Matt Royal mysteries
Author
1)
Longboat blues , Matt Royal mysteries volume 1
Author
2)
Murder Key: a Matt Royal mystery , Matt Royal mysteries volume 2
Author
Author
Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Oceanview
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Searching for his ex-wife's missing stepdaughter, Peggy, Matt Royal follows a trail that leads him to a cult, which operates a dangerous prostitution ring.
Author
Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When one of the best friends of retired trial lawyer turned-beach bum Matt Royal is murdered, Matt trades in his easygoing ways for a hard-hitting quest for revenge. Determined to do whatever it takes to solve Laurence Wyatt's murder, Matt takes matters into his own hands and embarks on a clandestine investigation. Soon, he finds himself in hot pursuit of a cadre of remorseless criminals and trained killers, but the tables turn and Matt becomes the...
Author
Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Oceanview Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
After a week away, Matt Royal's ready to get back to the Longboat Key good life good fishing, good food, good beer, and more good fishing. But Matt comes back to bad news: while he was away, a sniper tried to kill one of his best friends. Even worse, now that Matt's back, someone's trying to kill him. And whoever is trying to kill him is trying really hard. With no clue who's after him or why, Matt soon finds he's at the center of a mystery involving...
Author
Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The quiet beauty of Longboat Key is shattered when a young groom is shot to death on the beach the day after his wedding. His father is an old army buddy of Matt Royal, and Matt tries to soften the anguish of his friend by finding his son's murderer. Matt's search takes on added complexity when there appears to be a link between this murder and three seemingly unrelated murders that occurred on board a dinner cruise on Sarasota Bay the same day. Fortunately...
Author
Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Oceanview Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
When a serial killer shows up on Longboat Key, Florida, after a twelve year absence, Matt Royal is stymied. The first woman killed on Longboat Key has ties to a secretive government agency for which Matt's best friend Jock Algren works. Was this a coincidence or was she a targeted kill?
Author
Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When the serenity of Longboat Key, Florida, is shattered by a murder, and an elderly woman goes missing, Detective Jennifer Diane (J.D.) Duncan leaps into action. Her investigation is temporarily interrupted when she receives a text message with a current photo of a college friend she thought dead. Matt Royal -- J.D.'s friend and more -- jumps in to help her.
Author
Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Matt Royal is going back to the courtroom. He has agreed to defend his good friend and wife of Longboat Key's Police Chief. Abby Lester has been charged with the murder of Nate Bannister, an unlikeable, shady character. He was found shot to death in his downtown Sarasota condo and the evidence points to Abby as the killer. Matt cannot refuse Abby's pleas for help, despite having retired from the practice of law several years earlier. Now, he must...
Author
Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Series
Matt Royal mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this John Grisham style mystery, Matt Royal, the retired lawyer-turned-beach-bum is called back into the courtroom to defend his girlfriend J. D. Duncan's Aunt Esther, who lives in the sprawling North Central Florida retirement community of The Villages. A best-selling author has been murdered after a book signing, and Aunt Esther has been arrested. Matt has a history with the local sheriff-one which may not bode well for his client. Matt reluctantly...