Kathi Daley

SEACLIFF HIGH MYSTERY

BOOK #1: THE SECRET – Alyson Prescott moves to Cutters Cove, Oregon, after being placed, along with her mother, in the witness protection program. In her previous life, Alyson was an A-list heiress with the excitement of a trendsetting lifestyle and the security of old money. After witnessing a murder executed by two members of a powerful gang family, she is forced to leave her old life behind and become a middle-class girl living in a middle-class town. Alyson struggles with the duplicity in her life as she strives to reconcile her new life with the old. In the first book in the series, The Secret, Alyson and her mother buy a dilapidated old mansion on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Alyson soon finds that the house holds a secret that only the recently deceased resident of the property seems to know the answer to. Alyson and the new friends she meets at Seacliff High, set out to find the answer to a fifty-year-old mystery that will reveal a trail of murder, embezzlement, lies and deception. As the journey intensifies, friendships are forged that will last a lifetime.

BOOK #2: THE CURSE – Alyson Prescott moves to Cutters Cove, Oregon, after being placed, along with her mother, in the witness protection program. In her previous life, Alyson was an A-list heiress with the excitement of a trendsetting lifestyle and the security of old money. After witnessing a murder executed by two members of a powerful gang family, she is forced to leave her old life behind and become a middle-class girl, living in a middle-class town. Alyson struggles with the duplicity in her life as she strives to reconcile her new life with the old. In book two of the series, two Seacliff High students turn up missing just days before Halloween. The police believe that they have simply run away, but when strange and unexplained things begin to happen at the annual Haunted Hayride, Alyson begins to suspect there may be more going on than the adults in town would like to believe. After the props and decorations for the annual event turn up missing, Alyson and the gang decide to look into the case of the missing students. Could the two events be connected? And what about the symbol found splattered in blood in the barn where the annual Halloween party is to take place? The deeper Alyson digs the more dangerous things become. Could it be connected to the gypsy curse that most believe to be simply a legend? Book two in the series will also begin to reveal Alyson’s past and the reason for her inclusion in witness protection.

BOOK #3: THE RELIC – When a long dead ghost leads Alyson to a treasure map days before Thanksgiving, she enlists the help of her friends to follow the clues. As the dig into the century old mystery, they discover a legend regarding a relic that many believe once possessed life sustaining power. The search for the relic leads Alyson and the gang deep into the system of caverns that exists beneath the small town of Cutter’s Cove. They face obstacles and must overcome personal fears to follow the clues they find along the way. Meanwhile, Alyson tells Mac the truth about her past. She reveals the reason she is involved with witness protection and the danger she continues to live with every day of her life.

BOOK #4: THE CONSPIRACY – The annual Christmas Carnival is in town and Alyson and the gang volunteer to help out. When strange things begin to happen at the carnival, they wonder if the events might be related to the body they found in the cemetery earlier in the month. When Alyson has a potentially fatal accident on the Ferris Wheel, the gang is convinced that someone is out to make sure they don’t discover the cover up that runs so deep that even highly respected town residents are involved. The annual Christmas Carnival is in town and Alyson and the gang volunteer to help out. When strange things begin to happen, they wonder if the odd occurrences might be related to the body they found in the cemetery earlier in the month. When Alyson has a potentially fatal accident on the Ferris Wheel, the gang is convinced that someone is out to make sure they don’t discover the cover up that runs so deep even the Mayor could be involved.

BOOK #5: THE GRUDGE – Alyson and the gang head to a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies the week after Christmas. Before they even make it to the house they will be staying at for the week, they stumble across a body in the snow. When they realize that the body is one incident in a series of unusual occurrences, they decide to throw a little sleuthing in with their holiday plans. Alyson and the gang head to a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies the week after Christmas. They arrive to find that a blizzard has blown in which has downed the phone lines and closed the only road in or out of the area. Before they even make it to the house where they will be staying, they stumble across a body in the snow. When they realize that the body is one incident in a series of unusual occurrences, they decide to throw a little sleuthing in with their holiday plans. As they delve into the seemingly random accidents, they find a conspiracy with roots reaching back years.

