Death In The Garden
Garden center manager Heather Cameron must prove her old family friend, mentor, and employee, Walter Sims, is innocent of murdering the meanest man in town. Heather can’t trust the police to find the real killer when all clues point to poor Walter. The dead man was beaten to death with Walter’s shovel several hours after they were overheard arguing, and the two men had a long history of enmity. Walter definitely looks guilty, but Heather is sure—well, almost positive—okay, she certainly hopes her friend and mentor is innocent.
Heather is compelled to scour the fictional North Central Texas town of Gamble Grove to exonerate her old friend. She’s encouraged when the new police detective in town, Kurt Steele, shows interest in helping her look for clues.
The deeper Heather digs into the dead man’s life, the more she justifies his ruthless reputation. Walter is indicted, but police begin to suspect the victim’s stepson as murderer. Heather is convinced the stepson couldn’t have murdered anyone either—although it’s clear no love was lost between the two men. The attempted murder of the victim’s real son creates a new twist. Can Heather solve the murder without becoming the killer’s next victim?
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Almost Home
After the death of his wife,
Link Dixon moves
back to his hometown of Cartersville, Texas with his young son, Jason,
to the Victorian home Link inherited from his grandmother. He hopes
being surrounded by extended family will help Jason change from the
solemn boy he’s become. Link doesn’t begrudge leaving the Dallas PD
where he worked for ten years because he and Jason both love their new
home. Besides, he’d do anything to help Jason. The Dixon family is
thrilled to have Link and Jason in town and Jason is gradually learning
to smile again.
Link’s wasted in his job as a deputy on
night patrol, collaring drunks
like his cousin, Virgil Lee, but it’s the only law enforcement position
unless he leaves the county. At the end of Link’s first night on
patrol, he’s approached secretly by an old DEA acquaintance who wants
him to add to his deputy’s job that of undercover to find the killer of
the man he’d be replacing. The kicker is that there may be a leak in
the sheriff’s office--Link could be working with dirty cops.
But he can’t refuse, this is Jason and
his family’s home. He uncovers
clues that lead to more questions. Link contacts an attorney friend
from Dallas, Vince Bertolli, who has also recently relocated to
Cartersville. When a second person dies, Link is framed for both
murders. Help comes from an unexpected source, and Link escapes--helped
by a life-long friend with a simple mind, Coy Cox. And then Link’s
worst nightmare, Jason goes missing. Who would guess that cousin Virgil
Lee would hold the key to retribution?
Thomas Hardy said a man can never go
home again. Almost home
is close enough for Link Dixon.
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