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After receiving an unexpected gift following her college graduation, aspiring journalist Adele Plank returns to the Pacific Northwest’s beautiful and isolated sea and shores landscape of the San Juan Islands, where she soon finds herself immersed in the shocking mystery of a young woman’s brutal murder. The deathly discovery rocks the island community, stirring doubts about their new sheriff and turning old friends into new rivals. Adele must determine who she can trust and who she cannot, even as a mysterious stranger provides her a critical clue.

Nothing is colder than hell on earth. ________ Millions will die. Society will collapse. Chaos will ensue. ________ For those who failed to prepare the end will come quickly. For those who remain the fight to survive has only just begun. ________ Praise for the works of D.W. Ulsterman: "A miraculous thriller sprinkled with mystical beauty." -Jess W. Dixon (Vaughn's Hill) "Better than a great read—a great experience!" -Curt (Savage) "Such a great storyteller. Love this author." -Judy (The Book of Bloodbone) Named a top 10 International Mystery Writer by EZVid. USA Today featured author for...

“Killing is easy. It’s the forgetting that’s hard.” The year is 1923 and Prohibition is the law of the land. Levi Bowman and his four sons struggle to survive and thrive in the remote woods and mountains outpost of Sultan, Washington. It is a time and place governed by the gun and the fist where family comes first, rules are meant to be broken, and enemies put down.

He gave his word, refused to break a vow, and lost his one chance at true love. Now they've come for his land. Hap Wilkes is a man facing a painful past, an increasingly uncertain future, and now fights with everything left in a broken and failing body, to keep the one thing still left to him - his pride. The Irish Cowboy is a story of loss, secrets, redemption, and the always present human yearning for love and forgiveness, and marks the most personal novel to date from best-selling author D.W. Ulsterman.

College journalist Adele Plank has been granted a rare interview with one-time best-selling author, Decklan Stone. He is a man largely withdrawn from the world following the tragic death of his young wife 27 years earlier. Adele ventures to the writer's remote, private-island home in the beautiful San Juan Islands, and there begins a journey of dangerous discovery that will have her scrambling to unravel a mystery far more shocking and deadly than she could have ever imagined.

"I’ll pay you for your time. The only requirement I have is that you must stay in the house alone. No one but you is to be there, especially at night.” __________ A young woman falls to her death from the third story of a beautiful and isolated Anacortes home owned by a longtime physician who believes there is something odd happening at the property that he is desperate to sell in order to pay for the expensive care his worsening medical condition requires. Twenty thousand dollars for just one week of her time. It's a lot of money to Adele but her interest in this new mystery goes ...

A long-hidden journal full of ancient island secrets. A gathering of friends that turns into a painful goodbye. Island reporter Adele Plank now faces a multitude of choices that will directly impact her future and those closest to her—including the man she loves. Join her as she once again seeks answers to questions few have had the courage to ask even as her enemies work to keep that knowledge hidden. The Book of Bloodbone is the ninth riveting installment of the ongoing San Juan Islands Mystery series by USA Today featured author, D.W. Ulsterman. ______ "One of the most inventive and ...

The Bowman family is back and fighting to survive an enemy more dangerous and deadly than any they have faced before. Picking up a few years after the first book in the Sultan Saga series, the Bowmans are thriving in the little outpost town of Sultan, Washington. Selling whiskey in the 1920’s during the time of Prohibition has proven to be increasingly profitable for family patriarch Levi Bowman and his four sons but as friends and neighbors are suddenly found dead under mysterious circumstances each of the Bowmans will be tested in ways none of them could have expected. From local ...

Just when you think you’ve given everything evil arrives to take even more... Intrepid reporter Adele Plank is immersed in her most dire and dangerous mystery yet as she struggles to outsmart a brutal adversary who keeps a deadly promise to return to the San Juan Islands and exact revenge for the death of her brother. Adele must determine who can and cannot be trusted while also dealing with a very personal crisis that will forever alter the course of her life. “A fantastic mystery series with a young female protagonist in Adele Plank who is now so much like a real-life friend to me. ...

