Bøger af Keith Hirshland

After Chester Daniel David, highly celebrated travel writer and hospitality critic, dies in an automobile accident, his son, Leland, is the heir to his prosperous estate. Among the late writer's possessions are stacks of magazines hidden in an attic that suggest that his stories about his world travels were less than authentic. As Leland grew up, it seemed as if his father was never home. If he wasn't at the exotic locations depicted in the various publications, then where was he? And what was he doing? In a witty mystery that simultaneously follows the lives of the father and son, clues that Chester leaves behind point to notorious unsolved crimes committed within a fifteen-year span: The D. B. Cooper plane skyjacking and ransom demand in the Pacific Northwest The theft from a Caribbean museum of a twenty-four-carat-gold cross recovered from a sixteenth-century shipwreck The inexplicable vanishing of $1 million from the Chicago First National Bank The theft of a collection of priceless artifacts from a Mexican anthropological museum As Leland unlocks the mysteries surrounding his father's true life, he finds himself with even more unfathomable questions that he never anticipated asking about his family-and himself.

When we last left Murphy Murphy, the Department of Redundancy Department detective had just solved a mystery that revolved around the popular rock band, Serious Crisis. That success made headlines and sent Murphy's world spinning. Acclaim followed in the form of TV network interviews, a book deal, and ultimately a call from Hollywood. Now, back in Los Angeles our intrepid detective goes from movie set consultant to crime solving detective with one, out of the blue, phone call. The Commission on Cliches is in crisis and only Murphy Murphy can solve the case. Murder, mayhem, and a motive as old as the hills ensue as redundancies and cliches abound. Can Murphy crack the case? Only time will tell. PRAISE FOR MURPHY MURPHY AND THE CASE OF THE COMMISSION ON CLICHES"This book is the best thing since sliced bread"Mystery Loves Company Reviews"I could tell you the author missed the boat on this one, but I'd be a bald faced liar. Buy this book."Mitchell Mitchell - The News Courier Times Examiner

Daisy Burns was a likable, devoted wife and mother who spent her spare time volunteering at school events. Everyone loved Daisy. So why would someone shoot her three times and dump her body behind a Planned Parenthood chapter in North Carolina? With no witnesses and few leads, Raleigh detective Marc Allen turns to the press for help-specifically, veteran news anchor Lancaster Heart. Heart agrees to broadcast the police department's plea for information in his nightly newscasts. Elderly viewer and longtime social worker Blanche Avery is positive she recognizes the photograph on the television as an older version of her friend Daisy- the young, heavily pregnant girl she met years before who made the decision to give her child up for adoption. When Tanner Goochly Jr.-a member of a notorious crime family-becomes the victim of another point-blank shooting, Allen races to discover the connection between the murders. Could it be that Daisy was somehow involved with an illegal enterprise, or was she hiding something else, another secret to be discovered? The body count is rising, and the suspect pool is widening. As Allen's investigation reaches a fever pitch, he realizes that a mother's choice could have killer consequences.