Bøker av Charles Ayer

A Quiet Village Is Keeping Secrets... When NYPD Detective Lieutenant Walter Hudson's wife, Sarah, unexpectedly inherits a family farm in the tiny upstate village of Dutch River, New York, their first thought is to sell it as soon as possible. But they are immediately charmed by the village and its residents, and Sarah's great-uncle, Armin Jaeger, leaves them a letter too puzzling to ignore. They are soon stunned to find that Sarah has been left more than a simple farmhouse in a quaint village; and matters turn even more intriguing when Walter discovers a mysterious connection between Dutch River and the murder of a prominent Boston philanthropist, Charles Martin Sewall. And matters take an even more deadly turn when Walter's family is threatened. Walter will need all his skills and all the help he can get from his good friend, Leviticus Welles, as he desperately races against time not just to solve a hideous crime but to save his family as well. It's a race he can't afford to lose.

Stephanie French, Wall Street legend, virtuoso musician, and devoted philanthropist is dead, shot on the streets of New York City in broad daylight on a beautiful spring afternoon. Perhaps she was simply the tragic victim of a bullet meant for someone else, but Detective Lieutenant Walter Hudson smells murder. But who is Stephanie French? That's a good question, as Hudson soon learns that one of the most famous women in New York City was not who she seemed to be, and before he can solve her murder he will have to piece together the puzzle of her past.

BUT HE WAS SUCH A GREAT GUY....... Federal Judge T. Franklin "Teddy" Braxton was beloved by his family and admired by his peers. His immense wealth had put him at the pinnacle of New York City's elite political and social worlds. So who murdered him in cold blood? Perhaps it was the nearly naked young woman found standing over his body with a .45 caliber pistol in her hand. Or perhaps not.... Detective Lieutenant Walter Hudson is in over his head, and he knows it, as he immediately begins to receive intense pressure to solve the case from both Mayor Deborah Kaplan and Police Commissioner Sean Donahue, both personal friends of the Judge. And he may be getting in over his head personally as well, as the judge's beautiful daughter, Virginia, starts giving him more help than he's looking for. He'll need all the help he can get from Leviticus Welles, now a rising star in the NYPD's Intelligence Division, to guide him through the maze of Teddy Braxton's life as well as the tangle of his own emotions. But one thing Walter knows from the start is that there's nothing placid at all about Placid Hollow.