EUREKA! Award Nominee / 2012 Left Coast Crime “I’m not a detective! I just played one on television!” Get ready to swoon over a new kind of amateur sleuth! From 1975-79 teen idol Sandy Fairfax recorded 10 gold albums and starred in the hit TV series Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth. Now he’s a 38-year-old recovering alcoholic, forgotten and desperate for a comeback. An easy gig—a guest appearance at a Beatles fan convention in Evansville, Ind.—turns deadly after a member of the Mersey Marvels tribute band is shot. When police suspect Sandy, and he fills in for the dead musician at a concert, the schoolboy shamus is back in action to find the killer.

The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper (Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol Mysteries)

Literature & Fiction

Carpenter, Sally

Humor & Satire

Dark Oak Mysteries

It’s been years since Sandy Fairfax was a teen idol and starred in his hit ‘70s television series Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth, but he still has his fans. Now it’s 1993 and many of his grown-up fans see a leisurely cruise as the ideal vacation. So, when Sandy’s agent finds him a pleasant gig aboard the SS Zodiac, he jumps at the chance. And, when the offer includes a spot for his musician sister, Celeste, who is blind, Sandy sees an opportunity to re-engage with his estranged sibling. However, the brother-sister duo are barely aboard the ship, when Sandy finds a singer from another shipboard show murdered in his dressing room. When the ship’s security officer does little to investigate, Sandy feels obligated to jump in, even though he isn’t a detective––he just used to play one on TV. Soon he’s grilling potential suspects, including a burnt-out piano bar player, a Southern-fried magician, a blackmail victim, a ventriloquist with a sassy dummy and even a former flame. Will Sandy unmask the killer before the cruise ends? Will he connect with the girl of his dreams? Will he have time to enjoy the sights of Nassau? Or will he end up sleeping with the fishes in the Atlantic Ocean, another victim in this killer’s CUNNING CRUISE SHIP CAPER?

The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper: A Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol Mystery: Book Three

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Cozy Cat Press

Noelle McNabb is living her dream. She's a real actress playing a lead role onstage. Don't mention the fact that the role is in a holiday-themed children's play at a local amusement park in Indiana. In the 1960's, this is where dreams of Hollywood stardom begin. That is, until one night when a man knocks on her door and then promptly drops dead--apparently from a gunshot wound to the chest. Soon Noelle finds herself embroiled in a real-life spy drama and herself acting the part of assistant spy when it turns out the dead man was holding an important microdot that has now gone missing. Working with no-nonsense spy chief Dash Hanover, Noelle follows veteran spy Destiny King undercover to some rather seedy places where the two women attempt to find the missing microdot while staying out of harm's way. In between spy gigs, Noelle must keep her new secret pursuits--well, secret--and that doesn't sit well with her nosy parents, siblings, and local friends. But Noelle realizes that spying is really just another form of acting and she is determined to prove herself award-worthy, if she isn't killed first!

Flower Power Fatality: A Psychedelic Spy Mystery

Beatlemania is back and better than even in this revised second edition. Former teen idol Sandy Fairfax finds that making a comeback can be murder! It’s been fourteen years since the pop star broke little girls’ hearts on the 1970s hit TV show Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth. But after years of obscurity, the 38-year-old nowhere man can’t land a gig anywhere except at a slightly disorganized Beatles fan convention in Evansville, Indiana. What looks like an easy job turns deadly when a member of the Mercy Marvels tribute band is shot and the local police finger Sandy as the prime suspect. The schoolboy shamus is back in action to find the culprit. All he’s got to do is get back past the fawning fans, shady vendors and a John Lennon wannabe who just won’t let it be. Help! It’s all too much for our bad boy hero who tackles the case with a little help from his friends. The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper was a finalist for the 2012 Eureka! Award for best first mystery novel.

The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper: A Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol Mystery

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The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper (Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol Mysteries)

The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper: A Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol Mystery: Book Three

Flower Power Fatality: A Psychedelic Spy Mystery

The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper: A Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol Mystery