The Mating of Mata
A lovely exotic dancer performs nightly at a local club as the sensuous Mata Hari. The young stripper has everything going for her-brains, beauty, and an abundance of seductive charm. Yet with an insatiable attraction to dangerous men, Mata seems doomed to a life of abuse and sadness.
In The Mating of Mata, appearance is everything, and deception is an essential part of everyday life. Bruised physically and emotionally, Mata fears for her life as her lover, Scott, becomes more and more entrapped in the dark, seductive world of illegal drugs. Certain she can never escape Scott’s drug-induced rages, Mata becomes convinced she must end Scott’s life to save her own. Yet as she contemplates this act of self-defense, Mata is unaware that a deadly spiral of serial murder has already been set into motion and is out of her own control.
The Mating of Mata is the thrilling story of a young woman ensnared by circumstance and desperate to escape to a new life, no matter what the cost.
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Paperback ISBN# 978-0-595-47969-6
Hardcover ISBN# 978-0-595-71532-9
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The Fifth Column
What do long-ago murder and intrigue have to do with Terry Hartree, reporter for the Vancouver Tribune? Nothing, he would have said, until a call from a self-confessed serial killer sends him in pursuit of his greatest story ever.
Terry’s nightmare begins on an ordinary day of handing out assignments to his two cub reporters. A reluctant mentor, he is not happy about overseeing Grant’s training and is especially disgruntled at having to drag “Lois Lane” around with him, too.
But then the phone rings and changes everything. A woman calling herself Dallas, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and wants to confess her crimes before she dies.
A crusty old woman who likes to quote Shakespeare, Dallas is prepared to tell all about the murders. She also reveals that an organized group of cells—a kind of fifth column—was behind these and other deaths. And orchestrating everything was a power known by the code name Mr. Smith. Most startling of all, Mr. Smith is presently in Vancouver—and still destroying people’s lives.
Paperback ISBN# 978-0-595-49164-3
Hardcover ISBN# 978-0-595-50325-4