Jamie Brodie Mysteries

Jamie Brodie and his entire family are on vacation in Scotland, staying at their ancestral home, Brodie Castle. The family's fun is interrupted by a threat of blackmail...then they fall under suspicion when the blackmailer turns up dead. Jamie, Pete, Kevin, and Kristen set out to clear the Brodie name. Along the way they encounter a ghostly sighting, a wild rumor, centuries-old curses, and a massive cover-up. Will they find the truth before the detectives from Police Scotland arrest the wrong man?

Mercedes Moran is one of the stars of the self-publishing world, a romance author who's made millions by selling 99 cent romance novels through all of the ebook platforms. Her fan base is enormous - but Mercedes is a horrible person, and she's made plenty of enemies, too.The Association of Self-Publishing is holding its annual conference on UCLA's campus, and Mercedes is the keynote speaker. When Jamie Brodie and Kristen Beach attend the keynote at the encouragement of their supervisors, they get an earful from other conference-goers about Mercedes. But it's nothing to do with them.Until Mercedes turns up dead in the back of the exhibit hall.Kevin Brodie and Jon Eckhoff are on the case, and they enlist Jamie's and Kristen's help with navigating the world of self-published authors. But the case takes a turn for the weird when Kevin and Jon are joined by a lieutenant from Internal Affairs, who claims to be brushing up on his investigative skills - and who only speaks in clichés.Who killed Mercedes? Why is a desk jockey from Internal Affairs dogging Kevin and Jon's every step? And why do so many covers of male-male romance novels feature headless torsos??

Called out in the middle of the night.Pete Ferguson's call is from his sister; their dad has collapsed and is in intensive care. Pete flies to Tucson to be at his bedside. Jamie Brodie was already concerned for Pete's emotional well-being, and his worries only grow each time he talks to Pete - who seems to be gradually falling apart.Kevin Brodie's call is from his boss, Tim Garcia; there's been a double overdose at the Powell Library at UCLA. When the standard drug screens come back negative, Kevin and Jon Eckhoff go on the hunt to identify a new pharmaceutical killer.When Kevin and Jon's quest leads them in a direction they couldn't have imagined, Jamie gets answers to some old questions, and is left with two more mysteries.How is everything that's happening in LA connected to New Mexico?And will he and Pete make it through this crisis in one piece?

Jamie Brodie is on deadline. The proposal for his second book is due, and he desperately needs uninterrupted writing time. At the suggestion of patron, friend, and former monk Clinton Kenneally - and over the protests of Pete Ferguson, Jamie's husband - Jamie schedules a week-long writing retreat at a local monastery. But the monastery is not exactly what Jamie expected...which might explain the flicker of disquiet in Clinton's eyes.Meanwhile, Kevin Brodie and Jon Eckhoff are dealing with a dead drug dealer, doggie diarrhea, and a camera crew from the reality TV show Two Days to Solve. The camera loves Jon, and vice versa. Kevin's just trying to refrain from swearing on TV. But when the victim turns out to be someone from Kevin's past, the case gets a whole lot more interesting.And there's no way it'll be solved in two days.

Who is Randall Chesterson Barkley, and why has he named Jamie Brodie and his brothers in his will? The answer to that question leads Jamie to another answer: the story of what really happened to his mom. Then two murders throw Jamie, Kevin and Jeff into an investigation that uncovers more secrets from the past - and forces Jamie into a decision where there is no option for a happy ending.

It seems Jamie Brodie can't go anywhere anymore without a body turning up. Jamie and his boyfriend Pete Ferguson are taking a week of vacation to visit Pete's brother Steve in Alamogordo, New Mexico. They arrive to find that Alamogordo has been invaded - by fans of a TV show called Alien Visitors. The host of the show, Dixon Gill, was found dead in the lobby of Steve's building. Gill's fans believe he was killed by the FBI because he was about to reveal the truth about the government's cover-up of alien visitations. Jamie and Pete know that's not true. But who did kill Gill? The director of his show? A competitor on the same network? An angry commenter on Gill's blog? A shadowy anti-government group? Or one of his ex-wives? The deeper Jamie probes into Gill's past, the more potential suspects he finds.The truth is out there - but can Jamie uncover it?

A phone call in the middle of the night is never good news. When Pete Ferguson's phone rings, he learns that one of his childhood friends, Mark Jones, has committed suicide. Mark's family is shocked, and wonders if Mark was abused by the same priest at whose hands Pete suffered. Pete and Mark's family want answers, and they ask Jamie to find them. Pete is convinced the priest is connected to his friend's suicide. Jamie isn't so sure. When the evidence starts pulling them in different directions, will it tear them apart?

Elaine Pareja didn't have any fans among her colleagues in the psychology department at Santa Monica College. When her promotion application is denied and she is terminated, no one is sorry to see her go. When Elaine is reinstated for no apparent reason, it causes a revolt in the department. When she turns up dead, her colleagues turn into suspects. But Elaine was a keeper of secrets - other people's, and her own. Jamie Brodie and his friend, business librarian Sheila Meadows, join forces with the police to pick their way through the tangled web of Elaine's life, searching for the thread that led to her death.