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John Scherber
Full Series List in Order
Murder in Mexico
1 - Twenty Centavos (Jul-2010)2 - The Fifth Codex (Sep-2010)
3 - Brushwork (Feb-2011)
4 - Daddy's Girl (Apr-2011)
5 - Strike Zone (Jun-2011)
6 - Vanishing Act (Jul-2011)
7 - Jack and Jill (Oct-2011)
8 - Identity Crisis (May-2012)
9 - The Theft of the Virgin (Jul-2012)
10 - The Book Doctor (Nov-2012)
11 - The Predator (Aug-2013)
12 - THE Girl From Veracruz (May-2014)
13 - Angel Face (Jul-2015)
14 - Uneasy Rider (Dec-2015)
15 - Lost in Chiapas (Jan-2016)
16 - The Jericho Journals (Jul-2016)
17 - Noble Rot (Nov-2016)
18 - Twilight at Tikal (Jul-2017)
19 - Death in the Third Act (Oct-2017)
The Townshend Vampire Trilogy
1 - And Dark My Desire (Oct-2011)2 - And Darker My Wrath (Oct-2011)
Book List in Order: 25 titles
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Twenty Centavos
- Jul-2010
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Twenty Centavos, A Mystery Set in San Miguel de Allende.
TWENTY CENTAVOS
A new book by John Scherber
Does an artist really see things differently?
Painter Paul Zacher, preparing for a gallery show in the Yucatan, is unwil... -
The Fifth Codex
- Sep-2010
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About John Scherber
John Scherber, a Minnesota native, has been a theater critic, film critic, cabinet maker, portrait painter, landscape painter, stock broker, editor, stock market trader and house restorer. He is, by some accounts, a renaiss... -
Daddy's Girl
- Apr-2011
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A woman from Paul Zacher's past is found murdered
When a young former madame is murdered and her body left in a sexually posed position, the San Miguel police quickly discover a connection to Paul Zacher. While he’s not eager to talk abo...
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Strike Zone
- Jun-2011
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STRIKE ZONEWhen the Federales discover that wealthy San Miguel resident Barbara Watt has the legendary fifth Mayan codex, they offer her a deal. Give it up, or we’ll hound you through the courts for the rest of your life. When she comes up with an ...
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Vanishing Act
- Jul-2011
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In VANISHING ACT the Zacher Agency is pulled out of Mexico to investigate the disappearance of Cody’s nephew, Peter Welsh, a year after the mysterious death of his wife. When they arrive, they find his house burned to the ground. They follow his tr...
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The Devil's Workshop
- Aug-2011
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THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP An investment advisor falls 27 floors to his death in St. Paul. An auxiliary bishop is strangled in Houston. An art gallery owner dies in Santa Fe in the middle of the night. Their only link is an obscure painter living undergrou...
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And Dark My Desire
- Oct-2011
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AND DARK MY DESIREVampire Monty Townshend has been unable to get out of his coffin for seventy-seven years. When he’s suddenly unearthed by highway excavation, he sets about making up for lost time. But 1934, when he was last out and about, was a d...
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And Darker My Wrath
- Oct-2011
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AND DARKER MY WRATHAfter only five months in his coffin, Monty Townshend is back, and he’s mad. Fortunately, he’s just in time to attend the wedding of the delectable Jennifer Martin, his dream girl, who has never forgotten him. Can her marriage ...
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Jack and Jill
- Oct-2011
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JACK AND JILLIt’s all uphill and getting steeper in Jack and Jill’s marriage, until Jack discovers an easy way out. He’ll simply have her eliminated while he’s gone on a business trip. It’s not that he’s a bad guy; anyone can have a singl...
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Identity Crisis
- May-2012
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IDENTITY CRISISIt’s a backwards kind of case for the Paul Zacher Agency. Naming the culprit is easy, but what is the crime? And why is Paul’s old nemesis, Antonio Trujillo (Brushwork) on the streets again? Life was so much simpler without him.Whe...
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The Theft of the Virgin
- Jul-2012
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THE THEFT OF THE VIRGIN When Paul Zacher finds a genuine old master's painting hanging in an exhibit of great fakes, it can only mean one thing: the fake must be hanging in place of the real one he's seeing. Is this a new way of transporting stolen m...
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The Amarna Heresy
- Feb-2013
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THE AMARNA HERESYThree archaeology grad students and their professor sidestep a riot in Cairo to arrive in el Amarna, the ancient capital of the Pharaoh Akhenaten for a routine dig. Sorting through mounds of limestone chips, they discover an intact r...
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The Predator
- Aug-2013
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THE PREDATORThe Zacher Agency is summoned to the Yucatán to find and explore the mysterious Mound 31. Is it really a Mayan pyramid? What they find was not only a burial deep in the jungle, but the tomb itself held an object that could throw the hist...
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THE Girl From Veracruz
- May-2014
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THE GIRL FROM VERACRUZWhen the San Miguel Police are paralyzed by the grip of powerful pressure from behind the scenes, the Paul Zacher Agency is launched on a trail of human trafficking that reaches into one of the city’s most posh neighborhoods. ...
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Angel Face
- Jul-2015
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Caught between the Vatican and Big Money
Religion comes calling at the Paul Zacher Agency when long-dead teen movie star Claudia Arango makes an unexpected comeback as México’s newest saint. To avoid becoming a laughingstock, the City o...
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Beyond Terrorism
- Dec-2015
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BEYOND TERRORISM: SURVIVALThe Next ISIS Plot: Â Find out what's next for the ISIS army of terror in this fictional account of what could be the next ISIS plot. Has the attack in San Bernardino left you wondering what could be the next round? In a bio...
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Uneasy Rider
- Dec-2015
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UNEASY RIDERRunning neck and neck with spirited horses, passionate women, grandiose ranches and outsize egos, the Paul Zacher Agency takes on a killer in the San Miguel equestrian community. Nothing is quite the way it seems as they race for a soluti...
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Lost in Chiapas
- Jan-2016
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LOST IN CHIAPAS A young Minnesota woman travels to the extremes of southern México in search of a cult to join. High in the cloud forest of the rebellious state of Chiapas, she is surrounded by the Zapatistas in their autonomous zones, an area aband...
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The Jericho Journals
- Jul-2016
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THE JERICHO JOURNALS The eccentric San Miguel painter, Edward Jericho, is known for his unannounced absences, but usually he cleans his brushes before he leaves. It would be so like him to be off in search of one of the great lost artifacts of wester...
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Twilight at Tikal
- Jul-2017
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A call for help on a missing person case brings the Paul Zacher Agency down to the untamed jungles of Guatemala. Is it a kidnapping? And what is the true story behind a missing jade burial mask? Because even among the pyramids of the ancient tropi...
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Death in the Third Act
- Oct-2017
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DEATH IN THE THIRD ACT
A young actress is murdered onstage on opening night of a new play. There’s no need to call the Paul Zacher Agencyâ€"â€"they’re all sitting in the front row. But is witnessing the shooting going to be any help in s...
