Secrets Don’t Always Stay Buried in the Garden.
In the sleepy town of Silvergrove, keenly observant puzzle-solver Aileen Brannigan finds solace among her flowers and customers at Brannigan’s Bloomers — a vibrant garden center she's lovingly nurtured after her divorce. When the town's serenity is shattered by the murder of parolee Ethan, found face-down on a pastor’s fresh grave, Aileen must peel back layers of a mystery far more chilling than she ever guessed.
Ethan may have been a petty burglar, jailed for stealing a priceless red jade cat from the notorious Boucheron family six years earlier, but his death opens a Pandora’s box of secrets that threatens the entire town. With rumors swirling around Val Boucheron, the town’s tarnished playgirl, and her enigmatic chauffeur, Trey Spalding —suspected of leading the town’s criminal underbelly together — Aileen is thrust into the center of the rush to catch the lawbreakers.
The stakes rise when her beloved garden center is vandalized, leaving Aileen’s sidekick, Rick, injured and their dreams of floral harmony in jeopardy. As she assembles a team of eager teens armed with enthusiasm and determination, hidden thorns emerge among the flowers. With mystery budding around every corner and danger lurking in the shadows, Aileen must piece together the puzzle before time runs out. Will she uncover the killer before the petals fall?
Join Aileen in this lighthearted yet thrilling mystery where every flower holds a secret, and the blooming intrigue will make you long for a bouquet of justice, expertly arranged in every chapter.
In Small Towns, the Deepest Roots are Often Tangled In Secrets.
Garden center owner Aileen Brannigan has finally found her footing in the small Texas town of Silvergrove. With her business expanding and a team of local teens under her wing, things are looking up. Until broken ground reveals long-buried bones.
When excavation for a controversial supermarket development unearths two bodies, Aileen reluctantly steps into her role as amateur detective once again. The victims — a teenage girl, Dana Mitchell, and a teacher, Camden Matheson, who disappeared four years earlier — stir up painful memories throughout the town, especially for Mayor Tamryn Mitchell, who has been Aileen's closest friend since her arrival in Silvergrove.
As Aileen and her teen detectives dig through layers of corruption, blackmail, and small-town politics, they uncover a trail leading to the last place Aileen wants to look — the mayor's home. With crime figures threatening her investigation and her own unresolved family wounds mirroring the case, Aileen must decide what matters more: friendship or justice.
In this second Brannigan Mysteries novel, Aileen discovers that bringing truth to light means first confronting the darkness in her own heart.
A Dead Singer. A Framed Teen. A Gardener Who Grows the Truth.
When a murder disrupts the peaceful life of Silvergrove, florist and amateur sleuth Aileen Brannigan is determined to uncover the truth in "Blue Iris." The murder of Iris Jonelle Leigh after a performance at The Rusty Nail sends shock waves through the town, and Aileen's teen friend and part-time employee Garrett quickly finds himself painted as the prime suspect. With his reputation and freedom on the line, Aileen can’t sit back and watch as the investigation spirals into chaos. Aileen and her team of eager, capable teens delve deep into Iris's life, connecting the dots between her ambitions, vulnerabilities, and the dark undercurrents linked to Brady Cartwright, the new owner of local music venues. She realizes that the murder isn’t just an isolated tragedy; it's a thread connecting a series of sinister events threatening the community she loves. Tensions rise as old wounds are reopened within her fractured family, especially her estrangement with her daughter, Mavourneen. With the unwavering support of friends and a diverse cast of town characters, Aileen gathers every clue, weaving together Iris’s last days and the dangers she unknowingly faced. As Aileen races against the clock to exonerate Garrett, rescue her daughter, and confront the real killer hiding in the shadows, she discovers that some secrets refuse to stay buried. In a gripping reveal of events, Aileen must harness her knowledge of the community and the power of friendship in a thrilling quest to find justice not only for Iris but for her friend — and ultimately for herself.
The Poetry was Bad. The Murder was Worse.
In the small town of Silvergrove, Aileen Brannigan knows that beneath the picturesque surface, secrets bloom like her prized flowers. When she and her daughter Mavourneen join the local poetry club, they find themselves witnesses to more than bad verse: they stumble upon murder.
