Town Red Series
The Town Red Mysteries follow detective Ryan Doherty as he solves Chicago’s most elusive mysteries. In the first book, he meets psychic empath Catharine Lulling who changes his life – both personal and professional. Check out these “Mysteries with a Metaphysical Twist!”
TOWN RED – Book #1
After his partner is killed and girlfriend takes off, Detective Ryan Doherty has one last chance to save his career with the double murder of ad execs Scott and Carly Redding. Ryan quickly learns that life wasn’t so lush at the Reddings’ agency, Town Red Media, where the list of ex-employees runs fifteen pages long.
At the top of this list is Catharine Lulling, a former Vice President at Town Red. Ryan becomes obsessed with Catharine from their first meeting. She is charming, intelligent, wealthy, and possesses abilities even he can’t understand. Catharine draws Ryan into her unconventional world where he will risk the case–and his career–to find out if she’s for real, or if she’s the real killer.
A “Between the Books” Ryan Doherty mini-mystery
WARNING: Contains spoilers for Town Red (Ryan Doherty #1)
It’s a few weeks before Christmas and the Chicago gangs unit readily dismisses the death of Aisha Wright, a teen who was caught in the urban crossfire. But Chicago homicide detective Ryan Doherty and his partner, Matt Di Santo, won’t take a holiday until the case is solved.
As Ryan works to find Aisha’s killer, he also has two more puzzles to solve: who jacked his classic ’66 Mustang and what he could possibly get his new girlfriend for Christmas…
WAY TO GO – BOOK #2
Detective Ryan Doherty is skeptical when motivational speaker Jessica Way walks into the squad room reporting death threats against her—especially since the threat letters appear to be in her own handwriting. But when Jessica turns up dead the next day, Ryan and his partner Matt Di Santo are put on the case. Within hours of the murder Jessica’s twelve-year-old daughter Hannah goes missing, and they turn to psychic empath Catharine Lulling for help. How far over the line is Ryan willing to go to find Hannah—and her mother’s killer?
TAKING THE RAP – BOOK #3
When rapper Terrico James claimed to be “mightier than Jesus,” nobody took him seriously…until someone did. Terrico’s dead body ends up nailed to a cross and Chicago Detective Ryan Doherty is on the case. Was it one of his brothers, envious of his success and bitter he didn’t share the wealth? Or Terrico’s protégé, Mandy Ross, a petulant pop star who sheds hearts like glitter in her path? With the help of his partner, Matt Di Santo, and the spirit of his dead partner, Jon, Ryan fights his way through cultural divides to find the murderer.
Catharine Lulling is ready to venture outside of her estate for her first real date with Ryan. But even her special abilities can’t save her when she reveals a secret she’s been hiding from him—one that could destroy their relationship for good.
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY – BOOK #4
Someone has been picking off the women of Chicago’s most notorious mob families. Detective Ryan Doherty is on the case with his partner, Matt Di Santo, walking a tight line between the Chicago PD, the Feds, and the Outfit. From the Windy City to Sin City, Ryan and Di Santo travel to Vegas and back to chase down the assassin brave enough to take on the mob–and face shocking secrets of their own pasts.