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|  | | Death Has No Appeal Christmas Eve, Judge Joseph Patrick Winslow was found murdered. Julia McKenna was discovered standing over the deceased with the gun still in her hand. A jury of her peers find her guilty. Did she do it?
On December 23rd, the Judge watched as Julia stood on the lower deck of The Coral Princess going for a Christmas holiday. He smiled as the Captain hnded Julia the phone. "Hello Julia," he softly spoke, "I have some tragic news..."
Knowledge is power, thought the killer. With power comes prestige nd glory. To unlock knowledge, you read, study, learn and train. To kill, you ue these same skills. Going over everything in your head, you've learned to be careful, cautious and clever. Yes, very, very clever. | |  | | DOG Gone Christmas Seven years ago the housekeeper, Maudelle Perkins, found Horace Fletcher, Director of Shady Rest Funeral Home, dead at his desk. Cyrus Dedeaux, one of three morticians was declared guilty. His lawyer proved him innocent and he has been set free! Before attending the gala benefit honoring environmentalist, Dr. Horatio Banks, in Bay St. Louis, Mrs. Julia McKenna (Aunt Jewels) and her boyfriend Captain Eric VonBoatner go to pick up a 1927 Model T. Ford she has won two months ago in Cruisin The Coast raffle. They stop by a little shop called Maggie May's and it is there she and the dog are kidnapped! Mystery, mayhem and merriment follow as her niece, Bea Winslow Private Investigator and her boyfriend, Sheriff Jim Travis weave their humor and crime solving tactics through the Bay to find Aunt Jewels and Maggie May!
From the Prologue.....
"Where have you been," Maudelle hissed. "I've heard something!"
Cyrus stopped in his tracks and listened. "I don't hear nothin' and besides...I'm here now baby," he cooed, then passionately kissed her.
She sharply pushed him backward. "This is the last time you convince me to meet you here, at the Funeral Home..."
Cyrus pulled her close once more and nuzzled her earlob while squeezing her waist. "We have it made here. No one's gong to bother our 'little love nest'." | |  | | I'll Love You Till You Die When Private Investigator Bea Winslow's Aunt Julia McKenna(Aunt Jewels, to Bea) purchases a used car, litle does she realize she acquired more than meets the eye. A receipt, abody nd a cruise to the Caribbean unravel murder, greed and jealousy!
Prologue
Location: South Houston, Texas
Time: Present, Tuesday evening...
"What took you so long?" they asked.
"Look, it tkes time to drive from Illinois to Texas!"
"Did you get the information?"
"Naw, she didn't know."
"What? Are you nuts? She was married to him."
"So, where is she at?"
"The married one lives in Mississippi."
"No stupid! I mean the one you picked up in Illinois."
"Oh, she's in the trunk."
"You killed her?"
"Yeah. Hey, I've been tellin' this dizzy dame for six month's I'd love her 'til she died. Well..she's | |  | | Laughing All The Way, A Christmas Tale It's Christmas time and Bea and Aunt Jewels are shopping in New Orleans. Aunt Jewels spys a painting and must have it!
Meanwhile, overseas, Errol Frazer is getting out of an Italian prison after forty years for a murder he didn't commit. However, he did steal a valuable painting!
Multiple storyline, jovial characters and an exciting plot, keps you turning the pages, ending with Bea's climatic ride through New Orleans in a race against time to save Aunt Jewels from death!
Chapter Five
The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she know the average man can see much better than he can think.
Ladies Home Journal | |  | | Looks Can Be Deceiving Finding a hundred year old body on the beach in front of edgewater mall throws Aunt Jewels, her niece Bea, Sheriff Travis and their friend Dr. Nathan Tate on a trip to Quitmann, Brookes County Georgia for Answers!
After Dr. Tate does the autopsy, he suggests the three of them travel to Quitmann Georgia where mysterious and exotic Blackbayou Plantation is located. Upon their arrival, they are amazed by the youthful facial features of people who are eighty and above!
But...when people start dying...
Add a heroine, several shady characters, a snoopy mailman, a feisty lady and a house and motel and Psycho movie buff would recognize and viola! You have the makin's of a Cosy Little Murder Mystery! Enjoy... | |  | | Say A Little Prayer For Me In 1982, Sister Mary Catherine O'Neal, from Holy Sisters of Coventry Baptist Orphanage in Bonne Place, Louisiana, is murdered at St. Mark's Baptist Church in Moriah County, Mississippi. Now eighteen years later, young Sra Millicent (Millie) Forrester is found strangled in the old Winslow boathouse. Her uncle, Garrett Forrester hires his old college sweetheart, Private Investigator Bea Winslow to solve the crime.
Secrets. Everyone has some. Skeltons locked in the closets of their minds. Mysteries and private matters too vile to mention. Like a caldron of boiling water, these would surface, spilling over into the outside word, begging to be heard and uncovered. Prayers of forgiveness. Each one requesting a resolution. Each person wishing someone would whisper a little prayer..for them. |
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Reed's Point
by T. Cline
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The Reed’s faith, a mystery to some, will be tested like never before. Will it hold? Mark’s love for his wife and their intimate romance is shattered by Brandy, a barmaid. |
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