A saga in short story form depicting life in Southwest Kansas through the 20th Century
Fragile Hopes, Transient Dreams follows the Roth family and their descendents through over 100 years (1889 to 1999) of good times, bad times, depressions, the "Dirty Thirties", Wars, the struggle to survive the economic ups and downs of the 20th Century as they deal with their own personal issues.
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Had Mama known what she was getting into, I doubt that Papa could ever have talked her into leaving her snug little cottage in St. Louis to homestead in Southwest Kansas.
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
"Murder isn't usually this fun
This is the trade paperback edition of the mythopoeic paranormal novel recounting the attempts of one Danny Blue and his friends to come to terms with a series of unusual events in his life. A Kindle eBook edition is also available.