For over a decade, JD Devereaux's son has believed his father is dead. But he's not. At least, not yet.

PI Sydney Brennan returns to west Florida to track down a friend's missing father, but she soon discovers that the man disappeared for a reason. Wherever JD Devereaux goes, men with guns aren't far behind. Before Sydney can reunite him with his son, she'll have to get Devereaux out of Panacea Point alive.

The Perils of Panacea features the Florida private investigator with a knack for getting into trouble who doesn't know when to quit. (See below for reading order.)

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This guy is the funniest, freshest voice in Texas mystery writing today. His work stands out like a DayGlo parka in deer season."—Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lightning ThiefPlease note that this is a short story originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. It is not a full-length novel. (Thanks to artist Tim Foley for the use of his illustration within the ebook file.)About Mind Game:The sheriff of Blanco County has a problem on his hands. One local resident is making vague threats—hypothetically speaking, of course—to unsettle another local resident, who stole the first man's girlfriend. The problem escalates and violence is almost certain, until the sheriff comes up with a brilliant and ironic solution.Edgar Award-nominated author Ben Rehder's Blanco County comic mysteries have made best-of-the-year lists in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Field & Stream. The complete Rehder bibliography includes:Buck FeverBone DryFlat CrazyGuilt TripGun ShyHoly MolyThe Chicken HangerThe Driving LessonGone The NextHog HeavenGet Busy DyingStag PartyBum Steer

When obnoxious opera star Mario Pacetti and his entourage stay at her Hillside Manor and Mario is murdered, bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle sets out to find the killer and save her inn's reputation. Original.

The past's blood stains the present

The opportunity of a lifetime awaits archaeologist EmmaFielding in the Berkshire foothills of Western Massachusetts: the chance to study the eighteenth-century diary of Margaret Chandler, the accused witch and murderess whose home Emma excavated only months before. However, the three other Shrewsbury Foundation fellows she must share the premises with are a disturbingly odd bunch, and before too long one of them is dead.

But Emma can find no solace in the bleak beauty of thesurrounding wilderness, for there are dark secrets encoded in Madam Chandler's writings, and shocking parallels between an ancient slaying and the strange, brutal demise of her colleague.When the killer strikes again, Emma realizes her own life isat stake. And suddenly there is no choice left: she is driven to investigate bloody crimes past and present -- before her own death becomes a footnote in a chilling, three-centuries-old story.