BOOK #6: THE SHADOW – Alyson is jogging along the waters edge when the fog rolls in. She can feel someone watching her but no matter how hard she looks her shadow cannot be seen. When she witnesses a man pushing a woman off the cliff onto the rocks below, she calls the police only to learn that the body of the victim cannot be found. Alyson is certain that she actually did see the murder occur and cannot explain the missing victim so she launches into an investigation with the help of friends Mac and Trevor, Meanwhile the feeling of being watched intensifies. She is certain someone is watching her. When Chan warns her of danger in the shadows she knows deep in her gut that the men she is running from have found her. Find out what happens in this fast-paced murder mystery with a surprising twist you won’t see coming.

BOOK #7: THE HAUNTING – Alyson Prescott moves to Cutters Cove, Oregon, after being placed, along with her mother, in the witness protection program. In her previous life, Alyson was an A-list heiress with the excitement of a trendsetting lifestyle and the security of old money. After witnessing a murder, she is forced to leave her old life behind and become a middle-class girl, living in a middle-class town. Allyson struggles with the duplicity in her life as she strives to reconcile her new life with the old. In this seventh book in the series, the gang from Seacliff High are busy planning their annual Haunted Hayride. When strange things begin to happen, Alyson suspects the house they have selected to host the party at the end of the hayride might actually be haunted. Alyson decides to pay a visit to the mischievous ghosts who are causing such a ruckus only to find that the ghosts who live there are not at all who she expected to find. Alyson sets out to discover how the ghosts came to be there, how they died and who killed them in a mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end.

SAND AND SEA HAWIIAN MYSTERY SERIES

BOOK #1: MURDER AT DOLPHIN BAY – Kailani Pope wants nothing more than to be a proud member of the Honolulu Police Department. Both her father and grandfather were cops, her five brothers are cops and the only thing she has ever wanted from the time she can remember wanting anything, was to be a cop. She has passed all the requirements to be selected for the police academy but somehow her number never seems to come up. While she is waiting for her name to work its way to the top of the list she works as a lifeguard for the Dolphin Bay Resort. When a guest of the resort is found murdered, Kailani decides that if she can solve the murder before her brother who has been assigned to the case by HPD, then the department will have no choice but to take her application seriously and move her to the top of the list. Murder at Dolphin Bay is set on the beautiful island of Oahu providing a perfect backdrop for the perfect beach read.

BOOK #2: MURDER AT SUNRISE – When one of the seniors in Lani’s senior bingo group ends up dead during a sunrise ceremony to welcome the summer solstice, Lani sets out to find a killer with the help of Luke and her senior friends. Hilarity ensues when a gang of seniors decide to investigate after one of their own ends up dead. Luke and Lani join effort only to discover that they have bitten off more than they can chew when the mystery becomes a lot more complicated and a lot more dangerous than anyone could have anticipated.

BOOK #3: MURDER AT THE WITCHING HOUR – It’s the week before Halloween and Kailani Pope has been asked to attend her friend Morticia’s wedding. The weeklong event, which culminates with a costumed wedding ceremony on Halloween night, is being held on a private island which can only be accessed by boat. Things start off a little slow but become a lot more interesting when a tropical storm hits and one of the groomsmen turns up dead. Join Luke and Lani as this amateur sleuthing team attempt to determine if the killer is: The mummy in the kitchen who also serves as the chef, the seemingly blind butler, the sexy vampire who is also the maid and bartender, or one of the other kooky and spooky guests at this very unusual wedding event.

