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Frederick Ramsay
After Ike Schwartz’s car is destroyed by a massive bomb, the police begin a manhunt, but Ike’s former colleague at the CIA is concerned about a video taken at the…
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In Botswana, people of the north live in harmony with the wildlife, yet predators and poachers freely roam. The lions may be kings, but hyenas will steal their prey. A…
It’s 1928, Jesse Sutherlin now has his own family and has made a success at the sawmill below Virginia’s Buffalo Mountain working for JG Edwards. The country’s economy is booming…
It’s Passover, and Gamaliel and his physician friend, Loukas, are again solving a crime–reluctantly. Pontius Pilate has been accused of murder, and while many would rejoice at his removal from…
The Eighth Veil is a mystery set in the year 28 CE in Jerusalem during the feast of Tabernacles. A murdered servant girl is found in the palace of King…
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It’s Passover. Gamaliel and his physician friend, Loukas, are crime-solving a third time-reluctantly. Pontius Pilate has been accused of murder. He denies the crime. If convicted, he might escape death…
It’s 1920. Jesse Sutherlin has returned to Buffalo Mountain a war hero, having after survived the trenches of World War I. Not only did he fight the enemy, reaching the…
Praise for Impulse… A touching reflection on the changes that come with growing older in a society prejudiced against the elderly. -Booklist Murder mystery writer Frank Smith boards a plane…
Praise for Buffalo Mountain… Ramsay…is a superb storyteller, adroitly mixing the spy and small-town mystery genres and shocking us with one walloping big surprise midway through the book. An excellent…
As Frank Smith boards a plane headed for his 50th class reunion, he leaves behind him the highly suspicious disappearance of his wife four years before and the relentless quest…
Nearly 150 years ago, an inexplicable murder took place inside the Lydells’ locked stranger room. Now another identical murder has been committed in the newly restored room. Does the Lydell…
Elderly Jonathan Lydell III is proud of his family history. He is related to the Virginia Lees (both Light Horse Harry Lee and Robert E. Lee) and to the Custis…
Leo Painter is the CEO of Earth Global, a large energy, mining and real-estate development firm. He and his party of company executives are traveling in Botswana to consult with…
Ike Schwartz is the sheriff of Picketsville, a small town not far from Washington, D.C. A former CIA agent, Ike remains connected to the Agency through a friend who sometimes…
On the same evening that a body is found in Picketsville’s urgent care clinic, a mysterious break-in occurs at the house of one of Callend University’s faculty. Both seem to…
As the World Cup games approach, the American Secretary of State will visit Chobe National Park. When the game ranger finds a body, the investigation opens doors that lead her…
In June, the World Cup means the arrival of soccer fans, team owners, sponsors, and world dignitaries in southern Africa, particularly Botswana. When Sanderson, Game Ranger in the Chobe National…
Leo Painter is the CEO of Earth Global, a large energy, mining, and real-estate development firm. When he and his party of company executives travel to Botswana to consult with…
Ruth Harris, Sheriff Ike Schwartz’s fiance, is involved in a near-fatal automobile accident. But Ike is convinced the crash was rigged. Even though he is embroiled in a close election…
Ike Schwartz and Ruth Harris had to delay a vacation in Las Vegas because at the last moment, Ruth was required to go to Scone Island, Maine, to settle an…
Praise for an earlier Ike Schwartz mystery… Combines a Tom Clancy-like knowledge of ground-to-air missiles with a Robert Ludlum-like spy adventure. -Library Journal starred review of Choker Ike Schwartz, Sheriff…
Praise for Scone Island… All the fast-paced action and danger readers have come to expect. -Kirkus Reviews Surefooted prose speeds this well-told tale of greed and betrayal among the nation’s…
Praise for Secrets… A thought-provoking examination of serious pastoral issues and a thoroughly entertaining mystery. -Publishers Weekly The Reverend Blake Fisher was ambitious and naive, a combination that led to…
Praise for Holy Smoke… A finally wrought mystery [and] intriguing information on the religious and secular life of the period. -Kirkus Reviews The year is 29 C.E., and Jerusalem chafes…
The year is 29 C. E. and Jerusalem chafes under the Roman Empire’s continued presence and oppressive rule. But in spite of that unpleasant fact of life, life goes on…
Ramsay skillfully blends wry humor, witty dialogue, and engaging characters with a dark plot that tackles some of society’s most unsolvable and tragic faults. -Kings River Life Magazine
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Praise for previous Ike Schwartz Mysteries…
The latest mystery-thriller for Ike provides all the fast-paced action and danger readers have come to expect.
-Kirkus Reviews of Scone Island
Ramsay skillfully blends wry humor, witty dialogue, and engaging characters with a dark plot that tackles some of society’s most unsolvable and tragic faults. -Kings River Life Magazine Ethyl Smut…
When his cousin is killed while attending a family moonshine still, Jesse Sutherlin’s investigation into the crime is hampered by his family, a girl who insists he get away before…
Boy Judas Iscariot struggles to understand his mother’s god and seeks revolution. His enthusiasm leads him to Jesus, messianic anticipation, and difficult and fateful choices.
Boy Judas Iscariot struggles to understand his mother’s god. Despairing, he becomes a survivor in the streets of the first-century Roman empire. During this journey, Judas proceeds down a path…
Praise for Frederick Ramsay’s Jerusalem Mysteries… If there’s any complaint to be made about the book, it’s that it’s too short. -Booklist of Judas It’s 28 CE. A servant girl…
Praise for Choker… The author combines a Tom Clancy-like knowledge of ground-to-air missiles with a Robert Ludlum-like spy adventure to leave the reader awaiting the next Ike Schwartz. -Library Journal…
Ike Schwartz thought he could return to his hometown and ditch the demons that pursue him. More than anything, he wanted to blot out the pain and anger that came…
George Goudie Chisholm,Frederick William Rudler
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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