Bøger af David Schwinger

When given the chance to take a class taught by her political idol, Amy Bell jumps at the opportunity. She has been following Edwin Foster's work for some time, and can't believe her luck when he signs up as an adult education professor at CCNY. But she soon finds she isn't Foster's only female admirer-and it's not just his politics that are attracting the attention of the other students. The charismatic and sexy professor develops quite the reputation for steamy affairs, and Bell is compelled to figure out exactly whom he's been seeing, with the help of a few friends and some finely honed detective skills. The investigation takes an unexpected turn, however, when it seems that Foster's flirtations with his female students are resulting in lethal consequences. What started as simple curiosity develops into a perplexing murder mystery, and Amy vows to keep digging until she puts her life directly on the line. Written by a former college educator, this modern-day love story presents a very real look at the worlds of politics and academia, winding them into a compelling mystery that will keep you guessing from beginning to end.

Amy Bell and her husband Jeremy are about to embark on ten days of Caribbean cruise bliss as the special guests of Denise, one of the two charity presidents heading up this special trip. When she's not bantering with Jeremy or trying to solve Denise's relationship problems, Amy's needling the other guests over game results and making a general, lovable, nuisance of herself, per usual. The fundraiser-at-sea is off to the perfect start-until murder disrupts the schedule. Reporting to a summons from the ship's security director, Amy is confronted with two dead bodies on deck-one a leader of the charity event, who'd spent years helping others, and one an under-the-radar passenger. Knowing the murderer had to be on board, Amy's sure she can wrap this case up in no time, but the more she questions the crew and passengers, the less she seems to uncover. Are the two deaths connected or is she looking for more than one murderer? How did the weapons even get on the ship? What drove someone to kill these seemingly harmless individuals?

Scott Maybank had achieved his life's dream by founding and becoming president of the very successful Best Bodies Super Gym. Then he and his VP for finance were both shot dead while in Scott's office for a private meeting after closing time.Scott's friend Paul hired sexy supersleuth Amy Bell to solve the murders. Amy discovered that while many people had reasons to be jealous of or dislike Scott, no one seemed to have a strong enough motive to kill him. Or maybe was the killer's intended victim actually the VP?To solve these murders, Amy would have to think way outside the box.Author David Schwinger, when not writing Amy Bell mysteries--there are now sixteen--enjoys composing songs, playing pickleball, and traveling the world with his wife, Sherryl. David first met Sherryl when she was his student in a mathematics class he taught at City College of New York. Their secret romance became the inspiration for his first Amy Bell mystery, The Teacher's Pet Murders.

Frank Hammer died walking home from his weekly bridge game-shot three times, then relieved of his valuables. When a down-on-his-luck alcoholic is caught using Hammer's credit cards it seems like an open-and-shut case for New York's overtasked homicide department. Not everyone, however, believes the murder was a mugging gone wrong. Hammer, the CEO of Connix Corporation, had many enemies. In an attempt to shake up Connix he brought Brian Donner into the company, snubbing three senior executives in favor of his new protégé. With Hammer's death, Donner's on the way out. Hammer's personal life was as turbulent as his business dealings. He'd ended a marriage of thirty years and married a voluptuous young waitress half his age. Brian Donner's wife hires Amy Bell to investigate, believing at least one of Connix's senior executives took steps to secure their future and her husband's expulsion from the company. Amy's willing to consider the possibility-everyone seems to have a motive. If Hammer's death was a random murder, it was only because someone else didn't get there first-and Amy's certain it was anything but random.

The beautiful retirement community South Desert Estates looks like paradise. But as Amy Bell and Jeremy Green quickly learn, there's danger lurking around every corner. When the couple arrives to visit Amy's parents, they realize that one of these retirees is a cold-blooded killer who has already offed one resident. Amy's parents could be next on the list! Luckily, Amy is the best private detective in New York City. With the help of her husband, she has cracked some of the metropolis's toughest cases-so how hard could it be to find a killer in an Arizona retirement community? Unfortunately, Amy and Jeremy soon find there's no shortage of suspects or motives. Max Gattner was an Internet troll and real-life bully. While Max was dozing off before a meeting of the Yankees/Mets Club, someone beat him to death with an autographed Yogi Berra baseball bat. Amy knows that this isn't just about baseball-Max's personal life was a complicated mess, and more than one person is better off now that Max has met an untimely end. Amy will have to use her intuition-and a little help from Jeremy-to stop the killer from getting away with the perfect crime.

