The Only Witness

The Neema Mystery Series #1

Grand Prize Winner Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Contest

A missing baby. A teenage mother suspected of murder. A jaded detective whose reputation is on the line. A signing gorilla destined for the auction block. A scientist who is about to lose everything. Will the revelation that a gorilla is the only witness to the crime save or doom everyone involved? Includes discussion questions for readers and book groups.

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The Only Clue

The Neema Mystery Series #2

Winner of the Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize Award

After she’s forced by her funding committee to host a public display of her gorillas, Dr. Grace McKenna’s nightmare comes true. In this sequel to The Only Witness, Gumu, Neema, and new baby gorilla Kanoni vanish into the night. The only clue left behind is a pool of blood.

Have they been stolen by exotic animal dealers? Are they dead? Or are they simply roaming the nearby forests?

If the news of gorillas’ disappearance leaks out, Grace will lose her permit to keep the apes. Detective Matthew Finn’s efforts to find out what happened are severely handicapped by the need to keep the investigation secret in the gossipy small town of Evansburg, Washington.

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The Only One Left

The Neema Mystery Series #3

What does a human finger bone found by a signing gorilla have to do with Detective Matthew Finn’s case of two missing girls? Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.

Memorial Day starts off strangely when a signing gorilla hands Detective Matthew Finn a human finger bone, and then explains the bone’s origin with the mysterious clues of up, bird, and Snow, a favorite white cat. Finn’s day gets far worse when his small police department in Evansburg, Washington, loans him to the adjacent county to investigate the case of two missing teenage girls. Adding to the chaos, an arsonist is torching abandoned buildings in the area, and Finn soon discovers a troubling history of young women who have vanished in the rural area. Frantic parents and demanding reporters are breathing down his neck. Can Finn fit the puzzle pieces together in time to save the girls?
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