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When strange voices fill the air, what do you do? RUN? Moving into our new home with my beautiful wife Cindy and daughter Naomi, we never expected our lives to change. I started noticing weird things, but I didn't tell my wife. Was I going crazy? Why were things with my family not good? Why weren't my prayers answered? I prayed to God for help. One day, while I was checking downstairs, my wife heard a voice in our room say, 'Hey, buddy.' It wasn't in her head; she heard it out loud. What would YOU do in my place?

Barrie Bennett is ecstatic about the opening of her store: Flea Market Flip Shop in Key Largo, Florida. Her brand-new project: recycling a dozen terracotta pots, vases, and urns, into a spectacular garden fountain. Well, that’s the plan, but a body under the pile of ceramic puts the job on hold. There is a positive side: Captain Conklin doesn’t try to blame her for it. Yet. She and sister Holland are looking forward to their first Thanksgiving together in many years. Until their parents come to visit. Normally, that’s a good thing…but Mom’s biological clock is booming, and ...

Barrie Bennett is buried in plans for a gratitude party for her neighbors, who stood by her during Captain Conklin’s quest for power. Videos of his behavior go viral and he is soon headed out of town. In the meantime, it’s time for the Christmas season at her Flea Market Flip Shop in Key Largo. The most recent restoration project, a giant oak mantel, its front peppered with tack-holes from generations of stockings hung by the chimney with care. A big surprise: two secret panels at the base of each leg. Finally, the mantel’s panels open revealing silver coins from a ship sunk in 1688 ...

Can a yellow-throat toucan, and lyrics from Jimmy Buffett’s songs help Joy solve a month-old murder? The central Florida town of Uncertain looms as a mere distraction for Joy Wagner when the new-to-her motorcycle breaks down under a banner publicizing the annual mud festival. Why would anyone celebrate mud? Sounds disgusting, but she’s stuck here till her bike’s fixed. In less than an hour, her luck changes. She’s offered pizza-for-life and a job at Moore’s General Store. The job comes with two perks: a yellow-throated toucan, which is odd enough, but add to that the ghost of ...

Bliss is hauled back to Magnolia Bluff, Texas in a police car. Her boyfriend, with whom she broke up three months ago, has been found dead in the ashes of the Annual Celtic Faire bonfire. She was miles away when he died, but a witness, someone she considered a friend, said she was in town. And no one can prove otherwise. Chief Jager is being pressured from all sides to not only solve the murder, but also the rash of petty thefts that have hit the small town. Could they somehow be related? Bliss thinks so, but the chief can’t let go of the idea she’s the killer. When the body is ...

A Picasso disappears en route from Chicago to New Hampshire. While the truck is moving. The multi-million dollar painting is there, then it’s not. It’s gone, but it can’t be.

A spear is unearthed from Inca ruins on a hillside in Peru. Although the jade spearhead originated 3,000 miles away and 1400 years in the past, carvings on the shaft unite Mexican and Peruvian images with a more recent time period. But more remarkable is the strange dialect now issuing from the resident archaeologist’s mouth. Is it coincidence that, in Mexico, two-year-old K’iin K’aay is suddenly speaking the same language used by the archaeologist? Jade and husband Luna are buried in preparations to sponsor the world’s largest spiritual healing festival at their school. So buried ...

The mammoth chandelier in a pile behind her garage is calling. Time for Barrie Bennett, junk refurbisher extraordinaire, to turn it into something beautiful for her Flea Market Flip Shop. But while she’s deciding what to do with it, intrepid Captain Tina Samoset makes a discovery that blows the lid off her plans. The diamonds and pearls, hundreds of them, worked into the fixture’s filigree design, are real. They can’t be. Can they? The total value has to be astronomical. The chandelier’s been in her junk pile for more than two years. Surely, someone would’ve missed it by now. Two ...

Barrie Bennett has a talent for turning junk into unique and useful things. It’s a profitable enterprise. But so far, it hasn’t been without its problems. The last one ended her up in the hospital. That won’t happen again. No way. Her newest find: a 100-year-old sewing machine cabinet, will soon be a bathroom vanity. Found in one of the drawers is a book. Not just any book. A first edition Grapes of Wrath, valued somewhere around $50K. She doesn’t feel right keeping it. Unfortunately, returning the book to its original owner causes a whole mess of trouble. Meanwhile, her sister has ...

The barking dog's owner lay dead in the living room Angie was last seen in a confrontation with him Several other people have better motives--but she is the main suspect. Especially when his wife is found dead later--and once again Angie was the last to see her alive. Angie Deacon thought her vacation in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire would be relaxing. But the dog next door would not stop barking. After two sleepless nights, she confronts the handsome, athletic owner at the local diner. When he doesn't even apologize... Their ‘discussion’ ends in a near knockdown drag-out.The following ...

