Bøger af Mary Lee Tiernan

True stories of murder and mayhem from the Old West. Benson, Arizona was founded as a railroad town in the San Pedro Valley in 1880 when Geronimo still roamed the valley and terrorized settlers and travelers. Because Benson was a small town, it never received the notoriety of its neighbor Tombstone. But the images one conjures up of the Wild West-shootouts, saloons, hangings, fights-could be found in Benson. The printed version is illustrated with numerous old photographs.

Headlights glared in her rearview mirror as Abbey navigated the dark, desolate mountain road. Then the driver in the car behind her bumped her van-camper, threatening to push her over the edge of the road and down the mountainside. Abbey gripped the wheel to keep control of the van as the jolts continued. Around another bend, lights twinkling in the distance promised a safe haven... if only she could get there.

An author departs in her RV on a leisurely book signing tour. A stop for lunch at an isolated spot along the road changes her life when a robber pulls up behind her van and threatens her. A stray border collie intervenes and scares off the aggressor. Of course, she can't leave the dog behind after he saved her, and the collie eagerly accepts her invitation to jump in the van. That chance encounter with the robber leads to his pursuit of her for reasons she doesn't understand. When she meets Mahoney, the detective assigned to her case, sparks fly between them.

Maddie wakes up in a nightmare worse than any she ever dreamt in her sleep. She finds herself in a sanitarium, not knowing how she got there or why she's there. Tortuous weeks pass by as she tries to climb out of the black hole in her memory and piece her life back together. But most of all, most important of all, she wants to find Luke despite the lies she's been told about him.

Identity theft, impersonation, and murder lead Detective Mahoney and the narrator across the county to New York to find the connection between two 'look-alikes.' Are they responsible for killing Homer Hunter? Or will a crank call from a mentally disturbed youth led them to the murderer? Did he convert into action his belief that old people are useless and should die? Meanwhile, Mahoney's former girlfriend shows up in town and wants to reunite with him.

He spots Stacey on her first day at Hollis High. Busy trying to adjust to her new high school, she is completely unaware that one of her schoolmates has started stalking her. But odd things keep happening. Some are pleasant, like the arrival of the sweater she put on lay-away, but hadn't paid for yet. Some are not, like the assault on her sister's friend, who happens to look a lot like her sister. Witness the events through Stacey's eyes and through the mind of the stalker as his attraction turns into an obsession. What drives him to pursue her? As she makes new friends and begins to date, his threats accelerate from secretly taking pictures to slashing car tires. Even as she finally realizes something is very wrong, he is plotting his last desperate attempts to "own" her. Be prepared for a trip into the paranormal and an ending you won't expect!

Cedar Falls is turned upside down by a bank robbery, kidnapping, and shooting of a police officer. While Mahoney investigates those crimes, the narrator has to contend with a wicked love triangle involving Bethany, a woman so fixated on Mahoney that she believed they were a couple, and the boyfriend fixated on her who goes after Mahoney, hoping to get him out of Bethany's life. Will the blatant second cop shooting outside the police station end their wedding plans?

Deciding she needs a break from the problems that plague her at home, Maddie heads to a mountain lake for a week's vacation and finds more than she ever hoped for with a November romance. All is not idyllic, however, when she decides to stay at the lake. Flashbacks to her home in the desert disorient her. Photos disappear from her phone. Nightmares and headaches disrupt her nights and days. A jealous rival targets her. Maddie clings to Luke for answers, but only she can untangle the source of these troubling incidents.

Watching a saloon fight, hearing a ghost in the hallway, dating a gambler...Kathleen could never have imagined such experiences during her homeless days living on the streets of New York. An orphan train brings her West where a chance encounter at a train stop lands her a job in the silver-mining town of Calico, California. Her job entails cleaning in a "boarding house" where the girls befriend her, and the madam protects her. Afternoons and evenings she is free to roam around town where she meets colorful characters typical of the Old West-some pleasant, some not-witnesses mine workers attacking the Chinese, and helps put out a fire threatening to burn down the town. Every day is an adventure for Kathleen in this wild west town of the 1880s.

