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What do a dismembered body and South American indigenous creation legends have in common?  The answer to this question is a crucial clue as Roger Bowman and Suzanne foster solve a brutal murder in Montevideo, Uruguay.  But, before they can solve this suspenseful whodunit mystery, they find themselves visiting much of the rest of Uruguay, as well as Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, in search of clues. One site they visit is Iguazu Falls (the book cover is a photo the author's wife took of the Falls), the largest waterfall in the world as measured by volume of water passing over the Falls, and the site of one of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world. 

Readers will get an introduction to several of the countries in the southern tier of South America, as well as regional foods and wines and to Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay.  The author has lived in Montevideo and knows it well, both as a resident and as a tourist. 

The Ambivalent Corpse introduces several important recurring characters from the Roger and Suzanne South American mystery series who we'll meet again in later books of the series.  The novel may be downloaded FREE from Kindle Unlimited.

Jake Talbot's a British cop, living in Surrey, UK. He moved out of London after his parents died at Christmas and his sister became mentally unwell. Talbot hates Christmas. It's Christmas. He takes on an easy case, som erich bloke upset because a young man wants to visit his grandmother in her residential care home. All young Frankie wants to do is visit Lilly, and Talbot can't see the harm in that - until Frankie starts to explain that he's been visiting Lilly in the past, when she was young, and beautiful. Surely he doesn't have a time machine? Impossible. The more Talbot digs, the more pressure comes from every quarter, including the Ministry of Defence, who have a keen interest in Frankie's activities. Is Frankie mad, or a genius? He's certainly unusual. Talbot's convinced that Frankie's simply naive, until someone shouts murder, and those who would keep the truth secret have Talbot running for his life. Will Frankie get to visit Lilly, the woman he loves? Or will the secrets of the past be buried forever?

If you are a mystery lover, then you will be captivated by this third book of The Unusual, Unknown & Unexplained mystery series.  This book contains miracle and near-death experiences, unexplained mysteries and the unusual.  Do you believe that someone can be sent from heaven to help a loved one in crisis here on earth?  Take a tour through an old abandoned haunted insane asylum in north Texas.  See more photographs of images captured that are possibly from the spirit world taken by various individuals.  You will be amazed by the images caught on camera at one of the most haunted locations in the United States.  It is a haunted plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana.  Haunted houses, a ghost farm, ghost stories, and haunted woods, are just a few of the true account short stories contained in this book that you will find even stranger than fiction.  Do you dare to step back into the world of the unknown?  The Unusual, Unknown & Unexplained III is also available as an

An apparent accidental attack by a bear kills two tourists in Alaska's Denali National Park, a huge natural wilderness in Alaka's heartland with only one well guarded entrance and exit.  The novel, written by an author who has clearly been there, combines all of the elements of the classic locked room mystery in a six million acre room.  The plot is full of twists and turns.  Conspiracies abound and the truth is much more complicated than it appears to be.  This is Roger and Suzanne's most difficult case to date, with no clues, no suspects, and little or no help available from the local police. All they have to work with is their own gut feeling that all is not what it seems to be and some help from their friends.  This tough and gritty suspenseful psychological thriller contains some scenes of violence, but is a suitable read for young adults and for readers who prefer their mystery books with clean language and no graphic sex.

This novel can be read as a series entry or on its own.  The story is complete without reference to earlier books in the series.

Sports Crime Romance Novel, Hot-Walker Life on the Fast Track. During the turbulent years of 1960s, the rise of a new generation of alternative lifestyles and greed occurred. At the end of the decade a murder 
shocked Toronto community when Hot-Walker Frannie Harrison witnessed the killing of her fiance, an American draft dodger at Woodbine Racetrack.

Frannie Harrison, the youngest child of a wealthy but alcoholic and dysfunctional family, sets out to find her own life. Ultimately, she ends up in Yorkville Village, Toronto's hippie community, filled with drop-outs and losers, druggies and draft-dodgers. Young and innocent, she falls in love with an ambitious American who works at Woodbine Racetrack and convinces Frannie to take a job there. Suspecting that he is into drug dealing in a small way, she is by no means prepared to witness his violent murder, days before they are to be married. 

Devastated, she grieves, stuggling with denial and complicated relationships before escaping to Europe, leaving her friends behind. 

Unable to conquer the demons from living a life on the fast track, she travels until petitioned for trial. Frannie returns to Toronto to deal with the painful ordeal, a murder trial sufficating with courtroom drama that produces shocking testimonies.