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Having spent most of her time with her nose in a book, Chéri Vausé found it easy to make the transition from reader to writer after spending more than twenty-five years teaching theology. Of course, she still can be found reading when she's not writing or out walking with her husband and two dogs, Mulder and Scully, in the Texas countryside. It was a natural progression from teaching theology to writing Noir Mystery Thrillers. She says they have a lot in common. Both the Bible and her Crime Thrillers begin in the dark and end in light, with lots of twists and turns in the middle, tragedies and joys, and characters who jump from the pages to become your friend. Chéri is married to the great love of her life, the mother of two sets of twins (all born on the same day fourteen years apart) (well, that's another story), a grandmother of eight, and a willing vassal to her dogs, a Coydog (part Beagle and part Coyote), and a Great Pyrénées.

Special Agent in Charge, Grantham "Grant" Greene has become disillusioned with his job and his role within the FBI, despite being promoted due to his intuitive investigative skills. Working out of the Portland office, he's charged with leading the hunt for a bomber who seems to be targeting Women's clinics in Oregon and Washington. With pressures from his boss and his ambitious father, Grant becomes even more discouraged as he works his way through the mire of evidence. His discovery of the actions of a beautiful woman, who has supposedly committed suicide, leads him to believe that, alongside the bombings, he may also be investigating a murder. With the media second-guessing the case and the potential for a nationwide political scandal, Grant has just one weekend to uncover the identity of the bomber and find out the truth about the missing beauty and her connection with the crime. As he delves deeper, and tragedy strikes, Grant starts to question his views and wonder if it's possible to fall in love with someone you've never even met.

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Category: Romance; Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The first four years of the 1960s have been filled with tragedy and violence for Esther Charlemagne; divorce from her abusive, alcoholic husband, the death of her thirteen year-old son, the assassination of President Kennedy, and her battle with breast cancer. None of these events, however, have prepared her for the investigation of her life, into the circumstantial death of a talented young ballet dancer, killed in a mysterious fire. Teamed with her former partner on the New York City Police, Aiden "Mac" McManus, the case will be the first that their fledgling private investigation firm will take on, engaging all the skills learned while detectives on the elite homicide squad of the NYPD. Amid the deception and danger, Esther and Mac are thrown together and forced to face their own demons and their long-buried feelings for each other. "From the first page, The Night Shadow grabs you with instant fascination, as a serial killer’s work pulls you into this journey of intrigue, adding surprise at every turn. Just when you think you’ve solved the mystery, the author cleverly throws another curve. The story is rife with psychological elements, putting you inside each character’s mind, the motives for suspicious behaviors, misinformation, and murder. As the journey progresses, characters change their masks. Good? Bad? Innocent? Guilty? Suspense rises. And the story takes on new tones along the way. The road to discovery is traveled by two private investigators, former police officers, pursuing the crafty and illusive killer. Esther and Mac are in their familiar realm of activity, but now with more latitude to cut corners and surpass accepted methods of pursuit. They encounter many clues, lies, and dead ends, but are driven by any means to expose the devious killer and stop the seemingly senseless murders. As they attempt to unravel the pieces, their romantic relationship struggles to survive, each with their own inner pain to deal with. Esther’s over-involvement with the case becomes a reflection of her personal inner turmoil brought to the surface, and plays an important part in the ongoing turn of events. As the story unfolds, the author guides you from one character, one suspenseful event, one emotional experience to another¾and another¾and another, changing lives in the process. In places, the story seems to approach resolution, but then takes an unexpected turn, and the journey moves on. And everything might be a clue. But many clues are misleading, and you will finally be brought to a most astounding ending. In this book, the author presents a fascinating chain of events and, given the many characters involved, you will need to get to know them, for they will turn up again with meaning in the story. Final resolution on this intriguing journey will invite your re-assessment of where you’ve been, the clues, the surprises, the struggles, the emotional ups and downs you’ve experienced. And you will re-live much of it before you can put the book down. And you will feel very satisfied and gratified. A read you won’t forget." Marilyn Fowler, Author

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Just as Esther Charlemagne has discovered happiness with her partner and now husband, Aiden "Mac" McManus, a grisly killer from a murder case, which the couple worked five years earlier, in 1959, returns to threaten her. For their own protection, the FBI flies Esther and Mac, together with others involved in the case, to a remote safe house where Esther is forced to face what happened on that fateful day, five years ago. Although it's the last thing she wants to do, she finds herself recalling every detail of the case, as the US Attorney deposes each witness. Knowing that the murderer has unlimited resources and has vowed to kill his beloved Esther, Mac decides to leave his wife in the safe hands of the FBI and find the killer before he has a chance to reach her.

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

During a routine archaeological excavation in Israel, two archaeologists, a priest and his best friend, uncover an unusual map that leads to the Biblical burial cave of Abraham and Sarah. While on their expedition to locate the cave, antiquity thieves learn of their quest and relentlessly pursue the archaeologists, hoping to sell the famous bones on the black market for millions, maybe more. The thieves, who are willing to risk murder to secure the theft, are limited only by a determined FBI Agent, who is willing to risk his life to protect the archaeologists, and a young woman, who is being used by the thieves to gain information about their quest. What they all find in the cave is well beyond the historical and biblical discovery of the bodies. What they find changes their lives and the lives of all mankind, forever.Chéri Vausé has been a teacher of Theology for over twenty years, and has used the Catholic Ladder, a biblical timeline developed by the Jesuit missionary priests to convert the American Indian, as the structure for her three-pronged approach to Christian theology. This three-pronged approach is based on the Talmud, the Kabbala, and the Scriptures, especially the Torah. Presently, Chéri lives on a small ranch near the historic town of Sequin, Texas with her beloved husband and a coydog named Scully. She is not a native Texan, but she got there as soon as she could.

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense