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Retired blogger Charlie North has old girlfriends… and a murder problem. After visiting three of them for a story, each one ends up dead. Suddenly, Charlie is the prime suspect in LA, Chicago, and Miami.

Desperate to clear his name, he hires Reggie Parker, a savvy private detective and daughter of his retired LAPD friend. Together, they chase...

Why kill the fittest old folks?

That’s the first question late-blooming amateur sleuths and retirees Charlie North and Ben Tucker need to answer.

Here’s Question #2. Are Charlie and Ben prime targets to be killed? The answer is yes, of course.

And here’s Question #3. Would a Cougar be interested in a 70ish-year-old guy? It seems like a totally...

You probably have not met a bank robber before now.

The bank robber I’m talking about pulled off the biggest bank robbery in American history.

Thirty-eight million dollars.

The FBI caught him, of course. But the Feds never recovered the loot.

Now the bank robber (visualize Clint Eastwood) is being released from a long stint in prison. As you would...

Some beloved old movie stars are getting knocked off.

Who would do such a horrible thing? The cops are baffled. Then another old movie star gets whacked. Who can stop it? Who’s gonna stop it?

Charlie, Ben and Reggie jump right in. They think they have it figured out, but then again, they might be wrong.

Spoiler alert: In the end, the murderer is...

Mystery writers scheme like crazy on how to murder somebody. That’s what they do.

Now, one writer turns thinking into doing. With gusto.

Eight of the top mystery writers meet in a remote resort. Their mission: write a perfect mystery novel. They’d done it before with the #1 global smash-hit bestseller Dead Men Don’t Age. To kick it off, they...

The bride said yes.

Then, she sipped the most expensive wine in the world.

Then, alas, she died.

Somebody was trying to destroy the Alchemy Winery by knocking off some of its best customers. One by one.

Charlie and Ben step in. They aren’t wine connoisseurs by any means. But they know murderers.

At the Alchemy Winery castle, there are many suspects....

Getting murdered on a dream cruise is more than random bad luck.

It’s crazy.

One hapless passenger is going to get whacked unless Serenity Cruise coughs up one million bucks.

Charlie and Ben are undercover (sort of) to ferret out the killer. There are some undercover FBI agents (kind of) swarming around. Any one of the 800 passengers and 200 crew...

She was the saint of the neighborhood. Then somebody knocked her off.

Charlie North thought he was living in a quiet, safe suburban neighborhood—the kind with nice lawns, helpful neighbors, and the occasional bake sale. But then, neighbors get knocked off left and right.

The cops are baffled. The neighbors panic. The HOA forms a watch patrol. They...

The treasure was perhaps a myth. The murder wasn’t.

Charlie and Ben are guests for a week of sun, fun, and golf in Charlevoix, Michigan.

They stay in one of the famous Mushroom houses—a house weirdly built with mostly boulders. Legend has it that a ghost resides in the house, and somewhere inside—hidden for decades—is a huge cash treasure from the...

All Charlie and Ben had to do was retrieve an urn from Celestial Waters Columbarium for a dangerously charming widow golfer.

“Easy peasy,” Ben said at the time.

One major problem: the place had disappeared. It no longer existed.

They eventually learn the urn found a resting place on an abandoned lighthouse island in the Pacific Ocean, reachable...

Let’s say you’ve got this pretty cool idea. It could easily be a career booster. But whoa! Pump the brakes a bit. You’ve got this extremely difficult boss who’s not a big fan of your ideas or anybody else’s. Sitting on the idea, hoping your boss moves on, is such a waste. Instead, pick up the tool that has proven to get even the most...

You.
That’s Right. YOU.
You’ve got a problem.
You’ve got a product that’s not first in its class.
It’s not even second.
You’ve got to find a way to market that product.

What Are You Going To Do?

You’re going to read this book, that’s what.

Let’s face it. There comes a time in the life of every business when a product or service does not sell up to...

Companies that don’t change die. Change is everyday corporate life - plans for cost cutting, restructuring, new technology, quality improvement, new products/services are ongoing challenges in companies of all sizes. Resistance is a huge roadblock. This real-world guide shows frustrated managers how to build support for change and stay...

“Do-Overs sizzles with time travel adventure, love, mistakes, do-overs and twists that you won’t see coming, but will love.”

This time travel trip is different, cool and astonishing and something you couldn’t expect in a million years.

This is just a fun read that is love story, sci-fi, fantasy, time travel, and mystery wrapped in a neat...

If you enjoy James Ellroy or the Nate Heller books by Max Allan Collins, you’ll love this romp into this 1950s history of spies, Commies and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jake McHenry spent five years in Germany after Hitler’s War and came back laden with ill-gotten Nazi riches.

Back home in Brooklyn, he became a private detective because he needed a...