J. E. Terrall

To look at Kandace Clarke, one would never know that she was blind. She stood tall and straight and carried herself well. Many men had admired her figure, the smoothness of here complexion and the soft shine of her shoulder length hair. Her Seeing Eye Dog, Chester, would guide her safely across the streets and along the sidewalks. The two of them moved as one, except for today. Kandance was found burised and beaten by muggers on the street of the Old Town District of Fort Collins by Lieutenant Jason Barrett, a detective on the Fort Collins Police Department. Chester had been seriously injured when he tried to protect his master. The search for Kandace's attackers led Jason to the back alleys of Fort Collins where he came upon an old woman who had found Kandace's briefcase. The clues Jason gathered led him to a run-down bar that had been used as a hideout by one of the muggers. When it was discovered that the muggers were trying to find Kandace to kill her so she could not identify them, Jason hid Kandace in his apartment. During this time with her in his protection, he came to see clearly the strength of this courageous woman

Lora Winters had caught her boyfriend having an affair with his secretary. In an effort to get away from him and think about their relationship, she headed for her grandfather's ranch in the foothills above Denver. With tears in her eyes and wet roads, she lost control of her car on a curve and slid into a canyon.Mark Howard found Lora lying under a tree next to his driveway. She was cold, wet and injured. He took her to his ranch house and cared for her until she could be taken to a hospital. He was fascinated by her and started visiting her in the hospital, but the timing was bad. Mark was ending a relationship with a woman when he found Lora.Mark's ex-girlfriend didn't take rejection very well causing him trouble. And Lora's ex-boyfriend didn't want to let her go. The problems both of them were having with their ex's caused problems between Mark and Lora, preventing them from developing a romantic relationship for themselves. But love overcomes all obstacles, eventually.

The brutally tortured body of a young man was found in the old Jasper Quarry which had been closed for two decades. Deputy Bill Sparks of the Pennington County Sheriff's Office was called to investigate. Bill's investigation leads to several suspects.In his search for the killer, he discovers a military explosives container hidden in the quarry. He also finds a controversial lapel pin near the container. The numbers on the container lead him to the Rapid City Air Force Base for help in discovering where the container came from, and what it contained.Before Deputy Sparks can determine what is going on, and who is involved, a local campground owner is murdered. A search of the victim's home and the buildings in the campground revealed some disturbing items that helped Bill discover the murderer of both men, and what was really happening in the backcountry.Murder in the Backcountry is a mystery that takes place in 1948.

The Story Of Joshua Higgins is the story of a young man who seeks to build a life for himself in a new land. Although it is told as the story of one man and what he encountered over the years in the land that became known as the Dakota Territory, and later South Dakota, it is really a collection of stories of many men and their conflicts with nature and the other dangers they faced on the Frontier. Each chapter is almost a story in and of itself of the conflicts those men faced in their quest for a future in the Frontier. Although this story is fiction, it shows what it took for those men of adventure to make their way in the wilderness. In the early days, most of these men were frontiersmen, some of them eventually became ranchers and farmers who settled down and made homes for their families. It is also the story of some of the things that helped shape the men of the Frontier and helped our country grow into the great country it is today.

Peter Blackstone, a Denver Private Investigator, received a phone call from Josh Garrett, a man he knew in college. Josh asked Peter if he would meet him at a caf in downtown Denver. He didn't say why he wanted to meet Peter; but Peter thought there was something wrong. When Peter arrived at the caf , there were police at the caf , and a gurney was being wheeled out of the caf with someone on it. He was told that Josh had been shot and taken to a local hospital. Peter rushed to the hospital where he found Josh had been taken to surgery. Although the surgery was successful and Josh was expected to recover, he died during the night. It was discovered that Josh had been murdered while in the recovery room. Peter decided to investigate Josh's murder. It wasn't long before he discovered there was much more to it than the death of Josh. His investigation led to Dillon, Colorado, the wooded foothills of Denver, and to some very dangerous people who didn't like him investigating Josh's death. Murder in the Dark of Night is the fourth Peter Blackstone Mystery in the series.

