Harvey Stanbrough: 216 books

She's platinum blond, wealthy and incredibly beautiful. She's a major socialite who makes all the rounds. From swinging with the club scene to owning a seat on the board of directors for every do-gooder organization in town. Well, she did have it all. Then the call comes over the radio. Trixie Burton is dead, and Detective Lou Galecki is determined to find out why.

Big Joey Barbosa has decided to invite his long time colleague, Nick Leonisi, in on a very special deal. A new, previously untapped business venture. But maybe Nick has a different venture in mind. Come along for the ride.  

Ila, the keeper of the stories for her tribe, knows the mysteries of the piñon tree.  The old tree has stood watch from a hillside for a century. It has gathered knowledge of events through vibrations that tremble through the ground to its roots. That knowledge is condensed in the seeds it...

The story, also the first chapter of the forthcoming tenth novel in the Wes Crowley series, opens at a funeral that is very important to Western Z Crowley. In fact, it's one that will change what's left of his life forever. Come along on a last blast as Wes sets out on a vengeance trail.  

In this collection of five stories, you'll find a hit-woman who inadvertently recruits a bored youth into service; a story of pure, extremely adulterated human nature; an incident in a waiting room; a living vision on a pier in the dark; a cautionary tale that is uniquely and unfortunately American.

This is an intense short story, a contemporary rodeo western psychological horror. What do a 1500 pound rodeo bull and a raven-haired Cajun beauty have in common? Maybe nightmares....

What is the price of a broken heart? When we're very lucky, it's nothing more than lessons learned. When we aren't? Well, suck it up and get over yourself. But that's a story for another time.  

When you've been severely psychologically and physically abused for much of your childhood, it's easy to want to strike back. The funeral, perhaps. Delivering the eulogy. That would be the perfect time, wouldn't it? Or maybe not.

As Hallowe'en approaches, take a guided tour through the prep room of a mortuary. Let the mortician himself explain how difficult or easy is the preparation for each person. Well, former person. Don't miss his take on the delivery people, those of fewer skills who bring his clients to his place of...

Long before he went into private practice as a P.I., Stern Talbot was a detective for the LAPD.  Some cases are better than others, not so rattling. Not so sleep-depriving. Not so insane. But the evidence in a brand new missing persons case echoes the evidence in a three year old cold...

This is a strongly emotional, fast-paced crime thriller / psychological suspense novel. On one side, Randall B Cregg's father has always hoped his son would feel a calling to take over the church someday.  After a particularly troubling traumatic experience, the boy does feel a calling, but...

There's the way things are depicted in the movies, and then there are the way things happen in real life. When it's a matter of life or death on both sides, opt for the one that best suits.

When a body with mob ties washes up on the beach in a quiet rural town, the marshal has his hands full plus some. The coroner's new assistant being a dead ringer for the marshal's deceased wife only adds to the complications.  

During a weekly trip to the post office to check for mail, homeless combat veteran Ray Acuna gets a great deal more than he bargained for. One moment, he has a satisfactory, if less than ideal, life and all the time in the world. The next, not so much.