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Dan, a wise-cracking excessive drinker, is haunted by the memory of his dead wife. Shortly after the two won the lottery and purchased a small beach bungalow in the Florida Keys, her life was taken in a car accident. Soon after his wife's death, Dan relocated to the Keys with his wife's dog, whom he blames for her death. In Sleeping Dogs Lie, Dan Coast, an unlicensed private detective of sorts, is hired to find the missing boyfriend of a woman who herself soon ends up missing.

When young Bentlee August is charged with the assault of his own girlfriend, Trinity Carson, the boy's grandmother turns to Dan and Red for help. She swears her grandson is a good boy, and wouldn't do such a thing. “That's what they all say,” Dan says, but decides to take the case anyway.

Ship of Fools is the fourth book in The Tales of Dan Coast series and begins where Coasts of Christmas Past left off. Find out how Dan deals with the death of a young friend while looking into the disappearance of a new friend's sister. Join Dan, Red, and Skip as they fumble their way through a new mystery.

How does someone with no enemies end up murdered? That's for Dan Coast and his sidekick Red Baxter to find out. Join Dan and Red, along with Skip Stoner and Dan's childhood hero, former astronaut Kip Larson, as they piece together the clues that may free an innocent man. In this action-packed sixth installment of The Tales of Dan Coast series, Dan digs into a wrongly accused man's past and finds out he may not be so innocent.

Dan Coast has finally bought himself a new car - well, new to him. But when he returns to pick up his new ride, he gets an unwanted surprise. In Deadly Moves, the seventh installment in the Tales of Dan Coast Series, we also see the return of Officer Mel Gormin. Join Dan, Red, Mel, and Skip as they do their best to solve the murder of an elderly couple while working as bodyguards to a young starlet who is visiting Key West.

When Sissy Love, the private nurse of heart transplant recipient, Lindsey Malvo, starts receiving threatening phone calls just weeks before Tying the Knot, she turns to Dan Coast and Red Baxter for help. Dan and Red quickly run down through the short list of probable suspects. What's the motive? Revenge? Jealousy?

In Neighborhood Watch, the 10th book in the Tales of Dan Coast series, Dan has it out with an angry vacationer who has rented the house next door. When the woman vanishes the very next day without a trace, Dan, Red, and Skip are on the case.

Laurie Montgomery is the owner of the Mystic Journey Gift Shop, a Wiccan, Pagan, and occult supply store. She also runs a local death café in the back of her shop. Now, the members of her group are dropping one by one. Is she to blame? Where does she turn? Who does she turn to? Ride along with Cole and friends in this action-packed tale of lies and betrayal.

Who's Terrance Radcliff? That's exactly what Cole Ballinger was wondering when he read the newspaper headline. Local Family Disappears, it said. He knew the name sounded familiar, but from where?

Dan Coast is all set to spend Christmas just the same way he has every year for the past few years: alone and drunk....

In On the Wagon, the eighth installment in the Tales of Dan Coast series, Dan decides to give temporary sobriety a go….just to prove to himself and his friends that he can do it. When boredom overtakes him, he and Red decide to look into the disappearance and possible murder of a local woman. With no suspects, no apparent motive, no weapon, and a case that's 10 years cold, is she really even missing? Is she really even dead? Join Dan, Red, and Skip as they piece together what little clues they have and fumble their way through another action- and humor-packed case.

Within this audiobook is a collection of short stories I have written over the past few years. The stories were mostly inspired by trips I've taken, places I've stayed, and conversations I've overheard from Maine to Florida. Although these stories differ from ones I have released in the past, I hope you will enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

A mystery taking place in the Florida Keys, Ocean Floors is the second installment of the story of lottery winner turned private detective Dan Coast. In Ocean Floors, Dan's chance meeting with a beautiful young woman leads him and his trusted sidekick, Red, down a road of murder and kidnapping. Join Dan and Red as they try and solve the murder while searching for a missing friend.

Shortly after Walter and Warren Bowman arrive in Key West in search of a sister they never knew they had, Warren disappears. With nowhere else to turn, Walter enlists the help of Dan Coast. Join Dan as he and sidekick Red Baxter search for the missing Bowman family members, while dealing with the fallout of an ongoing case.

Shoulda Seen it Comin' is the 14th book in the Dan Coast series and the third and final book in a three book arc. A letter from beyond the grave may not be enough to get Dan to solve a murder, but the check that came with it probably is. Red, Skip, and a woman from Dan's past team up to help Dan solve the murder of The Amazing Gary.

North Murder Beach is the first installment of the story of North Myrtle Beach police detective, Jake Stellar. The spring bike rallies have ended, the spring breakers have all gone back to school, and the summer tourist season is a few weeks away. What better time for a police officer to take a nice quiet relaxing week off from work? That's what Jake Stellar had in mind. That is until someone from his past resurfaces to remind him of a terrible secret he has spent years trying to forget.

Dan, Red, and Skip have returned home from their road trip to Bonifay. Dan is ready for some much-needed relaxation. He makes himself a drink, grabs the newspaper, and settles into one of the Adirondack chairs by the fire pit. Life is perfect. Until that one phone call ruins it all. Make yourself a tequila, Seven, and lime, and join the boys as they try to get themselves out of trouble they didn’t ask for. This newest Tales of Dan Coast Adventure, Another Mother, also sees Dan’s parents, Gene and Peg, return to the island to deal with a surprise from Gene’s past.

Dan Coast and his friends have always used his home as a place to discuss and brainstorm about current cases, but Maxine, Dan's girlfriend, has had enough of their antics. After a late-night argument, Dan, in an attempt to smooth things over, decides to get himself an office. As soon as Dan rents the office, two woman with missing husbands come forward, asking for help. Join Dan, Red, and Skip as they piece together the clues that could lead them to the same fate as who they're searching for.

North Myrtle Beach detectives Jake Stellar and Avis Lint investigate the murder of Wanda Truman and soon find that the deeper they dig into her past , the longer the suspect list becomes.

Join Detective Jake Stellar and his partner Detective Avis Lint in this fast-paced, North Myrtle Beach-based Jake Stellar Series. In this fourth installment, The Obedience of Fools, Jake and Avis butt heads with some of The Grand Strand's elite as they try to uncover a secret that may hold the answer to a string of recent homicides.