The Curious Case of Seaman Garber
Eleven-year-old Seth Roberson and his pal Collin are enjoying a carefree summer before beginning middle school in the fall. All that changes when the boys discover a dead body floating in an abandoned log pond. When no one comes forth to claim the body, identified as that of reclusive Vietnam War veteran Henry Garber, Seth makes it his mission to see that the man’s remains receive a proper burial with military honors. What Seth doesn’t know is that startling revelations about Garber’s past will upend his life and send him reeling toward manhood.
A gripping story of a boy and the man he comes to know only after his death. Look inside this book
Winner, 2011 Eric Hoffer Award, Young Adult Book
The Water Tower Club
Bronze Medal Winner - Popular Fiction: 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards
He sought justice and discovered that nothing is more deadly that the truth!
The day after graduating from high school, Darryl Coombs fled his hometown of Grotin, Kansas, hoping to put the memories of his nightmarish childhood behind him forever. Now, ten years later, his sister’s arrest on a charge of attempted murder has Darryl reluctantly returning to his childhood home. He is desperate to save his sister from prison, but his unwitting actions lead to deadly consequences that tear apart the fabric of a community and send him on a personal journey the end of which he could never have imagined. Look inside this book
The day after graduating from high school, Darryl Coombs fled his hometown of Grotin, Kansas, hoping to put the memories of his nightmarish childhood behind him forever. Now, ten years later, his sister’s arrest on a charge of attempted murder has Darryl reluctantly returning to his childhood home. He is desperate to save his sister from prison, but his unwitting actions lead to deadly consequences that tear apart the fabric of a community and send him on a personal journey the end of which he could never have imagined. Look inside this book
Tamara's Child
Finalist, 2010 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Popular Fiction
Tamara Ames is sixteen years old, pregnant, and on her own when she arrives in the small lumber town of Fir Valley, Oregon, determined to make a new life for herself and her child. When she falls victim to a diabolical scheme to steal her baby from her, she is not about to give the child up without a fight, even if she has to take on the wealthiest and most powerful family in the county. But is Tamara fighting against her own best interests? Only she can decide. And it’s a decision that she—and her child—will have to live with for the rest of their lives. Look inside this book
