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Mathiya Adams
Full Series List in Order
A Crystal Cove Cozy Ghost Mystery
1 - The Ghost on the Stairs (Oct-2022)2 - The Ghost in the Ice House (Nov-2022)
3 - The Ghost in the Christmas Star (Dec-2022)
4 - The Ghost in the Vineyard (Mar-2023)
5 - The Ghost in the Garden (Sep-2023)
The Hot Dog Detective - A Denver Detective Cozy Mystery
1 - The Avid Angler (Dec-2014)2 - The Busty Ballbreaker (Mar-2015)
3 - The Crying Camper (Apr-2015)
4 - The Desperate Druggie (Jun-2015)
5 - The Eager Evangelist (Sep-2015)
6 - The Freaky Fan (Oct-2015)
7 - The Groping Gardener (Jan-2016)
8 - The Harried Hairdresser (Feb-2016)
9 - The Itchy Intruder (Mar-2016)
10 - The Jaded Jezebel (May-2016)
11 - The Kitchen Khemist (Jul-2017)
12 - The Lazy Lawyer (Jul-2017)
13 - The Morose Mistress (Jul-2017)
14 - The Naughty Neighbor (Aug-2017)
15 - The Obnoxious Oilman (Aug-2017)
16 - The Paranoid Patient (Nov-2017)
17 - The Quibbling Quartet (Jan-2018)
18 - The Remorseful Rafter (Jun-2018)
19 - The Strident Student (Aug-2018)
20 - The Truculent Trannie (Nov-2018)
21 - The Unselfish Uncle (Apr-2019)
22 - The Vacillating Vigilante (Dec-2019)
23 - The Wasted Womanizer (Jan-2022)
24 - The Xanthic Xena (Feb-2022)
25 - The Young Yogi (Mar-2022)
26 - The Zamboni Zealot (Apr-2022)
27 - The Absent Ally (Sep-2022)
27.5 - The Christmas Corpse (Nov-2022)
Book List in Order: 42 titles
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The Avid Angler
- Dec-2014
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Detective MacFarland -- "Mac" to his friends -- was kicked off the Denver police force for a variety of reasons, most of which came out of the mistrial of the man who murdered his wife. After a couple of years on the streets, MacFarland is getting b...
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The Busty Ballbreaker
- Mar-2015
- / Cozy Mystery
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Hot dog vendor Mark MacFarland â€" “Mac” to his friends â€" is suspicious when a young construction worker, Wanda Warren, approaches him with a tale of conspiracy, fraud, and murder. A friend of hers died in a tragic work accident, but she thinks...
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The Crying Camper
- Apr-2015
- / Cozy Mystery
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MacFarland knows what it’s like to live on the streets. Although he now has a place to live, he still keeps an eye out for the homeless community. He’s overjoyed when he learns that one of the “invisible people” he’s helped, Teena, a runawa...
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The Desperate Druggie
- Jun-2015
- / Cozy Mystery
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MacFarland is off to Mexico!MacFarland is old school when it comes to legalized marijuana. But when it comes to the daughter of the owner of legalized pot stores getting kidnapped, he is ready to run off to Mexico to rescue her. Unfortunately, rescui...
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The Eager Evangelist
- Sep-2015
- / Cozy Mystery
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A dose of religion! MacFarland’s sister-in-law wants to improve MacFarland’s life, and what better way to do that than to get him involved with a church? Not just any church…the Church of Blessed Grace which promises you not only spiritual happ...
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The Freaky Fan
- Oct-2015
- / Cozy Mystery
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Football is back!For those of us who enjoy seeing twenty-two huge muscular men mash it up on a large field, this time of year is a welcome one. Especially for those of us whose baseball team has not fared as well as we had hoped, the prospect of foot...
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The Groping Gardener
- Jan-2016
- / Cozy Mystery
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Tomas Aleciades has a big handicap. He’s nearly blind. That doesn’t stop him from doing what he most loves…gardening. What will stop him, though, is being accused of murder.MacFarland is asked by his good friend Jacinto Gomez to prove that Alec...
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The Harried Hairdresser
- Feb-2016
- / Cozy Mystery
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MacFarland knew in his heart that Scott Porter really was guilty…The problem was, he had promised his sister-in-law that he would find a way to prove the man innocent. All he had to do was find out who really killed the man's wife, Amanda. But as e...
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The Itchy Intruder
- Mar-2016
- / Cozy Mystery
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MacFarland doesn’t like it when one of the “invisible people” gets accused of a crime. Innocent or guilty, it doesn’t matter â€" the system is weighted against them. MacFarland becomes suspicious that the police have the wrong man when he lea...
