This 9th book in Terry Odell's Mapleton Mystery series pits Gordon against a cat-and-mouse killer.

Someone is playing a game with Mapleton's Chief of Police ... and it's deadly.

For Mapleton Police Chief Gordon Hepler, life has become predictably boring—despite being a newlywed. Being a husband is great. Dealing with nothing but parking violations, speeders, and the occasional disorderly complaint is monotonous.

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kelli Carpenter has changed her identity, found a new career and thinks she's safe. When someone comes after her, she runs and takes Blake Windsor with her.

The trouble with running away is you take yourself with you.

Can a feisty security agent who hates taking orders and a covert ops specialist who has something to prove, put aside their own differences and their own agendas long enough to uncover the secrets of Windswept Heights?

Blackthorne, Inc. medic Glenn "Hotshot" McCade itches to get away from what he considers milk run assignments after being injured on a previous op. Does the boss think Hotshot can't pull his weight on a real mission anymore?

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Hiding behind the public facade of a private investigation firm- Blackthorne, Incorporated- are a band of elite covert operatives. But Dalton's obsession with putting a Colombian drug lord out of the picture threatens to endanger his life and the lives of his team.

Three Mapleton Mystery Novellas, a blend of police procedurals and cozy mysteries, now available in print.

Deadly Places
Life is a balancing act. When you're a cop, the choices can be deadly.

Ed Solomon, long-time police officer in the small town of Mapleton, Colorado, has been ribbed for thinking there's a ring of assassins out killing deadbeat dads. However, he's convinced these killers exist and they're doing

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Mapleton's police chief and the mayor can't agree about what being a cop means. When 2 runaway dogs bring up a human bone, the police cheif investigates the killing and other petty crimes.

**Note: This is an updated cover, but aside from making a few corrections to the text, this is the same book originally published here

Set against a Montana mountain backdrop, When Danger Calls is a story filled with action, adventure, and romance, where the stakes keep getting higher and higher.

If someone asks single mother Frankie Castor to clear a room, she'll smile and find a vacuum cleaner. Ryan Harper, on the other hand, uses

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Mapleton's police chief would rather be on the streets than behind a desk, but a promise is a promise. But when a fatal accident seems connected to the town's beloved citizens, the chief is afraid he's into more than he bargained for.

You can't go back and fix the past. Moving on means moving forward. He thinks he can reset the past if he tries hard enough.Travis "T-Bone" Bostwick thinks volunteering for op after op will absolve him of the guilt he carries after a rescue went bad. When he's sent on a simple 'search and find' mission as a favor to a colleague, he has no idea finding the woman will uncover something far more sinister. She's determined to be independent.Chelsea Goldman...