Jimmy Beard: 3 books

Grady Pruunes is rewarded for his tenacity solving the murders in St. Steven, and promoted to County Detective. He is soon involved with a kidnapping and the hit and run murder of a young boy, and the US. Marshal from Charleston wants help tracking a most wanted fugitive. This leads to another kidnapping...

Can a teen boy overcome the obvious obstacles involved with puberty? Even if coming of age means dealing with poverty, social issues, and the advances of a pedophile. What if it means being kidnapped and the target of a ruthless killer, or if it means a broken home? Young Jamey Hart finds comfort...

Even before young Jamey Hart moves to Saint Steven, a murderer is hard at work. He is a rich and powerful man and discovers an affair between his wife and his best friend. He consults a local witch and they carefully plan their two murders which he executes. Both appear to be accidents to everyone...