Soon after the Newberry, MI, school board lays off a special education teacher and two others, its chairman dies of a much-anticipated heart attack. A gossipy old woman's nosiness leads to a murder investigation by local police, a retired state direc...
A physicians’ investment club makes an error in judgment that costs members millions. Dr. Brad Prescott commits suicide.The family is devastated to the point of seeking revenge. Dr. Prescott’s son Jake, following in his father’s ...
Private Detective Lou Searing returnsto solving challenging cases when a younglawyer, Zeke Simons of Mason, Michigan, isaccused of murder in Trout City.While hunting on opening day of bowseason, Zeke overhears Howard Richardsbragging about poaching a...
Lighthouses, crosswords puzzles, a cast of suspicious characters, and suspense follow Lou Searing and his new assistant, Jack Kelly, as they work to solve the murders of Frieda Bowman and Arthur S. Webberson. From Door County to Bloomfield Hills, wit...
Dr. Janet Reid, a chemistry professor at Alma College and a champion hot air balloon pilot is murdered when her balloon, the Bagpiper, explodes over Battle Creek, Michigan. Lou Searing and Jack Kelly, with help from Maggie McMillan and Heather Moore,...
Judge Winston Breckinridge, a Republican candidate for a seat in the Michigan Legislature, is murdered at the Ingham County Fair while manning his party's booth. It seems the judge was not well-liked by many, but who would go to such extremes? Once a...
The State of Michigan is awarded a huge federal contract to build a speed-railline from Port Huron to New Buffalo. In celebration, the U.S. President, thePrime Minister of Canada, and the Michigan Governor board the train and setoff on a Victory Ride...
Harry Moody has been missing for 25 years, and his grandson wants answers. Can Lou Searing and Jack Kelly solve the case... or is it destined to remain cold forever? Join Michigan's top detectives as they encounter deception and intrigue in Houghton ...
Tom McNutt, a wealthy owner of the Northernmost Winery on the Old Mission Peninsula, north of Traverse City, Michigan, and the Grand Marshal of the Cherry Festival Parade is shot in the Parade set-up area. The community is stunned, but the parade a...
Roland Spencer, a well-known bass singer in the holy living waters church choir, dies following a rehearsal for the messiah. The choir director and organist, Belle franklin is the last person to see him alive, landing her at the top of the suspect li...
Against the backdrop of a revolution in college sports paying athletes to play a family conflict emerges that is just as poignant and upsetting as any Saturday afternoon football rivalry. Eddie Williams, the father of three immensely talented footbal...
Copper Harbor, a peaceful and tranquil community is at the heart of this story with interesting characters, plenty of drama, and a Finnish family who has their tranquil existence torn apart by their son’s role in a murder.The beautiful Keweenaw Pen...
Lonely widow, Henrietta Wormly seeks a boarder who will be a handyman and a companion. Against her friends’ best efforts to change her mind, she accepts Peter “Lucky” McNeal into her life only to soon see the error of her ways. During a cruise ...
Popular Michigan Murder mystery writer, Richard L. Baldwin comes forth with his 18th cozy mystery, Perish Priest (not a misspelling). Father Dunkel is shot at the beginning of Mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Mesick, located in the northwest portion ...
Dead and Deaf is Baldwin’s nineteenth cozy Michigan-based mystery. Gayle Anderson, a high school senior in Davison, Michigan, is studying her family genealogy when she discovers a great-great- grandfather died at age 31 at the School for the Deaf i...