Friday night rolls around, and Cedar Falls waits in suspense. Will the Basher strike again? The death count rises every weekend after a serial killer attacks and mercilessly beats more young women. On each broken body, detectives find a red paper valentine ripped in two. Detective Mahoney needs to find evidence to end the Basher's spree. To get it may mean he has to put his wife's life in jeopardy

When Mr. Carlson buys an old Victorian mansion, he has no idea it's a haunted house and he's inheriting its ghosts. His daughter Sandy, however, quickly discovers something's amiss. At first the incidents can be explained away by the drafts and noises of an old house. But a chilly draft doesn't normally push you backwards over a porch railing. The story unfolds in two time periods. Chapters alternate between the Carlsons and the former owners whose struggles continue past their deaths. One chapter takes you back to the 1920s and into the lives of Nora and her younger sister Alessandra. In the next chapter, their actions echo through time to manifest themselves in the present. As the conflict between the two sisters escalates, so does the danger to Sandy. She must solve the mystery behind these warring spirits, as she is caught in the middle of their battles and one of the ghosts is trying to harm her.

The Early History of Sunland, California, is a compilation of the eight previously published volumes in the series of the same name. Sunland, originally named Monte Vista, began as a platted town during the Land Boom of the 1880s. Monte Vista failed to develop and is listed in some histories as a ghost town. However, the village did grow and prosper in the hands of farmers. This is a history of the settlers who stayed and how the town grew thanks to their pioneer ingenuity and determination. Although details are specific to Sunland, its history is similar to that of many small towns that were founded and developed after the transcontinental railroad opened the West for settlement.

Christmas is coming, and while Detective Mahoney and the narrator's romance easily survives their teasing each other about being on Santa's naughty list, Mahoney is busy tracking down a ring of scammers who really belong on it for fleecing the public as phony Salvation Army bell ringers. The gang also threatens the Princess who is not thrilled by the attention and lives in a constant state of suspense fearing what they intend to do to her. The 'girls' are also busy helping a new arrival to Cedar Falls who was injured during a traffic accident. They have their own mystery to solve uncovering Lynne's dark and dangerous past.

"He's here, he's here!" Carey Nollard bolted upright in her bed gasping for breath. Once again her 'voice' warned her of impending danger and pushed her to "Move! Hide!" as breaking glass tinkled on the floor below. Carey never minded hearing a voice which protected her when danger lurked - until she moved to the town of Glendowns and the voice emerged as a personality separate from herself. She began losing fragments of time while her 'voice' took over. Without realizing it, Carey slipped more and more frequently into another persona. Was she crazy or possessed or...

From desert in Apache territory to a railroad hub to cattle country and a layover on the southern highways across the United States: Benson, Arizona, transformed itself several times to avoid becoming a ghost town. Southern Pacific Railroad had founded Benson in 1880 as the railroad built a line from California to Texas to complete the Second Transcontinental Railroad. The town's location intersected the railroad's west/east route and the north/south corridor of the San Pedro Valley where ranchers raised cattle and prospectors had recently discovered rich mines in Tombstone and the surrounding mountains. Southern Pacific wanted to provide easy railroad access to those booming industries. As a railroad town with a transient population predominantly of young, single men, and more bars than any other type of business, Benson was as wild as any Old West town. Those who came to stay slowly transformed the town into respectability. The book focuses on the lives of townsfolk: their battles against fires and floods, lawlessness and diseases, their involvement with national misfortunes, and the development of the town through the decades. The book includes over 80 photographs and illustrations.

When a student pulled out his gun and laid it on his desk, the tiny one-room school found itself needing a new teacher. That brought Virginia Newcomb, a romance, and a new family that helped to develop the town, leaving behind a detailed account of pioneer life in a small village.

Parson Wornum was so loved that when he died, the whole village attended his funeral. Years of neglect of his cemetery spelled disaster in 1978 when heavy rains tore open graves and washed bodies down the hillside.

Two robbers posed as passengers to flag down the train. When the engineer recognized danger, he opened the throttle and sped past. The bandits threw the spur switch, and the train careened full speed off the tracks.

The Land Boom of the 1880s brought immigrants from around the world. Two generations of Blumfields survived the difficulties of farming and water shortages through industry and imagination.

Early settlers, like the Johnson family, found their way into the canyon, a dense woodland bristling with wildlife. 50 years later, the Webber family faced the wrath of the river now winding down a denuded mountainside.

Joe Ardizzone, a local grape-grower, doubled as a hit-man for the Mafia. During Prohibition, Joe's bootlegging activities caught him in the middle of in-house quarreling. In 1931, he left on a short trip and disappeared into the pages of history.

Land promoters of the 1880s promised a perfect life of health, wealth, and pleasure in Monte Vista. Although their promises fell short of reality, the village did grow and prosper in the hands of farmers.

When Edgar Lancaster dredged the swamp on his land, he created a lake which became a treasured landmark. For 25 years, visitors flocked to its cool shores, and Hollywood used the lake as a set location for some of its early movies.