From the award-winning author of Murder at Walden Pond comes a new psychological thriller. A representative of the Pope arrives in Boston for a secret meeting. When the priest is killed in a car bombing Lieutenant James Callahan is assigned to the case. As Callahan investigates he is forced to fight his own hidden demons, deal with the tight-lipped Vatican and confront his superiors who are pressuring for a quick arrest, but questioning his hard-nosed unorthodox style. As the investigation unfolds Callahan uncovers a document, which if real, would change the course of human history. When Callahan's twelve-year-old daughter is kidnapped he slowly realizes the killers have targeted him for a horrendous act of revenge. The question is why and will he be able to solve the crime in time to save his daughter's life. The Iscariot Conspiracy takes the reader from Boston's darkest neighborhoods to the sand dunes of Cape Cod as it explores the hidden corners of the human heart.

The Iscariot Conspiracy (Lieutenant James Collahan Series, 1)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Blanchard, Al

Mystery

Koenisha Pubns

What begins as just another day at North Middle School quickly turns into an unforgettable nightmare as faculty begin to turn up dead with letters of the alphabet carved into them. And school teacher Steve Asher is right in the thick of things, having received a strange phone call from Principal Alex Webster arranging an early morning meeting to discuss how to handle a situation. "No big deal," he'd said. But now he was dead. When Asher's best friend becomes the major suspect in the hideous crimes, Steve sets out to prove the man's innocence and unmask the killer. But is he hampering the investigation and endangering the lives of his friends as he follows the twisted trail the killer leaves behind?  The Mad Season has all of the plot twists, humor and page turning suspense the reader has come to expect from Al Blanchard the award winning author of Murder at Walden Pond and The Iscariot Conspiracy.

The Mad Season (Steve Asher Mystery, 2)

James Callahan, now retired from the Boston police force, has no trouble setting aside his new career as an artist when an old college friend calls for help to find his missing teenage daughter. Reliving the agony he experienced a year ago when his own daughter, Mandy, was kidnapped, Callahan quickly discovers the quiet little town of Northview is a hotbed of secrets. After finding himself falsely accused of a crime and following clues that lead to a haunted house and a witch's circle, Callahan and his trusted friend, B.J., uncover a murder and other mysterious events before their investigation finally draws to a stunning conclusion.

The Disappearance of Jenna Drago

Steve Asher, an eighth grade U.S. History teacher at North Middle School, spends his summer learning more about the judicial system than he ever wanted to know. Being the only one who believes in Elena Thompson's innocence on a jury of seven other men and four women is hard enough. But two weeks later, after the trial is dismissed because of his unwillingness to vote guilty, a letter arrives from Elena, thanking him.    Questioning his motives and unwilling to listen to his better judgment, Asher sets out to prove to himself, and everyone else, that he'd made the right decision. But the citizens of Good Harbor will go to any lengths to prove he was wrong. Including murder.

Crucial Judgment

Koenisha Publications

Come and read what happens when: Two brothers decide to dig up the grave of the town's richest citizen, organized crime opens up a weight loss clinic, a con man tries to find his boss's killer, a mind reader has a premonition the ocean liner he's on is doomed, a retired hit man decides to do one more job, a young couple finds a dead body in the trunk of their car. 
From award-winning and Boston Globe best-selling author, Al Blanchard, come twenty-five stories of the mysterious and bizarre. 
Blanchard has long entertained readers with his two mystery series, one featuring schoolteacher Steve Asher, and the other Boston Homicide Detective James Callahan. Now the author has collected, for the first time, his award winning tales of suspense and murder. 
This collection displays the plot twists, surprises and humor that Blanchard has become known for. So find a comfortable chair, turn the lights up and make sure the doors are locked.

The Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder

Literature & Fiction

United States

Middle School History Teacher Steve Asher is forcibly removed from his role of helping young people when he is charged with the murder of a student's sister. Asher is counseling a troubled boy, Petey Oliver, whose dysfunctional family is represented by Susan Oliver, a young attractive woman trying hard to keep her bright but disturbed brother out of trouble. Asher meets Susan over coffee to discuss ways they can help Petey, but when we see them together again he is fishing her body out of Walden Pond. Asher becomes a prime suspect in the murder after Susan’s diary is turned over to a hungry reporter naming Steve as her lover. In order to clear his name and regain his reputation, Asher is torn from his academic tower and forced into a quest to find Susan's real murderer. Asher struggles to survive in an alien hostile environment where someone has brutally murdered a woman he hardly knew and is trying to silence him. All the while he is being harassed by the police who suspect him, ostracized by the community, questioned by students and threatened with suspension by the school board for a crime he did not commit. The key to the crime hinges on a runaway boy and a politician running for Governor. Asher's quest leads back to Walden Pond where he comes face to face with a killer.

Murder at Walden Pond

Salvo Pr

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