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A murdered warrior, a threatened inheritance, and more than one beautiful woman in trouble--once again Oliver Redcastle plunges into chaos.
When an enormous painted canvas depicting a crucial Civil War battle gets stolen and repainted to misrepresent the event, Hannah Kinchman, a female colleague of Oliver’s, investigates. She calls on him to...

Oliver comes home to murder. An arch enemy hunts him, his friends, and those he loves. Multiple Murders, a scheme to steal an enormous chunk of western land, and problems at home beset Oliver Redcastle. To protect his family and survive his foes he must untangle a web of malice and deceit. Discover Oliver Redcastle Mysteries.

Oliver Redcastle Takes on London Intrigue. His on-again, off-again lover, Marietta, faces a murder charge and, possibly, the hangman. To save his daughter’s fickle mother, Oliver, reluctantly, crosses the Atlantic. Little does he know that to rescue her he’ll have to deal with a ruthless spymaster, professional assassins, and a murky welter of...

Dearth on the High Seas! It’s 1888 and Oliver Redcastle’s teenaage daughter, Chloe, goes missing.

Kidnapped by an unscrupulous orchid-hunter, she disappears into Florida’s vast watery wilderness, the Everglades.

To find her the ex-Pinkerton detective crosses an ocean, battles an assassin, defies murderous train robbers, and confronts...

Ex-Pinkerton and ex Union sharpshooter Oliver Redcastle is hired to find a kidnapped boy. His search takes him to the mean streets of Baltimore in 1884 and the dangerous harbor where many unwary immigrants are sacrificed in the “Oyster Wars.” To save a child Oliver must confront grave-robbers, mediums, unscrupulous physicians, a mad scientist...

THEY WERE DEADLY BEAUTIFUL. 1886 New Mexico and troubles swarm. Sharpshooter and ex-Pinkerton detective, Oliver Redcastle, opts for the quiet life. Hoping to leave his violent past behind and provide his asthmatic young daughter a healthy environment, he settles on a sheep ranch with a mountain view.

As capricious as she is gorgeous, Marietta...

TONI CREDELLA TAKES ON MURDER. Since the tragic day when she shot her abusive cop husband in self-defense, dyslexic Toni Credella has been barely scratching out a living. To make ends meet Toni plays bodyguard to a beautiful opera singer with underworld connections and a violent boyfriend.
When that boyfriend threatens Toni, she knows she’s in...

A FLEDGLING GODDESS MUST STEAL BACK HER POWER FROM A RUTHLESS KING. During her first testing at the sacred pool of her ancestors, Reawen learns she must steal back the green stone that confirms her mystical power. The stone was stolen from her mother by Brone, the country’s king.

Cheated of her birthright as Domis of the Peninsula’s Waters,...

Mystery/Suspense: Toni wants a decent home of her own. Instead, she gets “Metal Men,” a drive-by shooting, a puzzling death by fire, a mysterious faucet, two hunky men vying for her favor and more flack from her family. Is Toni up to the challenge? You needed to ask?

WHAT FATAL SECRETS ARE BURIED IN BALTIMORE? When Toni Credella teams up with a tough private investigator in hopes of getting her own PI license, she finds herself investigating one crime too many.
What’s the connection between the murder of a homeless woman and a young girl who met a mysterious death decades earlier? Why has that forgotten...

Finding a cheap apartment in this city can be murder. Dyslexic decorator, Toni Credella, accidentally shot her abusive cop husband. Broke and wracked with guilt, she needs new digs. When she finds a place in a great neighborhood that’s a steal, she grabs it. Just one catch. A young woman had been murdered there only three months earlier.

Before...

In 1884 Baltimore, medical mischief is running rampant and a young boy has been kidnapped. Enter Oliver Redcastle, ex-Pinkerton detective and Union sharpshooter, who is hired to find the missing child.
As he searches for clues, Oliver finds himself navigating the dangerous harbor and the mean streets of Baltimore where homeless children run wild...

It’s 1882 and once again Oliver Redcastle is about to dive into mayhem. He’s no stranger to bloodshed. Memories of the men he has killed, first as a Pinkerton Detective, then as a Union Army sharpshooter haunt his days -- and his nights. He dreams of putting his past behind him and, upon learning that he has unexpectedly inherited a house in...

Sally Dunphy has had a rough eighteen months. Then she hears her ex-fiance has taken a dive off a bridge. Convinced that Joe, who had everything going for him, would never kill himself over her, as his note implied, Sally demands some answers. She teams up with rugged rugged Duke Spikowski, an old friend who’s also a police detective, to...

1885 FLORIDA: WILD PIGS AND WILDER PEOPLE! Winner of the Silver Palm for the Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Award, Trouble in Tampa is a thrilling look at the Wild South of Florida in 1885. An easy assignment for sharpshooter and ex-Pinkerton investigator, Oliver Redcastle, turns deadly.
A wealthy Baltimore art collector sends an...

A driven scientist, a pitiless Voodoo priest, and a woman confounding time, lock in a deadly duel of deceit and betrayal. Beautiful antiques dealer, Ariane Bragonier, is a woman with a secret. She lives for two things: love...and revenge. And Ariane has lived a long time—three hundred years and counting.

In search of justice for her brutally...

PASSIONATE LOVERS AND DEADLY ENEMIES. It’s a scorching July in the summer of 1884. William Pinkerton has sent Oliver Redcastle to the Midwestern island paradise of Put-in-Bay. The assignment seems simple: capture a tight-rope-walking train robber. But two beautiful women, a dangerous cult, and reminders of Oliver’s Civil War past complicate the...

Ex-Pinkerton and ex Union sharpshooter Oliver Redcastle is hired to find a kidnapped boy. His search takes him to the mean streets of Baltimore in 1884 and the dangerous harbor where many unwary immigrants are sacrificed in the “Oyster Wars.” To save a child Oliver must confront grave-robbers, mediums, unscrupulous physicians, a mad scientist...

Since the tragic day when she shot her abusive cop husband in self defense, dyslexic Toni Credella has been barely scratching out a living. To make ends meet Toni plays bodyguard to a beautiful opera singer with underworld connections and a violent boyfriend. When that boyfriend threatens Toni she knows she’s in trouble again. Add a murdered...

It’s 1882 and Oliver Redcastle, an ex-Pinkerton detective and a former Union Army sharpshooter, has inherited a house in Baltimore and a new daughter. Oliver dreams of putting his violent past behind him. When John D. Rockefeller forces him to investigate a railway explosion Oliver finds himself plunged into mayhem once again. The plot thickens...

Toni wants a decent home of her own. Instead, she gets “Metal Men,” a drive-by shooting, a puzzling death by fire, a mysterious faucet, two hunky men vying for her favor and more flack from her family. Is Toni up to the challenge? You needed to ask?

When Toni Credella teams up with a tough private investigator in hopes of getting her own PI license, she finds herself investigating one crime too many. What’s the connection between the murder of a homeless woman and a young girl who met a mysterious death decades earlier? Why has that forgotten girl’s body been buried in a public place for so...