Mick Malone is determined to thwart international cybercrime. He accepts an internship in Scotland for his last semester of college only to discover a good old-fashioned murder waiting for him. Hooking up with Chief Constable Jock McDuff, who is deeply entrenched in traditional Highlands Constabulary procedure, Mick learns the ins and outs of plain, feet-on-the-street detective work. But when the mystery threatens his own family, Mick has to take the lead to save the day. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mick Malone is hoping to get a job offer with the Secret Service when a suspicious accident pulls him into the world of big farming and the debate over genetically modified food. When a second, nearly identical accident kills a prominent farmer on the other side of the Atlantic, Mick is anxious to get back to Scotland and join forces with his former colleague, Jock McDuff. Mick and Jock have their work cut out for them as they try to navigate through an unfamiliar world of plant genetics and the challenges of food production in the twenty-first century. When a beautiful young woman, dedicated...

A woman has gone missing in Aberdeenshire without a trace until her clothes and purse are found three days later inside a stone circle. With a bad influenza epidemic hitting Police Scotland, Chief Constable David Hamilton calls on the help of two of his former employees, now private detectives, to lend a hand. Mick Malone and Jock McDuff are called in only to find that the case seems to have ties to a murder that happened two years earlier. The problem with the connection is that that the convicted murderer is in prison serving out a life sentence. As Mick and Jock dig deeper, they find that...

Chloe James and her sisters were not expecting to inherit a large estate when their great-aunt died. Even Chloe, who lived closest to the ninety-three year old Aunt Dolly, had no idea how rich Dolly was. Aunt Dolly's bequest came with conditions, though, that forced Chloe to re-examine her current life's path and decide if she was going to follow her true dreams. But when the coroner discovered that Dolly did not die of natural causes, Chloe and her three sisters are thrown into the middle of a murder investigation. And when a shocking discovery is made in Dolly's attic, Chloe is determined...

Chloe James is working hard trying to win entry into a painting competition at the Carmel Art Festival. When she sees fellow artist, Luke Arnold, pushed off a cliff, she has to convince the police that it was not an accident. More pressing, though, is the worry that she and her fellow artists might be in danger of a similar fate. Chloe is determined to find out who wants to eliminate competitors in the historic contest. But when a local farmer is shot in the head and a well-known flower grower goes missing, the possible motive for the murders seems to point to something far more sinister than...

When Gabriella turns up at her sister's front door, covered in blood, Chloe James knows that all is not well in the small cottage behind her house. Is it possible that Gabriella has killed her own husband? Or is there a dangerous murderer on the loose in Pacific Grove? And when the evidence starts to point to Gabby, Chloe knows she must dive into her sister's past to clear her name. In this, the third Chloe James Mystery, Chloe and her colleague Joe travel the western trucking routes to find answers. Set in both the beautiful California central coast and the striking, but often haunting...

A world renowned professor from the Highland's University has invented a prototype weather machine that can create sunny summers in the British Isles. Or make it rain in drought-stricken California. Or stop glacial melt in the Arctic. The technology is getting more than a lot of attention. In fact, it is beating all records for procuring grants from companies all over the world. But when the grant money starts to dry up for other programs, some of the other professors are not very happy. And when one of them meets with a violent death, Mick Malone and Jock McDuff are hired by Police Scotland...