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Rodney Riesel
Full Series List in Order
Allen Crane
1 - The Maine Events (May-2021)2 - A Turn of Events (Jun-2022)
Charlie Hewitt
1 - Bro Code (Aug-2021)2 - Wild Horses (Feb-2022)
3 - Killer Cove (Apr-2023)
Dunquin Cove
1 - The Man in Room Number Four (Oct-2014)2 - Return to Dunquin Cove (Sep-2015)
A Fernandina Beach Mystery
1 - Maintenance Required (Sep-2018)2 - High Maintenance (Sep-2018)
3 - Serial Maintenance (Jan-2021)
4 - Family Maintenance (Jan-2021)
5 - Constant Maintenance (Jun-2023)
Jake Stellar
1 - North Murder Beach (Jun-2014)2 - Beach Shoot (Jun-2015)
3 - When Death Returns (Mar-2016)
4 - The Obedience of Fools (Sep-2016)
5 - Dead in the Water (Aug-2017)
6 - Excited About Nothing (Mar-2019)
7 - Southern Exposure (Feb-2021)
8 - Stormwater (May-2023)
A Jensen Beach Mystery
1 - As Seen on TV (Feb-2021)2 - TV or Not TV (Mar-2021)
3 - Dead Asleep (Mar-2021)
Sunrise City
1 - Sunrise City (Apr-2017)2 - From Bad to Worse (Jun-2018)
3 - Never Strikes Twice (Mar-2019)
4 - Dig Two Graves (Nov-2020)
5 - Scapegoats (Oct-2020)
6 - Squealers and Dealers (Mar-2023)
The Tales of Dan Coast
1 - Sleeping Dogs Lie (May-2014)2 - Ocean Floors (May-2014)
3 - Coasts of Christmas Past (Jun-2014)
4 - Ship of Fools (Apr-2015)
5 - Double Trouble (Feb-2016)
6 - Most Likely To Die (Aug-2016)
7 - Deadly Moves (Jan-2017)
8 - On the Wagon (Nov-2017)
9 - No Enemies Here (Sep-2018)
10 - Neighborhood Watch (Sep-2018)
Book List in Order: 45 titles
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Ocean Floors
- May-2014
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A mystery taking place in the Florida Keys, Ocean Floors, is the second installment of the story of lottery inner turned private detective, Dan Coast.Dan, a wise-cracking excessive drinker, is haunted by the memory of his dead wife. Shortly after the...
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Sleeping Dogs Lie
- May-2014
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A mystery set in the Florida Keys, Sleeping Dogs Lie, is the first installment of the story of lottery winner turned private detective, Dan Coast.Dan, a wise-cracking excessive drinker, is haunted by the memory of his dead wife. Short after the two ...
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Coasts of Christmas Past
- Jun-2014
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Dan Coast is all set to spend Christmas just the same way he has every year for the past few years; alone and drunk. But when uninvited, unexpected guests arrive and throw a wrench into his holiday plans he is forced to sober up (slightly), and throw...
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North Murder Beach
- Jun-2014
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North Murder Beach, by Rodney Riesel, is the first installment of the story of North Myrtle Beach police detective, Jake Stellar. The spring bike rallies have ended, the spring breakers have all gone back to school, and the summer tourist season is a...
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The Man in Room Number Four
- Oct-2014
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When a mysterious stranger arrives in the small coastal town of Dunquin Cove, Maine it appears as though Claire and her young son, Mica’s prayers have been answered. But who is he, and why is he really here? Join Claire and her guests at the Colsom...
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Ship of Fools
- Apr-2015
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Ship of Fools is the fourth book in The Tales of Dan Coast series and begins where Coasts of Christmas Past left off. Find out how Dan deals with the death of a young friend, while looking into the disappearance of a new friend's sister. Join Dan, Re...
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Beach Shoot
- Jun-2015
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It's a beautiful Sunday morning in North Myrtle Beach and Emily Bowen, a wife and mother of four, lays dying on the beach. Jake Stellar returns in Beach Shoot, a new mystery by Rodney Riesel. Beach Shoot is the second Jake Stellar book and sequel to ...
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Return to Dunquin Cove
- Sep-2015
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Return to Dunquin Cove, the sequel to The Man in Room Number Four, is the second book in The Dunquin Cove series. It’s been almost six months since the day ex-hitman, Ben Dunning turned up in Dunquin Cove, Maine, not knowing where or who he was. He...