The entire Doyle clan is celebrating Easter at Old Man Thompson’s barn. Though Bliss isn’t blood-related, they insist she be a part, which kind-a makes sense since months ago she uncovered the murderer of patriarch Merrick Doyle, who now resides, in spirit, in the general store. The barn walls vibrate with the beat from the popular band Loco-Motion. Suddenly, the lead singer lights up like fireworks on the Fourth of July. Nina Warren has been electrocuted, and things look bad for the family. After all, except for Bliss, Diablo the toucan, and the band members, the only attendees are ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from Bruce Springsteen songs, help Joy solve the murder of a prominent philanthropist? Turmoil comes to Uncertain, Florida in several ways. First, Joy’s roommate, Whitney falls from a ladder during a design job and breaks her ankle. No problem. Joy simply goes along and does the heavy lifting. The second bit of trouble is the most…well, troubling. Joy’s parents arrive unexpectedly, each with a goal. Robert wants his daughter back in Maryland to take over the family business. And all Jillian’s friends are boasting about new grandchildren, and ...

Angie Deacon’s partner has gone to Broadway to follow his dream, and she’s left alone to produce Prince & Pauper’s first play of the new year. Proudly she narrows the group of leading-man applicants to pharmaceuticals salesman Stone Powers. His six-pack abs and charisma have the female cast practically swooning. Stone accepts the attention with cool professionalism, even as wives pop up like dandelions in a field. When he arrives drunk at the theater two days in a row, Angie isn’t surprised; keeping three wives from learning of each other could drive anyone to drink. The next day, ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from JJ Cale songs, help Joy solve the murder of a young girl’s parents thought to have died in a horrific car crash? Happy times arrive in central Florida as Joy, Anna, and Whitney, prepare to renovate an old warehouse into a place where kids of all ages can hang out and learn how to ‘pay it forward’. Because of an endowment from one of Uncertain’s leading citizens, The Down ’n Dirty Brigade will soon become a reality. Even the adults in town are excited for a safe place the kids can hang out. Naturally, things in Uncertain don’t remain ...

It’s official, Grayson has moved to Hawaii. Barrie’s not really ready to jump into life without him, but sometimes you have no choice. And she’s doing okay until she’s turning a hickory dining table into a foyer bench for her Flea Market Flip Shop. The problem? The underside of the table holds a message written in blood—a clue to an unsolved murder case from three months ago. New Captain Tina Samoset reopens the murder case, determined to find the woman’s killer. To that end, she compels Barrie’s involvement in the investigation. A second problem is Gray’s smothering ...

A strange burst of energy at a Mount Shasta, California spiritual retreat for kids has an unexpected and most extraordinary outcome. Jade has converted her Mount Shasta school for advanced spirituality into a retreat for kids. The first session is a rousing success, except for two things... Her daughter K’iin is manipulated by the spirit of her great-grandfather Zipacna, who seems determined to cause chaos and dissention amongst the group. Amid this turmoil, Zipacna senses a disturbing explosion of energy near the complex. He relates this to the family, but because of his recent behavior,...

Barrie Bennett’s trouble starts with a recycling cabinet made from a storage container. A lot of work sanding and refinishing, but the result is stunning. She can understand why two people might want it. What she doesn’t get is why they use fisticuffs to settle the dispute inside her Flea Market Flip Shop. One thing she does know: sooner or later she’ll see these people again. Sure enough, the next day, she finds Brenda Shaw’s body stuffed inside the cabinet. Trouble is, the woman’s partner in crime has an airtight alibi: he was at a nude bar in Key West. When Barrie’s tires are...

The R&R in Alaska was great but Hannah, Bliss, and Whitney are happy to be home. Until they walk into the house to find a strange man dying on the braided rug in the living room. Their resident ghost has no idea how he got there. While on vacation, the girls made a pact: no more investigating. Too dangerous. Too expensive. But the image of Randy Washburn on the braided rug of their living room, once seen, is impossible to unsee. How did he get into their locked home? Why? Who had a grudge against the father of three small children? The clues dropped at their feet by the intrepid toucan ...

A kidnapped dachshund. Poison lemonade. A van forced over an embankment. And a mysterious 50-year old diary. Could such seemingly random events be related? Glenn and Lindsay Reade are out buying used books for their bookstore—always seeking that valuable First Edition so coveted by collectors. Instead they discover a diary, written by a troubled teen more than 50 years ago. Within moments of its discovery, their lives turn upside down. Attacks are perpetrated, people are dying. Is it somehow related to the diary? IF so, who in the tiny close-knit Berkshire town could still care? But ...

A local drama teacher is found dead with a makeup tube duct taped into her mouth. Everyone is devastated, especially Kiana Smith, co-author of the most recent production intended to raise money for the floundering drama program. Although her own community theater is in the midst of its next production, Angie Deacon agrees to help out. But the principal announces she’ll be working on the case. Since she and Detective Colby Jarvis’ near-death experience in a recent case, she’s sworn to leave investigating to the professionals. Angie thinks the gene that produced maternal instinct is ...