Quirky Tales from the Caribbean Books In Publication Order
- Ode to a Fish Sandwich (2013)
- Our Island Inn (2014)
- Death of a Day-Tripper (2016)
Mystery in the Islands Books In Publication Order
- Adrift on St. John (2012)
- Afoot on St. Croix (2013)
- Aground on St. Thomas (2014)
The Cats and Curios Mystery Books In Publication Order
- How to Wash a Cat (2008)
- Nine Lives Last Forever (2010)
- How to Moon a Cat (2011)
- How to Tail a Cat (2012)
- How to Paint a Cat (2014)
- How to Catch a Cat (2015)
Quirky Tales from the Caribbean Book Covers
Mystery in the Islands Book Covers
The Cats and Curios Mystery Book Covers
Rebecca M. Hale Books Overview
Adrift on St. John
No one knows better than resort manager Pen Hofstra that the idea of a tropical paradise is an illusion. So when a young woman named Hannah Sheridan disappears off the island of St. John, she is not surprised that all is not what it seems to be. Pointing out Hannah’s resemblance to the Amina Slave Princess from the 1733 slave revolt on St. John whose ghost is rumored to haunt the island the local community quickly latches on to the belief that her spirit is behind the sinking and the disappearance…
How to Wash a Cat
Set in modern day San Francisco the tale of a Gold Rush legend, a pair of tulip shaped cufflinks, an enigmatic uncle, a persistently obnoxious neighbor, an inartfully stuffed kangaroo, and, of course, the washing of a cat…
From the inside cover: ‘San Francisco has always been a beacon for second, third, and fourth chancers.’ That’s what my Uncle Oscar used to say. ‘There’s nothing here to hold you back. You can do or become whatever or whoever you want.’ Oscar owned a small antique shop called the Green Vase, here, in San Francisco. His specialty was Gold Rush history. He’d acquired an extensive collection of artifacts from that time period, mostly due to his network of contacts in the construction industry. You see, after the discovery of gold back in the spring of 1848, hordes of gold seeking mas*ses crammed themselves onto every ship heading towards San Francisco. As soon as the city was in sight, passengers and sailors alike jumped off and ran for the Sierra gold fields. There was no one left to unload the cargo, much less sail the ships on to their next destination. As the rapidly expanding city crawled out into the bay on a foundation of hastily constructed landfill, many of these rotting and abandoned ships were sunk in their moorings, drifting down into a man made sediment of ship hulls, sand scraped off of nearby dunes, and anything else the residents of this growing shoreline wished to get rid of. Downtown San Francisco is once again experiencing a building boom. As each new high rise office building sinks its roots down into this landfill debris, many long discarded items from the Gold Rush Era are being disgorged. Most of these relics were tossed into the mire as unwanted trash, but every now and then an item of far greater historical significance is uncovered. Thanks to his construction industry contacts, Oscar was always the first on the scene. I recently inherited the Green Vase after Oscar’s sudden death from an apparent stroke. As I began to sift through the contents of his store, I couldn’t shake my suspicions about Oscar’s death and that it might be related to something he unearthed about the last Gold Rush legend he’d been investigating. It wasn’t long before I realized that there was a lot I didn t know about my Uncle Oscar. Danger can sneak up on you, especially when you’re not looking for it. Sometimes it helps to know How to Wash a Cat.
Nine Lives Last Forever
From the author of How to Wash a Cat an all new kitty caper! When frogs begin appearing in the antiques shop Rebecca has inherited from Uncle Oscar, her cats Rupert and Isabella instantly give chase. But why are frogs also turning up in San Francisco’s City Hall building? And what does her late uncle’s mysterious note to ‘follow the frogs’ mean? Soon Rebecca is caught up in the chase herself, along with a crazy crew of her uncle’s oddball friends as well as his oldest enemy. With rumors of hidden gold, political conspiracies, faked deaths, and cold blooded betrayal in the air, she has to try hard not to leap to any conclusions until she and her kitties can uncover the truth, warts and all…
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