Böcker av Sherrie Rutherford

A Russian Count and his American heiress bride were stranded by a freak blizzard in Bekbourg, Ohio. Fast forward eighty-years when Cheryl Seton publishes a story-about the royal couple's time in the small southeastern Ohio town. Suddenly, a series of crimes befall the town. When a murder occurs, Sheriff Sean Neumann questions whether the criminal activity is related to Cheryl's story, but is it? With dead ends and elusive clues plaguing the investigation, can Sean and Cheryl solve the riddle before the villain strikes again?

After a fourteen-year absence, a woman's surprise return to the small southeast town of Bekbourg, Ohio, results in a murder at the glitzy grand opening of Dillie Beaumont's artist gallery. As Sheriff Sean Neumann searches for the murderer, long-buried secrets incriminate a growing number of suspects. Meanwhile, Cheryl Seton's research into a decades-old railroad bridge collapse takes a surprising twist when she finds that a body-never identified-was discovered by the clean-up crew. After all these years, can Cheryl, owner of the local newspaper, identify the man and learn if foul play was involved in his demise? Can Sean find the killer despite the lies and misdirection complicating his investigation?

Early on in Sean Neumann's military investigative career, Major Flynn Taggart was convicted for the murder of another officer's wife. Twenty years later, Taggart shows up in Bekbourg County, Ohio, where Sean is sheriff, asking for help to clear his name. Is it purely coincidental that the officer (now a retired Brigadier General) whose wife was killed lives in Bekbourg? In a baffling twist, the Brigadier's current wife suddenly turns up dead. In the meantime, Sean's fiancé, Cheryl Seton, owner of the local newspaper, is drawn into a forty-year-old mystery involving the deaths of teenage lovers. As she delves deeper into the lives of the young couple, Cheryl learns things were not what they seemed. What really happened that fateful night all those years ago?

Soon after being elected Sheriff, Sean Neumann narrowly escapes an attempt on his life. Then, a prominent citizen is discovered dead. As Sean investigates the suspicious connections between the two cases, multiple suspects emerge and a weapon suddenly appears. Cheryl Seton, owner of the local newspaper, is researching a mysterious murder that occurred over a century ago. Can Sean find answers before he or someone else falls victim? Can Cheryl solve the mystery that spun a ghost legend?

Sean Neumann, sheriff of Bekbourg County, finds himself entangled in mystery and intrigue as he investigates a stash of old coins and suspicious skeletal remains. Questionable land sales involving a prominent land developer draw Cheryl Seton, a newspaper reporter, and a local attorney into a race to protect area landowners before their property is lost forever. What other long-buried secrets confront Sean and Cheryl as they uncover murder and corruption in the small southeast Ohio county?

A deadly ambush forced Sean Neumann's retirement from the military police and a return after twenty years to his small hometown in southeast Ohio. Sean is persuaded by his childhood friend, Mike Adams, the sheriff, to join his department to investigate an unsolved murder of two brothers involved in the sale of drugs. Foreboding shadows Sean as he learns more about his childhood friends. A horrific murder of five family members draws Cheryl Seton, an investigative reporter from Cleveland, to Bekbourg. When their investigations collide, Sean and Cheryl are propelled into a murderous quagmire as dark secrets spanning two decades are unraveled. Can they find the truth before more people die?