Chris Spindler

Falcon’s Bend police detective Danny Vincent's sister, Shayna and her co-worker Gage’s feelings for each other run deep. But Gage has a dark secret he’s afraid will end their relationship if he reveals. And, when it does finally come out, Shayna flees to her hometown of Falcon’s Bend. Naturally, something bad happens immediately. She’s staying with Danny and Melody, and his neighbor is Shawn Futrell, the source of her bad-boy crush as a teenager. Even now, his hypnotic spell on her doesn’t seem to have broken. Meanwhile, Danny and his investigative partner Pete Shasta have a difficult case to solve. They’re called out to a campsite where they discover Shawn’s wife, who’s been missing for a week, is dead inside the tent with her illicit lover. As suspicions abound and too many suspects are in question, I found myself without a clue who the murderer was. This book rocked me with the emotions pulling at me from all the characters’ situations even as the mystery scared me into nail-biting reading.… (altro)

I like that As Patient as Death contains more of the Falcon's Bend residents' lives. Investigative partners at the Falcon's Bend Police Department, Pete and Danny have a lot going on in their personal lives. Danny's having a hard time with his marriage. I understood how hard it was for him to be cool with his beautiful wife's boss flirting with her, especially when she starts coming home from work later and later each night. He's afraid to lose her (and possibly their daughter), and the couple fight every day. Pete and Lisa's family is growing, and I was so proud of Pete for agreeing to adopt despite his own emotional issues stemming from his upbringing on the subject of family. Lisa has quit her job to be a full-time mommy. But she caught the amateur sleuth bug in previous books in the series and now her obsession with their suspicious new neighbor is causing problems none of them could have imagined. She even gets Patrol Officer Amber Jensen to look into the husband's background because she's so certain he's up to no good, maybe even trying to kill his wife. My fear for her inadvisable snooping made me wonder how this could possibly end well. Thankfully, there's never a dull moment in Falcon's Bend these days. I can't wait to read the last few books in the series, but hopefully Lisa loses her interest in detective work after this traumatic experience!"… (altro)

I truly felt bad for Detective Pete Shasta in Murder on the Heartstrings when his plan to take his wife on a romantic trip is thwarted. They barely arrive at the resort when they’re snowed in--and there’s a murder. Pete’s on his own, given that the local authorities can’t get to the lodge with the roads impassable. I have to give Pete a high five for at least making the effort to et away from work with his wife, even if it didn’t work, and the together time they had was Lisa helping him solve a murder. This story was a real head scratcher.



“In Flashback, Detective Danny Vincent always gets the creepy cases whenever his partner is away. A missing woman suddenly shows up again after seven months. Before Lucinda Staub disappeared without a trace, she was married to an older man and had an affair with her neighbor (and boss). Her husband refused to give her a divorce and her lover refused to run away with her unless she was divorced. Since showing up again out of the blue, she’s claiming to have no memory of where she's been or how she returns seven months pregnant. Just like Danny is, I found the quirky circumstances unsettling. As I read, I constantly had to look over my shoulder. This story really creeped me out!



“In Double Take, Victor Brooks, the owner of Brook's Gallery is married to Risa Nitzberg from Fixated in Falcon's Bend Case Files, Volume I. When three paintings are taken from his gallery, Amber and Jensen are called to the case. I loved how they used their abilities to solve this mystery.



“In Retribution, both Lisa and Melody aren’t too happy that their husbands Pete and Danny spending so much time in the backyard watching their neighbor strut around in a tiny bikini. Cassandra just moved in the house next door with her two children who aren’t allowed to play in the backyard. Jealousy aside, Lisa and Melody are convinced something isn't right next door. With Melody now pregnant, my heart ached for Lisa, who can’t have children of her own. The two wives decide to take matters in their own hands. Lisa caught the sleuthing bug in Murder on the Heartstrings, and it was interesting (scary for Pete) to watch her solve this.



“In Up in Smoke, Pete wants to find the perfect Christmas gift for his wife. I understood how hard it was for him, knowing Lisa was ready to start a family together by adopting, but he came from a dysfunctional family. He’s not sure if he’s emotionally up to the task of fatherhood. This mystery was so funny, I laughed myself silly while Pete rooted out the criminal who set fire to the only Christmas tree farm in Falcon's Bend!



"In Ghost of the Past, a story unfolds about a spoiled 16 year old who got pregnant. Scared, she gave birth and put the baby, alive, in a dumpster! Now, countless years later, Ericka believes she's being stalked. Amber solves this 16-year-old mystery, leaving the reader feeling sad and shocked.



All of these stories make me hunger to read the next in the series and find out if Danny gets any more weird cases!!… (altro)

This novel may be hard for some readers to read because of sensitive topics. I liked MaryEmma and Jordan from the beginning. When they met, he was popular in school yet went to MaryEmma's aid when kids bullied her. MaryEmma understands abuse. She was told to protect her younger sister no matter what. The police were no help. After her dad died, her mother relocated her and her sister. 22 years later, she returns to Falcon’s Bend and moves in next door to Jordan. Divorced, Jordan is home to stay in order to raise his daughter. TEARS ON STONE is an amazing novel with so many twists and turns. I was rapidly reading and crying at the same time as the story brought a killer to light and victims to justice.… (altro)