Bøger af Rodney Riesel

In this, the twenty-first installment from the Tales of Dan Coast Series, Hot For Teacher, Dan, Red, and Skip are hired by a married nurse, Britta Millsworth, to find her missing boyfriend. The boyfriend, Barry Burlington, a local handyman with a sordid past, vanished during the holidays, and hasn't been seen since. This new case takes the trio of amateur sleuths on a road trip from Key West to West Palm Beach, and on up to the little lake-side town of Lake Pruitt.

Dan Coast and Red Baxter return in the twentieth installment of The Tales of Dan Coast Series. It's only been a few days since Dan and Red returned from Old Forge, New York. Gene and Peg Coast are still in town and staying through the holidays. There're murmurs of a Christmas party, Gene's building a new deck, and Dan is staying away from his house as much as possible. Even if that means morning runs and working a case through the holidays.During one of those runs, Dan and Maxine are almost mowed down buy a speeding vehicle. Moments later, the sounds of sirens fill the air. Are the two connected? Join Dan, Red, and Skip Stoner as they work to solve the murder of "A Great Guy."

When Banks Barrett overhears two men plotting his murder in a men's bathroom stall, he pulls up his feet and sits quietly until they leave. Not recognizing the men's voices, and with nothing to go on other than their shoes, Banks goes to the police. When the cops don't believe his story, he has nowhere else to turn. That is, until a friend tells him about two local sleuths who have solved murders in the past-murders before they happened. Join John Burton and his sidekick, Kurt Powell in this fifth installment of the Jensen Beach Mystery Series, as the put the clues together to stop a murder before it happens.

Dan Coast and his friends have always used his home as a place to discuss and brainstorm about current cases, but Maxine Dan's girlfriend, has had enough of their antics. After a late night argument, Dan, in an attempt to smooth things over, decides to get himself an office. As soon as Dan rents the office, two woman with missing husbands come forward, asking for help.Join Dan, Red, and Skip as they piece together the clues that could lead them to the same fate as who they're searching for.

Now that John Burton's pool is installed, he just wants to spend a quiet, lazy week pool-side sipping on margaritas and LandShark Lagers at his waterfront home in Jensen Beach, Florida. However, those plans are soon derailed when his sexy next door neighbor, Cassie, strolls over for a drink and a swim. When Cassie tells John and his childhood pal, Kurt Powell, about her friend's deadly dreams, and how the young girl has already predicted the deaths of two strangers, Kurt wants to investigate. And as usual, John reluctantly goes along with the plan.In Dead Asleep, the third book in the Jensen Beach series, join John and Kurt as they get themselves into more trouble investigating a string of seemingly unrelated deaths. With the help of Cole Ballinger and Spence Oller, the two soon figure out that things are not always as they appear, and they too, may soon come face to face with death.

Ten years ago John Burton had it all. A wife and a new baby son, a successful acting career, a hit television show, and a beach house in Malibu. Things couldn't get any better ... but things could get worse.Now, back in his home town of Jensen Beach, Florida, everything he owns doesn't even fill the back of a small U-Haul truck. Just days after John's return home, the bodies of two female tourists are found in their hotel rooms. Join John and his childhood friend, Kurt Powell, as they piece together clues leading to the killer's identity.

Professional hitman, Sam Dinkins, previously going by the name, Chuck Hewlitt, returns in his third adventure, Killer Cove. Sam's just finished up an easy job in New York City, and is about to meet his girlfriend, Rosie, in North Carolina. However, an unexpected phone call from Sam's handler, Bob, puts those vacation plans on hold. Bob needs Sam in Perkins Cove, Maine as soon as possible. A mark with a secret needs to be put down before he has a chance to run his mouth. A few days in Maine gives Sam an idea. He tells Rosie to meet him in Perkins Cove instead of North Carolina. They'll spend their vacation in the north rather than the south. The plan is to see Rosie for a few days, send her back to Florida, and then carry out his hit. What could possibly go wrong?

It's been four weeks since Allen Crane, Donnie Peppitone, and Cam Owens burst through Benny Strong's door, with guns blazing, to rescue Jacob Palmer. Cam and his wife, Mildred, have moved on. Donnie is recovering from his injuries at the home of Mya Duffy, and Allen is just waking up from a weeks long coma. In A Turn of Events, the second book in mystery writer, Allen Crane's series, Allen and his sidekick, Donnie, hear about a vehicle that's been torched and abandoned outside of town. The body of a young female, burned beyond recognition, has been discovered inside the vehicle. Allen and Donnie decide to give York Police Department's Sergeant Paul Rose some unwanted help, and set out to solve the mystery of the burned out car.

