The Elinor & Dot Library Mysteries
The Widow’s Peak Book Club continues the Elinor & Dot Library Mysteries. When Elinor Woodward agrees to resurrect a mystery book club, twelve readers show up, eleven women and one gentleman. Turns out, most of them have lost a mate, including Virgil Watchman. As the months go by and their numbers dwindle, Elinor and Dot join forces with Police Chief DeWayne Nashoba to delve into actual rather than fictional murder. Available as paperback and eBook. The Widow’s Peak Book Club
What the Librarian Heard started it all back in 2001. This novel became a best-seller among Texas librarians. Elinor & Dot hear quite a lot, actually, since the library shares a wall with the police station. Chief Nashoba finds it difficult to take a hard line with women who were once his teachers. Available as paperback and eBook.
Death in the Stacks, #2 in the Elinor and Dot Library Mysteries, finds the small town of Johns Valley, Oklahoma celebrating the Fourth. Elinor will always regret they were too busy on the circulation desk Friday to notice the body of an elderly home health nurse slumped over the library’s public computer. Available as paperback and eBook.
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Born On The Island, A Novel of Galveston opens in 1900 just days before the Great Storm. It’s the story of three generations of survivors: Faith Coolidge, whose business sense helps get Galveston back on her feet; headstrong Edith who refuses a woman’s traditional role; and Emily who survives her own storm in 1915 the day she is born. Emily lives a long and colorful life and it is she who becomes the family chronicler. New paperback and eBook edition available. Born On The Island
The Centennial of the great Galveston storm is an appropriate time for the publication of a fine historical novel about the devastating effects it had on three generations of women in a prominent Galveston family, all BOI–born on the island. This book should be in all public, university, and college libraries and deserves a wide readership. Bingham is truly an exciting new voice in Texas letters. Review of Texas Books, November 2000.
All Roads Lead Home picks up where Born On The Island leaves off. When Lisa Gaines breaks up with Bob Langley, she heads to Trinity to spend Thanksgiving with her family. Geneva, the matriarch, has just announced that she will marry her long-time companion Leonard. The question becomes what will happen to the family farm. How will Geneva’s three daughters be changed by their mother’s gift?
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Oklahoma Air is the most autobiographical of my novels. Set in rural Oklahoma, the novel opens with Anna’s return from California after the death of her husband. It gives her great comfort that she will be reunited with childhood playmate Christopher, but she finds him in despair. His marriage is breaking up and he’s about to lose the land their grandfather gave him. Anna sets aside her own troubles to restore her childhood hero. New edition available in paperback and eBook.
We All Loved Karen is a novel of suspense featuring gay PI Laine Darrow. She and Karen broke up some time ago but now Karen appears to want to revive the relationship, even though she’s married to a wealthy older man. Laine will have none of it. But when Karen falls victim to a drive-by shooting, Laine realizes the significance of the key Karen pressed on her. I was a private eye without a case or a client. My only clue was a key in a city with a gazillion locks. Available in paperback and eBook.
MacArthur High is the comic novel that emerged from the author’s real life not-so-funny experience in Houston public schools during the years of court-ordered desegregation. Paige Fairchild is not only new to teaching, but to marriage. Rodney is turning out to be a perpetual grad student. Meet all the denizens of MacArthur High where education is the last thing on anybody’s mind. Available in paperback and eBook. MacArthur High
Marcy is at wit’s end helping her sister cope with the disappearance of her husband Mac who went missing along with hundreds of thousands of his employer’s dollars. Enter Paul, a security expert, who has invented an algorithm to help track down fugitives. When his search comes up empty, Paul is convinced that Mac is no longer among the living. Available in paperback or eBook. Missing Mac
Can’t Buy Me Love, a domestic comedy, finds busy executive Gena advertising for a new housekeeper. Unemployed novelist Simon replies to her ad. It’s a perfect arrangement for them both, until Gena loses her job and Simon’s action adventure novel sells. Will their budding romance survive a reversal of fortunes? Available as paperback and eBook.
The John & Mary Bolt Mysteries
John Bolt, private arson investigator, heads east to figure out who is setting fires in the small college town of Bristol Falls. En route, he meets the woman who will become his wife, Mary, an actress in deaf theatre. Mary is a hearing person who was raised by deaf parents. As it turns out, she is going to Bristol Falls to conduct a workshop. When a beloved landmark is threatened with destruction, the pair join forces to solve a case of arson and murder. Available as paperback and eBook. Up In Flames
John Bolt’s old firefighter pal Harry Tepperwein is getting married for the fourth time, to a barmaid named Brandy. When the Bolts arrive on Harry’s private island in the Caribbean, they discover that Harry’s exes have converged to talk some sense into the old man. But where Harry? John Bolt investigates. Available as paperback and eBook. Flashpoint
Set in the big ranch country of South Texas, Who’s Burning Paloma Blanca pits Houston arson investigator John Bolt against a serial arsonist whose efforts seem to be escalating. Bolt’s suspects include inmates of a ranch for delinquent girls, wealthy rancher Jim Devereaux, and a spry old woman who may just hate Devereaux enough to torch his property. Who’s Burning Paloma Blanca available as paperback and eBook.
Mary Bolt books a room in a B&B owned by her friend Beth Hardy in California’s gold country. John is delayed by work but plans to join her later. Mary senses that her fellow guests are not what they seem. She leaves John a cryptic message just before she mysteriously vanishes during a trail ride. John rushes to Northern California to lead the hunt for his wife. What did Mary stumble onto? John must follow the clues she left. Hardy’s Hope available as paperback and eBook.
While Mary tours England with the Deaf Players, John busies himself tracking down the elusive character haunting the skyscraper where Union Fidelity is headquartered. The cleaning crew are convinced Senor Malo is a vengeful ghost. When a lawyer is found with an antique letter opener in his back, Senor Malo gets the blame. But soon the lawyer’s son and his second wife are pointing fingers at one another. John Bolt must determine who is lying. Skyscraper Caper is available as paperback and eBook.
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