Sunrise City Books
Cole Ballinger is a retired Fort Pierce police detective and the owner of The Breakwater Bar and Grill. Cole has spent the last ten years doing his best to avoid contact with his ex-wife, but that’s easier said than done when she lives in the same town and they have 3 children together. Now Cole’s ex has asked for a favor: look into the violent murder of an old acquaintance.
Retired Fort Pierce police detective and beach bar owner, Cole Ballinger returns in From Bad to Worse: Sunrise City 2. In this latest installment, Cole is asked by a single mother to look into the disappearance of her only child. Join Cole as he pieces together the clues and quickly discovers why she called him for help and not the police.
Herb Bean watches a lot of television, mostly cop shows and Forensic Files. Now his wife has disappeared without a trace. Herb knows the husband is always the prime suspect. Where do you turn when you are afraid to turn to the police?Never Strikes Twice is the third book in the Sunrise City Series. In this newest installment, Retired Police Detective Cole Ballinger, along with his buddy Kelly Morgan, searches for a fellow businessman’s missing wife.
On a hot and humid morning in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, two joggers find the body of twenty-three-year-old Kimberly Levesque. Her lifeless body had been dumped a few feet off the running path, under a bottle palm, the night before. Witnesses saw the car of the man who killed her and wrote down his license plate number. Open and shut case, or so it looks.Cole Ballinger returns in Scapegoats, the fifth installment in the Sunrise City Series. Join Cole as he teams up with two unlikely wannabes from Jensen Beach. Will his new friends be a help, or more of a hindrance? Find out in the pages of this action packed mystery.
Laurie Montgomery is the owner of The Mystic Journey Gift Shop, a Wicca, Pagan, and occult supply store. She also runs a local death cafe in the back of her shop. Now, the members of her group are dropping one by one. Is she to blame? Where does she turn? Who does she turn to? Cole Ballinger returns in Sunrise City 4: Dig Two Graves. Ride along with Cole and friends in this action packed tale of lies and betrayal.
Who's Terrance Radcliff? That's exactly what Cole Ballinger was wondering when he read the newspaper headline. Local Family Disappears, it said. He knew the name sounded familiar, but from where? When two high school boys—brothers—and their parents vanish, Cole feels he may be to blame. With nothing taken from the home, and no sign of a struggle, Cole must piece together a timeline leading up to the family's disappearance.
Cole Ballinger returns in The Other Brother, the seventh book in the Sunrise City Series. This latest adventure picks up where Fernandia Beach Mystery, Constant Maintenance, left off. Cole investigates the dissappearance of a young woman who hasn’t been seen since New Year’s Eve. Join Cole and Leon as they piece together the clues that take them from one likely suspect to another.