First in the Venus Bixby Mystery series from award-winning author Valerie Taylor. Sea breezes and fireworks fill the air in cozy Chatham Crossing, the peaceful and historic whaling town situated between Providence and Cape Cod. Venus Bixby, owner of the forever popular music store Oldies & Goodies, is counting on the festivities over the Fourth […]

Apprentice math-mage Raj loves numbers, like all wizards. Unlike his peers, he hates wearing black or drinking beer. And his time is running out. Raj is twenty-nine and three-quarters years old. The sum of three consecutive squares, the tenth prime number, and the laughingstock of the century. Unless he can graduate soon, he will be […]

P. I. Apprentice (Dev Haskell Private Investigator Book 34) Private Investigator Dev Haskell is visited by Melissa Carter, the daughter of a former friend. Both her parents were killed in a hit-and-run ‘accident’ a few years earlier. She has strong doubts it was an accident and asks Dev to investigate. He grudgingly takes on the […]

A father will do anything to protect his daughter. One Girl. They warned him. Go to the local authorities, and your daughter dies. Report the abduction to anyone in the government, and we’ll kill her. One Ransom. Faced with his worst nightmare, a wealthy father must decide how to respond. Follow the ransom demands and […]