Life is good for Amy Bell and her husband, Jeremy Green. Amy's PI job at Spy4U Services may be dangerous sometimes, but she wouldn't have it any other way. Amy's a little too competitive for her own good, and it may just put her in a killer's crosshairs. The investigation starts with the violent death of millionaire investor and philanthropist Nelson Cotter, who went on television to talk about putting his two sons back into his will-and cutting out his loyal employees and friends. When Nelson is shot to death after leaving his mistress's apartment, the old will goes into effect, and his business manager, housekeeper, chauffeur, and lover are set to receive millions. The police are getting nowhere, and Spy4U Services is hired to speed up the investigation. Amy throws herself into the case but knows it won't be an easy one. With everyone in the household a suspect, it may be harder to find someone who didn't want Nelson dead than someone who did. Greed, deception, betrayal, and complex relationships cloud the case and have Amy going in circles. Can she uncover the truth before the killer strikes again?

Twenty-five-year-old Nicole Barrett never thought she'd fall in love. Worn down by the horrible men from her past, she preferred to live life as a loner and keep to herself. But when she met Jason, everything changed. Jason was sweet, caring, and romantic. He was everything she never knew she was looking for-enough to turn her from jaded singleton to blushing bride. Then, tragically, one month after her wedding day, the newlywed was shot and killed on a Manhattan street. Now, private investigator Amy Bell is on the case, and it's not long before she uncovers Nicole's biggest secret-an illicit double life known only to her best and only friend. Using this new information to her advantage, Amy is able to extract details from her suspects in a rather...unconventional manner. Set after the events of The Teacher's Pet Murders, Murder Spoils the Perfect Romance is the second of the Amy Bell mystery novels. As she continues to experience personal and professional growth, Amy finds herself investigating some unusual and "mature" aspects of romantic relationships-immersing herself in an unfamiliar world to get to the bottom of yet another perplexing murder mystery.

There are strange happenings at the Zellmont Hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey. On a weekend in June 2015, a waitress was found dead behind an alley trash bin. At the same time, a socially conservative college student disappeared without a trace. The police have no leads and can find no connections between the two events. That's where Amy Bell comes in. With the support of her partner in crime and devoted husband, Jeremy, Amy is a superstar detective at the Spy4U agency. When the CEO of Zellmont Lodging asks for her help, Amy is up for the challenge. She knows that there has to be a connection between the two women, even though they moved in completely different circles. The dearly departed Melanie Richland was an aspiring actress just struggling to get by. The now-missing Brenda Lorimer was an affluent, conservative sorority sister who enjoyed a life of privilege. Amy's investigation will take her into the halls of power and the secret lives of sorority sisters. She's determined to get justice for both young women, but there's more to this crime than Amy could have imagined. Is the mystery too tangled for Amy to unravel the truth?

Axum Trading owner George Saxton turns to private investigator Amy Bell when his lifelong friend Barry Durham is shot and killed in Barry's New Jersey home. It's up to Amy to solve the case when the police reach a dead end. Durham, a popular retired economics teacher and athletics coach, had turned his attention to politics as he prepared to run for town councilman-ignoring the anonymous phone calls warning him not to run. As Amy starts investigating the case, she learns that all the usual suspects, including his likely opponents, have ironclad alibis. More suspects and secrets turn up as Amy continues probing into Barry's life. She also encounters another pressing matter, as a friend of her husband's has a mystery of his own for her to solve. Squaring that away, she heads back to the original case-when a bit of magic gives her the answer. What trick does Amy have up her sleeve that will solve the crime? Find out in Murder with Magic, the latest in a series of Amy Bell murder mysteries. It's a mystery within a mystery that also shares lessons on contrition and forgiveness.