The Poetry Pioneers' president Fulvia Gramble had a knack for tearing apart poems and poets alike. When she's found dead behind The Drowsy Poet during a January meeting, her cutting critiques are silenced forever. With Fulvia's cell phone, purse, and car mysteriously missing, and no obvious cause of death, the case is as enigmatic as the victim herself.
Between running Brannigan's Bloomers and mending her strained relationship with Mavourneen, Aileen can't help but notice the details others miss. Was Fulvia's death connected to the mysterious phone call she took? Did someone in the club harbor deeper resentment than they showed? And what secrets might be hidden in the poems themselves?
As Valentine's Day approaches, Aileen must sift through layers of deception and rivalry to find a killer who turned poetry night into a crime scene. In a case where everyone has a verse to share but no one tells the whole story, Aileen discovers that in Silvergrove, the deadliest passions often hide behind the prettiest words.
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Finding a Heiress Was the Mission. Surviving Was the Challenge.
Quitting their dreary jobs was the easy part. For Cat Summers and Max Rose, launching Summers Rose Investigations in Hayward meant betting everything on a shared dream and an uncertain future. The reality? Less thrilling detective work, more tracking down runaway pets and bungling basic surveillance. Their partnership, born in mutual desperation, is constantly tested by their different approaches and the ever-present threat of bankruptcy.
A lifeline appears when Parker, butler to ailing billionaire Loudon Bloemfontein, hires Max and Cat independently for the same lucrative job: find the tycoon’s long-lost daughter, before it’s too late. Parker demands absolute secrecy, driving a wedge of deception between the partners. As they search, their paths collide. Each convinced the other is interfering, they engage in a covert war of sabotage, deploying spy gear, false leads, and counter-surveillance tactics. Their games delay their progress and inadvertently aid the real enemy.
Violence shatters their rivalry when attackers ambush them, critically wounding a key witness and injuring team members. With the clock ticking on the billionaire’s life and danger closing in, Cat and Max must confront their own betrayals. Combining their strengths — Max’s network, including hacker Ambrose and tough guy Hondo, and Cat’s team, featuring the resourceful Sandra and tech whiz Kesh — they unite to unravel a conspiracy involving hidden identities, family secrets, and cold-blooded murder, racing against time to find Rikele and expose the truth.
So Easy It's Criminal... So Deadly It's Personal.
Max Rose expected quiet times at Summers Rose Investigations when his partner Cat left for an extended sailing trip. Instead, he lands a plum assignment from LawForge: vet six lawyers competing for a junior partnership. It’s discreet, well-paid work, perfect for filling the weeks ahead. The assignment turns into a descent into hell when the first candidate Max researches, Abequa Stolzenburg, is brutally murdered. Max is relentlessly pursued by Detective Rye Bright, who believes Max is the killer. As Max pulls together his team, including the brilliant Sandra Ruffini, tech whiz Kesh, and gray hacker Ambrose, tragedy strikes again: a second candidate is killed. The evidence points squarely at Max, leading to his arrest.
A third candidate’s murder occurs while he’s locked up, proving his innocence in that instance but deepening the mystery. Released into a fog of suspicion, Max knows he’s still Bright’s target. The focus shifts from background checks to finding the real killer. The team uncovers a conspiracy involving ambitious LawForge partner Suanne Wahlmann, a shadowy fixer, and corrupt involvement of Detective Bright. While Suanne denies ordering the murders, the conspiracy provides the perfect cover for the real killer. Max and team must now operate in the shadows, using unconventional methods to expose Bright’s corruption, unravel the conspiracy, and identify the murderer before they strike again or Max is framed permanently.
In These Restaurants, Revenge is a Dish Served with Salsa.
When private investigators Cat Summers and Max Rose are hired to look into petty thefts at a local Mexican restaurant, they expect a straightforward case. Instead, they find themselves drawn into a complex web of family feuds, secret recipes, and deadly rivalries. When restaurant owner Javier Silva dies from poisoning at his own establishment, Cat and Max realize they're dealing with something far more sinister than missing spices.
As they investigate the powerful Silva family and their three competing restaurants, they uncover generations of secrets, a mysterious rare ingredient called Verdorán, and a criminal enterprise that stretches far beyond Hayward's borders. When a second murder occurs, the stakes rise even higher.
