Oliver Redcastle Gilded Age Mysteries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Step into a world brimming with grandeur, mystery, and danger as intrepid detective, Oliver Redcastle, takes center stage in a captivating Gilded Age tale. Rebel Hoard weaves an intricate web of post-Civil War intrigue, unleashing a whirlwind of suspense and adventure that will leave readers spellbound from the very first page.

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Oliver Redcastle’s enemies are out for blood. Appease them, foil them, or do a disappearing act?
Before he can find a way to elude his lethal adversaries, he must save his daughter from a merciless scam artist, and see her through a crisis.
There’s more! Can he outshoot a persistent Civil War opponent, ferret out the cause of a brutal accident,...