It is the year 2000 and Los Angeles P.I. Mickey O’Rourke, 78 years old, thought he had seen and done it all in his very long career as a private investigator. He’s planning to retire after this, the last case he plans to take. But this is one case that will really test his detective… Continue reading

Tempest Raj, aka “The Tempest,” has gone home to California following an accident that has derailed her career as a stage magician. Tempest knows that the failed trick that nearly killed her was not due to neglect and proper vetting on her part, but rather the result of sabotage by her former stage double, Cassidy Sparrow. But… Continue reading

Toronto P.I. Dan Sharp discovers a horrific scene in a burned-out building while working on a different case. The police give Sharp a hard time and hold him for questioning, but he’s not an unknown figure in law enforcement and ultimately realize he didn’t have anything to do with the crime. But it’s got Dan… Continue reading

In a wealthy suburb of Helsinki, Finland, the wife of a best-selling author is found dead sitting in her evening gown at the head of a beautifully set dinner table. It appears that someone is re-enacting the murders from the victim’s husband’s book The Witch Hunter, but as more and more bodies are found dead, investigator… Continue reading

Andrea Stern was once a respected FBI profiler, but she gave it up to be a stay-at-home mom to her four children (with a fifth very much on the way). She now lives in the suburbs (West Windsor, New Jersey) with her children and husband (a convicted white-collar criminal). When one of Andrea’s very young… Continue reading