Suzanne and Brad Betancourt have a lot to be grateful for: their home, their children and each other. But Suzanne's confidence unravels at Brad's 50th birthday blowout when voluptuous neighbour Micheline brings a specially wrapped gift: herself. Hoping to ease the financial troubles that are straining their relationship, Suzanne goes into business with a friend. But the endeavour stretches her too thin, leaving Brad hurt and alienated. Soon he's moving right into the waiting arms of Micheline...

Trouble has a way of finding Blanche Murninghan... When Blanche “Bang” Murninghan visits an exhibit of ancient Mayan ruins in Mexico City, she sees that all is not ancient. One of the mummies has a pink hair clip embedded in its haylike do, and the texture of the skin is not quite right. Blanche, a part-time journalist, starts to dig for answers and gets tangled in the mystery of the mummy at the Palacio Nacional.Her cousin and traveling companion, Haasi Hakla, aids and abets and puts the reins on Blanche. All the while, the two eat and drink their way across the city, following one hunch after another with a cast of colorful characters that include a prescient elderly chilanga, an amiable overworked detective, and a stunning doctor of shady deeds. The cousins are willing to risk kidnapping and attempted murder to get at the truth, but first, Blanche stops for another excellent beer and Haasi delights in one more taco al pastor. Trouble Down Mexico Way is the second book in the Blanche Murninghan cozy mystery series. Each of the books can be read as a stand-alone. Foreword Reviews is in love with the "spunky heroine" and Kirkus Reviews says, "There's a reason Blanche Murninghan's cousin Jack calls her 'Bang.' When she gets mad, it's an event to rival a Santa Maria Island sunset and it happens about as often." Fans of Jana Deleon's Miss Fortune Mystery series and Tonya Kappes A Camper and Criminals Cozy series will fall hard for the colorful characters and exciting misadventures in the Blanche Murningnan Mysteries.

In these fictional stories, the characters generally come to a better life. I do not mean to suggest that any one Idea is fool proof and an individual, a structure, or any one plan would solve all. If that were the case, there would be no need for this book. I have woven into my stories Ideas or pictures that will hopefully give a person or persons, opportunities or inspiration for discussion about the real persons dealing with the same or similar problems.

Passion For Life, Reason To Live Passion For Life, Reason to Live contains short stories with answers to various problems in life. We will have problems with relationships in life just trying to do the right things. This book is meant to be encouraging in areas of Faith. In my books, Paprika: Versions of Wisdom and Too Good To Be Used, I endeavor to promote wisdom in understanding and development. Within the pages of this book are the secrets to being balanced and creating money-making ideas, so you won't be money-hungry. I believe you will receive the help you need to develop your passion for life and a reason to live. R. Lee Walker

“An expert weaver of suspense” (Fresh Fiction) crafts this terrifying novel that is “scary from first to last page” (Dean Koontz). Stacey Oberman made the worst mistake of her life when she followed the garage mechanic’s advice and turned off the main highway. When her car breaks down in a rainstorm, she and her five-year-old daughter seek refuge in a nearby farmhouse—only to become “playmates” in a violent whirlpool of unrelenting terror. “Neiderman’s forte has always been his intricate, suspenseful stories.” —Booklist on Duplicates Originally published under the name Playmates.