Bøger af Raymond D Mason

Dan Wilder is hired to locate a missing DNA scientist and discovers a plot to clone world leaders for a world takeover. The story is filled with excitement and laughs, as our detective fumbles and bumbles his way to the fiery conclusion.

Darren Masters and Jacquelyn Long are young lovers heading in opposite directions. Jacquelyn is a born again Christian looking for a husband who shares her commitment to the Lord, while Darren is a believer, but with a wild streak. As they begin to drift apart other people began to enter the picture which causes confusion and conflict. When Darren is attracted to a girl of rather loose morals character, the final blow is administered to his and Jacquelyn's struggling relationship. Things change somewhat when Darren leads the young woman to a relationship with the Lord; one that even he does not yet have. A story of young love and how one moment it can be 'summer kisses' and the next 'winter tears'.

Guns of Vengeance Valley finds Brent Sackett and those traveling with him arriving in Lordsburg, New Mexico just in time to witness a jail break and a deputy sheriff shot by the escaping desperado. When Brent has a run in with one of the most powerful ranchers in the territory trouble soon follows. Brent is unaware that the rancher is planning a take over of several of the small ranches and has brought in a number of hired guns to help in his effort. Meanwhile, Brent's identical twin brother, Brian, is having his own problems back in Texas. Someone has been poisoning the waterholes on the Sackett spread and they have to find out who is doing it before they lose more cattle. Also, Earl Rule has followed Brian north with plans to kill him because Rule's youngest son forced Brian into a gun fight and was killed. Another action packed Western from Mason proves to be a good read for the fans of the Old West. Other books in this series in sequential order are as follows: Across the Rio Grande, Three Days to Sundown, Ride the Hard Land, Range War, Five Faces West, Between Heaven and Hell, and this latest one, Guns of Vengeance Valley.

Miles Jesse Knight and Mary Ingles Knight were the 5th Great Grandparents of the author Lance Knight. Lance and his co-author Raymond D. Mason take poetic advantage of the historical and ancestral records of the Knight Family and will produce serial type novels for the reader. Miles Knight is a larger than life character who is morally straight, charismatic, engaging, brave, loving and defender of the less fortunate. Miles quickly adapts to life in his adopted country of America. After having established his own farm and family Miles is drawn into the fray of uprising against the British rulers of the Colonies. Taxation with representation is only one of the grievances of the colonists. Having fought to defend his property and family against hostile Indians and corrupt Loyalist officials of the British, Miles Knight proves to be resilient and determined to survive and thrive. Miles Knight is a big man, standing six-feet-five inches tall and weighing two-hundred-forty-five pounds. His normal cheerful, Irish lilt and lovable disposition belie his dormant Irish warrior spirit. Having grown up in Ireland and been bruised by British rule for many years, he like most Irish people has an affinity for the underdog. He cannot abide the bullying of the underprivileged in society, and the offender, if Miles is present, is quickly and decisively brought to account ... often painfully. Lance Knight and Raymond D. Mason have woven the story through and around actual historical events of the thirteen original colonies of America in the eighteenth century. The reader will go with Miles and Mary through their trials and joys of daily life in Colonial America. The reader will witness the good, the bad and the ugly of society, vicious battles with enemies of the family. The reader will be surprised by the uncompromising values and traits of Miles Knight in his 'new world'. The reader will not soon forget about "Miles Knight: The Immigrant".

When the Bob Colton Gang robs a stagecoach bound for Tucson, Arizona and several people are killed, a posse is soon on their trail. In their attempt to make it to the Mexican border they run across two wagons headed for Tucson and lead by Brent Sackett. Sackett, however, was not with the wagons having gone ahead to check out the road ahead. When Brent takes a spill from his horse and hits his head against a large stone he suffers temporary amnesia. Brent is taken in by a homesteader and his wife, Ted and Virginia George, who nurse him back to health. Unable to remember who he is, where he is going, and very little about his past, Brent soon encounters new problems. One of the posse members on the trail of the Colton gang recognizes him from his days as a lawman in Crystal City, Texas. He also remembers that there are wanted posters on Brent, thus putting Brent on the run again. Meanwhile, the gang of outlaws commandeers the two wagons Brent had been leading to California, holding the occupants hostage. Back in Abilene, Texas the Sackett family is involved in a blood feud with one of their neighbors and the tension is mounting. When the angry neighbor burns the Sackett barn, the feud heats up until it becomes a shoot out. Mason has penned another page turner in his Sackett series of books. He is already working on the next book in the series.

