Baer Charlton: 13 books

As the salt begins to win the battle over pepper, Marsha finds herself, once again, sitting in a hospital with her father. This time is the last. The walls are the same white, but now they begin to reflect on her life. Always the dutiful daughter, and then the supportive wife, she was...

Gunnery Sargent Perceval Michelangelo Stone, after 39 years in the Marine Corps is suddenly medically retired. After all of the collective damage of many wars and actions, an IED leaves him with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) which is exacerbated by PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). With vision...

2014 PULITZER PRIZE NOMINEE Gunnery Sargent Perceval Stone, a third generation Marine, is suddenly medically retired. After all of the collective damage of many wars and actions, an IED leaves him with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Stone is a walking mental...

A psychopatic, sociopath mutilator is leaving cut up bodies in the south Bay Area—again. This time around, everything becomes very personal as Hooker is dragged into things, but can't drive with a cast on his arm. Mae West has a blown engine, and the Squirt is still in the hospital recovering...

"Diamonds are a girls best friends… ** …unless they're covered in blood."**    Thorny Wallace is being pressured by old ghosts, both mountain ranges, and the women of the town who are looking for answers. An expected refuge isn't what it seems, and the rest of the world...

Hooker, an affable young leather jacketed tow truck driver rules the nights in South San Jose. He reigns from high in the cab of a custom-built giant tow truck that is as powerful as the heart that he keeps hidden under his “rebel without a cause” skin. Cruising the highways and streets in the...

Life is splashing along for Hooker, as he cruises the South end of San Jose in his custom built 1959 Marmon tow-truck with his trusty side-kick Box, snoring between the seats.  The serious end of fall has settled into a myriad of jumpstarts and drivers re-learning how to park in the middle of rain...

Sometimes the only way to save a person—is to kill them. Death is once again walking the streets of the South Bay Area. The ramifications are far ranging—and also very close—to Hooker and his family. This killer has struck before with life-altering consequences, but this time, the killer...

Thorny Wallace returns to her hometown for the peace and quiet. WWII is distant thunder in the small rural town, but Los Angeles is always a clear and present threat. As she begins to look into an old death, she finds that there is always more going on in the small quiet town. When she thinks she has the players figured out¿the FBI shows up.

Set in current time, about one thousand immortals known as Ever Kind live among us mortals. They identify and locate the others through senses, except for a singular anomaly, whom they call the Black Hole or the Black Sheep. Their immortality derives from their ability to flow into another...

As Los Angeles comes of age in the 1960s, two undercover cops struggle to maintain their balance in the growing drug trade.  Boundaries are broken and borders are crossed in an effort to do good—while doing bad. Newcomer Gabe learns from the masters. “Normal” is a meaningless word civilian...

It wasn't Hooker's first recovery wreck from water. At least this was in the sunny summer instead of winter in freezing water and rain. Everything was routine until the officer pulled a skull out of the water. Someone is killing the street walkers of downtown San Jose. As Hooker investigates, it becomes personal, and dangerous.

“Milpitas was a thug town. Felix hadn’t always been a thug, and he hadn’t grown up in Milpitas. He had found Milpitas because of its reputation, and he had worked hard to fit into the reputation.” Trouble continues to find Hooker and the Squirt. Through the slow drizzle of spring,...