The Reunion

The Reunion

SJ Slagle

Historical / Historical Fiction

A strange thing happens at David Wilson's fifteenth high school reunion: the homecoming queen dies. That was as unexpected as was David's arrest for her murder a week later.A popular high school biology teacher, David and his wife Lisa are caught up in a fast-paced life in Phoenix with two jobs and two kids. Drugs, bullying, adultery and abortion are underlying tensions that fester and drive wedges between family members. With the Wilsons falling apart, his reunion seemed an oasis of calm. At least, that's what David had hoped for. Instead he faces interrogations and accusations from friend and foe alike. Lisa wants to believe in her husband's innocence but too many fingers are pointing his way. She questions everything she thought she knew about David and his past. But her past is as traumatic as his and the danger she faces is real as she slogs through a myriad of lies.Was the baby his? Was the friendly neighborhood priest a little too friendly?The homecoming queen's father and...
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Sherlock and Me (The Case of the Starry Night)

Sherlock and Me (The Case of the Starry Night)

SJ Slagle

Historical / Historical Fiction

Lucy James can't seem to finish college, but she's good at figuring at puzzles. A big one drops right in her lap. Something's wrong at the local art museum and with her best friend and trusty dog, she attempts to find out what. With help from her mentor, Sherlock Holmes, Lucy weaves her way though a complicated maze of danger and deceit. But will her meddling bring trouble to them all?Lucy James can't seem to finish college and seems stuck in her movie theater job. But she's always been good at figuring out puzzles and a big one drops right in her lap. Something's amiss at the local art museum and with her best friend, Cindy, and trusty dog, Baskerville, she attempts to find out what. With a little help from her mentor, Sherlock Holmes, Lucy weaves her way through a very complicated maze of danger and deceit. Nancy Drew has nothing on this girl, but will her meddling cause trouble to come crashing down on them all?
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The Case of Billy's Missing Gun (Sherlock and Me Mystery)

The Case of Billy's Missing Gun (Sherlock and Me Mystery)

SJ Slagle

Historical / Historical Fiction

Super sleuth Lucy James is hired to find the Colt pistol that may have belonged to Billy the Kid. Hampered by dishonest weapon experts, a pawnshop murder and unusual architecture at a downtown casino, her investigation is rocky at best. A massive snowstorm has blanketed Reno leaving Lucy to slog her way to interviews with uncooperative witnesses. Her father's abrupt firing from his job as the host of a local children's television show and the impending marriage between her best friend Cindy Floyd and her detective fiancé Skip Callahan grab chunks of Lucy's fleeting attention. But she is determined to find the missing gun before the next snowstorm even though her on and off relationship with handsome professor Eric Schultz is off again.With sheer tenacity and a pair of thick snow boots, Lucy muscles through to the mystery's resolution. It isn't easy but mystery and murder never are.
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The Case of the Ghost Horse

The Case of the Ghost Horse

SJ Slagle

Historical / Historical Fiction

If you love stories set in the Wild West, you'll enjoy the third book of the Sherlock and Me series. Set in Reno, Nevada and nearby Pyramid Lake on the Paiute Indian Reservation, the story features Lucy James, newly minted PI. She's been hired to find a missing truck driver and a missing horse. The first case takes her into the shadowy world of truck cargo thefts and the supernatural is involved with the second.A beautiful horse belonging to a special needs child is spooked during a thunderstorm one night and disappears on the high desert landscape of Pyramid Lake, an ancient lake filled with secrets and myths.An experienced truck driver never makes it to his intended destination on his route creating panic for his new fiancé.Lucy is called into both cases and tackles them as she always does—with deductive reasoning like her mentor, Sherlock Holmes. With support from her faithful roommate, Cindy and trusty dog, Baskerville, the mysteries begin to unravel the deeper in she...
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Sherlock and Me (The Case of the Feathered Snitch)

Sherlock and Me (The Case of the Feathered Snitch)

SJ Slagle

Historical / Historical Fiction

Lucy James, a sleuth wannabe, is drawn into the intrigue of a bygone war. The French speaking parrot she is caring for shrieks out clues that lead Lucy to a mysterious diary and an elderly man with a secret. Her hands are full when a friend's dog disappears and she's asked to find out what happened to that dog and others. Although she works part-time at a movie theater, she also interns at a detective agency, but it is not going well. With trusty dog Baskerville at her side, Lucy picks up tips from her mentor Sherlock to unravel the confusing threads of the mystery at hand.
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