Books by "Gayleen Froese" (7)

Private investigator Ben Ames is supposed to be on vacation. He’s followed his rock star boyfriend, Jesse, to the Edmonton Folk Festival, where Jess is doing an acoustic set with friends and having a boozy sulk about his changing image. 

Neither is there to solve a crime, but they’re offered a case anyway when the festival headliner hires them to help his author friend Charlie.

Charlie’s latest manuscript is missing. A normal guy would have backups, but Charlie’s an internet-hating conspiracy theorist who saved his work to a laptop flash drive, and now the drive and the computer are gone. Ben thinks the case is impossible, but Jess could use a distraction, so they pay a visit to Charlie’s river-valley home—where Charlie tells them he knows who took the book, he’s not telling, and a detective can’t help. Good day. 

They’re still in Edmonton, enjoying a lazy summer day, when word comes that Charlie’s been murdered. Back on the case and without suspects or a motive, Ben knows the answers are in that missing book. He just needs to do the impossible and find it….

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The Pacific Northwest border town of the Dominion is soaked in magic. Full moons are a bloody spectacle, local restaurants have unicorn on the menu, and a dragon once burned down City Hall. The excitement makes the Dominion a beacon to tourists… but many of them never make it home.

Travel writer Innis Stuart and his photographer, Karsten Roth, are visiting the Dominion to explore its dangers and offer a warning to overconfident tourists. Unfortunately, they may be among that number.

Their local guide is an old friend to Innis, but he's not acting like himself. Why does he seem to be working with the biggest crime boss in town? And why did both Innis and Karsten feel such a strong compulsion to enter the Dominion in the first place?

It turns out that what they don’t know about the Dominion can hurt them, but it’s not as dangerous as what they don’t know about themselves.

Come along for a tour of the city known as “the most magical place on Earth”... and don’t forget to buy travel insurance.

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On Friday, Gabriel Reece gets struck by lightning while riding his motorcycle.

It’s not the worst thing that happens to him that week.

Gabe walks away from a smoldering pile of metal without a scratch—or any clothes, which seem to have been vaporized. And that’s weird, but he’s more worried about the sudden disappearance of his brother, Colin, who ditched town the second Gabe accidentally outed himself as gay.

Gabe tries to sift through fragmented memories of his crummy childhood for clues to his sudden invincibility, but he barely has time to think before people around town start turning up dead, and Colin is the cops’ number-one suspect. 

Gabe is sure Colin is innocent, but even he has to admit the evidence is compelling. Especially once the home he shares with Gabe burns to the ground. 

When Eli Samm, a mysterious and attractive stranger, shows up looking for Colin too, Gabe thinks he might finally have an ally. Except it turns out Eli thinks Colin is a supervillain, and his mission is to put him down….

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Calgary PI Ben Ames expects a relaxing evening off as he supports his boyfriend, Jesse, one of the star performers at a charity concert. But it turns out relaxing isn’t on the program.

When last-minute guest Matt Garrett shows up, it creates a frenzy backstage. An A-list movie star with an ego to match, Garrett has bad blood with many of the performers—Jesse included. So when Garrett turns up dead, Ben begins to dig for the truth, both to protect Jesse and to satisfy his own instinctive curiosity.  

So much for his night off. 

When the police arrive, emotions backstage heat up, but no one can step out to cool off, because the Western Canadian winter is so cold that hypothermia waits outside. With such a high-profile crime, the lead detective seems poised to make a quick arrest… and Jesse’s a prime suspect. Ben has his work cut out for him to solve the murder under the police and paparazzi’s noses before Jesse’s reputation becomes collateral damage.

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Vor sieben Jahren wollte Kriminologe Ben Ames die Polizeikräfte einer Großstadt von innen heraus verändern. Er scheiterte. Jetzt ist er Privatdetektiv und spürt Versicherungsbetrügern und fremdgehenden Ehepartnern durch die Ausläufer der Rocky Mountains nach. Wie die Arbeit als Polizist wäre auch dieser Job einfacher, wenn er kein Gewissen hätte.

Als die Studentin Kimberly Moy verschwindet, bittet ihre Schwester Ben, den Fall zu übernehmen. Aber bevor Ben einem der Hinweise folgen kann - was hat die Fibonacci-Folge mit Kims Verschwinden zu tun? Was wissen ihre unzufriedenen Freundinnen? Und wo ist ihr Auto? -, bringen der Zufall und schlechtes Timing seinen unerwarteten Ex, Jesse, ins Spiel.

Ben hat keine Zeit, Jesse zu dem Junior-Detektiv auszubilden, der er entschlossen scheint zu werden. Amateurschnüffler bedeuten immer Ärger. Unglücklicherweise entpuppt sich der Fall als die Sorte, bei der Verstärkung erforderlich ist, und seine Intuition sagt ihm, dass Kims Geschichte vielleicht kein glückliches Ende hat ...

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Un ancien flic désabusé peut-il retrouver une jeune femme disparue avant qu'il ne soit trop tard ?

Sept ans plus tôt, le criminologue Ben Ames s’était cru capable de faire évoluer la police de Toronto. Ce fut un échec. Devenu détective privé à Calgary, il traque les fraudeurs à l’assurance et les époux infidèles sur les contreforts des Rocheuses. Comme autrefois dans la police, son éthique lui complique la tâche.

Après la disparition d’une étudiante, la sœur aînée de Kim supplie Ben de se charger de l’enquête. À peine a-t-il commencé à étudier le dossier – quel est le rapport entre la séquence mathématique de Fibonacci et la disparition de Kim ? Que savent les amis de la jeune fille ? Où est sa voiture ? –, qu’il tombe par hasard sur son ex, Jesse. Foutu timing !

Jesse semble déterminé à l’assister dans son enquête et Ben n’a vraiment pas le temps de former un novice. À ses yeux, les amateurs ne causent que des ennuis. Malheureusement, il ne peut agir seul, car son intuition l’avertit que Kim est en danger…

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Can a disillusioned former cop track down a missing girl before it’s too late?

Seven years ago, criminologist Ben Ames thought he’d change a big city police force from the inside. He failed. Now he’s a private detective trailing insurance frauds and cheating spouses through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Like police work, the job would be easier if he didn’t have a conscience.

When university student Kimberly Moy goes missing, her sister begs Ben to take the case. But before Ben can follow up on any leads—What does the Fibonacci series have to do with Kim’s disappearance? What do her disaffected friends know? And where is her car?—chance and bad timing drop his unexpected ex, Jesse, into the mix.

Ben doesn’t have time to train Jesse into the junior PI he seems determined to become. Amateur sleuths are always trouble. Unfortunately, this is turning out to be the kind of case that requires backup, and his intuition is telling him Kim’s story may not have a happy ending....

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