Bernard H Burgess

Set in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains state of Wyoming, the second book in the Bert and Norah series is a tantalizingly multifaceted story of investigation into the missing child of a high level figure. Things are seldom as they seem in a mystery made more complex by an array of possible suspects. The B & N investigation team must deal with numerous complications as they become the secret, behind-the-scenes investigation of the investigators, at least one of whom is suspected in the crime. Norah must tend to her gravely ill mother during the early part of the case, leaving Bert to carry the load while seeking her inputs during nightly talks. On the periphery, a mysterious man seems to shadow and watch Bert's every move. He appears to be part of a conspiracy to stop the B & N investigation at any cost. Coywolf companion animal, Missy, helps keep Bert grounded and Norah's spirit high, as they walk, think, and eat pie around some of Wyoming's scenic beauty. In the meantime, a young man turns up missing, and another theory is born. While this team is trying to figure out "who-dun-it", the ultimate goal is to return those who are missing to their families. Will Norah's gift and Missy's nose steer them in the right direction, before the missing are sacrificed at the altar of high level greed.

It is a beautiful fall morning in October 2017 as Bert Lynnes, a retired Army officer turned private investigator, sips coffee on the front porch of his Cody, Wyoming, log home. He reflects on the successful business he has built with his psychic wife, Norah, and their female coywolf tracker, Missy. Moments later when the phone rings at B & N Investigations, Bert is summoned by a mysterious and obviously prominent man to a local hotel where his team is soon drawn into a complex new Wyoming case. The mystery man's child has gone missing. Without signs of a struggle or leads to follow, Bert's team attempts to determine whether betrayal, abduction, or lovestruck runaway has occurred. In her temporary absence, Norah's intuitive feelings and visions are called upon from afar. Bert must rely upon her insights in order to find the truth. Propelled down a path full of unexpected twists and turns, they must solve the case before someone dies. "I love mysteries and this book certainly filled that bill. There were twists and turns and just when I thought I had it figured out, I didn't." - LibraryLady (Amazon)

This third book in the Bert and Norah series is a mystifying two-part investigation by the team of B & N Investigations. The newly hired P.I. is sent to Montana to try to help a family understand and deal with the strange behavior exhibited by their young child. The newest investigator must determine if such behavior could be the result of an unknown abuse? Or something even more sinister? At the same time, Bert, Norah, and Missy contend with the harsh winter weather while miles away in Nebraska, contracted to go back in time on a case grown cold by passing years. A strange young man has asked them to find his mother who vanished when he was a teenager. The pain of her absence is as vivid to him now as when she failed to return home, and he must have closure if he is to find his suppressed memories and have a normal life. Complicated by confusing clues, personal agendas, a winter blizzard, and the passage of time, both cases are separately intertwined in the readers' minds, simultaneously and unrelated. Or are they?