"American Knights Series III" is subtitled "Miles Knight: The Saboteur". This book continues the historical, ancestral life of the author's 5th Great Grandfather who came to the American Colonies as an indentured servant in 1767 and subsequently became a husband, a father and a successful landowner/farmer. Having freed all the slaves he inherited with the purchase of Shiloh Plantation in Georgia, Miles Knight and his wife, Mary succeed in teaching all their former slaves who chose to be their black servants, to read and write. When Miles is called upon by the Continental Army to be an agent of sabotage for America, he hand selects 7 of the black servants who have been trained for special warfare. "Miles Knight: The Saboteur" depicts life and warfare in the days of the American Patriots as they fought against all odds and the mighty British Empire, to gain their freedom and independence from the oppressive policies of Great Britain, including unfair taxation and lack of representation in the Kings Court and the British Parliament. Book 3 also helps the reader to understand the difficulties of travel and communication in that heavily forested and vast land of colonial America. The reader's will be made privy to the daily lives of the sparsely populated countryside. The tools, food, housing, weapons and methods of making a living are brought forth in some detail. "Miles Knight: The Saboteur" focuses on the 'Battle of Moore's Creek' in and around Wilmington, North Carolina. Miles Knight's contribution to that effort is told in great detail. Relations with Native Indians and Negro Slaves is dealt with from the standpoint of kind, considerate and loving Christian actions. 'The Knights' of Colonial American, having been mistreated in Ireland for centuries by Great Britain, are quick to aid in freeing, educating and socializing with any and all people who are dominated and abused by those in power. This Book III of the American Knights Series promises to entertain and involve the reader.

When George Henry Boynton hires a professional gunman in preparation for a range war, he soon learns that he's hired trouble. Boynton's beautiful young wife is attracted to the handsome gunman and soon sparks begin to fly, not only from the friction between the various ranchers, but the young couple, as well. Tension hightens even more when George Henry becomes aware of the affair between his hired gun and his wife. A high energy Western that keeps the reader reading.

Private Investigator Nick Castle is hired to look into the deaths of several people that the police have ruled as accidental. Nick's client, however, believes the victims were murdered because of a photograph that they all appeared in together. He is the only one in the photograph who is still alive.

When an Arizona cattle rancher loses his wife and baby daughter to a fever, he pulls up stakes and heads for California. Along the way he invites a saloon girl, who wants nothing more than to change her lifestyle, to join him. She accepts, but her boss says he has claim to her until she pays off the money she owes him. The rancher pays off the debt, but then is forced to kill the saloon owner's brother in self defense. A blood feud is formed that follows the couple all the way to California. A good read for the Western fan.

When a young man returns to his home in Texas after the Civil War, he learns that he had been reported as having died in a Union prison. He also learns that his family has lost their farm to Carpetbaggers and an old acquaintance now owns the farm. To make matters worse, his fiance has been forced to go to work as a hostess in one of the towns more seedy saloons; something that sickens him. In an effort to get their farm back, as well as help others who are in the process of losing their farms and small ranches, the young man begins robbing those responsible for the take overs. Soon he is a wanted man and the closer he gets to exposing the truth about the men behind the take overs, the more dangerous it becomes for him. When he finds an ally in his efforts things start moving faster towards a climax that will leave the town filled with gunsmoke.

American Knights Series II "Miles Knight: The Patriot" This book is historical and ancestral; Miles Knight, the 5th GGrandfather (circa 1747) of author Lance Knight came to the American Colonies as an indentured servant.His indenture contract was purchased by a gentleman tobacco farmer named John Mead from Connecticut. Mr. Mead ultimately adopted the young, Miles Knight, into the Mead family who had years before adopted an English baby name Mary Ingles. Miles and Mary fell in love and were married in 1771, at which time John Mead gave them a 200 acre farm in North Carolina, as a wedding present. He also gave them a black slave by the name of Big Boy. Miles immediately freed Big Boy and asked him to come south with them to North Carolina where they created a fine plantation from the acreage. American and ancestral history is woven into this fictional account of the life and times of Miles and Mary Knight. The tapestry reveals the kinds of lives colonial Americans experienced as they were suffering high taxes and other excesses at the hands of the British. Even though much of the American citizenry was sparsely populated in remote farms and villages, the siren call of American Patriots grew louder and they resisted more violently the aggression of the British Army and Navy. The Americans who were loyal (Loyalists) to the Crown were ostracized and hated by the Patriots as traitors because they worked and fought on the side of England. So even with the success Miles, Mary and Big Boy had with the new farm/plantation, they were being inexorably drawn into the conflict. John Mead became Brigadier General John Mead per appointment by Thomas Jefferson. Miles was inducted in the 10th North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army by John Mead. The reader will experience the mystery, the fighting, the indecision and the joys of these young American Knights as they firmly plant their lives into the soil and the pride of the American fight for freedom and independence from a repressive, domineering, occupying force called the British Empire.