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The Jaded Jezebel
- May-2016
- / Cozy Mystery
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Jessica Chamberlain has a problem. She's high on drugs and has blood all over her. The murder weapon has her prints and she's got gunshot residue on her hand. It's pretty clear to the Boulder Police what happened.When the Boulder Police arrest her fo...
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The Kitchen Khemist
- Jul-2017
- / Cozy Mystery
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Mark MacFarland, a former detective with the Denver Police Department, always knew that the Mile High City had a seamier side, but it had never been his particular playground. After all, despite its lurid reputation, Denver's kink community was relat...
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The Lazy Lawyer
- Jul-2017
- / Cozy Mystery
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Most of the time, Defense Attorney Jerry Baker asked MacFarland to find the evidence he needs to get one of his usually guilty clients a lesser sentence or even off the hook. Most of the time, MacFarland does so because he trusts Baker's judgment abo...
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The Morose Mistress
- Jul-2017
- / Cozy Mystery
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Mark MacFarland had no use for politics when he was homeless on the streets of Denver. Now that he is struggling to pull himself back into regular society, he still finds politics a necessary evil he'd rather avoid. But when his friend Jerry Baker as...
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The Naughty Neighbor
- Aug-2017
- / Cozy Mystery
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"Benny and I are going to continue our investigation in the murder we're working on," said Detective Pierson."She was murdered in her home? Were there any witnesses?""Oh," smiled Pierson, "I would say so. There were probably seventy thousand witnesse...
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The Obnoxious Oilman
- Aug-2017
- / Cozy Mystery
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When Neela Woods, a well-known international travel blogger goes missing, her family assumes she's just on another jaunt. But her partner suspects foul play, specifically the Obnoxious Oilman who the blogger has been dating.The stakes are high. Neela...
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The Paranoid Patient
- Nov-2017
- / Cozy Mystery
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When Rufus Headley's high school friend, now living in Los Angeles, is accused of murdering the doctor treating him for cancer, the decision for MacFarland to go to the City of Angels to defend him is easy. What is not easy for MacFarland is solving ...
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The Hot Dog Detective GHI Trilogy
- Dec-2017
- / Cozy Mystery
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Tomas Aleciades has a big handicap. He's nearly blind. That doesn't stop him from doing what he most loves…gardening. What will stop him, though, is being accused of murder. MacFarland is asked by his good friend Jacinto Gomez to prove th...
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The Quibbling Quartet
- Jan-2018
- / Cozy Mystery
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The New Caldonia Quartet always had problems getting along with each other. Arguments over what music to play, how to interpret it, who should get the most center stage time, even what costumes to wear plagued them ever since the four members came to...
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The Hot Dog Detective JKL Trilogy
- Feb-2018
- / Mystery
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About The Jaded Jezebel Rebellious teenagers, college frats, drug rings and hit and run drivers…MacFarland has to deal with all of it when he is asked by his former Commander to find the man's missing daughter. And of course MacFarland fi...
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The Remorseful Rafter
- Jun-2018
- / Cozy Mystery
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Gavin Lewis mourned the death of his best friend, Bruce Parker. But when it turned out that Parker was actually a terrorist bomber, Gavin himself comes under suspicion. Did Parker plan and execute the act of terrorism alone or did he have help from L...
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The Strident Student
- Aug-2018
- / Cozy Mystery
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Tommy Chow was about to graduate from the University of Denver. His parents and sister waited expectantly for him to appear on the stage to receive the diploma that would allow him to continue on to medical school and a worthy career as a doctor. But...
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The Truculent Trannie
- Nov-2018
- / Amateur Sleuth
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When one of MacFarland's friends asks him to prove that a man accused of murder is innocent, MacFarland reluctantly agrees. He tells her that he will go where the facts take him, but if that means that the man is guilty, so be it.But then MacFarland ...
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The Unselfish Uncle
- Apr-2019
- / Amateur Sleuth
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About The Unselfish UncleEveryone loved Ned Pendergast. He was personable, friendly, rich…and generous. Need money for a new house? Ask Ned. Need help with outstanding bills? Ned is always there, pen and checkbook in hand. Need someone to watch the...
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The Vacillating Vigilante
- Dec-2019
- / Cozy Mystery
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There's a vigilante on the loose. He's killing people who have escaped justice or are in the process of committing heinous crimes. Former Denver detective Mark MacFarland thinks the police are going after the wrong suspects, but he is as much in...
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The Wasted Womanizer
- Jan-2022
- / Cozy Mystery
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When Defense Lawyer Jerry Baker asked former Police Detective Mark MacFarland to help defend Anita Faraday, the wife of Tom Faraday, MacFarland thought proving her innocent would be a piece of cake. Tom had been the head of a polyamorous family, and ...
