Mysteries

Currently three stories are being developed:


Madame Delaine and the Plucky Girl Detective
Introduces the mysterious visitor newly arrived in the new state of Oklahoma, as exciting changes are shaping the region. In chaos is opportunity, though, and criminals abound.  Madame takes rooms at a downtown hotel and accepts customers as an international mentalist with astounding abilities to tell fortunes and predict the future. She is an enigma as she meets with local housewives, social lights, and has secret midnight meetings with shadowy personages. Local US Marshall Sage is suspicious and things heat up when the man's inquisitive daughter gets involved.

Madame Delaine: Diamonds and Dirigibles

A daring and inventive young woman making it on her own as a north Texas rancher is suddenly plagued by strange events.   As cattle go missing, strange lights are seen in the night skies, and threats arrive in the form of some odd eastern bankers, her mentor 'Doc' goes missing, his lab broken into and realizes one of the inventions seems to be the target, but which one and why? She calls on the help of the famed but mysterious mentalist Mademe Delaine to help her solve the mystery. Stampedes, strangers, and storms beset the adventurous lass as she and Madame deal with the threat of losing her ranch, the mysterious Count Basore, the disappearance of a close friend, and the Arcane Aerostate Apparatus Invasion.


Madame Delaine: The 'Clockwork Prairie Queen', or Deadly Dangers on The Rail.
The maiden voyage of the new super speed rail line connecting east coast with west coast is a stellar event attracting the interest of notables, the super wealthy, and criminals of every class. Madame is on the trail of a bizarre and shady character whose inventions threaten not only her world but the future. Murders, thefts, and mysterious events plague the line as it sets off on its record breaking voyage showing off its new generation clockwork styling.  Can Madame unravel the threads in time to save not just the lives on the train but perhaps the world?