The Rising Tide

COMING SOON!

by Tim Holland

Accidents happen in the waters of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Professor Sidney Lake knows this and although he has regret for a life cut short, he doesn’t think twice about George Reed’s drowning. But his Gullah housekeeper, Tillie James, has other ideas. Insistent that this was no accident, and equally insistent that George’s wife Becky is not to blame, she tells him something must be done. 

Tillie says that despite the coroner and the police declaring George’s death as not suspicious, people are talking. And with Becky Reed being unofficially accused around town, she enlists Professor Lake to help find the truth.

With the help of Professor Lake’s graduate assistant, the local minister, and a retired police officer, Sidney and Tillie begin digging. When the tidal charts show the death was a deliberate act, Sidney knows he is on the right track. But so does the killer, and now Sidney and his friends are in line to be the next victims. 

 by Tim Holland

Genealogy and a treasure hunt can lead to… murder. 

The day had darkened, and when two children at the library hide under a table during a storm, they overhear something more ominous than the rumbling outside. Strangers talking about stealing treasure.

What, exactly, had the children heard?

Soon, people are murdered, and the connections start to become more defined between a centuries-old secret kept by a former slave and the killings happening today. But what was that secret and what are the connections between the people who were attacked?

Sidney Lake knows he can help. Intrigued by research, he and Tillie James are the perfect pair to look into Lowcountry family connections and try to put the pieces of this puzzle together.

But the clock is ticking and this is no simple puzzle. More people will die if they don’t find answers soon. Sidney and Tillie quickly discover that family is complicated, and some connections are more dangerous than others.

 by Robert Archibald

A small-town kid, a reformed criminal, and an assassination… will the hate group behind it all be brought to justice?

In 1968, Horace Narwhal commits a stupid crime and ends up paying for it by serving a stint in the Army. When his required enlistment ends, he returns home and finds a new job. A new life. He takes classes at night, gets his GED, and finds he has a natural talent creating whimsical sculptures. And he meets a police detective, a woman who captures his heart.

In 1980, Kenny Sturgis lives with his dad, an abusive loner, at a remote hunting camp. Barely out of high school, he spends his time working for his father, driving around town, and target shooting. When he meets Maybell Wilcox, his luck seems to have changed. But why is she really interested in Kenny, and what kind of plan does she have for him?

By the time Horace Narwhal crosses paths with Kenny Sturgis, one man is dead and another is wrongly accused. Can things be put right again before more people die? 

 by Robert Archibald

When is truth nothing more than an illusion?

Dwight returns to his hometown after a divorce, determined to pick up the pieces of his life and finish writing his second book. After all, the first one was a bestseller. Instead, he gets pulled into a bizarre conspiracy involving a shadowy group trying to spread misinformation through a series of videos detailing odd stories of Vikings, mermaids, and space aliens. Who are these people, and why do so many actually believe the lies they are spreading? 

When it becomes clear that Dwight must try to do something before the group spreads their lies further, he and his girlfriend team up with a reporter to uncover the truth about who is pulling the strings. From watching the videos online to attending rallies filled with thousands of supporters, it soon becomes clear that many people believe the Vikings and mermaids stories. Dwight knows some of their plans and the kind of future they are trying to encourage, a future that can turn out to be very dangerous for anyone who disagrees.

Can one former college professor and his girlfriend stop this group, or will the body count continue to rise?

by Narielle Living

Cleve Farrington, the handsome new stranger in town, has his sights set on Katie Hollister. But Katie has a secret, and it's starting to unravel. 

As revelations about Katie's obsession come to light, she is faced with enemies so powerful, they could destroy her - body and soul. 

 by Narielle Living

A new job, a new home, and a ghost that won’t let her sleep until she solves a murder.

