The Fred Vickery Mystery Series: Books 4-6

Cutler, Colorado, may be a small town, but it certainly isn't boring. Even for someone who's lived there 73 years, like Fred Vickery. "Helping" with police business has become his favorite pastime. And as long as human nature stays the same, there will be enough foul play in Cutler to keep Fred happy for another lifetime...

Fred knows something is wrong when Doc doesn't lecture him about his diet. Doc hasn't been the same since his daughter's taken up with the town's resident loser: a good-for-nothing musician who already has a wife. But the worst is yet to come. When the guy dies of an apparent insulin overdose, suspicion falls on Doc. Fair weather friends are saying that Doc made a fatal mistake and is too old to practice medicine. But Fred knows better -- and starts nosing around. His only problem is discovering something that makes Doc look less guilty -- not more...

BOOK 5 - No Place for Sin

A man is lucky to live his life in a place like Cutler, Colorado. At least that's what Fred Vickery thinks--and he ought to know. A lifelong resident, Fred is seventy-three and still going strong. He plans to live in Cutler for the rest of his life--and the last thing he wants to see is change. But Fred's about to discover once again that the more things change, the more they stay the same...

Fred Vickery is not a betting man. Never was. But he would wager every penny he has that bringing gambling to Cutler, Colorado is the biggest mistake the town could ever make. Fred doesn't think the issue is worth killing over--but someone in town apparently does. Just hours after inciting a near riot at the Copper Penny, Lenore Irvine is found murdered. And it doesn't take Fred long to get into the thick of the police investigation, especially since his son-in-law is the prime suspect. It just goes to show--in a town like Cutler, murder always strikes close to home.

BOOK 6 - No Place for Memories

A man is lucky to live his life in a place like Cutler, Colorado. At least that's what Fred Vickery thinks and he ought to know. A lifelong resident, Fred is seventy-three and still going strong. He plans to live in Cutler for the rest of his life--and the last thing he wants to see is change. But Fred's about to discover once again that the more things change, the more they stay the same...

Fred Vickery knew that attending his high school reunion was a mistake as soon as he met up with his hated boyhood rival, LeGrande Macafee. It seems the former classmate and Fred's deceased wife shared some personal high school memories that the senior sleuth never knew about--and that LeGrande is a little too eager to divulge. But before the reunion is over, LeGrande Macafee is dead, and Fred suddenly finds himself elected most likely not to solve a murder--but to commit one...


Genre: Cozy Mystery