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Darkness Lurks Behind Every Fairy TaleAt 33, Parker Simms had little use for "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." A veteran of the Great War turned New York City private detective, he knew that a children's tale couldn't prepare him for Europe's brutal battlefields or the devious characters he'd encounter on the gritty streets of the city.But it would be a story within that story that would test Simms' rookie detective skills, plunging him into a treacherous world of deceit, vengeance, and murder. In the summer of 1928, a twist of fate dragged Simms back to his roots in western South Dakota, courtesy of a voluntary leave of absence. His connection to the infamous Teapot Dome Scandal had brought unwelcome national attention to the William J. Burns Detective Agency, forcing him to seek refuge from the roaring twenties' frenzy.What started as a respite quickly transformed into a heart-pounding cat-and-mouse game with a sadistic, yet cunning, killer amidst the rugged landscape of the Black Hills. Simms reluctantly agrees to assist Dwayne McDonough, a desperate local silver mining tycoon, whose associates are being ruthlessly murdered. The twist? The killer weaves a sinister thread to the beloved children's book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," challenging Simms to delve into the story's hidden depths.Joined by Sandra Groves, a former flame turned schoolteacher, and her fiancé, the young college history professor Archie Yeager, Simms embarks on a relentless pursuit of clues. Their quest unravels a darker side of 1920s society within the Black Hills, exposing extortion, nativism, prejudice, and racism. With each revelation, the list of suspects grows, casting suspicion upon local law enforcement, Klansmen, indigenous Lakota people, and even the very individuals targeted by the killer.In this gripping historical mystery, Simms must navigate a perilous labyrinth of secrets, lies, and deadly consequences, where the line between fiction and reality blurs, and the true monsters wear masks of deceit.Where every truthis a mirage, and every miragehides a truth= = =Mark MacedoniaBeware the Shifting SandsHistorical Fiction 1920s Mystery Thriller Murder Mystery South Dakota Black Hills Wizard of Oz Lakota Indian Tribe Racism

Ancient China collides with Gold Rush America when two sleuths from opposite ends of the earth unite to hunt down a killer.JINCAN, a deadly toxin created through sorcery by combining the venoms of five creatures, oozes through the pores of this thriller - set in China, the jungles of Panama and the gold country of California in 1850. Shen, a Chinese assassin escapes to America with dreams of riches. Angus Greystone is a lawman on the hunt for the truth behind President Zachary Taylor's sudden death. Shen and Greystone collide in a muddle of cross-cultural mishaps before forming an unlikely partnership to track the culprit down together, trailing a killer into the Sierra Nevada where the hunters become the hunted. Think Pinkerton detective meets Judge Dee.

19-year-old Gabriel Turner excels in training pit bulls for illegal fights. When he runs into trouble with the law, he is given an ultimatum to either go to jail or join the military. He opts for the Army where he straightens out and serves as a handler of a bomb-sniffing dog he names Samuel L. Jackson. The two have each others back through terrible situations in war-torn Afghanistan. A brutal RPG explosion changes everything. The book shines a spotlight on the brave service of military working dogs and what they experience, an issue few people are familiar with, as well as tackling the debilitating aspects of PTSD, opioid addiction and suicide.

When Rev. McNamara solemnly stands before the wedding couples, he hears some outrageous things the guests never hear; like the bride saying to the groom,""I just felt the baby kick,." or the groom saying to the bride, "This tux is giving me a wedgie.""I have been performing weddings in Las Vegas for several years. There are things that I hear; things that I notice because prior to the ceremony, I am pretty much a wallflower and everyone feels comfortable speaking around someone they can't see. There are petty things spoken between jealous women (and men!) There are secrets revealed by the father of the bride no one hears, and most importantly, standing in very close proximity to the wedding couple at the altar where the closest people are four feet away; the small whispers between the couple are priceless! Comments range from 'You're beautiful!' to 'I'm wearing the thong you bought me!'" -From the author- See more at: http://christophermatthewspub.com/tales-from-the-wedding-altar/#sthash.YL6UuEmx.dpuf

Temple Buck returns to the Rockies in 1828, rejoins his trapping bunch and resumes the carefree life of the American free trapper where he left off two years earlier. Temple and his comrades explore uncharted new beaver-rich country, gaining new and different experience in a changing and expanding fur trade. Their personal lives change, as well. They take on new responsibilities while enjoying more than ever the happy-go-lucky life of the Rocky Mountain free trapper, its rich flavors much improved now by their wider knowledge, deeper experience, and greater appreciation of everything that living in the American wilderness offers to bold men who possess enough savvy and smarts and courage to survive on Nature's bosom.The TEMPLE BUCK QUARTETA Rocky Mountain OdysseyVolume 1: Backbone of the World (1822-1824)Volume 2: Free Men (1824-1826)Volume 3: Shinin' Times! (1828-1833)Volume 4: Glory Days Gone Under (1833-1837)