Ted Haynes

Road rage or calculated slaughter? On a sunny morning in the resort community of Sunriver, who would turn a shotgun on a respectable older man driving a Mercedes? Deschutes County Sheriff's Detective, Carl Breuninger, is left with no witnesses, no motivation, no murder weapon, and no suspects.The victim's wife seeks guidance from her kindhearted art instructor, Leon Martinez. Leon has painted a watercolor of the crime scene, only to discover that he has connections to the victim, multiple suspects, and the murder weapon. A clue Leon does not even realize he has leads Breuninger to an ex-con who just might, in a devil's bargain, help Breuninger identify the shooter. As a forest fire rages through Sunriver, a ruthless killer threatens Leon, his wife, and his friends. Who lit the fire and will it destroy any chance of Breuninger nailing down justice?

When a star woman athlete dies ahead of Bend's famed Pole Pedal Paddle multi-sport race, Sheriff's Detective Carl Breuninger finds multiple suspects but no proof that the woman's death was murder. Sarah Chatham, the attorney the victim hired shortly before she died, believes the woman stole a fortune and ingeniously hid the money. Sarah and Carl help each other find the truth through intertwined investigations, interrupted by the gang-style execution of a prominent citizen during the race may or may not help explain the first death. The book combines fascinating mysteries, vivid characters, varied and exciting settings, and a surprising conclusion.

A murder mystery set in Central Oregon, starting with a murder committed in 1966 and ending with the murderer finally identified in 2018. The Mount Bachelor Murders features continuing characters from Suspects and The Mirror Pond Murders but can be fully enjoyed without reading the earlier books. When Erik Peterson is found buried in snow at the new Mt. Bachelor Ski Area, Sheriff's Detective Forest Connor cannot find or identify the young man Erik was skiing with, even with the dogged and sometimes annoying help of Erik's skiing pupil, Sally Paulsen. The adult Sally, now Sarah Chatham, finds the missing man and enlists Erik's grandson, Dan Martinez, to uncover the killer's motive, hidden in a foreign war records. Dan must simultaneously cope with the fallout of an attempted mass shooting. Are the old murder and the new shooting somehow connected?The third book in Ted Haynes' Northwest Murder Mystery series, The Mt. Bachelor Murders once again combines danger and suspense with vivid characters in a beautiful Central Oregon setting.