O’Sullivan Legacy Mystery Series

Silver Falchion Finalist and eLit Bronze Award ~ It’s 1921, fifteen years after the disappearance of a child, and three women’s lives intertwine as a web of lies unravels in a quest to solve the mystery of what happened to the boy. Elizabeth has been in an asylum since the disappearance of her son. Her daughter Meg is determined to find out what happened. And Abby, a Chippewa Indian fortune teller, has insight into everything that goes on in their small burgh. During an era of bootlegging, speakeasies, and changing times, their fates are woven together as their lives are forever transformed. A bit The Great Gatsby, a bit The Shining, and a bit The Promise of Hope, Secrets of the Asylum is one story you will never forget.

Do you think you know your heritage? Think again. Dark secrets lurk below the surface of every family tree, as the Sullivan clan discovers in this story about living in the aftermath of generations of deceit. When Red Cross nurse Harriet escapes the trauma of World War II and sequesters herself in her grandfather’s cottage on Mackinac island, she has no inkling about her heritage. But as one shocking clue after another surfaces – unearthing lies, corruption, madness, and murder – she realizes her family isn’t what, or who, it seems. Unearthing deceptions from the past bolsters Harriet’s faith in the possibility of surviving her own ordeal. Baltic Writing Award Finalist.

Summer Rose tries – really she does – but she simply can’t manage to stay out of trouble. It’s 1965 and at only 21 years old – hailing from a prominent Michigan family, no less – she finds herself in jail for the second time. When the judge renders a sentence of community service in a small, hick town Summer’s never heard of, the young woman is certain she’s doomed. Little does she know, she’s about to stumble straight into a murder case and fall in love with a man who’s altogether wrong for her, all in one fell swoop. As Summer becomes entangled in the lives of the sometimes quirky but always fascinating townsfolk, she can’t help but delve into the truth behind the murder. Soon, she’s steeping in stories about the Roaring Twenties, a speakeasy, the infamous Detroit Purple Gang, and a mysterious gangster moll. The resulting shocking revelations teach Summer a lot over the summer, but will it be enough to get the girl to settle down? Her secrets run deeper than even she knows.