John A Broussard

"“Back when I was a kid growing up in South Chicago, I never dreamed that having a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother would turn out to be an asset. But my ancestry paid off big-time when I sat down across from Timothy Fisher at a San Francisco sidewalk I on that warm September morning. He bought my cover as a Mid East terrorist—hook, line and sinker. Of course, being an FBI agent, I’d been provided with excellent cover. Even so, he was nervous and kept looking around at our neighbors, the only ones at the time being a young couple who, hands across their table, were obviously and hopelessly in love. “I’ve got the money,” I told him, assuming that might help to calm him down. It didn’t. He kept scanning the street. “I’m not interested,” he said. And that surprised me. What he said next surprised me even more…”Over 50! mystery short stories by John Broussard, a prolific and compelling writer. Boson Books also offers several full length mystery novels by John Broussard. Visit our Fiction page and look under Action, Adventure and Mysteries. For an author bio, photo, and a sample read, visit bosonbooks.com."

Now an HBO original series, True Bloodthe New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series continues.Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vampsand nothing about weres.Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie worksand she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it.But theres a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beingsolder, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolvesis preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human pawn in their battle.

"It’s a beautiful day in Hawai’i. Kay Yoshinobu and Sid Chu have been invited for a day trip on the luxurious Forbes yacht. At the outset, the excursion meets all expectations. The food is wonderful, the seas are calm, the magnificent boat is obviously in competent hands. There’s an undercurrent of unease, however, centering chiefly on their hostess—the recently widowed Joanna Forbes. Two rivals for her affection hover around her. One is young, athletic Bart Cain. The other is dentist David Rouse. And others on board also seemed to be involved in emotional and dangerous cross currents of their own.

Even so, there is little thought of actual physical danger when Bart decides to do some lone scuba diving. Twenty minutes later, there is reason for concern. From the side of the boat, the onlookers can see the diver is in trouble. Rescue efforts fail, and Bart is pronounced dead soon after they get the body back to shore.

 At first, it seems like a tragic accident. The discovery of nitrous oxide in his diving bottle indicates a murder took place, and Rouse is the natural suspect. Kay, in the meantime, is representing Joanna’s brother in a DUI case and uses that as an excuse to look further into Bart’s death, convinced as she is that David Rouse is innocent.

More tragedies follow in the wake of the ill-fated boating day, and only the combined efforts of Kay, Sid, Laura and the cooperative Elima police prevent even more deaths.For an author bio, photo, and a sample read visit bosonbooks.com"

Fifty-Minutes Flahterty presents forty-one short stories in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes—with a difference. ""Fifty-Minutes"" Flaherty is Holmes brought up to date, accelerated, and sprinkled with humor. Homicide Lieutenant ""Fifty-Minutes"" Flaherty has acquired his nickname from his success at solving crimes in less than an hour. His helper, who is sometimes actually helpful, is Detective Sergeant Donaldson. In each story the reader is ordinarily provided with enough clues to be able to anticipate Flaherty's solution—but not always. John A. Broussard writes with the sure hand of the master mystery storyteller—his stories leave you with a craving for more, more!Boson Books offers several collections of short stories and mysteries by John Boussard. For an author bio and photo, reviews and a reading sample, visit bosonbooks.com.

Elima—imaginary Elima. It is one of the Neighbor Islands. That is what the residents of the main island of Oahu call the other islands in Hawaii. The people of Elima—the haoles (white newcomers), the Asians, the Portuguese, the native Hawaiians—in the following pages are an amalgam of what one can find on any of the real Neighbor Islands.Elima is a county in its own right: the island has its own mayor, police force, tax structure, and share of corruption. Once almost entirely rural—with the standard crops of sugarcane, pakalolo and pineapple—it has been discovered by Mainland and Japanese entrepreneurs. Along with the other blessings of civilization have now come sprawling resort hotels, a rising crime rate, and the twenty-first century con man.The first four Kay Yoshinobu novels are offered together for the first time in this one volume:DEATH OF THE TIN MAN'S WIFE; THE LEFT HAND OF DEATH;DEATH OF A DEVELOPER; A METHOD TO MURDERKay (Keiko) Yoshinobu, a young criminal defense attorney, has a talent for investigation. When homicide hits Elima, Kay, with partners Sidney Chu and Quality Smith, provide a formidable defense team.Both friendship and conflict are unavoidable with the local law enforcement officers like detective Hank DeMello and policewoman Corky Medeiros. Also unavoidable is social contact with the criminal court judges like the famously gorgeous Lisa Raines and the Charlie-Chan like county pathologist Cal Lim.Elima is a close, almost closed community. Trouble occurs when visitors drawn to the island stay on to exploit the economy and ruin the environment. This old, old story provides the tantalizing new puzzles Kay Yoshinobu excels in solving.BOSON BOOKS also offers FIFITY-MINUTE FLAHERTY and >MURDER AT MILLTOWN JUNIOR COLLEGE by John Broussard.

John A. Broussard's MURDER AT MILLTOWN JUNIOR COLLEGE is packed to the last page with murder and suspense. This exciting mystery begins with the murder of Milltown JC's un-beloved president Gilbert Green.Green has a despicable secret. Is that what got him killed? Or has someone simply gone mad? Academic murder is an unlikely scenario in this seedy, down-at-the-heel Pacific Northwest logging town. The suspects are many and the clues are few.Paul Yankovich, Milltown Police Department Lieutenant is stumped, and Chief Stavros is about to pull him off the case. But when Jason Reilly Sociology Instructor and Marie Watanabe Director of Students stumble into unimaginable danger, Yankovich's response is quick and incisive.This cop procedural snares you from the get-go.

"When the local mission’s Father Duffy shows up at the office of Smith, Chu, Yoshinobu and Correa, it looks at first like a routine case. Father Duffy is seeking an attorney to defend one of his ‘clients’ on a possible murder charge. The routine aspect rapidly disappears when it turns out that Shelton Williams hasn’t turned himself in to the police, for the simple reason that the murder has never been reported.Matters become more complex when the police investigation at the crime scene, a lookout at the edge of a steep cliff, reveals there is no recent body at the bottom of the gulch. But there is an old one—a woman, not a man as reported by Williams. As the police try to identify the remains, the discovery at the scene of a wallet containing false police identification indicates Williams was indeed telling the truth, but that the possible victim is still alive and probably still around. Also, it seems likely he’s a serial killer who was plying his trade on Oahu and had now shifted to Elima.In the meantime, Father Duffy, whose storefront mission has been threatened with eviction by the owner, finds that the same owner has gone through a strange conversion, has told Father Duffy can stay on the premises—and that’s when yet another death occurs, one which brings the attorney firm into a case involving far more than murder. Boson Books offers several mysteries by John Broussard. For an author bio, photo, and sample read, visit www.bosonbooks.com."