The Return Home is the story of two high school sweethearts who return to their home town after twenty-five years. Mary Weston returned from Peru to settle her grandmother's estate. In her first weeks in her grandmother's house, she is shaken by someone watching her, leaving notes on her door, and scaring her. When John Blake found himself alone, he returned to visit old friends.They were reunited at a Class Reunion. Everything should have been perfect, and it was except for the one person, Mike Flanders. Mike was a lonely man with mental problems that had gotten worse over the years. He had always felt that he was in love with Mary, even though she was afraid of him. What should have been a time of happiness, and a joyful reunion for them, quickly turned into a time of terror, fear and violence.The Return Home takes place in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in and around the historic district of Depot Town. The Thompson Building had been a military barracks during the Civil War.

Matt Steward boarded his small twin engine plane for the flight back to his home town. He had just closed a deal that would keep his aviation parts company business going for a few more years. It wasn't long into his flight when he suddenly found himself in the middle of a heavy thunderstorm. The storm disabled his plane and he crashed into the dense forests of the Allegheny Mountains on the West Virginia side. When he finally came around he found himself in a strange place with people he didn't know. In fact, he didn't know who he was, or how he had gotten there. Becky McCullen and her father had rescued Matt from his plane and took him in. The longer he was there, the more Becky wanted him to stay.Return to Me is a love story. Matt, who literally fell out of the sky, and Becky, whose arms he fell into. It is the story of how they fell in love with each other and how they overcame great difficulties in order to make their love for each other last a life time.

Marcie Roberts was a well known country western singer. For the past four years, she had been doing the same thing every night, night after night. She would be in one city one night, and another the next. There was never any time to see the city, go shopping or to visit the sights of the towns where she performed. There were a dozen people she knew in the crew, but they were all too busy to spend time with her. A stagehands reminded her not to go far because they needed to do sound tests, but she ignored him. She simply walked toward the big overhead doors in the back of the arena. Stepping out the back door of the large arena and looked out over the huge parking lot. It was just begin¬ning to snow. She did not know what she was looking for, but there had to be something interest¬ing out there. Something that would make her feel alive again. Sing For Me takes place in 1995 in the city of Denver when the McNichol's area and the Denver Mile High Stadium were located next to each other.

Gray clouds hung low over the city after a brief shower, and there was a chill in the air. Having just turned sixteen, Susan Farnsworth gathered her meager belongings then stepped out into a world that was unfamiliar to her. Standing in front of the orphanage, it frightened her to know that she could not simply turn around and go back inside, and for the first time she was alone. With few options and little hope, she became a mail order bride with the help of a friend. After a year of writing back and forth to a man who lived in the Black Hills in the Dakota Territory, she agreed to marry and become Mrs. Jacob McDonald. She then traveled west to join him. Shortly after their marriage, Jacob was murdered by a rancher who wanted the valley where their ranch was located. Having no place to go, Susan refused to leave the only place she could call home. There was little hope of keeping the valley ranch until a stranger showed up in front of her cabin. The Valley Ranch War is the story of a young woman, how she became a mail order bride and the trials she endured before true happiness came into her life.

Conflict in Elkhorn Valley is the story of one man's fight to keep the ranch he had worked hard to build in Elkhorn Valley in Montana. Sam Willard had spent years building up his ranch only to have a couple of his neighbors try to take it away from him. A long drought had been plaguing the entire valley and was causing the ranchers to become angry with their neighbors simply because one rancher had more water than another. Some of the ranchers were even blaming other ranchers for their problems. Sam Willard, with the largest ranch in the valley, took the brunt of their anger. Sam was accused of hoarding water by damming up the river and creeks that ran through his property. Things escalated when Sam was shot at on his front porch, and one of his ranch hands was murdered. Someone wanted his ranch and had every intention of getting it. Thing were about to explode into a full blown range war. Knowing that no one wins a range war, Sam had to do something to stop it.

Tales from the Territory are stories about what it took to tame the land that is now known as South Dakota. The Dakota Territory was formed on March 2, 1861 about six weeks before the Civil War began. It remained a territory until November 2, 1889 when it was split into North Dakota and South Dakota. The stories show the strength of it settlers and of those who chose to make a home there. There are stories of the men and women who did what was necessary to make it a safe place to raise a family. There are stories of those who same to the territory to seek their fortune, and of those who simply wanted more than they had back east. It tells of lawmen who struggled to bring law and order to the land. There is a story of a mail-order bride who found happiness in spite of her fears to move west to marry a man she had never met. The stories in Tales from the Territory are fictional, but show whatit took to make a new life to themselves in a wild and open land. the book is one of several short story books by J.E. Terrall about the taming of the west.

