A Case of Vineyard Poison - Martha s Vineyard Mystery 6

A toast to the happy couple with hemlockVineyard wedding bells are about to chime for ex-Boston cop-turned-island-fisherman J.W. Jackson and his lady Zee Madieras. And Zee's Automatic Teller tells them rather substantial "present" has been deposited in the bride-to-be's account: one hundred thousand unexplained dollars.The bank screams, "computer glitch"! And sure enough, two days later, the windfall has flown. But, coincidentally, the college student lying dead in J.W.'s driveway'a young woman done in by a dose of locally grown poison'recently withdrew a hundred grand from her own account. And now, before exchanging vows with his love, J.W. must first match wits with a murderer who may be gearing up to kill again.

A Fatal Vineyard Season - Martha's Vineyard Mystery 10

Two Hollywood actress vacationing at Martha's Vineyard incur the wrath of a pair of local gangsters and a stalker. To make matters worse, a deadly hurricane is brewing. Ex-cop J.W. Jackson isn't about to abandon these two helpless visitors. He sends his family off-island and dives headfirst into the tempest.

A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard - Martha's Vineyard Mystery 9

Just as J.W. Jackson is enjoying quality fishing time with his son, things take a turn for the worse. A movie scout invades the beaches and takes a liking to Jackson's lovely lady. Then, Jackson becomes a suspect in the murder of a long-time nemesis. If he wants to spend any more summers outside a prison cell, Jackson will have to cast out his line to hook the real killer.

Dead in Vineyard Sand - Martha s Vineyard Mystery 17

Death in Vineyard Waters - Martha s Vineyard Mystery 2

Former Boston cop J.W. Jackson investigates the the death of a professor and soon finds himself in a snake pit of academic jealously and too many sinister secrets.

Death on a Vineyard Beach - Martha's Vineyard Mystery #7

Off Season - Martha's Vineyard Mystery 5

Just as J.W. Jackson is enjoying quality fishing time with his son, things take a turn for the worse. A movie scout invades the beaches and takes a liking to Jackson's lovely lady. Then, Jackson becomes a suspect in the murder of a long-time nemesis. If he wants to spend any more summers outside a prison cell, Jackson will have to cast out his line to hook the real killer.

Vineyard Blues - Martha's Vineyard Mystery 11

Ex-Boston cop J.W. Jackson, now living on Martha's Vineyard, is thrilled to see his old friend, blues musician Corrie Appleyard. But his elation turns to dread when a shack burns to the ground, and J.W. fears the charred remains discovered inside are Corrie's. Now, his obligation to friendship leads him into an ugly morass of arson, extortion, secrets, and murder.

Vineyard Chill - Martha's Vineyard Mystery 19

Vineyard Deceit- Martha s Vineyard Mystery #3

Vineyard Enigma - Martha's Vineyard Mystery #13

Vineyard Fear - Martha's Vineyard Mystery 4

Escaping the city and its violence, ex-cop Jeff "J. W." Jackson found solace in fishing, cooking, and simplyenjoying life on Martha's Vineyard -- and nothing, he figures, will ever entice him to leave. However, suddenly there's a very real possibility that his lady love Zee will be departing the idyllic island forever. And when a young student commits suicide, and a girlfriend-abusing thug starts spewing vicious threats, J. W. seriously considers a temporary escape from paradise. But it's a failed trio of attempts on his own life that ultimately propels him off-island -- and onto the trail of a stalker that's leading Jackson to the perilous peaks of the Colorado Rockies, where he quickly learns that, thorns and all, there's no place quite like his Vineyard home.

Vineyard Prey - Martha s Vineyard Mystery 16

J.W. Jackson will do anything for his old Nam buddy and fishing companion Joe Begay. When Joe asks to be smuggled back onto the Vineyard in secret, J.W. knows there s trouble. After his tour of duty officially ended, Joe was involved in covert government work. Now only Begay and one other former operative on his team are still alive. The three remaining shadow warriors died unexpectedly, quite possibly at the hands of a killer known only as the Easter Bunny. J.W. s wife and their two children could easily get caught in the crossfire if the assassin makes his way to their island. Or perhaps he, or she, is already there.

Vineyard Shadows- Martha s Vineyard Mystery 12

First Light - Brady Coyne and J. W. Jackson Mystery 1

It s September on Martha s Vineyard, and J.W. Jackson is planning to fish in the annual striped bass and bluefish derby with his friend, Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, who ll be on the island to help the elderly Sarah Fairchild write her will. J.W. has a little business, too, having reluctantly agreed to spend some of his valuable surf casting time trying to find a missing woman named Katherine Bannerman, who was last seen on the island a year ago. For Brady and J.W. it ll be law and detecting during the day, but by night they will roam the far Vineyard beaches in search of prizewinning catches. But soon another woman goes missing, a local bully threatens both Brady and J.W. and Brady discovers that more than a few people desperately crave his client s estate. With two hundred acres of pristine Vineyard land in a frail, elderly woman s control, the stakes are high. For J.W. his case gets personal when someone slashes his wife s tires. As J.W. prowls the Vineyard s villages in search of the slasher and the two missing women and Brady defends his client s interests against an array of warring factions, the two friends come to suspect that a killer is loose on the island. What they do not know is that they themselves will soon be in danger. People are not always what they seem, and there are snakes under the rocks, even in Eden.