BOOKS by DIANNE SMITHWICK-BRADEN

 

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Death on Paradise Creek

Book One of the Wilbarager County Series

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The Paradise Creek Inn was open for business in rural Wilbarger County, Texas. Business was slow except for the occasional parties for family or friends, until a prestigious actor became stranded on the property. Suddenly, Lizzie Fletcher and her family were booking events left and right - a dream come true. 

 

Things quickly changed when one of the hired hands made a gruesome discovery. Sheriff Wade Adams and his team were called to investigate. While evidience is being analyzed, another body turns up. The long kept secrets revolving around those discoveries began to unravel.

Death under a Full Moon

Book Two of the Wilbarger County Series​

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This second installment of the Wilbarger County series joins Sheriff Wade Adams and Lizzie Fletcher as they investigate murder.

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Wade and Lizze attend a dinner party near the small community of Rayland, Texas. One week later, one of the guests is murdered.  With his only female deputy out on maternity leave, Sheriff Adams makes a quick decision to deputize Lizzie. That decision proves to be good for the department but damaging to their relationship.

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The sheriff and his deputies follow every lead to no avail.  Lizzie happens to overhear a conversation that gives them the clue they need. With little time to spare, Sheriff Adams and his team rush to prevent yet another death.

Flames of Wilbarger County

Book Three of the Wilbarger County Series

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Old flames threaten the relationship between Sheriff Wade Adams and Lizze Fletcher in book three of the Wilbarger County Series.  The Fletcher family contemplate expanding the Paradise Creek Inn to accommodate their growing clientele while the Wilbarger County Sheriff's department tries to stop an arsonist before the entire county is reduced to ash. The fires escalate from grass fires twice a week to murder as mysterious clues begin to arrive at the Sheriff's department.

The Wilbarger County Series Box Set

Volume 1

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This e-Book box set contains:

Death on Paradise Creek,

Death under a Full Moon,

and

Flames of Wilbarger County.

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Coded for Murder

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​Jade O’Neal is a senior at West Texas A & M University in Canyon, Texas. She’s on track to graduate with highest honors and a degree in history until she is accused of murder. She juggles her busy school and work schedule around taking care of an overgrown Rottweiler and being questioned by police until she finds a series of clues hidden in puzzle form. Time is against her as she follows the clues to find the true identity of the murderer while avoiding arrest and her own murder.