Two dead kayakers. A horrifically injured child. Somewhere in the dark depths lurks a monstrous beast that threatens the very fabric of the San Juan Islands community. For reporter Adele Plank it is a mystery that will push her to the brink of self-destruction and leave her to face some very hard truths about who she has become and the things she is capable of doing. Deadman Island is the seventh riveting installment of the ongoing San Juan Islands Mystery series by USA Today featured author, D.W. Ulsterman. “A fantastic series!” -Ginny W “This series has been very enjoyable. I have...

The #1 bestselling island mystery series is back! San Juan Islands reporter Adele Plank sets off on a harrowing journey to find a missing friend. With the aid of a disgraced former Irish Garda officer, she delves deep into the dangerous world of The Walking Ones, a notoriously secretive, superstitious, and sometimes violent people who likely hold the key to solving the mystery of her friend’s sudden disappearance. Survival will require all of Adele’s intelligence, determination, and considerable fighting skills, especially after an old enemy arrives threatening to destroy everything and...

A missing friend. A dead body on a beach. Multiple suspects and far more questions than answers. Join reporter Adele Plank as she seeks to unravel an increasingly complicated mystery which reaches back more than a century and that now threatens the lives of those closest to her. The Truthing Tree is the eighth highly anticipated novel in the popular San Juan Islands Mystery Series by USA Today featured author, D.W. Ulsterman. ______ “It is a delight to read such a well-crafted tapestry that weaves these characters together with every twist and turn playing out seamlessly yet rich with ...

HERE IS WHERE WE MAKE OUR STAND. Return to Savage, Montana, in this third epic installment of D.W. Ulsterman’s bestselling Montana Adventures Collection that sees a tight-knit group of survivors preparing to defend their community against the onslaught of increasingly aggressive and deadly marauders known as road pirates. Rejoin the characters of Morning McGreevy and Sheriff Dillon Potts from the previous two standalone novels as well as some new characters who are willing to sacrifice everything for the chance to live free under the wide-open skies of Eastern Montana. Brimming with ...

Love is complicated but death is permanent... A man is shot dead in the street. A close friend is accused of murder. A Russian crime lord lurks in the shadows. Local reporter Adele Plank knows that in the San Juan Islands things are rarely what they seem and that secrets run as fast and deep as the waters that surround them. She must fight to uncover the truth and stay one step ahead of those who would silence her forever. "A well-crafted series with a beautiful location and a variety of wonderfully interesting characters." -Barbara Jean Lemon

BE A SLAVE TO THE TRUTH OR KNOW FREEDOM FROM THE LIE. It was a long-ago message from a departed friend and mentor that leads to another mystery for San Juan Islands reporter Adele Plank to try to unravel as the final days of winter give way to a newborn spring. A stranger suddenly appears in Roche Harbor seeking answers. A mythical island shaman emerges to guide Adele toward a future and past she doesn’t yet fully understand. An old enemy threatens to return and carry out her deadly revenge. Roche Harbor Rogue is the highly anticipated fifth installment of the bestselling San Juan Islands...

If the past spoke to you would you listen? This novel by the bestselling author of The Irish Cowboy and The San Juan Islands Mystery series mixes thrills and romance in the beautiful and isolated surroundings of eastern Montana where a young woman seeks to discover her past so that she might then save her future. ______ Morning McGreevy didn't know much about her great-grandfather Cy until she discovers his journal hidden away in an attic. She starts to read, hears his voice, and sees the world through his eyes. Cy's joy and pain become hers until a terrible family secret is a secret no ...

TODAY'S LESSON PLAN: REVENGE A teacher on the brink. A father seeking justice. Their paths are about to cross and their lives will never be the same. "One of the most profound, disturbing, and unflinching looks at our messed-up world to come along in quite some time. As other reviews have said, we are all Mr. Diaz." -Karly Kline "A rallying cry in the form of a novel and it is spot on. Enjoyed it." -Jimmy Ellis "It will keep you on the edge of your seat as you and the characters wait to see how everything plays out. Well worth the price of admission." CAS "As a retired teacher of more than ...