1867. Harper Scarborro knows secrets that could ruin the city’s most powerful men—and the woman who taught her everything wants her dead for it. When her “Aunt” Helen turns on her, Harper flees west with nothing but the clothes on her back.

In the wild Missouri woods, she collapses into the arms of Jeff Pritchard, a reclusive war veteran who wants nothing to do with trouble. But trouble has already found him—wrapped in the form of a sharp-tongued beauty who stirs something he thought the war had killed.

As Harper dreams of a new life, her past is closing in. Staying alive might mean losing the man she’s falling for… unless they’re willing to fight for each other.

A sweeping historical romance full of danger, passion, and the fight to start over.