Financial Mystery

This novel is the 4th in the six-book Slimy Lawyer Series about Slymon "Slimy" Robichaud, a shyster attorney adept at putting his own interests ahead of those of his unfortunate clients. When Slimy is caught giving under-the-table bribes to real estate agents in order to secure client referrals, his penalty is a four month period of disbarment. Using a phony name in order to avoid humiliation but retain at least a bit of income, Slimy gets a job washing cars at an automobile dealership during the lonely night shift. That's when his new secret life becomes filled with danger and drives poor ...

A mysterious nun. A missing jewel. Maybe tax returns weren’t so bad after all… Mary Catherine Mahoney, MC for short, never saw the nuns coming. When Sister Hildegard rolls into MC’s tax office, the former covert IRS agent never expected to hear about a secret society and a long-lost jewel with special powers. It’s too bad the nuns aren’t the only ones after the treasure… The hunt is on, and it makes MC occasionally yearn for her days filled with IRS paperwork. When a pair of jewel-hungry brothers looking to claim both the US Presidency and the Papacy clash with MC, she enlists ...

They say oil and water don’t mix, but the same can be said when three branches of law enforcement find themselves working the same murder investigation. When a former Senator is found murdered in Big Fork, Montana, the local sheriff and Richard “Rottweiler” Chase are first on the scene. They start an investigation but are sidelined when the FBI arrives and takes over the case. But that changes when the Senator’s widow, no fan of the FBI, hires Chase and his company, Fortitude Security, to find the killer. Despite the rocky start, the three eventually form an alliance and discover ...

Henry Thompson, is a British retired teacher and he and his wife are highly respected members of the Bangkok ex-pat community. So why suddenly, beyond belief does he up and rob his local bank in bewildering circumstances. His friends rally around, they believe the stress of him being the only care-giver too his 'troubled' wife has become all too much. The Thai Police though, are not so sympathetic, they are sure they have their man. However despite the evidence piling up against him, a befuddled Henry steadfastly refuses to remember or too confess to his crime. Moreover, there is something ...

A Small Town, Absurdist, Dark Humor from the Twisted Mind of Count Fathom. A dying man delivers, with his last breath, a message to a tavern full of drunks, in a storm. Struck by lightning, this modern prophet says he speaks with the stars and beyond. His message he sets in the hearts of the new apostles. They, in turn, spread the message to build a brand around the Martyr, bringing unity, hope, and financial prosperity to the town, and to themselves most of all. The drunks spill their cups in a mad dash down fortune’s path, as greed leads the town astray. Cursed with the common self-...

An exhilarating adventure set in the Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Luxembourg, and Turkey about stolen art, the mafia, and a father’s vengeance. When researcher Zelda Richardson begins working at a local museum, she doesn’t expect to get entangled with an art theft, knocked unconscious by a forger, threatened by the mob, or stalked by drug dealers. To make matters worse, a Croatian gangster is convinced Zelda knows where a cache of recently pilfered paintings is. She must track down an international gang of art thieves and recover the stolen artwork in order to save those she loves most....

Semi-finalist, Publisher's Weekly Booklife Prize Can a conspiracy be uncovered before the Death Count rises? Forensic accountant Kat Munro fights corporate fraud during the day and kickboxes her demons at night while trying to ignore the nightmares that have plagued her since a car accident changed her life forever. DS Adam Jackson is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of a friend two years ago. When the partner of a successful London Investment fund dies in suspicious circumstances, Kat joins forces with Adam to investigate the firm. As they gather evidence of a crime with ...

With debt-burdened governments and businesses worldwide about to go bust, a cabal of Wall Street big shots plot to destroy the globe’s stock exchanges. In 24 hours, a powerful computer worm will smash the exchanges and spark an international panic, pushing a debt-laden world into the abyss. But one person, who works for their bank as a computer expert, spots the worm embedded deep in its network. Cassy Levin invents a program to destroy the cyber-intruder. Angered by Cassy’s discovery, her bosses order her kidnapping.

Everyone calls Slymon Robichaud by his nickname "Slimy" and for good reason. He's both a lawyer and a complete scoundrel ready to take advantage of any opportunity to shaft a fellow human being. It's possible that Slimy has finally met his match when he sits beside Georgina Cole on a flight to Las Vegas. Old Slimy is in for a wild ride. This is the first novel in the "Slimy Lawyer Series" about Slimy and his always shady antics. In chronological order, the stories in the six-novel series are "SLIMY LAWYER", "SLIMY SUES AMERICA", "SLIMY GETS SHAFTED", "SLIMY GETS DISBARRED", "SLIMY TASTES ...

Abandoning a recession-plagued America for the easy money of Southeast Asia's lucrative but highly illegal investment scam industry, Don Rouse must navigate through a sordid world of drug addicts, deviants, prostitutes and professional con men in order to achieve his lifelong dream of making it big. But his world is suddenly turned upside down when the police show up and his boss goes missing. After a chance meeting with the alluring but enigmatic Jessica, Don is plunged into a high stakes mystery that could very well put an end to his criminal career and perhaps even his life. From the ...