With their own lives threatened, team members harmed, and evidence pointing to an international smuggling operation, Cat and Max must navigate family loyalties, corrupt food critics, and deadly enforcers to find the truth. But in a case where nothing is as it seems, even a simple family recipe could be worth killing for.
Tacos, Sunsets, and Murder serves up a perfect blend of culinary intrigue and deadly stakes in this thrilling third installment of the Summers Rose Investigations series.
The Golden Road Beckons. What You Find May Change Humanity Forever.
The Great Collapse nearly destroyed humanity’s interstellar civilization. For over a century, countless colonies were lost — some to oblivion, others merely to silence.
By 594 GC (2947 AD), the Sol League begins to rediscover these forgotten worlds. Among them is Samarqand, an ancient planet orbiting a K2 subgiant star, harboring biological treasures unlike anything in Known Space.
This collection of interconnected tales spans the pivotal years of 594-643 GC, chronicling humanity’s return to the stars. Follow corporate explorers, desperate smugglers, ambitious scientists, and hardened criminals as they converge on Samarqand and its coveted biological compounds.
Along the Golden Road — humanity’s greatest interstellar highway stretching from Sol to the Pleiades—old powers rebuild while new forces emerge. The rediscovery of Samarqand triggers a chain reaction that will reshape the balance of power across 880 worlds.
“Samarqand: Prelude” sets the stage for THE GOLDEN ROAD CHRONICLES, a scientifically rigorous space opera where humanity’s greatest journey unfolds among the stars.
One Molecule Away from Miracle. One Step Away from Disaster.
On the biodiverse jungle world Samarqand, where corporations harvest psychoactive compounds worth billions, pilot Maeve Chen navigates between the sterile moon base Spice and the teeming surface below. In reality, she is Siobhan Hu Tang, a former xenobiologist seeking scientific redemption through access to the planet’s unique flora.
Her superior piloting skills impress Chief Pilot Reyes but draw unwanted attention from the ambitious VP Vandermeer. A short expedition with obscure bioprospector Lance Paparelli goes badly wrong, forcing them to rely on Brynn, a fiercely independent young local with extraordinary survival skills and a vendetta against the mercenaries who destroyed her village. Vandermeer decides Maeve is unstable and fires her, stranding her on the very planet she wanted to explore.
Following clues left by Brynn’s missing father, the trio discover the legendary Stellaris flower, possessing miraculous healing properties and terrible side effects. Their discovery reveals Vandermeer’s treasonous alliance with Roma Secundus, a fascist military planet secretly operating on Samarqand, building biologically enhanced soldiers.
Captured during a failed infiltration, Siobhan is injected with Roma's unstable Chimera compound. The infusion transforms her, granting terrible strength and rage that enables her escape, but leaves her slowly dying. As Lance gambles on Stellaris to save her life and Brynn leads a desperate mission to warn the galaxy, Siobhan must harness her unstable new abilities to expose the conspiracy before Samarqand’s biological weapons reshape humanity’s future.
A Thousand Years from Earth. One Shot at Survival.
Aboard a colossal world ark where technology has become a myth, Quillan Ghaney, a genius teen, seeks to understand and resist the decay he sees. He's opposed by the bully Neal Freet, who is banished to Ska after Quill proves Neal murdered loreweaver Marlena. Donal Malum takes over Neal's gang, and through trickery and deception, has the Council banish Quill to Ska. Vanora Lavender rejects the council's demands and her mother's pleas and joins Quill in exile.
After two years of adventure, Quill and Vanora are near death, resting at the entrance to Hulda, the Command Module. Through a strange quirk of fate, Quill is declared Captain by the damaged augmented intelligence that lives in Hokulea, "Star of Gladness." After life-saving medical intervention, Quill is informed that his world, Hokulea, will miss their target of 51 Pegasi unless he takes decisive action. Quill and Vanora use Hokulea's limited remaining resources to gather and train a crew of workers from the surviving voyagers and rush to repair their home ship.
The deadline to begin deceleration looms. Will the inhabitants of Hokulea manage to do enough to save their world? Or will they miss and spend eternity drifting among the stars?
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