Discount Detective Mysteries (5 books): An unemployed single mom reinvents herself by taking a job as an investigator at a discount detective agency located in a shopping mall—“Vigilance You Can Afford.”
First Place in Chanticleer International Series competition for Cozy Mysteries.
Macavity & Me Mysteries (3 Books): Chimeras, fog bows and Speluncaphobia—a dollop of humor and a scoop of adventure in each story.
Finalist in Chanticleer International Genre Series competition.
Bogged Down (A Vashon Island Mystery): An ancient bog hidden in a forest is the perfect backdrop for murder . . .
Firebird Book Award for Humor
John Smith Mysteries (2 Books): If laughter is the best medicine, John Smith belongs in everyone’s medicine cabinet.
Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards Semi-finalist; Reader Views Silver; Killer Nashville Silver Falchion “Top Pick” in Comedy
Raven’s Grave: A story of murder and cultural erosion in an Alaskan village in the late 70s.
Listed as one of “28 Indies Worth Discovering” by Kirkus Reviews; Reader Views Bronze; Global Book Award Bronze; International Book Award Finalist; American Fiction Finalist; Chapter One Prize Honorable mention; Incipere Awards 3rd Place
Raven’s Legacy: An Alaskan mystery of stolen Tlingit relics, dark legends and betrayals in a native village in the late 70s. (Published April 14, 2025)
Midnight for Justice: Career U.S. Navy JAGC officer Lt. Duncan Carmichael and an ACLU volunteer lawyer, Sydney Warren, form an unlikely team defending a young sailor accused of a vicious murder on a U.S. Navy base in 1978 and are thwarted at every turn by the military command.
BookFest Silver in Military Thrillers and Bronze in Mystery Thrillers; short-listed in Chanticleer International Clue Awards