Soon after arriving in Edinburgh for her murdered uncle's funeral, Elaine MacDougall becomes involved in trying to solve the case. Things become dangerous when Elaine and her solicitor, James Barry, find clues that connect her uncle Ian MacDougall, a solicitor, to the theft of the famous Darnley Jewel from Holyrood Palace. Could Uncle Ian be a thief? When Elaine and James set out to figure out what Ian had that someone wanted badly enough to commit murder, they discover that he had secrets that he wanted them to find. Determined to find out who stole the jewel and keep Uncle Ian from being...

The Tradewater River is so called because Native Americans used to come to the Big Bend of this river to trade with each other and the whites. It circles a small town called Dawson Springs on three sides on its journey to the Ohio River. There are many tall tales about the region around the Tradewater. Some, like mine, are made up. But, as with any historic place, there are bound to be ghosts. These stories should make you shiver.

What lurks in the dense forests of your favorite state park camping site? Or on the banks of the nearby river? Generations of pioneers, Native Americans, working men and women, and those passing through the Tradewater region are bound to have left some supernatural residue of their lives, their struggles, their lost loved ones, and the friendships and enemies they made along the way. Sometimes someone will discover an artifact in a plowed field or along an old dirt road that speaks of times gone by. And sometimes it is just a chill at evening, a mist that shouldn't be there, or a feeling of...