The presumption was murder.Everyone assumed they knew the killer……but what if they were wrong about the crime?It was the most beautiful house on the lake. When a girl’s remains are found on the property, Bill Miller seems to know something. For ten years, there had been whispers about what happened to the girl.What was he hiding?Her case wasn’t Luca’s priority.Between his sick wife and The Park Shore Murder, his plate was full. The press was all over it and he needed to find out who murdered the innocent woman relaxing in her backyard. Worth millions, but without any known enemies, what was the motive?Was it mistaken identity?Or something sinister?Those thoughts danced through his head as he tried to get a handle on what happened to the girl. He shouldn’t be focused on her, with the other murder unsolved, but he couldn’t help it.Something was off.It didn’t add up.If he could just figure out what that something was, Luca’s gut said the rest would fall into place.Will Luca see through the fog and lies?You’ll love this latest release in the Luca Mystery collection because the twist nobody saw coming changes all the math.Get it now. *You can enter the Luca Mystery Series with any book.

Detective Inspector Ryder thought leaving the chaos of London behind and transferring to a remote coastal town in Cornwall would give him a fresh start. But his new life is anything but peaceful. Struggling to adjust to the stark contrast between the bustling city and the eerie stillness of the seaside town, Ryder feels like a complete outsider. The locals are tight-lipped, and his colleagues are openly hostile, making him wonder if he’ll ever fit in. But when a young woman’s mutilated body is found at the foot of the cliffs, any hope for a quiet life is shattered. The investigation begins as an apparent suicide, but as Ryder digs deeper, it becomes clear that it was murder. Her death is just the tip of the iceberg and the case spirals quickly out of control, and Ryder is left questioning everyone, including his own team. He finds an unlikely ally in DC Ellie Tozer, another outsider who seems just as much of a misfit as he is. But there’s something about Ellie that doesn’t add up; her guarded behavior and cryptic remarks make him question whether she’s truly on his side. As tensions within the police force escalate, another body is discovered, sending shockwaves through the community. The press descends, and Ryder’s superiors are breathing down his neck, demanding answers. With his back against the wall, he is pushed to breaking point, As he edges closer to the truth, he realizes that it may come at a steep cost.????? “A brilliant start to a series – the Cornish setting and detective work had me hooked from page one!”

A legal thriller in which a favor for a parish priest puts an accused murderer in the defense attorney's guest room. A courtroom drama about faith, family and the cost of taking a case home with you.A killer in the guest room.When Michael Gresham and his wife offer to help their priest, life takes a dark turn. The holy man’s has a son, illegitimate of course, and he’s on a first degree murder charge.It’s time for Gresham to step up, and this time it includes having the boy in their home.Neither he or his wife were prepared for what happened nextFrom million-seller John Ellsworth.The Defendant's Father is book eleven in the Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers, a thriller for fans of John Grisham and William Landay.

A good detective has an analytic mind, loves to solve puzzles, is driven to know the answers - oh, and he might play piano.Twenty-something Jake Sommers lives in a houseboat moored at Fisherman’s Wharf, a picturesque set of docks bordering the Inner Harbour of Victoria, BC. Jake inherited his craft, the Honeysuckle Rose, from his late Great-aunt Dierdre, once a successful artist and sixties flower child. Jake’s a bit of a lost soul, who plays piano in a bar, loves the jazz music of the 1920s and '30s, and has a tendency to drink too much.When a beautiful woman shows up at his floating home mistakenly believing Jake is a qualified and experienced private investigator, and begging to hire him for a case, the little voice in Jake's head tells him he should turn down the offer.Too bad he never listens to his little voice.He expects his ‘investigation’ to be a straightforward search for a young woman on the Internet. But both his client and her case turn out to be far more than he bargained for, and he’s unwittingly plunged into a convoluted world of DNA ancestry, danger, intrigue, and murder.What Readers Say About The Houseboat Detective: ????? 'Enjoyable from start to finish. There was never a dull moment and lots of humor.'????? 'One of the best mysteries I've read in months. The writing is so descriptive and the story line just keeps leading you deeper.'????? 'Just enough romance, intrigue and danger to keep me fully engrossed all the way to the end.'????? 'An interesting and unique plot to go with an imaginative group of characters, making this hard to put down.'????? 'Love this book. Kept me reading & wondering where it was all going.'

Missing children. A prophet who speaks for the dead. And a powerful cabal who will do anything to keep their secrets buried.When a mysterious stranger with a forgotten past wanders into an unmapped Georgia town, he’s suspected of being responsible for recent kidnappings. But while his ability to see a person’s final memories before death by touching their bones will help to clear his name and bring closure to the victims’ families, it also puts him square in the crosshairs of those who want to keep their crimes quiet. Will the rich and powerful be allowed to continue their exploitation unchecked, or will the so-called prophet shine a light on generations of secrets kept in the darkness?“Knucklebones” is a Southern fiction story set in Georgia that introduces a supernatural detective in his first thrilling, cold case-solving adventure. If you like Stephen King’s “Dead Zone,” John Grisham’s “A Time to Kill,” and the Southern-fried storytelling of Carl Hiaasen, you’ll love the first installment in Dave Trumbore’s “Knucklebones” series.Buy “Knucklebones” now to meet the next great supernatural detective as he solves cases ripped from the headlines!