Author David Schwinger returns with Letter-Perfect Murder, another thrilling murder mystery. Bernice Speerman convinces her husband Charles to go to the police after three men accuse him of blackmailing them. Each man receives a letter referring to the death of Nathan Mattley fourteen years earlier when they were all teens and part of a group named the Legends. Nathan allegedly died while trying to become a member, and the anonymous letter writer threatens that if they don't pay up he'll release details relating to Nathan's death. Bernice's fear comes true when Charles is shot and killed just a few days later. NYPD Detective Stanley Davison asks Spy4U private investigator Amy Bell for her help. Amy discovers that Charles's investment company had been struggling, leading to the accusation that he's behind the blackmail. Each of the three men have motive, but which one of them committed the crime? Or is there someone else with just as much motive if not more? Before she is done Amy will solve the mysteries of both Nathan and Charles's deaths.

Mary Rackner was shot and killed while relaxing in her backyard. The police were making no progress, so Mary's good friend Christine hired smart, sexy supersleuth Amy Bell to solve the case. There were many people with a clear motive to kill Mary, who was leading an effort to make draconian curriculum changes in the private high school where she was a trustee. But was that the only possible motive? Not necessarily, as Amy soon discovered. To identify the killer, Amy would have to challenge all the basic assumptions made by the police and also by everyone else.Author David Schwinger, when not writing Amy Bell mysteries--there are now fifteen--enjoys composing songs, playing pickleball, and traveling the world with his wife, Sherryl. He first met Sherryl when she was his student in a mathematics class he taught at City College of New York. Their secret romance became the inspiration for his first Amy Bell mystery, The Teacher's Pet Murders.

Carl Bayman was a very successful personal-injury attorney until he was found shot to death in his office on a Monday morning in January.The police were making no progress, so one of Carl's grateful former clients hired a smart, sassy, sexy supersleuth, Amy Bell, to try to solve the case.Amy soon discovered that lots of people might want Carl dead. However, none of them had any particular grievance that arose in the weeks prior to the murder, and all of them seemed to have excellent alibis at the time of the murder.Clearly there must be some critical element of the case that everyone was missing. Amy would have to think way out of the box to uncover the shocking truth.Author David Schwinger, when not writing Amy Bell mysteries--there are now fourteen--enjoys composing songs, playing pickleball, and traveling the world with his wife, Sherryl. He first met Sherryl when she was his student in a mathematics class he taught at City College of New York. Their secret romance became the inspiration for his first Amy Bell mystery, The Teacher's Pet Murders.

Multimillionaire Ethan Barris sold his Internet startup and now greatly enjoyed teaching computer science to the brightest seniors at Laketown Science Academy, an all-girls school. He also reveled in insulting and humiliating his colleagues on the school faculty who he thought were mediocre losers.Ethan found additional pleasure in having sex with several much younger women while bullying his long-time girlfriend into taking an action she would immediately deeply regret.One morning, while leaving for work, Ethan was stabbed to death on his front porch. The police were making no progress, and super sleuth Amy Bell was hired by Ethan's one friend in the faculty to investigate the killing.Amy soon realized that virtually everybody who knew Ethan strongly disliked him, except for his students who respected and admired him.Who hated Ethan so much that they would kill him on that mid-September morning? Amy found it hard to believe any of her suspects would go that far. But somebody clearly did, and the beautiful and brilliant Amy represented the last best chance to solve the case.Author David Schwinger, when not writing Amy Bell mysteries-there are now thirteen-enjoys composing songs, playing pickleball, and traveling the world with his wife, Sherryl. He first met Sherryl when she was his student in a mathematics class he taught at City College of New York. Their secret romance became the inspiration for his first Amy Bell mystery, The Teacher's Pet Murders.