A DEATH IN PARIS LEADS TO DANGER IN MAINE Stand Alone Mystery > Steve volunteers to help a bank in Paris investigate the unexpected death of a former colleague. His only clue is Margot’s missing laptop and its connection to her investigation of money laundering by a hostile foreign government to influence elections. The global pandemic forces Steve and Amanda to join millions of people canceling travel plans, and he works remotely from Maine to solve the mystery of Margot’s death. His search for the truth leads him down a perilous path to the owner of a numbered account in Cyprus.

A dead body on the terrace and a community full of quarrelsome neighbors always fighting for more stakes. Can Shreeja and Shiuli unmask the mystery? Shreeja and Shiuli crossed paths on the terrace of Jagat Sera Apartments. They thought that the neighbors of the dead resident must know a good deal about the motive of the murder. The investigation revealed a deeper connection of money and power. The investigation was almost shut down to prevent a riot. More the detectives dig into the lives of the residents of Jagat Sera Apartments, the more the entangled history of the community starts ...

Looking into the "suicide" of his lover's ex-husband sounds like a hairball to a private investigator. But he never imagined it could get him killed! Alton Rhode travels to San Francisco to investigate an alleged suicide and winds up ensnared in a web of cryptocurrency-fueled murder and international intrigue! The private eye knows a lot about murder and almost nothing about bitcoins. But he soon gets educated about the latter with the help of an unorthodox but brilliant young woman. And his own expertise comes in very handy when he runs into a bunch of Russians and Chinese whose motives ...

From the fall of empires to the discovery of new lands, these events have reshaped the world as we know it. By studying these historical events, we can gain valuable insights into the nature of Black Swan Events and their long-lasting impacts. The bible, technology or Nostradamus can predict the future and help us to be for ever safe? Off course the 52 wars that we have now in this world are the effect of actions, some of them are catastrophic events.

Violent death of a veteran resident in the neighborhood shook everyone. Can Detective Harper Bush find the killer before anyone else is harmed? Detective Harper Bush is a meticulous detective with the Department of Police, Plano, Texas. Murder of Mrs. Tammy Jones appeared to her as a personal blow to her childhood memory of treasure hunting during Halloween for the candies in the neighborhood where she grew up with her sisters. The mystery deepens as another member of the community went missing. The missing person was Harper's English teacher. Harper’s sisters, Alice and Joan, started an ...

Cozy mystery CAST THE FIRST STONE introduces Los Angeles business reporter Rebecca Stone. In her first amateur sleuth case she is asked to help determine whether the murder of a Wharton professor spending the summer term at UCLA is connected to The Wharton School. But when this request requires Rebecca to work with a former fiance who dumped her to focus on his Wall Street career, Rebecca is confronted with the moral dilemma of whether the price of Wharton team spirit is too high. Meanwhile, she tries to improve her cooking skills to impress her current fiancé. He doesn't know about her ...

Publish AND Perish? A revered environmental author is worth more dead than alive! WHEN HE AGREED TO GIVE AWAY THE BRIDE ON BALD HEAD ISLAND, A PRIVATE EYE DIDN'T COUNT ON BECOMING SHARK BAIT! A "destination" wedding on a charming island off the coast of North Carolina turns deadly! Taking a break from the festivities, Alton Rhode and his lady love, the beautiful Alice Watts, meet the island’s most-famous resident: the reclusive author, Ashleigh Harper, whose classic environmental novel inspired a generation of America’s youth. But all is not what it seems, and Rhode is soon involved in ...

Fueled by resentment of America's global dominance, Russia and China conspire to dethrone the US Dollar from its lofty perch as the global reserve currency. Their weapon of choice? Bitcoin - a game-changing digital currency shrouded in mystery, with an enigmatic developer who walked away from a 70-billion-dollar fortune rather than see his creation corrupted by evil.

As prep school students, Roger and Tom did anything for each other. When Tom found himself in trouble, Roger bailed him out in an act of loyalty that forged their friendship for life. Now, twenty-five years later, they’ve taken decidedly different paths. While Tom owns a small, yet successful investment management firm, Roger is living closer to the edge, in the driver’s seat of a high-risk insurance company. When Roger calls him up asking for help, Tom knows it’s time to return that boyhood favor. The goal? To try and save Roger’s company, a feat that would require Tom to put ...

Ghost Hunters on the Loose The Grumpy Chicken Pub is infiltrated by a famous Ghost Hunting television show and our ghost chicken is not amused. When one of the ghost hunting crew ends up on the opposite side of the living, Ginger and her ragtag of misfits leap into action. Will the Grumpy Chicken ghost help solve the crime like before, or are there more ghosts to contend with? Find out in this next installment of The Grumpy Chicken Irish Pub Series.