Fiction based upon truth. In any story told there is some truth woven in the tale. I heard this story from an English teacher whom I met in South Korea a few years ago. At the time I thought it tear jerking, but when she'd finished, a warm ending made my old heart glow. So, all of you out there intending on enjoying a turkey dinner, perhaps a reminder of who really to be thankful for back in 1621.

In the first case Marshall Foreham is introduced to a rather gruesome kidnap/murder of a young college girl. Her father is a high profile city manager who decides to give the kidnapper the ransom without notifying the authorities. The victim is savagely killed. Suspects are many and varied.Her next case involves a hated retired bank manager of a small town who, on a senior outing, is shot between the eyes on the coast of Oregon. A grocery list of suspects is methodically sorted out ...

Two poor kids write a letter to Santa Claus wishing for a special present. What happens is a surprise of a lifetime for the whole family.

These four novellas are written to please and stimulate the reader who loves murder mysteries. The daughter of a very small town Chief of Police is home after graduation from a major university. Her university degree is in criminology. She begins her career as a police officer to learn the ropes.The first case has a pretty woman murdered by a golf club. She's found by a foursome of women at a tournament. Stacy is called in to investigate the murder. Her first meeting with the State ...

The second in the series consists of three novellas and one novel. All four stories are unique with Super Sleuth detective Stacy Foreham at the forefront of the homicide investigation.Murder at the Lighthouse involves a mysterious death by suffocation of a potato; Murder in the Pasture has a dairy farmer discovering a dead body executed mob style. The body is full of undigested cranberries complicating the motive; Murder in the Cranberry Bogs surprises two farmers of young models sh...

Two university graduates celebrate by climbing Mr. Rainier in 1965. They are quietly visited by aliens who seem very friendly. The information that comes is fascinating and believable. In my first part, our couple feels safe and secure with warm feeling of the future, but can an alien culture really be trusted?

The third in the series; this mission involves the Batt Team against the North Korean regime. It's revealed, through a high level defector, that the "Dear One" is about to nuke both South Korea and Japan at the same time.The three heads of state, Japan, South Korea and the USA have agreed to remove the power in North Korea once and for all. China has agreed behind the scenes to assist.The president gives carte blanche to Brad and his team to eliminate the reckless military re...

In part two of 'A Campers Dream' we find Harry Watersfield still living but his wife, Virginia has passed on. We begin when Virginia wakes up on a distant planet but unable to use any senses. She hears a voice in her head somewhat familiar from when they encountered alien beings on Mt. Rainier. She's soon installed in a robot body and functions quite similar to humans. Harry comes next and the story unfolds of truth or fiction, altruism or greed.

Tragedy at Iron Flats is fiction based upon historical fact. Immigrants coming from England in the late 1800s make their way from Liverpool to their final destination in Denver, Colorado. The story is how the logistics transpired and how the characters felt during the travel of many thousands of miles by sea, train and finally by stagecoach.

While on a short vacation, staying with her father, in Bandon, Oregon, US Marshall Stacy Foreham is called to the scene of a murder. Chief of Police Lance Eagle Feather is found with a hunting knife in his heart at the police station. Also to complicate matters, he's been scalped!Stacy's father, the former Chief of Police Ray Foreham is faced with having to once again; take over the temporary job as Chief. He's not happy at all. Lance Eagle Feather had been chosen by Stacy's boss ba...

A chance encounter disrupts a normal evening with the arrival of travelers from the unknown occupying a home in Texas. This short story is not unreasonable to imagine.

This is a murder mystery that will delight the reader along with intrigue stoking the imagination. A club of murdering misfits baffles the detectives. The leader is a discharged psycho from the mental hospital of the Army. He vows to murder all the popular girls from his former high school. He nearly succeeds.The club is made up of former high school nerds. Their club is bent on killing all the cheerleaders during their last year of high school. Each member chooses the one he fell ...