In the west, during the mid to late eighteen hundred when settlers moved out across the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to make a new life for themselves. Law and order were often slow in coming to the settlements and towns that sprung up on the prairie and in the western mountains. Frontier Justice is a collection of western short stories about how justice was dispensed during those days when lawmen, judges, and courts were not always available. There are stories of citizens dispensing justice in the only way they knew. In one story a man attempts to bring law to a small town that had no one to enforce it. Since law officers were often limited to the town or county they served, bounty hunters often chased down the outlaws where other lawmen could not or would not go. The use of a bounty on the heads of the outlaws made the practice worth it as many criminals were captured by the bounty hunter.Although the stories in Frontier Justice are fictional, they show what it took to bring law and order to the frontier. This book is one of several books of short stories by J.E. Terrall about the taming of the West.

Private Investigator, Nick McCord, receives a call from a well known New York City antique dealer by the name of Neil Cox. He wants Nick to find his missing son. Nick discovers Neil's son, William, has been missing for five years. He explains the difficulties in finding someone who has been missing for so long. Neil insists he will pay whatever it costs to find his son.Nick discusses Neil's request with Monica, Nick's wife and partner. They decide to investigate the disappearance. They go to Neil's home on Long Island and find Neil has stacks of reports from several PIs that Neil had hired and fired.The deeper they get into the case, the more they wonder what is really going on. There are a lot of secrets in the Cox family. Nick and Monica begin to realize they need to uncover the secrets if they are to find William.As they slowly uncover the family secrets, they finally find out where William is and where he has been for the past five years.Secrets Can Get You Killed is the sixth in the series of Nick McCord Mysteries.

Marcie Roberts was a well known country western singer. For the past four years, she had been doing the same thing every night, night after night. She would be in one city one night, and another the next. There was never any time to see the city, go shopping or to visit the sights of the towns where she performed. There were a dozen people she knew in the crew, but they were all too busy to spend time with her. A stagehands reminded her not to go far because they needed to do sound tests, but she ignored him. She simply walked toward the big overhead doors in the back of the arena. Stepping out the back door of the large arena and looked out over the huge parking lot. It was just beginning to snow. She did not know what she was looking for, but there had to be something interesting out there. Something that would make her feel alive again. Sing For Me takes place in 1995 in the city of Denver when the McNichol's area and the Denver Mile High Stadium were located next to each other.

Private Investigator, Nick McCord, suggested that he and Monica Barnhart, his girlfriend, get married on a Great Lake Cruise ship. She was excited by the idea and asked her best friend, Pamela Pierce, to be her Maid of Honor. Nick asked Tom Walker, a long time friend, to be his Best Man. They were all looking forward to a great time.Everything was going well until a man was brutally murdered on the ship. Captain Klausen knew Nick was a detective and dragged Nick into the investigation of the man's death. The victim was not the man the cabin was registered to, and the man it was registered to was not on the ship. Several pieces of jewelry had been stolen from a museum and were found at the murder scene. While Nick was trying to find out the identity of the victim and how the jewelry got on the ship when another man was murdered. As the investigation progressed, Nick suddenly found himself looking for an old adversary. Death on the Lakes is the fifth in the series of Nick McCord Mysteries.

Lora Winters caught her boyfriend having an affair with his secretary. In and effort to get away from him and think about their relationship, she headed for her grandfather's ranch in the foothills above Denver. With wet roads from an evening shower, rain on her windshield, and tears in her eyes, she lost control of her car on a curve and slid into a canyon.Mark Howard found Lora lying under a tree next to his driveway. She was cold, wet and injured. He took her to his ranch house and cared for her until she could be taken to a hospital. He was fascinated by her and started visiting her in the hospital, but the timing was bad. Mark was ending a relationship with a woman when he found Lora.Mark's ex-girlfriend didn't take rejection very well causing him trouble. And Lora's ex-boyfriend didn't want to let her go. The problems both of them were having with their ex's caused problems between Mark and Lora, preventing them from developing a romantic relationship for themselves. But love overcomes all obstacles, eventurally