The Adventures of Ace Carroway Series

When the Great War breaks out, Cecilia Carroway lies about her age and enlists as a pilot. She earns her Ace nickname, but she’s shot down behind enemy lines and imprisoned. She meets motley fellow prisoners Quack, Bert, Sam, Tombstone, and Gooper and enlists their help to break out. Escape is hard enough, but Ace won’t go without sabotaging the enemy’s war machine. Add in Minister of Technology Darko Dor’s plan to kidnap Ace, and Ace Carroway’s chances of survival drop to zero. So. About average. Cliffhangers. Airships. 1920s. Fistfights. Female protagonist kicking bottom. Quirky multinational sidekicks. Clipped sentences. Outrageous accents. Dogfights. Daring escapes. Pole vaulting. And remember, when climbing to altitude, chew gum. Ace Carroway and the Great War is the first in the Ace Carroway adventure novella series.

In 1921, in the quiet seaside town of Hyannis, shipbuilder Grant Carroway dies in a hail of bullets. Cynical cop Drew Lucy investigates the case.  When Grant's know-it-all daughter Cecilia barges into the crime scene, Lucy puts her at the top of the suspect list. Nine times out of ten, murder's a family affair. Pilot Cecilia "Ace" Carroway thinks the hit was masterminded by a Great War tyrant she remembers killing. Is the shadowy Darko Dor still alive? It sounds farfetched to Drew Lucy until he finds himself dodging bullets and grenades. He'd better get wise quick, or somebody else is going to die. Buy this book if you like: Narrow escapes. 1920s slang. Cool female pilots. Noir detectives. Murder investigations. Explosions. Clipped sentences. Hired thugs. Jazz.   Novella #2 in the Adventures of Ace Carroway series.

From expertly landing a fighter plane to captivating audiences with a piano solo to setting a broken bone, there's little that mystery woman Ace Carroway can't do. At her startup detective agency, she and her motley crew of associates await their next case.   They don't have long to wait. Their newest mystery promenades through the door in the svelte shape of a Broadway actress. She hires them to recover her stolen painting. Straightforward? No. The thespian is kidnapped just as a chilling, unearthly growl reverberates through the air. When the eerie snarl rips through the air again, it signals a gas attack. Again, and this time it's murder.   It's abundantly clear that asking questions is liable to end in death. Ace must find the painting, save the actress, and figure out what the ominous growling means, all before she gets shot full of daylight. Things look mighty grim for the maverick heroine. Can she come out on top this time?   Of course not. It's impossible.   But then again, the impossible is what Ace Carroway does best.   This book contains: Gas grenades. Tramp steamers. Tommy guns. A 1920 Pierce-Arrow sedan. A tobacco pipe from Borneo. Clipped sentences. A lab rat. Carnivorous ants. Mrs. Figgins. Mercenaries. Lava. Clever disguises. Lies. A thick wad of folding green. Blood.    Ace Carroway and the Growling Death is fourth in the Adventures of Ace Carroway novella series. Content rating: teen.

Crack detective, inventor, and woman of mystery Ace Carroway's next case turns personal when one of her associates goes missing. It's summer solstice at Stonehenge, 1922. Archaeologist Sam Biming keeps a midnight vigil to make sure none of the tourists trip into his dig site. A horrible scream rips through the air: the sound of sudden, excruciating death. The crimson splashes on the heel stone tell of grisly bloodletting. But no slashed body lies among the rays of bloodspatter, only a mysterious, solid gold ankh.  The ankh comes from ancient Egypt, but crafted recently. Sam chases the paradox, to his undoing. By the time Ace arrives, Sam has vanished. Clues point to a secretive order of jester-assassins. But these assassins served the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and should have disappeared three thousand years ago. Should have.  To  rescue Sam, Ace must unravel the most bizarre set of clues she's ever encountered, across three thousand miles of travel and three thousand years of time. It's a puzzle to stymie even Ace's formidable intellect.  Solve it she must, but if she does, one thing is clear. Assassins lie in wait at the end. This book contains: Stonehenge. The British Museum. The mighty Nile. Hippopotamus. A knife of solid gold. The secret guardians of darkness. A diamond necklace tossed contemptuously into the dust. Sweet Egyptian coffee. The ability to walk silently. Sunburn. A deposed pharaoh rotting in prison. Tweed. Ace Carroway and the Midnight Scream is fifth in the Adventures of Ace Carroway series. Content rating: teen.  

