Mystery Books
Vespers from the Office of the Dead
The magical island of Kauai Hawaii provides a fragrant setting for readers to join Abbot Francis as he continues along his spiritual path while ministering as a Clinical Psychologist & Doctor of Natural Medicine. His captivation with Chinese medicine and meditation we know well from earlier...
Prey on the Prowl ( A Crime Novel )
Even as Detective Dhruva was enamored of Kavya, whom he rescues from her kidnapper, Radha, an alleged murderess on the run, gatecrashes into his life. But when Kavya too joins him after her man was poisoned there ensues the tussle of a love triangle, which gets unraveled in a poignant end, but not...
Chinese Dragon
When a Korean secret agent is killed in Shanghai special agent Moon is sent to investigate. He is convinced the death is accidental until he returns to Seoul and discovers a dead body in an up-market Gangnam apartment block. Moon soon finds himself embroiled in an international North Korean...
Daytime Prayer from the Office of the Dead
Spirituality and medicine are the worlds Brother Francis and his Canadian protégé, Andre, set out to explore in the vast country of India. They spend time in the region of the Dalai Lama, north India, then retreat to south India, and live at the innovative Christian ashram of the late...
MORNING PRAYER from the Office of the Dead
The mystery team is at it again! This time the six good friends travel to the land of mystery and intrigue--Tibet--via Nepal and Bangkok. Having started their journey, but not even out of America yet, they are drawn into a search for an ancient Dorje--a scepter-like object used during Tibetan...
Vigils from the Office of the Dead
Openness to letting life unfold and, in a sense, dancing with it, usually resolves most mysteries sooner or later. It is the “later” part that is often the real challenge in life and Monastic life is no exception. The schedule of a monastery revolves around the communal prayer marking the...
Office of the Dead
A tapestry of monasticism, medicine, and murder. Woven together in the style of a contemporary Brother Cadfael adventure as seen on PBS. If you enjoy monastic murder mysteries in the spirit of the famous Brother Cadfael PBS series, you will delight in Office of the Dead. The action takes place in...
Night Prayer From the Office of the Dead
A centuries-old cycle of fear and death spans China, Europe, and America, and it falls upon the shoulders of a simple Christian monk and his companions to break that spell. Sixteenth Century France bursts into life for Twenty-first Century Brother Francis O’Neil through ancient parchments that...
On the Street Where You Die
Stanley Bentworth is not all that tough. Previously a homicide cop, he drank his way out of a job and now runs a one-man private eye agency finding people who don’t want to be found. He doesn’t accept tough-guy assignments. Calling himself a "soft-boiled detective,". But a recession is on...
Three Little Lies
It is the summer of 2012. The sky is blue, the ocean is crisp, and six young women are missing, including Madison Porter. At the disappearance of her best friend, Amber Swanson falls into a spiral of destruction. She smokes, drinks and gets caught stealing. Her parents don't know what to do with...