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Double Trouble
- Feb-2016
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Shortly after Walter and Warren Bowman arrive in Key West in search of a sister they never knew they had, Warren disappears. With nowhere else to turn, Walter enlists the help of Dan Coast. Join Dan as he and sidekick Red Baxter search for the missin...
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When Death Returns
- Mar-2016
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Has a serial killer from the past returned to North Myrtle Beach? Jake Stellar is back in When Death Returns. Join Jake and his partner Avis Lint in this exciting third installment of the Jake Stellar series as they investigate a homicide that eerily...
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From Here to There: A Collection of Short Stories
- Apr-2016
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Within this book is a collection of short stories I have written over the past few years. The stories were mostly inspired by trips I've taken, places I've stayed, and conversations I've overheard from Maine to Florida. Although these stories differ ...
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Most Likely To Die
- Aug-2016
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How does someone with no enemies end up murdered? That's for Dan Coast and his sidekick Red Baxter to find out. Join Dan and Red, along with Skip Stoner and Dan's childhood hero, former astronaut, Kip Larson as they piece together the clues that may ...
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The Obedience of Fools
- Sep-2016
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Join Detective Jake Stellar and his partner, Detective Avis Lint in this fast paced, North Myrtle Beach based Jake Stellar Series. In this fourth installment, The Obedience of Fools, Jake and Avis butt heads with some of The Grand Strand’s elite as...
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Deadly Moves
- Jan-2017
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Dan Coast has finally bought himself a new car, well, new to him. But when he returns to pick up his new ride, he gets an unexpected surprise. In Deadly Moves, the seventh installment in the Tales of Dan Coast Series, we also see the return of Office...
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Sunrise City
- Apr-2017
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Cole Ballinger is a retired Fort Pierce police detective and the owner of The Breakwater Bar and Grill. Cole has spent the last ten years doing his best to avoid contact with his ex-wife, but that’s easier said than done when she lives in the same ...
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Dead in the Water
- Aug-2017
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When the pool boy finds the woman who hired him floating face down in her pool, he becomes the prime suspect. Dead in the Water is the fifth book in the Jake Stellar Series. In this installment, North Myrtle Beach detectives Jake Stellar and Avis Lin...
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On the Wagon
- Nov-2017
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In On the Wagon, the eighth installment in the Tales of Dan Coast series, Dan decides to give temporary sobriety a go … just to prove to himself and his friends that he can do it. When boredom overtakes him, he and Red decide to look into the disap...
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From Bad to Worse
- Jun-2018
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Retired Fort Pierce police detective and beach bar owner, Cole Ballinger returns in From Bad to Worse: Sunrise City 2. In this latest installment, Cole is asked by a single mother to look into the disappearance of her only child. Join Cole as he piec...
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High Maintenance
- Sep-2018
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Early retirement leaves you with plenty of time to stick your nose where it dosen’t belong. Rex and Gayle Langley return in High Maintenance, the second book in the Fernandina Beach Mystery Series. Join the husband and wife duo in this latest insta...
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Maintenance Required
- Sep-2018
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Who knew retirement could be so dangerous?Maintenance Required is the first book in the Fernandina Beach Mysteries Series. Rex and Gayle Langley have retired early and gotten part-time jobs. Their plan was to relax and spend more time together. They ...
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Neighborhood Watch
- Sep-2018
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With Maxine Myers' return to Key West, maybe things can get back to normal for Dan Coast. Or maybe not.In Neighborhood Watch, the 10th book in the Tales of Dan Coast series, Dan has it out with an angry vacationer who has rented the house next door. ...
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No Enemies Here
- Sep-2018
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When one brother disappears is the other brother to blame? No Enemies Here is the 9th book in The Tales of Dan Coast series. In this latest chapter join Dan and Red as they protect a marked man while they search for mob boss, Joey Pantucco's, missing...
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Local Hero
- Mar-2019
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In Local Hero, ex-gunman for hire, Ben Dunning, is approached by a mysterious man and offered one last job. Ben quickly realizes it to be an impossible task and refuses the strangers request. Ben is soon given an offer he can't refuse. In this third ...
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Excited About Nothing
- Mar-2019
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When Jennifer Oliver complains to her superiors about the continued sexual harassment she's receiving at work, it's her who's fired. As the harassment continues, only her husband believes her. After she ends up dead, it's Detectives Jake Stellar and ...