When Sheriff Pat Garrett feels Billy the Kid has been given a raw deal by the governor of New Mexico by not extending amnesty to him the way he did the other participants in the Lincoln County War he decides he will give the Kid a break. Instead of hunting the kid down and killing him, Garrett hunts him down and tells him he'll let him go if he promises to change his name and leave the Territory. Billy agrees and he begins to search for a new way of life. Billy soon finds that changing his ways is not an easy thing to do and is soon involved in more trouble. When Billy meets the love of his life things start to look up. Can he find happiness and begin life a fresh? Only time will tell. A good read for Western fans.

Buck Buchanan and his brother arrive in San Francisco to pick up two bulls for breeding back on their Montana cattle ranch. When Buck meets and falls head over heels in love with a top attraction at one of the finest gambling houses on the Barbary Coast, his adventure truly begins. The singer's ruthless boss is also in love with her and is not about to lose out to a cowboy from Montana. The tension and action shifts into high gear when Buchanan buys half interest in a struggling casino himself. Good action story.

Sheriff Jake Colton goes after two brothers who murdered his good friend and deputy, Ben Colby, on a Laredo street. The two brothers, Wes and Carl Sanger, had murdered the deputy on the orders of their father, Harry Sanger. After the shooting of Colby the boys rode to their father's ranch to report that the deputy was dead and was sent to visit their uncle Ty Sanger in Crystal City, Texas, to establish an alibi. Sheriff Colton, however, found an eyewitness to the shooting who pointed him in the direction of the Sanger brothers. The sheriff and a small posse rode to the Sanger ranch and found Mrs. Sanger badly beaten at the hands of her husband, Harry, due to her displeasure with what her sons had done. Upon seeing the terrible beating Mrs. Sanger endured, Sheriff Colton took her with him into Laredo to get her away from the vicious man to whom she was married. Meanwhile, the Sanger brothers had met up with a woman and her small son who were on their way to Crystal City as well. The woman hired them to escort her the rest of the way, but soon realizes she may have done the wrong thing in doing so. Sheriff Colton and a couple of his deputies rode directly to Crystal City and were waiting for the boys when they arrived. The boys put up a fight, but were no match for the sheriff and his men. Another taut, exciting Western from the author, Raymond D. Mason.

When out of work cowboy, Monte Harper, goes to work for Lonny Sheppard he is in for quite a surprise. Lonny's wife, Fran, is an old girl friend of Harper's. Needing the job and not wanting trouble with his new boss, Harper is hard pressed to avoid Fran's attempts at rekindling their old romance. Trouble starts when one of the other hired hands who has had his fling with Fran stirs up trouble for the new hire. The hiring of a young gun only adds to the handling of a dangerous situation. When Lonny learns of Fran's infidelity the trouble really starts. A good read for the Western fan.

When Private Investigator Jack Price happens upon a group of illegal aliens crossing the US / Mexican border his life is changed forever. Not only does he become the target of Mexican drug cartel's hit men, but also a fugitive from the US government. Turning to a small group of people who have been witnesses to what the government and the illegals are doing, is Price's only hope of escape. The only one that might be able to help Price is the governor of Nevada, but reaching the man will be a perilous journey where one false move could mean death. A taut mystery with plenty of action.

When Dan Wilder is hired by beautiful Anne Broach to find her missing sister, the danger and fun begins. Dan must go to Reno, NV where Anne's sister, Esther was last seen. He soon finds that it will be a lot harder to find this woman, especially when she turns up dead and he is arrested for her murder. The fun really begins when Dan's lawyer, Irving Shiplap, shows up to represent his client in court. This story has it all; suspense, greed, hate, murder, and laughs. Dan Wilder fans will love his latest mis-adventure.

Bill Baird has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. His business also faces bankruptcy. To make matters worse he's been playing the horses and is in debt to a loan shark who wants his money, or Baird's life. His only way out is to hire a hit man to arrange an accidental death in order to collect double indemnity on his life insurance policies. When he finds out that he's not dying and his business begins to show signs of recovering from its financial problems he is very happy. The problem is how does he go about cancelling the contract he's put out on him self. A thrilling story with plenty of twists and turns.

A story of greed, passion, hatred, and murder. When Bryan Emswiler, a hitch hiker thumbing a ride through California's San Joaquin Valley, is given a ride by a beautiful seductress, his trouble begins. Within twenty four hours after meeting the woman Emswiler is involved in a traffic accident that leaves the woman's husband near death, and is accused of attempted rape. Things escalate and puts the young man on the run from the law. When the woman's body turns up dead in an orange grove, Emswiler becomes the number one suspect. A taut, action filled mystery that will keep the reader turning pages.

