Saturday, December 7, 2019

Christmas Special High Country Mystery Series- First Three Titles 99c each on Kindle!

Christmas Special High Country Mystery Series

For all of the month of December Thomas and Mercer has discounted the first three books in the High Country Mystery Series.  Now, read MURDER IN BLACK AN WHITE,  WHISPERS OF THE STONES, and STEALER OF HORSES for 99c each on Kindle!

MURDER IN BLACK AND WHITE

In this debut book, McQuede meets Loris for the first time and falls in love.  His troubles with his love life begin when Loris becomes a murder suspect!  

He also solves the mystery behind a young man who disappeared at the Spring Fling Dance years ago. 

 When a robber sneaks into the Coal County Museum and steals only one item--a black and white photograph, McQuede begins to investigate.  Under the name Jerome Slade the photographer had printed two ominous words: never graduated.

When a body is unearthed beneath the newly demolished school, McQuede realizes Slade may not have left Black Mountain alive. He soon uncovers hidden rivalries between Slade and his classmates. When he discovers that Heather Kenwell and the woman of his dreams, Loris Conner, were rivals for Slade's affection, McQuede fears finding out the truth. 




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99c all of DECEMBER



WHISPERS OF THE STONES

Mummies and Murder in Wyoming!

Sheriff Jeff McQuede finds "Bartering Bill" Garr murdered at his rural antique store. Only one item is  missing--a rare artifact believed to be the Pedro Mummy.  First discovered in a caved in Wyoming, the Pedro Mummy was reported missing in the 1950s.  Dr. Seth Talbot, newly arrived in town, has put out a fifteen-thousand dollar reward for any information the mummy, hoping that modern technology will prove his theory that a tiny race of people actually existed: one the Shoshones call the Nimirgar, or Little People. 

McQuede is astounded to find the mummy in the trunk of Seth Talbot's car.  Talbot swears he's being set up by rival co-workers--Dr. Arden Reed, in particular--who plans to benefit from his research.

McQuede suspects the theft of the mummy is a red herring used to cover up the true motive for the crime.  The closer he comes to the truth, the deeper McQuwede is drawn into an elaborate hoax that threatens his career and places him in grave danger. 




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STEALER OF HORSES

Art and murder in the new old west!  

The famous Carlo painting Stealer of Horses sells for cash in a small Wyoming town and gallery owner Sheldon Spence gives the $200,000 to his wife, who walks over to the bank to make the deposit...and never returns.

A witness claims to have seen a frightened-looking Susan Spence  in a battered old Chevy, speeding out of town.  And each succeeding clue reveals a different angle on her disappearance. Sheriff Jeff  McQuede begins to wonder if this is more than a simple case of kidnapping and robbery.  Was Sheldon involved in Susan's disappearance?  Or did Susan and a  lover fake the scheme planning ot run off with the money they stole from Sheldon?  The identity of a victim found shot behind the wheel of the Chevy holds the key to one ominous question: Is Susan Spence a kidnap victim--or is she part of some sinister ploy?




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99c all of DECEMBER







Friday, May 31, 2019

Deadly Purchase: A New High Country Mystery

Hello, Readers,

We are happy to announce a new addition to the High Country Mystery Series, DEADLY PURCHASE.

Buyer Beware! This story takes place at a modern-day Mountain Man Rendezvous trade show.  To create excitement, Ruger puts up for auction a locked Civil War trunk with contents to be sold sight unseen!

 That night, the highest bidder, Zeke Jones, is found stabbed to death beside the trunk. Sheriff Jeff McQuede believes Jones has interrupted a robbery in progress. Several people had offered to buy old coins, photos, and medals from him, which indicates to McQuede that Jones had already sold what the robber had been after. Acts of vandalism follow as the thief continues his ruthless search.

McQuede finds that his friend Dawson, with his knack for getting into trouble, is interested in some old photos the trunk contains.  But is it the photos they are after? And what has happened to Dawson?

 Baffled, McQuede must beat the killer to a treasure he can’t even identify. Fear spreads throughout the Black River Rendezvous as McQuede tries to discover the secret behind the mysterious trunk before another murder occurs.

We hope you enjoy the latest book in the High Country Mystery Series.  Each book contains a complete mystery and  can be read in order or as stand-alones.  






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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Celebrate the last of winter by reading the High Country Mystery AN ICY DEATH for only 99 cents! Limited Time Sale

It’s cold in Wyoming!  Cold enough to freeze to death.  This fact makes An Icy Death the only book we have ever written inspired by the weather.

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In Wyoming the wise never leave home without a thermos of hot coffee, extra food, and blankets.  In winter it’s not uncommon for the temperature to dip to minus seventeen, often with a wind chill factor of thirty below zero.  Because many places still exist where cell phones cease to work and help is almost impossible to summon, blizzards and sudden whiteouts are extremely hazardous. 

An Icy Death opens with Sheriff Jeff McQuede discovering a stalled car on an isolated road far up in the mountains, one that has been closed.  Within the car he finds the frozen body of a middle-aged woman, Margaret Burnell.  The medication, her taped ankle, and footprints in the snow leading away from the car tell the rest of the story--about how she must have died of hypothermia while her husband went for help.  It sounds like a sad but simple story of man vs nature.

Until McQuede discovers that there are enough drugs in her system to cause an overdose, and her death may not have been an accident, after all, only staged to look that way.  It’s McQuede’s job to find out what really happened that snowy night so far from town.  He discovers that Margaret has traveled to Durmont to demand an audit from her business partner concerning the Trivino’s Sporting Goods chain.  In addition she plans to meet with her runaway daughter that she hasn’t seen in years.  Many people come into focus as possible murderers, not least among them her husband, Arthur, who would reap great financial profit from his wife’s death.

Either a relentless killer tracked and sabotaged the Burnells in the heart of a blizzard, or, more likely, Arthur simply abandoned his wife for his share of her vast inheritance.  In any event, Margaret Burnell had been set up to die an icy death.

Click on link to download a copy  for only 99c!   An Icy Death