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The Xanthic Xena
- Feb-2022
- / Cozy Mystery
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TROLLING FOR MURDERNothing on the Internet is what it seems. The elusive, unknown person who uses the handle @XanthicXena is not really a mystery warrior princess, but is secretly Jacob Gold, a graduate student at the University of Colorado. He, alon...
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The Young Yogi
- Mar-2022
- / Cozy Mystery
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The case is simple, Mac, said Jerry Baker. My client, Brian Adams, is accused of killing someone. Who did he kill? asked Mark MacFarland. Jerry Baker, one of Denver's more prominent defense lawyers, looked over at MacFarland, a former Denve...
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The Zamboni Zealot
- Apr-2022
- / Cozy Mystery
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Young Tom Flannery thought he had it all. A great job helping out the Maintenance crews at the Pepsi Center—especially during hockey season, the best time of the year, a great girlfriend, a new car, and lots of money. But his good fortune comes...
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The Hot Dog Detective MNO Trilogy
- Jul-2022
- / Mystery
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About The Morose Mistress Mark MacFarland had no use for politics when he was homeless on the streets of Denver. Now that he is struggling to pull himself back into regular society, he still finds politics a necessary evil he'd rather avoid. But...
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The Absent Ally
- Sep-2022
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The last book and stunning conclusion of the Hot Dog Detective series! McFarland has finally got his life in order.Kicked his addiction and turned his life around? Check.New career as a Private Investigator? Check.And most importantly...The woma...
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The Ghost on the Stairs
- Oct-2022
- / Cozy Mystery
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Sally O'Brian didn't always see ghosts. But when she and her husband were murdered, she discovered that she wasn't allowed to pass on through the Pearly Gates. She miraculously recovered but her husband is only with her as a ghost. She has to fi...
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The Christmas Corpse
- Nov-2022
- / Thriller
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When Santa turns up dead in a Christmas Tree lot, things look bad for Christmas. Especially since the man playing Santa, who was working at the lot over the holidays, was a friend of MacFarland's from his homeless days. Someone is definitely not feel...
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The Ghost in the Ice House
- Nov-2022
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Sally O'Brian sees ghosts. Not because she wants to. But when someone tried to kill her and her husband, she discovered that while his time had come, hers had not. Now she was back in this plane of existence, but this time with a mis...
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The Ghost in the Christmas Star
- Dec-2022
- / Mystery
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All Sally O'Brian wants is a quiet Christmas. Yes, she wants to rent out her newly renovated and re-furnished Cliff House for the holiday season, but that goal is secondary to just spending some quiet family time with her daughter Jennifer, her son-i...
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The Seastead Girl
- Mar-2023
- / Science Fiction
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Sami leaves behind her whole life when her family moves to a seastead--an artificial island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.And the day she arrives, she overhears the hottest guy there secretly planning to oust her family from the island.But two c...
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The Ghost in the Vineyard
- Mar-2023
- / Cozy Mystery
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Before his death, Matthew O'Brian had a love of vineyards. His family owned a vineyard in Napa Valley, now run by Matt's sister Susan. So it was no surprise that Matt had helped his good friend Fred Ricci to purchase and establish a successful vineya...
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The Ghost in the Garden
- Sep-2023
- / Cozy Mystery
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Sally O'Brian is delighted when she is asked to help the children at the school where she had taught for most of her career to plant a vegetable garden. The portion of the school yard where the Principal wanted to place the garden was wasted space, a...
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The Ghost on the Pier
- Nov-2023
- / Police Procedural
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When Sally O'Brian is asked by her friend Alan Ripple to rid his boat of ghosts, she is caught off-guard. Of all people, she never expected Alan, a dedicated scientist and a no-nonsense kind of guy, to believe that she could see and talk to ghosts.Un...
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The Hot Dog Detective STU Trilogy
About The Strident Student Tommy Chow was about to graduate from the University of Denver. His parents and sister waited expectantly for him to appear on the stage to receive the diploma that would allow him to continue on to medical school and ...
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The Hot Dog Detective VWX Trilogy
About The Vacillating Vigilante There's a vigilante on the loose. He's killing people who have escaped justice or are in the process of committing heinous crimes. Former Denver detective Mark MacFarland thinks the police are going after th...
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The Hot Dog Detective YZAA Trilogy
The final novels of the Hot Dog Detective series! The intruder grunted in surprise as he missed his target. Despite the lack of light, he had an advantage over his intended victim. His vision had adapted to the dark room, whereas his victim was ...