San Diego Private Investigator, Brig Ellis, is hired by a wealthy industrialist to help him acquire the final horse in a set of twelve palomino miniatures that once belonged to the last Emperor of China.

What begins as a seemingly reasonable assignment quickly morphs into something much more sinister. The intrepid gumshoe finds himself having to bargain with brigands, kibitz with kidnappers, clash with commies, and duel with a stone-cold assassin incapable of feeling pain.

All while navigating potentially deadly pitfalls instigated by his employer’s beautiful but enigmatic daughter. Conflict and danger increase at warp speed as Ellis tries to make sure this ill-fated job isn’t his last.

Private Investigator Brig Ellis is on his way to spread the ashes of a friend with whom he once soldiered. His nostalgic journey soon becomes a nightmare, however, when hideous murders occur and Ellis is labeled the prime suspect. The more information that comes to light, the more it looks as if the killings might have something to do with a military mission that went off the rails years ago. Soon, Ellis is on the run, trying to solve the mystery and stay out of the authorities’ clutches.

While the police are hot on his trail, his pursuit of the real killers takes Ellis not only across the country but deep into the past as well. What’s the connection between the mission that resulted in a night he’ll never be able to forget and the horror happening around him now? Could any of his former squad mates be involved? Are they even still alive? And if so, for how long? The clock is ticking and the bodies are falling as Ellis searches for answers.

In Hollywood, five people in the movie industry agree to participate in a devious and ingenious lottery to commit murder. The lottery is designed so that four of the five will have no way of knowing who the actual killer is. Their intended victim is Abel Dane, a brilliant but self-absorbed film director who has damaging material on all of them and is literally making each of their lives a living hell.

The lottery is completed. The murder committed. Time passes and it looks as if the crime will go unsolved. One policeman however, is not content to let this cold case freeze. He brings in his former military mate, San Diego Private Investigator Brig Ellis, to help.

Soon, multiple motives come to light. But just as soon, bodies start piling up.

Fool's Errand marks the debut of a contemporary gumshoe whose character traits are rooted firmly in the past. Brig Ellis is an ex-military and current private investigator based in San Diego, but willing to go wherever the assignment takes him. His card reads: Investigations, Security, Confidential Matters. However, this shamus is not shy about accepting work that might color outside the lines. And while most people agree that if you're smart, there are some jobs you just shouldn't take, Brig's point of view is, if you're smart, you're in another line of work.

A favor for a friend puts San Diego private investigator, Brig Ellis, in contact with a real knockout. But the first time they meet, the specter of larceny hangs in the air like the stale scent of a cheap cigar. Before Ellis can decide to make a pass or make tracks, thugs turn his office into a veritable junk yard.

Brig Ellis is a new age private investigator with old school values. When he gets a call from an old flame seeking protection for her husband, he agrees to help. Seems the hubby is an artist whose star is ascending. What Ellis doesn’t know, until he makes contact with the couple, is that the artist paints with the cremated ashes of human remains. And more than one individual is determined to stop him.

A young American, seeking escape from a tragic event, takes a job with an international conservation organization in the foreign port of Retiro de Santos. There, he becomes romantically involved with a local artist, and platonically involved with a young girl pursuing a better life.

Soon his environmental group is sabotaged, his coworker dies mysteriously, and his young friend is shanghaied. Finding himself on the wrong side of unjust laws, he must decide whether to act or abdicate responsibility.

As he teeters precariously on the edge of a decision, a raging storm barrels ashore to threaten everyone and everything in its path.

These stories take you into dark places and tight spaces. There is mayhem, even murder from time to time. There are also unfortunate decisions that can’t be unmade, honest mistakes that lead to dishonesty, realizations that come too late, and dues to be paid that come too soon. Throughout, the human comedy we call life is painted with the colors of love, hate, success, failure, jubilation, sorrow, and the lint in all our pockets, regret.

Southwest Texas, 1883. A Texas Ranger comes upon a horse that has been savagely beaten and killed. Soon he learns of the murder of another horse in a nearby town. Setting aside other duties, he commits to finding the killer. When a third horse is slain ritualistically, the Ranger vows to not only find the killer, but to stop him once and for all. This tale of one man’s obsession to unravel a mystery, leads to an arduous journey, a violent confrontation, a decision that can’t be unmade, and the everlasting weight of unintended consequences.

During World War II, three American soldiers are given shelter by a French woman. The next morning, she is found dead and the trio realize they were the only ones in the house. This is a novel of war and peace, crime and punishment, love and loss, and perhaps, hope. It is a saga of three men and the women they love. Who will survive the war? Who will unite with the love left behind? And who will be unmasked as the murderer on that fateful night at a farmhouse in the rain.

A successful advertising man embarks on a monumental bender and a particularly ill-conceived revenge. It’s a snafu that triggers an inexorable chain of life-changing events. The Blunder is a contemporary cautionary tale that makes each of us question whether we are captives or architects of that elusive thing called fate. And it reminds us that behind every smart man, a stupid one lies in wait.