Who's Terrance Radcliff? That's exactly what Cole Ballinger was wondering when he read the newspaper headline. Local Family Disappears, it said. He knew the name sounded familiar, but from where? When two high school boys-brothers-and their parents vanish, Cole feels he may be to blame. With nothing taken from the home, and no sign of a struggle, Cole must piece together a timeline leading up to the family's disappearance.

In this fifth installment of the Fernandina Beach Mystery Series, local maintenance man, and amateur sleuth, Rex Langley is called in to repair one of the apartments over Collins' Hardware, and quickly realizes, all may not be as it seems. The apartment, he was told, was damaged in a break-in. Why would Roscoe Wade break into Darlene Sullivan's apartment? Rex wonders. The two had been neighbors for years. Fernandina Beach Detective Calvin Rance, one of Mrs. Sullivan's former students, says, "It's an open and shut case. Roscoe broke in, not knowing Darlene was home. There was a struggle, and Roscoe, slipping on a puddle of water, falls and hits his head on the edge of the tub." As Rex digs deeper, a mysterious man, a telescope, and a long ago death forces him to bring his wife, Gayle Langley, a retired Navy Master-at-arms, into the investigation.

Shoulda Seen it Comin' is the fourteenth book in the Dan Coast Series and the third and final book in a three book arc. A letter from beyond the grave may not be enough to get Dan to solve a murder, but the check that came with it probably is. Red, Skip, and a woman from Dan's past team up to help Dan solve the murder of The Amazing Gary.

Shortly after Walter and Warren Bowman arrive in Key West in search of a sister they never knew they had, Warren disappears. With nowhere else to turn, Walter enlists the help of Dan Coast. Join Dan as he and sidekick Red Baxter search for the missing Bowman family members, while dealing with the fallout of an ongoing case.

Return to Dunquin Cove, the sequel to The Man in Room Number Four, is the second book in The Dunquin Cove series. It's been almost six months since the day ex-hitman, Ben Dunning turned up in Dunquin Cove, Maine, not knowing where or who he was. He's lived a quiet, peaceful life in the small town, but now his old life is calling him back. As Ben plans a trip to Boston in search of his past, little does he know that trouble is brewing in Dunquin Cove. Two strangers have arrived with the promise of safety and security. Join Ben and the people of Dunquin Cove as they band together to prove they can take care of themselves and their town.

North Murder Beach is the first installment of the story of North Myrtle Beach police detective, Jake Stellar. The spring bike rallies have ended, the spring breakers have all gone back to school, and the summer tourist season is a few weeks away. What better time for a police officer to take a nice quiet relaxing week off from work? That's what Jake Stellar had in mind. That is until someone from his past resurfaces to remind him of a terrible secret he has spent years trying to forget. In North Murder Beach, a story of revenge, Jake is unwillingly and violently forced to confront this secret from his past.

It's a beautiful Sunday morning in North Myrtle Beach and Emily Bowen, a wife and mother of four, lays dying on the beach. Jake Stellar returns in Beach Shoot, a new mystery by Rodney Riesel. Beach Shoot is the second Jake Stellar book and sequel to the Amazon Best Seller North Murder Beach. In Beach Shoot, Jake finds himself teamed up with the most unlikely of partners, his nemesis and fellow detective Avis Lint. Join Jake and Avis as the piece together the clues in this thrilling new mystery.

Ship of Fools is the fourth book in The Tales of Dan Coast series and begins where Coasts of Christmas Past left off. Find out how Dan deals with the death of a young friend, while looking into the disappearance of a new friend's sister. Join Dan, Red, and Skip as they fumble their way through a new mystery.

When a mysterious stranger arrives in the small coastal town of Dunquin Cove, Maine it appears as though Claire and her young son, Mica's prayers have been answered. But who is he, and why is he really here? Join Claire and her guests at the Colsome House Bed and Breakfast as they piece together the mystery of the Man in Room Number Four.

When a local weed dealer decides to try his hand at pimping, he asks one of his best customers for help. After she turns him down, he adds blackmailer to his resume. With only a few days left until her husband's return to Key West, Josie Lynn Willets-Kramer decides to hire a private detective. It's Dan, Red, and Skip to the rescue in this thirteenth installment of The Tales of Dan Coast Series, What He Doesn't Know.

In Local Hero, ex-gunman for hire, Ben Dunning, is approached by a mysterious man and offered one last job. Ben quickly realizes it to be an impossible task and refuses the strangers request. Ben is soon given an offer he can't refuse. In this third installment of The Dunquin Cove Story, Ben, along with his good friend, John Morgan, must carefully navigate through his cloudy past while saving the town from a ruthless drug dealer.