It's 1921 and the world mourns the disappearance of aviatrix Cecilia "Ace" Carroway, lost during a 'round-the-world attempt. Barely, Ace survives what she knows was an assassination masterminded by underworld kingpin Darko Dor. In secret, she gathers her five wartime comrades and opens a detective agency, intending to hunt Dor and his ilk. Before the paint dries on the door, Ratface the mugger strikes, a chemist is kidnapped, and rumors surface of a shadowy hideaway called Smuggler's Crossroads. Furthermore, at her very first public appearance, a pair of handsome gentlemen vie for her attentions in outrageous style. Is this shower of fragrant flowers and honeyed words too good to be true? Why, yes. Yes, it is. It's a trap, and if Ace doesn't connect all the clues in time, the shadowy Darko Dor will win another victory. You'll love this this book if you like:  Peril. 1920s New York. Female pilots dealing with post-crash facial scars. Guys in trench coats. Guys in suits. Black market abductions. Ford roadsters with running boards. Brawls. Clipped sentences. Rotary dial telephones. Roses. Hamlet. Cowboy drawl. Tommy guns.

Ultimate evil meets the ultimate heroine.   It is 1923, and Russia's Black Sea territories are going blind, literally. Its southern neighbor Khazia demands territory, and if Russia balks every resident in a town or village is rendered sightless. Whether via science or black magic, Khazia's extortion scheme is working.    Unless Cecilia "Ace" Carroway can stop it.    The unconventional genius and her motley associates answer Russia's call for help. In a village of the blind, they risk losing their eyesight as they collect medical evidence. They also uncover the identity of the mastermind behind Khazia's expansion.   He is none other than the shadowy Darko Dor, underground war criminal and murderer of Ace's father. The amoral despot now controls Khazia's army and the diabolical secret of mass blindness.    Ace can't let him escape again. But to thwart him, Ace and her fellas will have to outwit an entire country.   Preposterous - unless you're Ace Carroway.   This book contains: A jet-powered dogfight. Disintegration. Claws dipped in anesthetic. Poor disguises. A burned bridge. A stiletto in a boot sheath. High explosives. Tunnels. Brawls. Skulking about. Courage. Friendship. Rash decisions. Fictional soda pop. A possibly reformed spy.   Ace Carroway and the Blind Panic is eighth in the Adventures of Ace Carroway series. Content rating: teen.  

War heroine and intrepid crime solver Cecilia "Ace" Carroway specializes in cheating death, but she's never encountered a murderous musical instrument before. Violinist P. Charles Derkin is the latest owner of the deadly violin, and he's a nervous wreck. Ever since he inherited the famous Cremona Cannon, nightly noises and ghostly lights disturb his slumber. If he manages to fall sleep, violin-related nightmares jolt him awake again. When he discovers that the violin's two previous owners each died in horrific "accidents," he enlists Ace and her danger-loving associates.   Moments after Ace takes the case, Derkin narrowly escapes death by falling masonry. Ace will have to solve the mystery before the mystery puts Derkin six feet under.   But what – or who – could be putting Charles Derkin in peril? Is it mysterious paranormal forces? Is it Filbert Monocles, the diminutive director of the violin's security organization? Is it Isabella Rosavino, the vivacious Italian photographer?   Ace's probing is not appreciated by the evil forces at work. Soon, the violin's circle of danger expands to include Ace, then tightens like a hangman's noose. When Derkin and his violin are kidnapped, Ace will need all of her wits, her swashbuckling partners, and an airship to have a hope of saving him before they both become the next victims of – THE DEADLY VIOLIN.     This book contains: An Irishman's blarney. Rope ladders. A papier mâché tree trunk. Reckless driving. Radio tracking equipment. Canadians. Motorcycles. Mercy bullets. Regular bullets. A monocle. A transatlantic pursuit. A blush from Ace. A spy named Tim. Those adorable associates of hers. The star-fortress of Copenhagen. Vivaldi's Winter.   Ace Carroway and the Deadly Violin is sixth in the Adventures of Ace Carroway series. Content rating: teen.  

A ghostly ship and a kidnapped associate. Add a dose of death and it sounds like a case for Ace Carroway.   Pilot and inventor Cecilia "Ace" Carroway needs titanium for her latest brainstorm, an innovative engine that could revolutionize 1922 aeronautics. Her handsome associate Bert boards a steamer bound for Juneau to sign a sales deal for the metal, but encounters an eerie, silent-running ship. Hours later, he disappears.   Ace drops everything to hunt for her missing associate. She soon splashes into a mystery to freeze her very marrow, set in the frigid waters of Alaska's inland passage.   The clues lead Ace to the fog-enshrouded hamlet of Port Clam. There, her questions about the ghost ship lock lips tight. And moonless nights bring silent men, covered in moss and armed with wartime carbines. When Ace discovers an underground charnel house it becomes clear that this mystery is more than a search for her missing associate. It's about death. Death for Bert, but perhaps multitudes more. Call it the vengeful ghost of a dead war.   The ghost of war stalks Ace as well, and if she can't crack this mystery in time, everyone dies.    This book contains: Poison darts. Swamp men. Buckskin. Fjords. Hot soup. Freezing waters. Sunken wrecks. A ghostly ship that moves without steam or sails. A wooden leg. Several declarations of love. Sea chases. Unreliable maps. A talkative second mate. A coffee-loving teenager. Cuff links.   Ace Carroway and the Ghost Liner is seventh in the Adventures of Ace Carroway series. Content rating: teen.