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Never Strikes Twice
- Mar-2019
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Herb Bean watches a lot of television, mostly cop shows and Forensic Files. Now his wife has disappeared without a trace. Herb knows the husband is always the prime suspect. Where do you turn when you are afraid to turn to the police?Never Strikes Tw...
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Corner Office
- Jun-2020
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Dan Coast and his friends have always used his home as a place to discuss and brainstorm about current cases, but Maxine Dan's girlfriend, has had enough of their antics. After a late night argument, Dan, in an attempt to smooth things over, decides ...
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Shoulda Seen it Comin'
- Jul-2020
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Shoulda Seen it Comin' is the fourteenth book in the Dan Coast Series and the third and final book in a three book arc. A letter from beyond the grave may not be enough to get Dan to solve a murder, but the check that came with it probably is. Red, S...
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Scapegoats
- Oct-2020
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On a hot and humid morning in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, two joggers find the body of twenty-three-year-old Kimberly Levesque. Her lifeless body had been dumped a few feet off the running path, under a bottle palm, the night before. Witnesses saw the...
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As Seen on TV
- Feb-2021
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Ten years ago John Burton had it all. A wife and a new baby son, a successful acting career, a hit television show, and a beach house in Malibu. Things couldn't get any better ... but things could get worse.Now, back in his home town of Jensen Beach,...
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Dead Asleep
- Mar-2021
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Now that John Burton's pool is installed, he just wants to spend a quiet, lazy week pool-side sipping on margaritas and LandShark Lagers at his waterfront home in Jensen Beach, Florida. However, those plans are soon derailed when his sexy next door n...
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TV or Not TV
- Mar-2021
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When John Burton and Kurt Powell witness a young boy almost being rundown crossing the street to his school bus, they stop to help. But when the bus driver disappears a few days later, Kurt thinks it's once again time to play private detective. After...
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The Maine Events
- May-2021
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Mystery writer, Allen Crane, hasn't written a single word in over three years-not since the death of his wife. His publisher suggests a two week stay in York Beach, Maine. Maybe that's just what Allen needs to snap out of his writer's block, and retu...
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Wild Horses
- Feb-2022
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Mysterious hitman, Charlie Hewitt, returns in Wild Horses. In this newest action-packed adventure, Charlie Hewitt-now going by the name, Tom Parker-is on assignment in Chincoteague Island, Virginia. With his target leaving town for a few days, what C...
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A Turn of Events
- Jun-2022
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It's been four weeks since Allen Crane, Donnie Peppitone, and Cam Owens burst through Benny Strong's door, with guns blazing, to rescue Jacob Palmer. Cam and his wife, Mildred, have moved on. Donnie is recovering from his injuries at the home of Mya ...
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One Hot July
- Nov-2022
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Butch Carter's just been released from prison after serving seven years of a ten year sentence. Things in the small town of Lake Pruitt, Florida have changed quite a bit while he was away. His father is in a nursing home, the family business has been...
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Squealers and Dealers
- Mar-2023
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Who's Terrance Radcliff? That's exactly what Cole Ballinger was wondering when he read the newspaper headline. Local Family Disappears, it said. He knew the name sounded familiar, but from where?When two high school boys-brothers-and their parents va...
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Killer Cove
- Apr-2023
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Professional hitman, Sam Dinkins, previously going by the name, Chuck Hewlitt, returns in his third adventure, Killer Cove. Sam's just finished up an easy job in New York City, and is about to meet his girlfriend, Rosie, in North Carolina. However, a...
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Stormwater
- May-2023
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It was a cool crisp Saturday morning in November when Gillian George's neighbors spotted her lifeless body floating in the stormwater pond out behind her house. She'd been stabbed to death and dragged into the water among the tall weeds and reeds. No...
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Constant Maintenance
- Jun-2023
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In this fifth installment of the Fernandina Beach Mystery Series, local maintenance man, and amateur sleuth, Rex Langley is called in to repair one of the apartments over Collins' Hardware, and quickly realizes, all may not be as it seems. The apartm...
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Five Days to Live
- Nov-2023
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When Banks Barrett overhears two men plotting his murder in a men's bathroom stall, he pulls up his feet and sits quietly until they leave. Not recognizing the men's voices, and with nothing to go on other than their shoes, Banks goes to the police. ...
