If you like mystery and romance swirled into a delectable concoction of intrigue and burgeoning love, you've come to the right place. In this one-darn-thing-after-another story, with inexplicable twists, turns, and complications, you are in for a treat. The story opens with a bone-chilling scene of Lauran McCaully's break-neck flight down the highway as a car, with windows open and guns blazing, relentlessly pursues her. How's that for starters? As the story unfolds, you glean hints about Lauran's dark secrets and you'll meet an indelible cast of characters, among them the mysterious Dixie, a widowed rancher named Lee who has a lonely heart, and loveable Catfish Charlie. Then comes the piece de resistance, a villain so vile, you'll love to hate him. He'll have you cheering for him to hurry up and meet his indomitable fate NOW You'll puzzle over who is doing what to whom and why, as unexpected events pop up all over the place. But that's not all. Throw into this mix a Category 5, killer hurricane bearing down on the town in the midst of the action, and you have a story you don't want to miss. Written by master story-teller Charles Boeckman, winner of the Pulp Ark Lifetime Achievement Award for his writing excellence.

The daughter of a Texas mayor is kidnapped. Enter Private Investigators Kate McHaney and Craig Dawson. Their job-Find the kidnappers and get the girl home safely. But murder happens. Twice. And bullets fly, both at and from the tumultuous partnership of McHaney and Dawson. A partnership that has led them through marriage, divorce, in and out of each other's arms, and may just end up getting them killed

You've come to the right place to hear about a delightful, insightful novel involving the hot jazz of traditional New Orleans, when carving contests focused on musical instruments and not on knives. It was the mid-1940's, right after WWII. It features a group of zany musicians who can't let go of the beat, the rhythm, and the soul-stirring creativity of two-beat New Orleans Dixieland jazz. Progressive bebop, with its cool chord alterations, is the popular music of the day. But these vets fresh back from the war aren't giving up their hot-licks music that makes their spirits soar. Broke but determined, they get involved in adventures and laugh-out-loud mis-adventures that will keep you turning the pages to see what happens next. Oh, yeah, and there's that love story involving Jackie Haynes, the beautiful daughter of a Texas, oil rich millionaire....