BOOK #4: MURDER AT CHRISTMAS – It is the week before Christmas and the Dolphin Bay Resort where Lani works is packed with holiday visitors. There is a strange flu working its way through the staff at the resort so those who are left have been asked to work double shifts. Lani works as a lifeguard by day and a Santa’s Helper at night. Things go from bad to worse when Lani finds Santa dead in the alley behind the loading dock during the big Step into Christmas event the resort is sponsoring. As it turns out Santa is really one of the seniors who participates in the same Monday afternoon bingo game as Lani and her neighbor Elva, so Elva convinces Lani to investigate along with Luke and the senior sleuthing gang we saw in Book 2 in the series. It is the week before Christmas and the Dolphin Bay Resort is packed with holiday visitors. There is a strange flu working its way through the staff so those who are left have been asked to work double shifts. Lani works as a lifeguard by day and a Santa’s Helper at night. Things go from bad to worse when Lani finds Santa dead in the alley behind the loading dock during the Big Step into Christmas event. As it turns out, Santa is really one of the seniors who participates in the Monday afternoon bingo game so Lani solicits the seniors to help in the investigation.

BOOK #5: MURDER AT TURTLE COVE – Luke and Lani once again recruit the senior sleuthing brigade to help them track down a killer when the owner of the new food truck in town is found dead at Turtle Cove. Lani is trapped when a school of sharks gather to feed between her location beyond the breakers and the beach. When she is finally able to come ashore, she finds that the meal the sharks were feeding on was a who rather than a what. Based on the evidence provided it looks like the victim was murdered prior to becoming shark food. Luke and Lani set out to find the killer but during the course of the investigation Lani learns a surprising secret about Luke that may change everything she believes to be true.

BOOK #6: MURDER AT WATERS EDGE – Bethany Halderman, a good friend of Lani’s, calls and informs her that her sister Cammy has been killed in an accident. The accident was determined to be just that, an accident, but Bethany isn’t so sure that is the case. It seems that prior to her accident, Cammy was involved in a contest with a grand prize of one-million dollars. The day of her accident Cammy called Bethany and told her she suspected there was more going on than meets the eye. Later that evening she was dead. Bethany called Lani and asked for her help in uncovering the truth about what really happened to Cammy. The contest, which involves unlocking clues which leads to locations around the island where the next clue can be found, has a clause which allows her for a substitute to be named should one of the contestants be unable to finish. Lani decides that the best way to help Bethany find out what happened to her sister is to enter the contest as Cammy’s replacement. She takes two weeks off work from her job as a water safety office and travels to Maui. Once Lani gets a feel for the game as she quickly realizes that something odd is going on with the hacks which are part of the game. Luke is visiting his family and Lani needs a tech nerd to help her with the brains part of the competition, so she calls new friend Zak Zimmerman and asks if he and Zoe would be willing to come to Maui to help her uncover the conspiracy behind the mystery. Join Luke and Lani, Zak and Zoe, as they race to uncover the clues faster than anyone else while outwitting a hacker and identifying a killer.

BOOK #7: MURDER AT MIDNIGHT – It is the week before Halloween and the gang are gearing up for a big Halloween blow out. When Lani stumbles onto a murder victim whose death seems to be linked to a cold case her father worked on but never solved, the two join forces to bring justice to the victims once and for all. It is the week before Halloween and the gang are gearing up for a big Halloween blow out. Things are coming together nicely until Lani stumbles onto a murder victim whose death seems to be linked to a cold case her father worked on but never solved. Jason doesn’t want Lani involved so he agrees to look into the link between the old murders and the most recent deaths but is shot while investigating the case. After a series of events leaves the family in turmoil, Lani and her dad join forces to track down the person responsible.

BOOK #8: MURDER AT POPE INVESTIGATIONS – Life has changed for Lani over the past eight months and in many ways she is still trying to get a feel for the new normal. The one thing in her life that seems to be going perfectly is her partnership with her father, a retired homicide detective. Pope Investigations has become Lani’s solace during a time when her life is otherwise in complete upheaval. Things are gliding right along but get dicey when she finds a body laid out across the entryway of Pope Investigations. When it looks as if the death of the local food truck owner might be related to the deaths of two other men she sets out to solve all three murders, Along the way she will reconnect with an old friend, say goodbye to another and finally begin to understand the role hope and hopelessness play in her life.