Mary Base: 5 books

Detective Sergeant Margaret "Magnum" Schultz has been a cop with the Porterville Police Department for ten years. The old adage "a woman has to work twice as hard as a man to get half the credit" may apply, not only because Schultz tops out at five-four but because not all the...

Amorak. That word pops into my brain and I don’t even know what it means until I consult a present-day shaman who takes me on a shamanic journey. Among other things, I learn that amorak is a First Nations word which means wolf. And that my animal spirit guide is telling me to watch out for an evil...

The Grocery Sack Killer is a novel loosely based on the true story of Spokane’s Serial Killer, Robert Lee Yates. Porterville Police Detective Sergeant Magnum Schultz, back in uniform, prefers working graveyard shifts during summer months because she doesn’t have to contend with July’s stupefying...

Is the pedophile Police Sgt. Margaret Schultz is investigating related to the incident of the boy who brings the .44 magnum to the middle school? How does this tie in with the married couple who just can't stop fighting? Replete with car chases and foot chases on slippery winter ground, black eyes and straight shooting all play parts in the action, culminating in a surprise at the end.

“The crime scene photos are logged into evidence. All I have with me is a picture of a picture,” he said. “So it’s not a great shot.” The girl had dark, shoulder-length hair. Both eyes had been blackened, one swollen shut, the other a narrow slit into dead vacancy. An uncomfortable prickling...