Herb Bean watches a lot of television, mostly cop shows and Forensic Files. Now his wife has disappeared without a trace. Herb knows the husband is always the prime suspect. Where do you turn when you are afraid to turn to the police?Never Strikes Twice is the third book in the Sunrise City Series. In this newest installment, Retired Police Detective Cole Ballinger, along with his buddy Kelly Morgan, searches for a fellow businessman's missing wife.

Dan, Red, and Skip have returned home from their road trip to Bonifay. Dan is ready for some much needed relaxation. He makes himself a drink, grabs the newspaper, and settles into one of the Adirondack chairs by the fire pit. Life is perfect. Until that one phone call ruins it all.Make yourself a tequila, Seven, and lime, and join the boys as they try to get themselves out of trouble they didn't ask for. This newest Tales of Dan Coast Adventure, Another Mother, also sees Dan's parents, Gene and Peg, return to the island to deal with a surprise from Gene's past.

With Maxine Myers' return to Key West, maybe things can get back to normal for Dan Coast. Or maybe not.In Neighborhood Watch, the 10th book in the Tales of Dan Coast series, Dan has it out with an angry vacationer who has rented the house next door. When the woman vanishes the very next day without a trace, Dan, Red, and Skip are on the case.

Mystery writer, Allen Crane, hasn't written a single word in over three years-not since the death of his wife. His publisher suggests a two week stay in York Beach, Maine. Maybe that's just what Allen needs to snap out of his writer's block, and return to the top of the best seller's list. Thinking his publisher is probably right, Allen packs up, grabs his dog, Frankie, and heads east. It doesn't take long at all for Allen to discover that the sleepy little town of York Beach might not be so sleepy after all. When, at a local restaurant, on Allen's first day in town, a chance encounter with a couple of York's not so savory figures, sets into motion a series of events that will drag Allen, and a few other guests of the Sunrise Motel, into a tangled web of danger, lies, and death.

On a hot and humid morning in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, two joggers find the body of twenty-three-year-old Kimberly Levesque. Her lifeless body had been dumped a few feet off the running path, under a bottle palm, the night before. Witnesses saw the car of the man who killed her and wrote down his license plate number. Open and shut case, or so it looks.Cole Ballinger returns in Scapegoats, the fifth installment in the Sunrise City Series. Join Cole as he teams up with two unlikely wannabes from Jensen Beach. Will his new friends be a help, or more of a hindrance? Find out in the pages of this action packed mystery.

Retired Fort Pierce police detective and beach bar owner, Cole Ballinger returns in From Bad to Worse: Sunrise City 2. In this latest installment, Cole is asked by a single mother to look into the disappearance of her only child. Join Cole as he pieces together the clues and quickly discovers why she called him for help and not the police.

In On the Wagon, the eighth installment in the Tales of Dan Coast series, Dan decides to give temporary sobriety a go ... just to prove to himself and his friends that he can do it. When boredom overtakes him, he and Red decide to look into the disappearance and possible murder of a local woman. With no suspects, no apparent motive, no weapon, and a case that's ten years cold, is she really even missing? Is she really even dead? Join Dan, Red, and Skip as they piece together what little clues they have and fumble their way through another action and humor packed case.

When the pool boy finds the woman who hired him floating face down in her pool, he becomes the prime suspect. Dead in the Water is the fifth book in the Jake Stellar Series. In this installment, North Myrtle Beach detectives Jake Stellar and Avis Lint investigate the murder of Wanda Truman and soon find that the deeper they dig into her past, the longer the suspect list becomes.

Cole Ballinger is a retired Fort Pierce police detective and the owner of The Breakwater Bar and Grill. Cole has spent the last ten years doing his best to avoid contact with his ex-wife, but that's easier said than done when she lives in the same town and they have 3 children together. Now Cole's ex has asked for a favor: look into the violent murder of an old acquaintance.

Dan Coast has finally bought himself a new car, well, new to him. But when he returns to pick up his new ride, he gets an unexpected surprise. In Deadly Moves, the seventh installment in the Tales of Dan Coast Series, we also see the return of Officer Mel Gormin. Join Dan, Red, Mel, and Skip as they do their best to solve the murder of an elderly couple while working as bodyguards to a young starlet who is visiting Key West.

Join Detective Jake Stellar and his partner, Detective Avis Lint in this fast paced, North Myrtle Beach based Jake Stellar Series. In this fourth installment, The Obedience of Fools, Jake and Avis butt heads with some of The Grand Strand's elite as they try to uncover a secret that may hold the answer to a string of recent homicides.