Bill Noel

Once again, Enigma House Press presents a collection of three novels from the award-winning Folly Beach Mystery series by best-selling author Bill Noel, with one of the novels PHANTOM cowritten by award-winning author Angelica Cruz. MIDNIGHT A pleasant walk along the coast thrusts retiree Chris Landrum and his friend Charles Fowler into investigating a death that police are convinced was an unfortunate accident. Their resolve to continue sticking their noses where they have no business being was strengthened when a second person dies-the second death of a member of the small crew building a beachfront home. It takes a third mysterious death before the police become suspicious, but by then, Chris and Charles are already in over their heads, a perilous position that could add them to the list of victims unless they can catch the killer or killers. PHANTOM: A Folly Beach Halloween Mystery Coauthored with Angelica Cruz Chris Landrum's least favorite holiday was approaching, and his wish was that Halloween would slip away like a phantom disappearing into the fog. His hopes were shattered when a man walking within inches of him was gunned down. Chris learns the dead man was on Folly for a conference of psychics, mediums, witches, palm readers, and others with paranormal powers. Was the killer one of the Folly Beach residents who didn't approve of the fortune tellers' visit or was it a fortune teller who had something against a colleague? Or, and more frightening, was Chris the intended victim? With the police stumped and his life possibly in danger, it was up to Chris and a few of his quirky friends to catch the killer. CROSSFIRE Chris Landrum answers an early morning call and the first words he hears from Charles Fowler are, "Called the police chief yet?" The retiree didn't have to be psychic to know nothing good was coming next. He learns an acquaintance has been murdered and according to the police, suspects are nowhere to be found, which, of course, leads Charles, a self-proclaimed private detective, to declare it was up to Chris and him to solve the crime. Their challenge doubles when a second murder occurs and the only thing the victims have in common are weekly poker games. Will Chris and Charles solve the crimes before they're added to the list of victims? They're betting their lives on it, and the odds are stacked against them.

Enigma House Press is honored to present a collection of three novels from the award-winning Folly Beach Mystery series by best-selling author Bill Noel, with two of the novels PRETTY PAPER and OVERKILL cowritten by award-winning author Angelica Cruz.PRETTY PAPER: A Folly Beach Christmas MysteryCoauthored with Angelica CruzThe theft of a valuable Rolex begins a series of burglaries casting a dark shadow on the Christmas season for Folly Beach, the small South Carolina barrier island. The number of suspects drastically increases when a group of performers arrives on Folly. Their leader claims the visit is to bring an upbeat message to the community while performing good deeds, but its arrival at the same time the burglaries begin is too coincidental to be overlooked.With the police spinning their wheels, it's up to retired bureaucrat Chris Landrum and Charles Fowler, a self-proclaimed private detective, to wade through potential suspects and catch the thief or thieves.ADRIFT: A Folly Beach MysteryThere are better ways for retiree Chris Landrum to begin his day than to listen to a traumatized friend Virgil DeBonnet telling him how he found a body with a knife sticking out his back in a small boat less than a half mile from Chris's cottage. Landrum's day on Folly Beach turns even darker when Virgil convinces him and his best friend Charles Fowler it was up to them to find the person who ended the man's life.The three friends twist, turn, and stumble their way among an increasing number of suspects. The amateur detectives think they have the murder solved until their prime suspect becomes a victim of the knife-wielding killer.OVERKILL: A Folly Beach Halloween MysteryCoauthored with Angelica CruzWith Halloween approaching, Chris Landrum would like nothing more than for his least favorite holiday to skip his adopted hometown of Folly Beach. The hopes of a quiet October drifts away on the tide when Chris's friend, Charles Fowler, stumbles upon the body of a curiously dressed woman with a hatchet firmly placed in her back.Along with a former successful stock market analyst and an obnoxious ex-Marine, Chris is dragged into helping Charles search for the killer. A masquerade party brings out a hodgepodge of suspects and potential victims, all hiding behind masks. The amateur detectives must find the killer or killers before the dreaded spooky holiday becomes their last.

With Halloween rapidly approaching, retired bureaucrat Chris Landrum would like nothing more than for his least favorite holiday to skip his adopted hometown of Folly Beach, South Carolina. The hopes of a quiet October drifts away on the tide when Chris's friend, Charles Fowler, stumbles upon the dead body of a curiously dressed woman with a hatchet firmly placed in her back.Along with a former successful stock market analyst, the keyword being former and an obnoxious ex-Marine, Chris is dragged into helping Charles search for the killer. A masquerade party unlike anything the beach town has seen brings out a hodgepodge of suspects and potential victims, all hiding behind masks. The amateur detectives must find the killer or killers before the dreaded spooky holiday becomes their last.

