Bøger af Linda B. Myers

An anthology of original works from writers on the Olympic Peninsula. Included are short stories, essays, poetry and novel excepts.

To escape her dangerous family, a young girl vanishes on the 1890s Oregon coast. Adelia Wright never knew her mother. Her father, a lighthouse keeper far out to sea, is distant, literally and figuratively. After her brother terrorizes her once too often, Adelia decides there must be a better home elsewhere, one with less pain, more affection, and enough to eat. She is armed only with survival skills learned from a Clatsop native and immigrant Finnish settlers. Her perilous journey takes her to Seaside, Oregon where she works in the scullery of a posh hotel. Adelia is soon on the run again, sought regarding a murdered guest...this time with a frightened little boy in tow. Adelia finds temporary shelter in a logging camp, then makes her way to the filthy docks of Swilltown in what is today's Astoria. As she grows to womanhood, her path includes abandonment and romance, sorrow and joy. It is a twisting pilgrimage to Adelia's discovery that a collected family can outshine a birth family. The lighthouse at Tillamook Rock is not the only beacon that lights her way. Fog Coast Runaway is historical fiction for anyone who loves the pioneer spirit, the pluck of True Grit, and the wilds of the Pacific Northwest.

CRUISES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MORE FUN THAN THISEunice Taylor wins the Arctic Angel Award for her effort to save the dwindling short-tailed albatross population. The wealthy octogenarian invites the Latin's Ranch gang on an Alaskan cruise to pick up her prize. Bear Jacobs, with bad memories of a sea voyage on a troop carrier bound for Vietnam, refuses to go. Then a murder at a nearby senior center puts the retired PI on the alert. Is Eunice in grave danger? His fear for her life - along with the prodding from his eWatson Lily - changes his mind about the cruise. He joins the other Latin's Ranch residents, along with two aides, as they sail away from Seattle. But high life on shipboard is soon dashed by low life murderers and thieves. Good times turn to grief when one of their aides is struck down, the other disappears and multiple attempts are made to murder Eunice. This cruise is full of harrowing surprises. Bear and the gang put themselves in danger to solve the case of the short-tailed albatross. Bear at Sea is the third book in the Bear Jacobs series.

Life at Latin's Ranch adult care home is anything but restful. In HARD TO BEAR, the second in the PI Bear Jacobs series, a vicious gang is producing old-fashioned snuff films with a violent new twist: custom-order murder for sale. Innocent victims are being kidnapped and murdered, and Bear, a cane-wielding, XXL grouch of a shamus, investigates. He is aware there is enough evil loose in the land that there is a market for such things. Bear's sidekick and eWatson, Lily Gilbert, is back in action, too, keeping the case notes in a style all her own. Meanwhile, the quirky life at the adult home goes on as Lily's daughter draws a bead on a hot new lover, the mob capo living there comes out of hiding, one of the octogenarians takes up a new craft to everyone's dismay, and their caregiver takes in a baby to protect.Unbeknown to them all, they come under danger themselves as Bear joins forces with an avenging mobster family, a special forces soldier tormented by PTSD, and a pack of mad dogs. Together, they seek out the evil that has taken root in the Pacific Northwest woods.

Retired PI Bear Jacobs, Lily Gilbert, and the rest of the gang at Latin's Ranch stand tall on their canes, walkers and wheels to solve crimes and prove seniors are not to be messed with. The short stories in Three Bears include: Bear and the Burrito: In the dark of night, an extra four-legger appears in the Latin's Ranch barn. Who's dropping off mini-donkeys and why? Meanwhile, a dangerous monster who attacks older women must be run out of town.A Bearable Exit: The don of the Sapienza familia can't turn the reins over to his grandson unless Lily's daughter, Sylvia, agrees to a most unique proposal. Bear and friends hold off thugs from two rival mobs. Clan of the Craft Bear: A woodworker is electrocuted while fractal burning; Bear believes it's no accident. Bear's long-lost nephew tries to lure him away from Latin's Ranch... will he leave Lily and the gang?The Three Bears short stories are companions to the Bear Jacobs Mystery series of novels, Bear in Mind, Hard to Bear and Bear at Sea