Murder Made Series

Based on a sensational 1928 true crime mystery that gripped the nation, an unidentified, alluring woman has been found murdered, a victim of being casually connected to a powerful Wall St. tycoon with ties to the rising danger in Germany. As the two fun-loving agents assigned to the case discover, nothing is what it seems.   Charlie Postlethwaite and Gretchen Retrum are co-workers and an occasional bickering couple at a clandestine federal agency charged with investigating financial crimes. When a fellow agent is found murdered in a Washington D.C. hotel, Charlie and Gretchen are thrown headlong into a dangerous investigation they are ill-prepared for.   From the city streets of Washington D.C. and New York to the countrysides of upstate New York and Wisconsin, Charlie and Gretchen must unravel the mystery while dodging killers before they meet the same fate as their friend and the beautiful woman. And as the game of cat-and-mouse escalates, they realize there's more at stake here than just murder.   If you enjoy the thrillers of Brad Meltzer, David Baldacci, and Steve Berry, you'll be captivated by the twist of Murder Made Casual. Buy now before the price changes and then follow Charlie and Gretchen's continuing riveting adventures in the Murder Made series where real-life unsolved murders are woven into the action!        

Germany is in chaos! The Weimar Republic instituted after the Great War has made things worse with several dangerous political parties vying for control of the ineffective government. And an opportunistic man with ties to Germany's glorious past has taken it upon himself to change Germany's future. In the thrilling sequel to Murder Made Casual, U.S. government agents Charlie Postlethwaite and Gretchen Retrum return and find themselves caught up in the chase for a stolen, secret German government document that the emerging Nazi party is desperate to obtain. A document that could prevent their ascendancy to power. From Washington, D.C. to small towns in Wisconsin and New York, they find themselves dodging a cunning mercenary, weathering a shocking betrayal, and trying to keep their romantic relationship strong. A race across the country culminates in a thrilling ending inside a D.C. landmark.   If you like the works of Brad Meltzer, David Baldacci, and Steve Berry, you'll love the historical fiction of Murder Made Necessary! The difference? The real-life victim of murder and the known details of the crime have been woven into the plot!

     A popular businessman with a non-existent past. A secret society looking to change the American political landscape from within. A bitter assassin with a score to settle. These are just some of the things awaiting government agents Charlie and Gretchen Postlethwaite who return for another thrilling adventure in Murder Made Political, the third entry of the Murder Made series. A series in which a real-life unsolved murder mystery is woven into each of the historical fiction plots.        Charlie and Gretchen Postlethwaite, along with their old police pal Captain O'Malley, find themselves pitted against those who have aligned themselves with the Nazis quickly coming to power in early 1930's Germany. Espionage, murder, and intrigue are always present, like the big band music softly playing on a radio in the background. Receiving help from an old foe, their travels take them to locales ranging from small towns in Wisconsin and upstate New York to New York City and Washington D.C. where the excitement builds until the traitor is revealed. And despite all the chaos, Charlie and Gretchen's witty romantic banter helps them find time to make their marriage work. When they're not busy dodging lunatic killers, that is...       If you like the works of Brad Meltzer, David Baldacci, and Steve Berry, you'll love the historical fiction of Murder Made Political! The difference? The real-life victim of murder and the known details of the crime have been woven into the plot!

Mysterious woods are always full of adventures for the average kid. But for one boy, death has a way of changing that.   Before he became a clandestine government agent, Charlie Postlethwaite was an ordinary 11-year-old kid growing up in a small southern Wisconsin town where nothing ever exciting happened. At least it had always been that way until he found the body of the man in the woods. And not just any old dead man, but a murdered one. Their game of hide and go seek had come to a swift end and he and his friend's lives were forever changed. Having stumbled into an international conspiracy, they'll discover that what they found in those woods would eventually catch up to them again one day as adults. And the killer now has new plans for them.   If you enjoyed the thrilling mysteries of the Da Vinci code, then you'll love this thrilling prequel to the Murder Made series. Buy now before the price changes and find out where it all began!

Parks are many things to different people. A playground, picnic spot, an area to relax. And sometimes they're a perfect place for a murder.   16-year-old Gretchen Retrum is a New York City girl born and bred. Fiercely independent, she's not like most girls her age and likes to spend time alone. Central Park's newest attraction, the Shakespeare Garden, opened earlier in the spring of 1916 and she went there whenever she could when she needed to unwind. But another relaxing trip to the park proved to be more than she bargained for when she ran head long into a war conspiracy. Now she has to get to the bottom of the plot while dodging a determined German spy and saboteur who's been trying to cover his tracks by eliminating her as the sole witness.  As Gretchen speeds towards her destiny, she must use her wits to survive.   As one of two backstory novellas leading up the events in the first novel of the Murder Made series,Murder Made Casual, be sure to buy A Day in the Park: Murder Witnessed, to see how it all began!