"Have a little murder with a side of castor beans. Perhaps some ghostly mischief is more to your liking. Trouble in Tucson is a collection of stories to make you smile or ponder the more serious side of life."--Page [4] of cover.

"Shots ring out - pop, pop! As her bodyguard falls, Claire stumbles. He yells, "RUN!" Claire regains her feet and runs. Who is after her? Her boss, Casey Malone? Where is her attorney, Dillon? He promised to be here. How did she get herself into this mess? It all started three years ago when Casey Malone, the self-made billionaire, who some call a mob boss, offered her a job she couldn't turn down. The money, the clothes, the lavish lifestyle were...

"Violence has disrupted the peaceful traditions of Arnaka's temples. Ashta and Anak, twins of an ancient prophecy, are on the run, and a man who exchanged his soul for immortality hunts them mercilessly. He will stop at nothing to prevent Ashta and Anak from fulfilling their destinies."--Cover.

"It is the Year of Our Lord 1685 and fourteen-year-old Maude Prichard finds herself at a crossroads in life. A chance meeting with a strange woman, who never ages, sets the young Puritan maid on a path littered with fear, superstition, and witchcraft. A boy whose love is forbidden and an old man, drenched in darkness and depravity, will catapult Maude out of her well-ordered world into a life fraught with danger. Travel with her as she journeys from...

"In "Tale of the Broken Spoke," Skip Rhodes, an enigmatic tour guide, unknowingly threatens the looters of ancient Native ruins. Skip's sidekick, Kukulkan Bonifacio Baltazar, a half-Mayan, half-Yaqui plumber to the stars, and Lilac Williams, Skip's hot-tempered ex-girlfriend who teaches yoga and firearm training, join together to uncover an artifact smuggling ring and investigate a cold-case murder-- all while being distracted by an intergalactic...

Travis Merrill's life isn't going according to plan. He's quit several career paths, his wife has left him, and his only solace is volunteering to portray a cavalry surgeon at historic Fort Verde in Arizona, a place where time seems to stand still. When a weird trick of time sends him back to the year 1877, he's boxed into impersonating the post surgeon for real. He wonders if he will ever be able to return to his own time, or if he might find a life...

"Four months ago, a pretty young marathoner disappeared while training on the isolated trails of Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The police have few leads, no witnesses and no results. As a last resort, they call in private investigator Lacey Fitzpatrick and Navajo medium Sam Firecloud to pick up the rapidly cooling trail. Sam and Lacey, however, are on the outs. Their efforts to take their relationship to the next level failed miserably, and now they...