It has often been said 'That bank is to big to fail', 'That business can't be allowed to fail', 'Shes too beautiful to be a serial killer.' The scene is Los Angeles California. The time period is the twentieth century circa 1955, when the average Social Security check was $77.00 a month. Angelically beautiful Nicole Fitzmaurice is a sociopathic criminal, so lovely that none can see her guilt even in connection with the most blatant crimes Few know that this ethereal, facade hides an utterly immoral and cruel heart within. Her insatiable lust for power and money claim many an innocent victim...

Forward Like Plato Caribbean Cop: (I) this novel is an amalgam of truth and fiction. All of the events described are based on actual occurrences, some of which have been slightly altered for the sake of dramatic unity. Some of the characters are a combination of several people; this allows a consolidation for literary efficiency. For example, Jose Gomez looks nothing like the character of Plato. Nevertheless, Plato has the best elements of the real Jose Gomez, driving what the character should be. The real people know who they are, and without them, this story would not have been possible....

Forward This novel is about a Yellow diamond know as the 'Moonstone.' The story tells of the events surronding the disappearance of a mysterios (and cursed) yellow diamond It contains a number of ideas which have become common tropes of this genre, including a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'Boston P.D. bungler' and the skilled, professional detective. The novel is narrated by several different people. Such as Gabriel Gately, the head servant at the Verinder house, who becomes...

A woman's body is found in a museum gallery with an arrow through her chest, so all of the other visitors are locked inside while the crime is investigated. It is the noon hour in the Museum Of Art And World Culture in Oxford, England; home of the famous university of kings for a thousand years. The English spoken is naturally quite explicit. The date, May 23, 1953. The weekday, attendance is light; the attendees are scattered between two floors., and the few visitors still lingering among the curiosities of the great museum were suddenly startled a cry rings out from the second floor. And by...

Felicity received a telegram from her father asking her to to come home and take care of him. Which she found to be a duty she wasn't all togather happy to perform. Not getting any younger: She also decided to give marriage a try. The place is London, the time is 1957, and this is that story Felicity Forte'/ Woodville's first act as a married woman is to sign her name in the marriage register incorrectly, and this slip is followed by the gradual disclosure of a series of secrets about her husband's earlier life, each of which leads on to another set of questions and enigmas. Her discoveries...