James Paavola introduces the first novel in his "murder in Memphis" series: "The Chartreuse Envelope: Murder In Memphis." Wall Street meets Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. When the subprime mortgage strategies began to unwind in 2007, and the stock market experienced the first waves of economic collapse, Dr. Charleze Mitchell hatched a daring scheme to save her hedge fund - involving industrial sabotage, illegal stock price manipulation, and murder. Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd matches wits with the brilliant and desperate hedge fund manager. Beginning with the appearance of a blood-stained chartreuse envelope, she systematically uncovers Mitchell's intricate plot, and the planned murder of three biomedical engineers. Both women are products of abusive parents. One child matured to be protective of others' rights, and one became self-protective and Machiavellian. These two women lead their respective teams in a high stak es game of the winner lives.

The Chartreuse Envelope: Murder in Memphis

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Paavola, James C.

Mystery

Strauss Consultants

Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd returns in the second installment in the Murder in Memphis series. She is concerned when she learns that three of her elderly aunt's high school classmates have died in their hosptial beds within the past six months. Her investigation takes her to the halls of Central High School, class of 1948, where she discovers a clique who bullied students considered to be different. Now sixty years later, the dead bodies of these bullies are piling up. Todd and her team scramble to prevent a fourth murder, then a fifth. Many have been harassed by bullies. For some, being bullied can be traumatic, life-altering--characterized by fear, anxiety and social isolation, affecting every decision they will make in life. Revenge is one of those decisions.

They Gotta Sleep Sometime: Murder in Memphis

RJ Communications

This is the third book in the Murder In Memphis series: Car bombs, a serious weapon of choice--matching family members' pain when a loved one dies because their health insurance company's priority is its bottom line. A powerful motive for murder. Two car bombs are detonated, then a third--two people are killed, two maimed. Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd discovers that many health insurance companies have been using their version of death panels, denying life-saving medical treatment while their policyholder dies. Using one Iraq War demolitions specialist to catch another, two bombs are found and diffused. The bombers up the ante--pledging a suicide pact and adding police to the target list--Julia is number one.

Which One Dies Today: Murder in Memphis

The Unspeakable is the sixth book in the Murder In Memphis series. Author James Paavola weaves a story of illegal aliens, Memphis-based sex trafficking, and of course, murder. The body of a young girl is found--a throwaway child. For Memphis police Lieutenant Julia Todd, this murder investigation is personal. She discovers two underground networks: one protects illegal aliens, the other sells girls into a gang-run sex trafficking operation.

The Unspeakable: Murder in Memphis

Eighth graders Sonny and Breanne look nothing alike--a short black boy, a tall white girl. Their special friendship develops when they discover they both have psychic powers: they can read minds, and ghosts communicate with them. Sonny's and Breanne's special gifts are even stronger when they work together. Follow them as their spirit friends help them solve mysteries.

Jack and the Beanpole: A Sonny and Breanne Mystery

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

J&M Book Publishing

Eighth graders Sonny and Breanne look nothing alike--a short black boy, a tall white girl. Their special friendship develops when they discover they both have psychic powers: they can read minds and ghosts communicate with them. Book #2 in the Sonny and Breanne Mystery series, new spirit friends get creative as the protect Breanne from a group of girl bullies, and help solve a sixty-year old mystery involving a beloved lion named Elvis.

Call Me Firefly: A Sonny and Breanne Mystery

Teen & Young Adult

Mysteries & Thrillers

J&m Publishers

Eighth graders Sonny and Breanne look nothing alike--a short black boy, a tall white girl--and are easy targets for bullies. Their special friendship develops when they discover they both have psychic powers: they can read minds and ghosts communicate with them. In Book 3 of the series, Sonny is contacted by the ghost of a former student who had been abducted by aliens from the planet of Astrobia. It is not long before the aliens also abduct Sonny. He has the intelligence and problem solving ability to escape, but he is too scared to think. Breanne has to summon all of her mind reading skills to make contact with Sonny to calm him enough so that he can find his way home.

Astrobia: A Sonny and Breanne Mystery

Literature & Fiction

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