Jamie Brodie Mystery

When Jamie Brodie agrees to help his ex-sister-in-law Jennifer clean her hoarded apartment, the last thing he expects to find in the hoard is a dead body – and what the dead man was clutching in his hand might be the answer to a thousand-year-old mystery. As Jamie and the police investigate, they uncover a hoard of secrets – but the biggest secret of all belongs to Jamie's boyfriend, Pete. Suddenly Jamie is searching for the answers to three questions: who killed the man in Jennifer's apartment? Is the paper in his hand real? And can Jamie's relationship with Pete survive?

"Was it National Old Boyfriends Week, and I'd missed the memo?"Librarian Jamie Brodie is looking forward to a week of vacation in Oxford, England, his first trip back in seven years. Before he's even packed, though, a couple of complications arise.The first complication is Jamie's ex, Ethan Williams, who shows up at Jamie's office with his new boyfriend and a request. Ethan's going to Oxford too, and he needs Jamie's help to find a rare 15th century book in the Bodleian Library. When Jamie tells his boyfriend Pete that he and Ethan will be in Oxford at the same time, Pete doesn't react well. To say the least.The second complication is Pete's ex, Luke Brenner, who shows up at Pete and Jamie's house. He lets Jamie know that he's in town to get Pete back - but Pete doesn't think Luke will try anything.He's proven spectacularly wrong, in one horrible moment.Jamie leaves for Oxford, not sure where he stands with Pete, not looking forward to seeing Ethan. When he requests the book that Ethan needs, he learns that it's been missing for three weeks - and the man who likely stole it is dead.Then two more men die, and Ethan goes missing as well. Is he in danger? Or is he a killer? And what could be in an obscure medieval manuscript that's worth killing for?

Who killed Matt Bendel? The police suspect his partner, Elliott Conklin, the assistant chair of the psychology department at Santa Monica College. Elliott was found with the body, covered in blood – and he doesn't have an alibi. Elliott wants Pete Ferguson to help clear his name. But Pete doesn't have time – he's had to take over one of Elliott's classes – and he thinks Elliott might be guilty.Jamie Brodie isn't so sure. Matt had a secret that may have gotten him killed. The investigation of that secret leads to someone from Jamie's past - and another death that will change Jamie forever.

Library work-study student Austin Sharp upset a lot of people. When Jamie Brodie finds Austin dead, strangled to death in the library stacks, the police have plenty of suspects. When another library work-study student is found strangled, the focus of the investigation shifts – both students were from the same hometown. Then a third student is found dead. A serial killer is on the loose, and the police send in detectives from the elite Homicide Special unit.And their favorite suspect is Jamie.

In 1915, farmer and amateur archaeologist Robert Thomson disappeared from Scotland's Orkney Islands with a priceless Stone Age artifact. A century later, his great-great-grandson, Pete Ferguson, is coming to Scotland with boyfriend Jamie Brodie to meet his distant cousins and investigate Robert's disappearance. But the homophobia of the Thomson patriarch threatens to derail their quest - and a chance meeting in a pub in Oxford brings Pete and Jamie's relationship to a turning point.

Librarians gone wild! It's a typical state library association conference - presentations, networking, receptions, drinking, strangers appearing in Pete and Jamie's room in the middle of the night… What's atypical is murder. A lot of people hated library director Hugo Creighton, most of them librarians. Can Jamie help the police solve Creighton's murder before the conference ends and the suspects go home?

Rafe Conroy, has-been actor, is filming the TV pilot intended to be his big comeback. But Rafe's comeback is cut short when he's found dead in his swimming pool. It was murder, all right, but there are nearly too many suspects to count. Was it the network owner, a wealthy heiress who was sleeping with Rafe? Was it the jealous girlfriend? Was it the cast member who hated Rafe? Was it the scriptwriter who saw his masterpiece edited into schlock? Was it Rafe's drug dealer? Or was it the drug dealer's ex-wife - Abby Glenn, Kevin Brodie's ex-girlfriend - who just happened to discover the body?Because of Abby's involvement, Kevin can't work the case. It's up to Jon Eckhoff and Jamie Brodie to figure out who would benefit most from Rafe's death - before the killer strikes again.

Autumn brings a fresh start in academia, but there are signs that Jamie Brodie's autumn quarter might bring trouble. First, his next door neighbors unexpectedly drop off the grid. Several days later Jamie discovers - with the help of his dog - that something very bad has happened in the neighbors' house. When the victim is identified, Jamie briefly becomes a suspect - but something far more dangerous is lying in wait for Jamie. And he doesn't recognize it until it's too late.

When Jamie Brodie's dog sniffs out a corpse at a campsite on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, Jamie thinks, "At least it's a natural death this time." Not so fast. The dead man is freelance investigative reporter Danny Norman, and he was on the trail of a major story. Who or what was Danny about to expose? Meanwhile, Jamie's husband, Pete Ferguson, is behaving strangely: careening from one obsession to the next, neglecting the classes he's teaching, and refusing to admit that there's anything wrong.Jamie needs answers to two questions: What happened to Danny Norman? And, more importantly, what the heck is going on with his husband?

Jamie Brodie is feeling unsettled. His boss has asked him to take an unpaid furlough for the summer; his husband, Pete Ferguson, is obsessed with genealogy research and has papered the walls of their townhouse with family trees; and his father-in-law, Jack, is experiencing odd side effects from a new medication.Pete wants to head straight for their second home in New Mexico at the beginning of Jamie's furlough. Jamie has misgivings, but agrees. On their first morning in Alamogordo, Jamie discovers a dead teenager in the street across from their house. The findings in the victim's autopsy report are deeply disturbing, and the victim's identification leads Jamie to a jarring discovery.Several days later, someone leaves a note inside Jamie and Pete's morning newspaper. NO QUEERS IN ALAMOGORDO.As the anonymous homophobic attacks continue, Jamie's determination to stand his ground solidifies. But someone out there is equally determined to push Jamie and Pete out of town, and is willing to take extreme measures to achieve his goal.

He's back…It's been two years since Jamie Brodie was involved in a murder investigation.Jamie and his husband, Pete Ferguson, are living quietly - very quietly - in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Pete stays busy with his part-time counseling job, teaching online, and gardening. Jamie has found very little to occupy his time.When Valentine's Day rolls around, the men decide to go snowboarding. They're having an awesome day on the slopes of Ski Apache when Jamie trips over a branch. Except the "branch" turns out to be a human leg, attached to a man named Gordon Clarke. Clarke is from Santa Monica, California, same as Jamie and Pete. And he has Pete and Jamie's names and address in his pocket.Why did Clarke need to talk to Pete and Jamie? And why was he silenced before he could? Finding the answers means that Jamie is heading back to Santa Monica for the first time in two years - and possibly heading right back into the path of a killer.

Jamie Brodie is still in New Mexico, volunteering with local Search and Rescue but otherwise adrift, his days purposeless. He dreams of going home to California but doesn't know what he'd do with his time once he got there. Then a terrible tragedy and a sudden announcement propel Jamie and Pete back toward Los Angeles.But first, Jamie has some business to attend to.And clarity of purpose comes to Jamie from an unexpected source.