The southern Oregon coast provides great recreational activities, unless you go diving with someone who doesn't want you to surface. There are witnesses but no one can say "Who?" or "How?". Their search leads Detectives Patty O'Toole and Rick Starker on a path of lies, deceit, and mortal fear among those who'll say and do anything to save themselves. Fifth book in the O'Toole/Starker Oregon Coast murder mystery series. The characters and crimes are fictitious, however the places are real; many of which have historical significance. The O'Toole/Starker Oregon Coast murder mystery series was featured in Who's Who/What's What Book Picks for Southern Oregon Magazine. G A Cockerham lives on the southern Oregon coast, the setting for her Oregon Coast murder mystery series. She is a retired financial advisor. Her husband Bruce is a thirty-year law enforcement veteran and consultant for all police procedures within the series. Additional consultants include Forensic DNA expert, Camilla (Cami) Green. Cami's expertise has placed her in several television shows including Cold Justice, Cold Justice: Sex Crimes, On the Case with Paula Zahn and Murder Decoded.

Contains more than 5,400 entries of state place names, giving dates when the names were first used, reasons for the choice of names, and insight into the history of each name.

First, a young woman and then an elderly couple are found dead in their homes. Are the murders related? As clues emerge reflecting a calculated murder scheme, the detectives fear the worst as they learn of similar murders occurring up the coast and enlist the help from multiple law enforcement agencies in more than one state.

A man found hanging in a usually serene Oregon forest sends the town of Brookings into a panic. As the body count mounts, the detectives realize that they could be dealing with their very first serial killer. One who is always watching.

A quiet town on the southern Oregon coast becomes the location of a murder-suicide. Or is it? The bodies are mummified and found with no identification. The result-- a forensic puzzle. Detectives Patty O'Toole and Rick Starker are barely into their investigation when a frantic call comes in. A young college student is missing. Is the female corpse that of the student? A diverse group of suspects begins to emerge, and it's learned they are all joined by the same secret. Is it the drugs that bind them, or something far more sinister? Murder Takes All is the fourth book in the O'Toole/Starker Oregon Coast murder mystery series. The characters and the crimes are fictitious, but the places are real. The book includes information about many places in the Pacific northwest. There is no explicit sex nor are there graphic murder scenes. The emphasis is on a great mystery with human interest features such as characters with real life problems, accurate law enforcement procedures, and humor. The first three Oregon Coast O'Toole/Starker murder mysteries were featured in Who's Who/What's What Book Picks for Southern Oregon Magazine. The author receives input from consultants, including a DNA forensic specialist and a retired thirty-year law enforcement officer.

A “poignant” collection of real letters sent to Santa Claus—a town in Indiana—from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, from both children and adults (The New York Times). For countless Christmases, children—and sometimes adults—have stuffed their dreams, wishes, and promises into envelopes. Over many decades, millions of these letters have poured into Santa Claus, Indiana. Arriving from all corners of the globe, the letters ask for toys, family reunions, snow, and help for the needy—sometimes the needy being the writers themselves. They are candid, heartfelt, and often blunt. Many children wonder how Santa gets into their chimneyless homes. One child reminds Santa that she has not hit her brothers over 1,350 times that year, and another respectfully requests two million dollars in “cold cash.” One child hopes to make his life better with a time machine, an adult woman asks for a man, and one miscreant actually threatens Santa’s reindeer! Containing more than 250 actual letters and envelopes from the naughty and nice reaching back to the 1930s, this moving book will touch hearts and bring back memories of a time in our lives when the man with a white beard and a red suit held out the hope that our wishes might come true. “Often very affecting . . . also offers an unusual window into American history.” —Library Journal “The letters . . . are alternately silly and somber, hilarious and heartfelt.” —The Weekly Standard