Welcome to another collection of three novels from the award-winning Folly Beach Mystery series by best-selling author Bill Noel, with SEA FPG cowritten by award-winning Angelica Cruz.TIPPING POINTA peaceful kayak trip through the marsh suddenly turns terrifying for Chris Landrum and his friend Charles Fowler when a single-engine airplane plummets toward their watercraft. After coming inches from certain death, the kayakers' heroic efforts save two of the plane's occupants but failed to save the other two passengers. Learning the pilot had been poisoned and three of the plane's passengers live on Folly Beach, Chris and Charles decide it's up to the two retirees to catch the killer.Chris and his cast of quirky characters are challenged to solve a crime before lives are lost, possibly their own.SEA FOGcoauthored with Angelica CruzHalloween is traditionally filled with ghosts, goblins, and ghouls but this year the holiday brings something more sinister to Folly Beach. The popular fall holiday has never been a favorite of retired bureaucrat Chris Landrum but that didn't stop his friend Charles Fowler from convincing him to tour a haunted house. In addition to being faced with the scary scenes that appear in most haunted houses, they stumble across a dead body.Stir into the cauldron a Wiccan family, a Christian minister, an egotistical dentist, a ghost-hunting couple, and a dog the size of a Fiat and you have the makings of a mystery that Chris and Charles must solve before their bodies are added into the haunted house.MOSQUITO BEACHAn early-morning phone call from a friend asking Chris Landrum if he'd heard anything about a skeleton discovered on Mosquito Beach, an African American enclave fewer than a handful of miles from Chris's home on Folly Beach, soon embroils Chris and a few of his friends into trying to solve a mystery dating back sixty plus years. Chris and his friend Charles's quest for answers takes on life or death proportions when two more of Chris's acquaintances are killed and his friend Al Washington is next in the killer's sights.A FOLLY BEACH MYSTERY COLLECTION IVAuthor BiosBill Noel is the best-selling author of twenty-four novels in the popular Folly Beach Mystery series. The award-winning novelist is also a fine arts photographer and lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, Susan, and his off-kilter imagination.Angelica Cruz is the award-winning coauthor of Sea Fog: A Folly Beach Halloween Mystery and Pretty Paper: A Folly Beach Christmas Mystery. Ms. Cruz lives near Elizabethtown, Kentucky, with her husband Hector, two dogs, a bird, two cats, and four chickens.

There were numerous better ways for retiree Chris Landrum to begin his day than to listen to a traumatized friend Virgil DeBonnet telling him how he found a body with a knife sticking out his back and floating in a small boat less than a half mile from Chris's cottage. Landrum's day on Folly Beach, the small barrier island in the shadows of Charleston, South Carolina, turns even darker when Virgil convinces him and his best friend and self-anointed private detective Charles Fowler that it was up to them to find the person who ended the man's life. The three friends twist, turn, and stumble their way among an increasing number of suspects including a former professional baseball player, the dead man's alleged partner in a con game, a wealthy businessman who'd fallen for the con, and more. The amateur detectives think they have the murder solved until their prime suspect becomes the second victim of the knife wielding killer. Unless they uncover the truth, and do it quickly, one of them will be the next murder victim.

On an early-morning walk through the nature preserve on the east end of Folly Beach on their way to photograph the iconic Morris Island Lighthouse, Chris Landrum and his friend Charles Fowler's peaceful morning takes an abrupt turn. They encounter a woman who tells them she got separated from her husband during a storm, then claims they'd been relic hunting. Her husband can't verify what he and his wife were doing. He's dead--murdered. With the horrific death on everyone's mind, Theo Stoll, another of Chris's friends learns his recently widowed daughter-in-law is moving to Folly saying she wants to be near her only living relative. But, what does the woman Theo has never met really want? A family connection or to con the wealthy retiree. Lies, contradictions, stories of ghosts, pirates, Civil War relics, and buried treasure, combine with no shortage of murder suspects to challenge Chris and his friends to solve the crime that's stumped the police. Not only solve it but solve it before more are killed.

Four aging comedians deliver anything but laughs when they descend upon Folly Beach, a small, laid-back barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina. Chris Landrum's introduction to the newcomers is when he averts disaster by escorting one of them out of the center of Folly's busiest street, a task made even more difficult since the jokester, wearing a long, wool coat over red swim trunks, and black patent leather shoes, is flailing a fishing rod at anything that moves, be it vehicle or human.In addition to the stranger not knowing why he's in the center of the street, he claims to have discovered a dead body at the beach. The problem is he can't remember if he saw it that day, the previous month, or perhaps four years earlier. Jokes, lies, secrets, dead bodies, several murder suspects, and danger follow the comics. It's up to retired bureaucrat Chris along with his cadre of quirky pals to sort out what's going on before some of them are added to the list of victims.

Chris Landrum and his friend Barbara Deanelli's search for shark teeth abruptly changes directions when they discover a woman at water's edge clinging to a surfboard. How she got there was a mystery-a mystery compounded when she doesn't remember her name, her past, or who abducted her and nearly sent her to her death in the mid-December waters off the coast of Folly Beach, South Carolina. Chris and a cadre of his quirky pals are determined to learn the woman's identity and what happened. Their search is interrupted when they, along with most everyone else on the small barrier island, halt their pre-Christmas plans to search for Pluto, Dude Sloan's beloved Australian terrier, that was nowhere to be found.Will Chris and his pals catch whoever initiated the attempt on the mystery woman's life before another try is made, and will Dude's beloved pet reappear in time for Christmas? Whoever said that retirement was to be a time of peace and relaxation never spent time with Chris and his friends.

For the first time, three novels in the award-winning Folly Beach Mystery series by best-selling author Bill Noel are presented in one box set. Enjoy: BONEYARD BEACH Chris Landrum's peaceful retirement on Folly Beach, South Carolina, is thrown into disarray when he learns that one of his friends is arrested for murdering a college student, and in the same week another close friend is the prime suspect in the murder of a man who had been blackmailing him. Chris and his cadre of quirky friends have to do what the police have been unable to do to bring the killers to justice. SILENT NIGHT A restful holiday season is all but forgotten as Chris gets involved as the theft of a priceless figurine from a church's nativity scene threatens to suck the spirit of Christmas out of Folly Beach. Chris is joined by his posse of pals to return the figurine to its rightful place in the heart of his Folly Beach community. DEAD CENTER Little can ruin a peaceful morning walk more than stumbling on the body of a killer for hire. Chris's friends are convinced they know who the hit man was sent to kill and ask him to stick his nose in business that should be left to the police. Once again, Chris is in the crosshairs of a murderer.