 Accepting her first job as a college professor in a different state is  supposed to be the start of a new life as Ella heals from the death of  her mother. Trying to balance preparations for the new semester with  incessant phone calls from her abrasive sister Lisa is difficult enough  before complications appear. Someone already hates her enough to  vandalize her house, and there's a constant supply of unannounced  visitors, like her enigmatic landlord, her eccentric older neighbor, a  handsome police officer, and a ghost. Of the three, the ghost is the  real problem. It appears in her dreams, it appears in person. It makes a  mess. Ella needs to know how this young Black woman became a ghost if  she ever wants to have a peaceful night in her new home. Working to find  out who is threatening her and why, she can't help wondering about the  irony of seeing other people's ghosts - but not her own mother, whom she  desperately misses. As the history of the town of Paterson and the  house she lives in is uncovered, Ella wonders if the past is truly the  past and questions what will happen once she finds the truth about the  events of 1960. 

by Susan Williamson

Madelaine Jones is working to rebuild the pieces of her life. She is  going through the process of becoming a foster mom to a teenage girl who  survived a brutal trafficking ring. She is also in the midst of  remodeling a new house because her old one was destroyed in an  explosion, and she has finally come to terms with her husband’s death.  In fact, she has found a new love: Peter Simon.
Simon, who works  for intelligence agencies across Europe, comes to America to investigate  a money laundering case that involves racehorses. Soon Madelaine is  helping Simon unravel the clues that lead to money, diamonds, and murder  along the horse racing circuit.
As the investigation unfolds,  danger mounts from different corners of the world. Can they keep the  people they love safe while finding a way toward their future?

by Susan Williamson

Madelaine Jones is awakened moments before her farmhouse explodes.  Soon after, she discovers a letter that says her husband, who was in  the Army, may have died for reasons other than being a war casualty, as  she had been told. Determined to find answers, she travels across the  Atlantic. Another explosion and a race against time puts this widowed  horsewoman in the crosshairs of some very dangerous people who would do  anything to stop her from finding the truth. 

by Robert Archibald

George isn’t certain how he became a dung beetle—or scarab, as he prefers to be called. All he knows is that after he was murdered, this is his new incarnation.

And since dung beetles don’t have opposable thumbs, he enlists the help of Judy, a travel writer working on a piece in Africa to help him track his killer. Her luggage tag address says she is from Cleveland, his hometown, so he grabs the opportunity to go home and fix things. Soon, George and Judy figure out a way to communicate and she agrees to help him find his murderer.

But this is no simple homicide. 

When George was alive as a man, he worked for a detective agency. What had he uncovered that would cause someone to kill him? Will Judy and her friends have the same fate?

by Robert Archibald

Contrary to popular belief, it turns out that crime might pay, and it might pay well.

Four friends had become vigilantes to combat the offenses they saw committed against the innocent. But a promise to the FBI means they can no longer break the law to seek justice for victims. A family crisis changes everything, and now they have no choice. They are driven to take some sort of action, even if it means skirting the law. Again.

In this next installment after Roundabout Revengeand Guilty Until Proven Innocent, the four friends once again set out to right the wrongs perpetrated by criminals who have the power to destroy people’s lives. As the stakes escalate, only one question remains: Will they succeed this time or is this the end of a friendship… and maybe a life?

by Robert Archibald

Check your email. Help is out there…
When Sherry and Beth discover what their boyfriends have been up to, they want in on the action. Working as vigilantes and providing justice for wrongs committed is a noble thing to do, but the women decide the stakes need to change.
Once again, the conflict is personal.
This follow-up to Roundabout Revenge follows former Professor Phil Philemon as he and his friends continue to seek elusive justice for victims who may not have been able to speak for themselves. Lurking in chat rooms, the group finds a large number of women who have been sexually harassed on the job. Sexually harassed in horrible ways. Harassed until their jobs, their reputations, and their sanity is on the line. And what they find is that the story of he said-she said is not always one that ends well.
But not everything goes as planned, and soon the four friends need to come to terms with a larger reality, including a crime of arson and an FBI investigation.

by Robert Archibald  

A conflict between what is legal and what is just…Phil Philemon has it good—he enjoys teaching history at a university and is happily married. In fact, he and Mary Jane have been married for decades. After returning from a business trip, he stands in the airport waiting for his wife to pick him up.  She never arrives. The police tell him that her death was instant, and she never knew what hit her.  Phil is devastated. She had been the love of his life, and suddenly she was gone. All because of one person. Then he discovers more details about her death and the man who killed her, but justice is elusive. So Phil takes matters into his own hands and avenges her death the only way he can… with Roundabout Revenge.