Dan Wilder, private eye, is hired to find a woman's missing father. As he begins his search he soon realizes that there may be more to the man's disappearance than meets the eye. Dan meets a number of lovable characters as he goes through the investigation in and around the Myrtle Creek, Tri, City, and Riddle areas of Central Oregon. Humorous without losing its theme of being a mystery.

Private Investigator Rick Russell is drawn into a triple murder case while Salmon fishing on the North Umpqua River in Glide, OR. When the beautiful fiance' of one of the murder victims hires Russell to help find the ones responsible for the murders, he is soon up to his neck in questions. It is very obvious that his client's fiance' was involved in several illegal activities. As Russell gets closer and closer to the truth he also becomes more and more suspicious of his client. Another taut mystery that keeps the reader turning page after page to see what happens next.

Frank Corrigan is a tough San Francisco Police Detective that gets assigned, by request, to escort the wife of a Middle Eastern dictators son, to a formal dinner party while she is visiting the city. He finds out the beautiful woman he is to escort is actually an American and requested him because she went to school with him. What he doesn't know is that she knows a secret that could send him to his death along with a good number of San Franciscans. To make matters worse, Corrigan is the target of an ex-con set on revenge. A taut mystery with a lot of action. A good read for mystery lovers.

Paul 'Booger' Doyle is back in San Francisco to fulfill his threat to kill Lt. Frank Corrigan of the SFPD, for his role in sending the heartless killer to prison. Doyle has threatened to not only kill Corrigan, but the detective's friends and family members as well. When dead bodies start turning up the police department is working around the clock to bring the man responsible to justice. No one is safe from the evil deeds of a killer with no conscience.

Bill Burkett and his gang rob a large money shipment from the east that is on its way to banks in California. They make their getaway into the Mojave Desert where Burkett had buried kegs of water and supplies weeks in advance, making their escape possible. With a posse hot on their trail behind them, also prepared for just such an attempt, Burkett and his gang soon find themselves faced with another problem; a deadly problem. A mysterious Indian begins killing members of the gang, as well as members of the posse. The climax occurs high in the Sierra/Nevada mountains with a deadly fight to the finish.

When Lucas Barlow travels to Mexico from his ranch in Silver City, NM to purchase two bulls for breeding, his adventure begins. When Barlow learns that the rancher is nothing more than a confidence man who sells the bulls to unsuspecting Gringos and then steals them back when they try to leave Mexico, he begins a cat and mouse game that could cost him his life. When the bulls are stolen by another Mexican gang of bandits the stakes are even higher. A taut Western in the easy to read, page turning style Mason always brings to his books. Be sure and check out Mason's series on Brian and Brent Sackett called 'The Sackett Series'.

Alcoholic Detective Harley Quinn is a down and out P. I. in need of a client and another drink of anything. He is hired by a millionaire to investigate the death of the millionaire's brother, but he must stay sober. Knowing this could be his last chance at turning his life around, Quinn has to fight the temptation to jump of the wagon, rather than simply fall off it, while trying to uncover the truth about the millionaire's brother. Making the case more difficul is the fact that the wealthy businessman's sibling was a skid row drunk. A good read for the mystery lover.

A serial killer is stalking the Rodeo Circuit and could be Champion Cowboy Casey Riggs best friend. Uncovering the truth could be dangerous, even deadly. A taut cowboy/mystery that is hard hitting and spell binding.

Sheriff Bud Starr receives word that his wife's ex-husband has been released from prison and is headed for Laramie, where they live. The ex-con husband has vowed to kill both the sheriff and his wife, Floy. Knowing that a showdown is unavoidable the sheriff of Laramie has to deal with other problems as well as keeping an eye on the man who has vowed to kill him. Taut western from start to finish.

This booklet is intended to help both the new Christian as well as those Christians who might have been struggling with certain issues in their walk with the Lord. Hopefully my testimony will show those who are angry with God that He is a forgiving God who loves you unconditionally. If you've been raised in a legalistic church environment, learn how Christ has set you free from the bonds of legalism so you can walk in the newness of life. Surrender to Christ and see how you are made victorious through Him. Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life and have it to the full (John 10:10). When you have Jesus you are made complete in Christ. Rejoice in knowing who and what you are in Him.

Someone is killing the top country music artists in and around Nashville, Tennessee's Music Row. With very little evidence to go on, two of Nashville PD's homicide detectives begin their investigation that appears to be the work of a serial killer. As they learn a little more about the victims' family members they wonder if there could be a personal motive behind the slayings. The plot thickens when a victim's wife's cousin shows up to offer her support during her time of mourning.