A perfect crime leads to a perfect tragedy . . .   When a man is executed for a murder he did not commit, Detective Lori Sanchez of the Phoenix Police Department decides to find out what went wrong. She thinks the crime scene was too clean, too flawless. It had to be a set up. The convicted man’s priest, Father Montero, agrees. They team up to search for the key witness who didn’t show up at trial. Where did he and his elusive girlfriend go? A complex set of interwoven crimes involving guns, drugs, and sex drive the unlikely duo to follow the evidence—wherever it leads.Read More

A lost expedition. A mysterious woman. Rumors of exotic and deadly animals. A Russian spy. An unexplored region of Siberia called Zona.   All these elements confront Dr. Grant Taylor when he is summoned to Saint Petersburg, Russia, to settle the estate of his explorer uncle, Randall Taylor, who has gone missing in Zona, a region of Siberia that doesn’t officially exist. Drawn into intrigue by his green-eyed lover, Grant finds himself on a recovery expedition to search for his uncle in a land of unknown dangers with people he cannot trust.   Part adventure thriller, part speculative fiction, Zona takes the reader on a wild ride through a complex story featuring proven warriors, passionate women, and uncommon heroes.Read More

Chachalaka Sunrise and The White Stone   Alex and friends pursue the legend of the white stone that fell from the sky in ancient Yucatan. Chachalaka Sunrise tells the story of the stone coming to earth and how it served as the power behind a lost civilization. The stone was said to have strange powers that could corrupt anyone who possessed it. The White Stone tells the modern story of how Alex and company travel to Playa del Carmen in search of the legendary object.   A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting.Read More

Roanoke Alex pursues Spanish gold sunken near the Lost Colony at Roanoke Island in North Carolina. He convinces his archeologist friend Sydney to help him track it down. They discover that early Spanish sailing routes may explain what happened to the settlers of the island. Alex and Sydney find they have more in common than work.   A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit.Read More

Barbuda Gold Alex enlists the help of archeologist Dr. Sydney Anderson to hunt for lost Spanish treasure on the island of Barbuda in the Caribbean. She is shocked to learn that the man she is working for is not only a treasure hunter, but a pirate as well. She joins the crew to search for treasure hidden for centuries and to recover it right under the noses of a competing treasure hunter and his mercenaries. A surprise lies amid the sacks of gold.   A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting.Read More

Now Available Grenada Blood & Nazi Treasure Alex and Chen dive into a sunken Nazi submarine abandoned after the World War II and find evidence that the submarine carried wealth stolen by the Nazis during the war. They search for the lost riches on the island of Grenada where a former Nazi officer fled after the war to hide with his ill-gotten gains.   A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit.Read More

Now Available. Caribbean Queen Alex and company steal an expensive yacht, The Caribbean Queen, from its mooring while the crew is ashore on the island of Grenada. They sail it away as a dangerous storm sweeps the sea.   The Exchange Alex receives a call from an old friend to help him recover his two kidnapped children in Hong Kong. Alex decides to deliver the unusual payment for his friend even though he must get safe passage from the Triad. He confronts the nefarious Mohammed the goat to make the payoff. The exchange goes all wrong and a gun battle ensues.Read More

Available Now. The Good Deed Alex must decide whether to give up a lucrative prize yacht in order to rescue a family that has been hijacked on the South China Sea. He and his crew recover the stolen catamaran and fight it out in a running sea battle with the notorious Pirate Ortega.   Chen Alex and Diego rescue a woman who is fighting off two dangerous men at a Hong Kong marina at night. She is the mysterious Mia, a hustler and thief. She joins them on a mission to hijack an expensive yacht, the Qui Son, on the South China Sea.   A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves.Read More

Seizing the Tiger Early in their careers Alex and Diego team up to smuggle refugees and contraband across the Gulf of Thailand in their small boat, the Cat. They are hijacked at sea by a notorious pirate. They vow revenge and recover their lost cargo the hard way; they steal it back, guns blazing. They gain a more powerful boat, the Tiger.   A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit.Read More

Con James Baker was an adventurer and soldier in WWI who lived through the exciting Roaring Twenties in Chicago to later become a gentleman farmer. He was also a great storyteller whose tales of distant relatives in the Midwest and New England instilled in his son, the author, a thirst to investigate his past and discover the facts behind the lives and times of those elusive Baker ancestors.   This book is the first known attempt to construct a complete ancestry and family history of Con James Baker’s antecedents through the generations, thus encompassing all known ancestral branches of the family. It traces the family lines from Con’s generation backward in time following his bloodline across America to New England, the British Isles, and beyond.Read More