Mystery Sunny

Josie Tucker is in a pickle. She's a rising food critic in the blogosphere, but she can't eat. Her testy stomach is always in knots - is it anxiety, a food allergy, or something else? With a Boston blueblood matron funding her adventures, and a trio of loyal friends, Josie finds herself in scrape after bizarre scrape, barely escaping by the skin of her neck.

Starvation, violence, and death run rampant in the remains of our once-proud country. Federal troops, commissioned to protect the homeland, have turned their guns on the lawless population. Citizens find shelter in government safe zones while ruthless gangs enforce their will outside the camps. When the military transforms Washington's life-saving food bank into a gun collection center in order to disarm all but the soldiers themselves, riots ensue.

Life has returned to normal in Parfait, Florida. Unfortunately, normal is a relative term for Sunny Charles, who's hoping that everything will stay peaceful in the Sunny Side Up Café. When Sunny's aunt goes missing, she's convinced that nefarious causes are to blame, ones related to Sunny's looming past and newly deceased ex-husband. To make matters worse, a friend of Sunny's new beau is murdered - a case of poisoning by lemon meringue pie. If Sunny doesn't solve the case, she might wind up losing two people in one fell swoop.

Sam is a war photographer famous for her hauntingly beautiful pictures of the dead. After a particularly gruelling assignment, she checks in to an expensive hotel. Unfortunately she has chosen the exact moment terrorists attack the hotel. Abhi, the manager, thought his hotel was a safe haven, a place where he could be himself. Now stuck inside his office, he is desperately trying to keep those safe who're still alive....

With the economy in free fall, the government crippled by indecision, the streets taken over by new political parties, and the fragile institutions of civilization crumbling, a young man finds himself homeless and alone on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., facing certain death unless he can master survival skills he never imagined needing. Fending off violent citizens in an urban landscape that is gradually sliding into looting and mayhem, the protagonist emerges as an ultimate force of justice in a lawless land.

Dafne è una giovane scrittrice. Dopo la morte di zia Clara, la donna con cui è cresciuta, non ha più nessuno. Le rimane soltanto una decadente dimora di famiglia: la Quercia. Con tutti i suoi misteri. È qui che ha trascorso l'infanzia ed è da qui che è fuggita anni prima. In quest'antica tenuta il silenzio è l'unica presenza con cui convive. Una notte, la prima dal suo ritorno, un ansimo nella stanza da letto la strappa bruscamente dal sonno. Un respiro senza volto, come il passato delle antenate di Dafne che, come lei, hanno abitato la Quercia.

The primary character is recovering from the loss of his wife of nearly 25 years. He uses the experience of his past to rescue a stranger and then protects that person from an attempted kidnapping. The scenes of the book are set in present-day rural West Texas with events occurring in Houston and on Galveston Island. The author uses colorful descriptions of the areas, people, and actions to draw in the listener.

In an effort to rule 21st century Earth, Vladmir Karamatsov and his followers used the nuclear option, nearly destroying Earth. Five centuries later, Karamatov's successors battle to use the same weapons and newer "ultimate" weapons in pursuit of 25th Century world "peace." From Pacific islands to the frozen foothills of the Himalaya's, John Rourke, The Survivalist, and his allies fight delusion and raw ambition to save the fragile planet from men and women bent on proving the American philosopher George Santayana right, "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it."

When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfaces after three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired, who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and a doting parent, Phil calls on his daughter, Sunny, to help catch the criminal who eluded him so many years before.

Life has never been the same since Hector Kane was tossed out of the Company two years ago. His marriage to the smart and beautiful Yubi is falling apart after the death of their son. His teaching career at the American Institute of Middle Eastern Studies in Cairo has not fulfilled him as he thought it would. His heart and mind are still in the trade. So when the CIA offers him a chance to redeem himself, Hector doesn’t hesitate.

In a world that has descended into chaos, Raven Kennedy becomes a part of the Phoenix Project. Across the country, prison inmates fight to the death while the nation cheers them on. While struggling with his past, Raven faces the prison's most ruthless killing machines. With the real war raging inside him, Raven fights for redemption. But can he survive long enough to unravel the anger and regret that shackle him - and find the forgiveness he seeks?

Trials, persecutions, false accusations, the Inquisition - for archaeologist and TV host Annja Creed, the current episode they're taping for her show is a fascinating one. But while Annja is filming the last segment in France, a vicious "accident" nearly kills her. It looks to be unintentional...until a man calling himself Cauchon claims responsibility.

When the global pandemic swept the world, lockdowns were commonplace. While many of us were concerned for our immediate future, we also got plenty of time to sit and take stock of our lives, and come out the other end as better people. However, that was not the case for all of us. For others, COVID was an incredibly difficult time.

Can we deny who we are? With an absent black father, and a white mother, Annette has long struggled to fit in. When she marries Phil, a white cop and wonderful husband, she’s ready to relish her beautiful partnership, and live her happily-ever-after. But, a deadly conspiracy stirs ghosts from her past, and forces her to rethink her identity - even as she’s fighting for her life, and that of Phil's.