Melanie Dobson
The Black Cloister: A Novel
By Melanie Dobson (Kregel Publications)
Release date: May 1, 2008
On Elise Friedman’s eighth birthday, she lost her mother and any connection to her mysterious past. Now a young woman in college, Elise is traveling to her homeland of Germany to uncover her family’s past, but what she finds is much more harrowing than she ever suspected.
The Curator’s Daughter
By Melanie Dobson (Tyndale House Publishers)
Release date: March 9, 2021
A young girl, kidnapped on the eve of World War II, changes the lives of a German archaeologist forced into the Nazi Party and?decades later?a researcher trying to overcome her own trauma. 1940. Hanna Tillich cherishes her work as an archaeologist for the Third Reich, searching for the Holy Grail and other artifacts to bolster evidence of a master Aryan race. But when she is reassigned to work as a museum curator in Nuremberg, then forced to marry an SS officer and adopt a young girl, Hanna begins to see behind the Nazi facade. A prayer labyrinth becomes a storehouse for Hanna’s secrets, but as she comes to love Lilly as her own daughter, she fears that what she’s hiding?and what she begins to uncover?could put them both in mortal danger.
The Silent Order
By Melanie Dobson (Summerside Press)
Release date: November 1, 2010
Rural America – 1928. After the murder of his partner, Detective Rollin Wells hides away in an Amish home near Sugarcreek, Ohio, to find out who in the police force is collaborating with Cleveland’s notorious mob. While Rollin searches for answers to his partner’s death, he befriends an elusive young Amish woman named Katie and her young son. As Rollin learns about Katie’s past, he’s shocked at the secret Katie is hiding – a secret that has haunted Rollin for eight years.
Vera Dodge
Do You See What I See?
By Vera Dodge (Guideposts)
Release date: May 2, 2018
January arrives in Lancaster, and the whole town is fascinated by a serialized mystery story running in the local newspaper. Things take a strange turn when Jan becomes convinced that she’s found a cryptic code embedded in the text of the mystery, and things get even stranger when Elaine begins to suspect that the story’s villain is modeled after her! Can the intrepid cousins discover who is behind the not-socomplimentary story—and what the coded clues reveal? Meanwhile, Jan, increasingly consumed with the details of her upcoming wedding to Bob, is faced with the difficult task of securing a location for her wedding tea, until help arrives from a surprising source.
Brandt Dodson
Daniel’s Den (The Dakota Diaries)
By Brandt Dodson (Harvest House Publishers)
Release date: February 1, 2009
In this fast–paced thriller by popular author Brandt Dodson, a young government accountant learns to trust God when his life begins to fall apart and unseen enemies pursue him with relentless zeal. Daniel Borden is a thirty–year–old government accountant who lives a quiet life and plays by the rules. But when events transpire that shatter his orderly world and a team of assassins mark him for death, Daniel must flee for his life. While on the run, Daniel encounters Laura Traynor. Carefree and easygoing, Laura is everything that Daniel isn’t.
The Lost Sheep (Colton Parker Mystery Series, Book 4)
By Brandt Dodson (Harvest House Publishers)
Release date: July 1, 2007
Readers who loved the first three Colton Parker Mysteries will devour this latest entry in the fast–paced and highly recommended series. After closing a high profile case, Colton Parker’s life is beginning to turn around. His detective agency has money in the bank, a growing clientele, and the relationship between Colton and FBI agent Mary Christopher is beginning to blossom. Things are looking up.
Original Sin (Colton Parker Mystery Series, Book 1)
By Brandt Dodson (Harvest House Publishers)
Release date: March 1, 2006
Colton Parker was just fired from the FBI, has a teenage daughter who blames him for her mother’s death, and now that he’s hung out his shingle as a P. I. , his first paying client—Angie Howe—has enough money for only one day’s worth of investigating. But Angie looks like she could use a friend, so Colton has his first case. When the mystery is finally resolved, Colton is resigned to improve his parenting skills with his daughter—and while the pair still struggle with each other, hope finally gets a chance to grow.
The Root of All Evil (Colton Parker Mystery Series, Book 3)
By Brandt Dodson (Harvest House Publishers)
Release date: January 1, 2007
Brandt Dodson follows the success of the first two books in his Colton Parker Mystery series—Original Sin and Seventy Times Seven—with another intriguing story. Wealthy businessman Berger Hume is dying. And the one thing he wants most is the one thing his millions cannot buy—a relationship with the son he has never met. As Colton Parker, private investigator, searches to locate the son, he finds himself the target of threats from a powerful gang with ties that extend to high–level government. The twists of this case cause Colton to question his own values.
Seventy Times Seven (Colton Parker Mystery Series, Book 2)
By Brandt Dodson (Harvest House Publishers)
Release date: August 1, 2006
The next fast–paced suspense novel in the Colton Parker Mystery series, from Brandt Dodson, author of Original Sin. Lester Cheek had everything a man could want. A beautiful home, thriving business and money to burn. But he was alone — very alone. Until he met Claudia.
The Sons of Jude (Sons of Jude Series)
By Brandt Dodson (Monarch)
Release date: August 2, 2012
The Body Of A Young Woman Is Found In A Dumpster In Chicago And Detectives Andy Polanski And Frank Campello Are Charged With Finding The Killer. The Two Are Polar Opposites. Polanski Is The Son Of A Disgraced Chicago Police Officer And Is Fastidious About His Reputation. He Has Also Recently Been Transferred From Another District Having Blown The Whistle On Some Corrupt Cops. Campello, However, Takes A Live And Let Live Approach To His Life And Job.