In October of 2016, Allen Parkman was a charismatic Republican candidate for committeeman in Corville Township, New Jersey. Right in the middle of the campaign season, he was lured to the porch of a house in a run-down section of town, where he was shot and killed. A note was left under the dead body condemning both Allen and Trump. The police were getting nowhere, so the mayor of the township convinced supersleuth Amy Bell to take the case.Amy realized that there were many different motives for various people to kill Allen. His ex-wife and two children were refusing all contact with Allen after she divorced him due to multiple episodes of cheating. A local Democrat politician might have wanted to get rid of the Republicans' most electable candidate, who might also carry other Republican candidates to victory. A local Republican might have believed that killing Allen and leaving the note would create a big sympathy vote for Republican candidates.Then there were the married women whom Allen had propositioned, as well as their husbands. There were also hundreds of investors who had lost money due to the stock-touting scams perpetrated by Allen's company. And Allen had two partners in his company who might have had issues with him.Amy was not confident that any of these people would have killed Allen based on those motives. She was also uncomfortable about the note left under the body but couldn't pinpoint exactly why. Would the beautiful and vivacious detective be able to find the key to solving a case that seemed unsolvable? And if she did succeed, could she produce the evidence to bring the killer or killers to justice?Author David Schwinger, when not writing Amy Bell mysteries-there are now twelve-enjoys composing songs, playing pickleball, and traveling the world with his wife, Sherryl. He first met Sherryl when she was his student in a mathematics class he taught at City College of New York. Their secret romance became the inspiration for his first Amy Bell mystery, The Teacher's Pet Murders.

Tony Capadora was in big trouble. He had been charged with the shooting murder of pop singer/songwriter Filip Beron, and the evidence against Tony appeared to be overwhelming. To start, Tony had publicly accused Filip of taking credit for writing a hit song that Tony had actually composed. Then, the murder weapon had been found buried in Tony's backyard. Finally, Filip had been able to write, in his loose-leaf, the first four letters of Tony's last name, just before he died. Tony was innocent, but he had no alibi and very little hope of avoiding decades in prison. Then, superstar detective Amy Bell was hired to try to clear Tony and find the real killer. With the encouragement and assistance of her husband, Jeremy, Amy slowly but surely uncovered various aspects of Filip's dark side. She identified many people who had reason to wish that Filip were dead. But it would take more than just finding other possible suspects to save Tony from the nearly airtight case against him. A police detective told Amy she was pursuing a ten-million-to-one long shot. But the vivacious and witty Amy was not one to give up, regardless of the odds. Author David Schwinger, when not writing Amy Bell mysteries--there are now eleven--enjoys composing songs, playing pickleball, and traveling the world with his wife, Sherryl. He first met Sherryl when she was his student in a mathematics class he taught at City College of New York. Their secret romance became the inspiration for his first Amy Bell mystery, The Teacher's Pet Murders.

Jack Markov was building his professional reputation as nurse manager by moving from one medical group to another and implementing the changes he believed were necessary to ensure that they would thrive in the coming decades. But these changes adversely affected the benefits and working conditions of his nurses. Now, Jack was coming to the North Bayonne Medical Group, and his reputation had preceded him. At the retirement party for the outgoing nurse manager, Jack gave a speech reaffirming the nurses' worst fears. Someone attending the affair decided to act before Jack could even start his first day on the job. That person poisoned Jack's drink with methanol, and a few hours later, Jack was dead. Two months later, the police were making no progress, and the medical group hired detective Amy Bell to investigate the killing. Amy soon realized that she had an overabundance of suspects. All twenty-three nurses at the party hated Jack's guts. So did their spouses, many of whom were also in attendance. But as the vivacious and witty Amy dug deeper, she discovered that several people at the party had other motives for killing Jack. She uncovered ugly and painful secrets that they would not want revealed. However, even with the assistance of her husband Jeremy - with whom she had many loving but fierce political disputes - Amy realized that identifying the killer at this point was a long shot. And bringing the killer to justice, by coming up with proof, was an even longer shot. Author David Schwinger, when not writing Amy Bell mysteries - there are now ten - enjoys composing songs, playing pickleball, and traveling the world with his wife, Sherryl. He first met Sherryl when she was his student in a mathematics class he taught at City College of New York. Their secret romance became the inspiration for his first Amy Bell mystery, The Teacher's Pet Murders.