MaryAnn Kempher
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MaryAnn Kempher is the bestselling author of the Under the Moonlight murder mystery series; with quirky characters and witty dialogue, her books will test your crime-solving skills, tickle your funny bone, and keep you guessing until the very end.
MaryAnn lives in Tampa Florida with her husband, two children, two dogs, two guinea pigs, and one cat.
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Forever Doomed
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Mystery
It's not wise to wander the cruise ship Forever alone at night. You might not live to see daylight. Detective Jack Harney agrees to do an old Army buddy a favor. Curt Noble had some personal business to attend to, he didn’t say what. What he did say was he needed someone to temporarily take over his duties as head of security on the struggling cruise ship Forever. Jack hesitates, but he owes Curt his life so agrees. He’s told the worst mischief he can expect to encounter will be the occasional shoplifter, or drunk. Instead, one week into the cruise, a beautiful red head and a member of the crew are ruthlessly murdered. Are the two murders connected? It’s up to Jack to find out. He must find the killer before the ship returns to Tampa’s port, or worse, before another dead body is found. Jack can handle a murder or two, but that's not all on his plate: Cookies, cakes, and custard are being sabotaged, an ex-girlfriend is on board for a large wedding and she wants to "talk", and a murder suspect is trying really hard to get into his tan Dockers. Can Jack remain focused and catch a killer, or will someone get away with murder, not to mention serious brownie abuse. Forever Doomed will keep you guessing until the very end.
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Sweet Mystery
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Mystery
Candy Dashwood was young, beautiful, and accustomed to getting exactly what she wanted, by any means necessary, including sex and blackmail. Does that make her murder less important? Or her killer less guilty? Hermother doesn’t think so. She asks private detective Jack Harney to help find Candy’s killer. When all signs point to her police officer lover, the case seems cut and dry. So why does the evidence seem so flimsy? And why are the police so unwilling to dig any deeper? Jack uncovers a web of sex and deception in which nothing is as it seems, and the list of potential killers grows every day. Can he put the pieces together and discover who really killed Candy, or will her killer get away with murder? Sweet Mystery is a suspenseful murder mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end.
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Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder
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Romantic Mystery
Can men and women really be “just friends”? When 28-year-old Katherine O’Brian leaves her cheating, no-good husband, she resolves to live by one rule: No men allowed. She’ll focus on finishing the last class she needs to finally earn her Bachelor’s degree and on being the best that she can be. Easy right? Sure, until she meets Scott Mitchell. They both have “issues” and mutually decide romance is a bad idea, they’ll be “just friends”. But when Scott starts dating Verna, Katherine sees green. When Katherine stumbles upon a killer as he’s disposing of his victim, whether or not to give into the attraction she has for Scott becomes the least of her worries. She has become a woman with a target on her back. Katherine may have gotten away from the killer that night, but he’s determined to find her, and not just because of what she saw—but because of something she found. Something priceless is hidden in the blue jeans that now grace her closet floor. Will Katherine and Scott realize they can give into the searing attraction they have for each other, and still remain friends? Will the police catch the brutal killer before he finds Katherine, or will she die without ever knowing why she was killed, or worse--without ever feeling Scott’s touch? A humorous romance with a touch of mystery.
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Under the Moonlight Collection
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Mystery
Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder Instead of feeding her late-night appetite, a midnight food run nearly gets 28-year-old Katherine O’Brian killed. She’s the only person to see the man who brutally murdered a local woman, and the killer is hell-bent on making sure she doesn’t talk. Scott Mitchell left a broken engagement behind when he moved to Reno, and the last thing he needs is more melodrama. But when he and Katherine are paired for a college project, that’s what he gets. It can be very distracting when someone is out to kill your lab partner. Together, they try to figure out what the police haven’t been able to—the identity of the murderer. Passion flares, but with Katherine’s life in danger, romance seems like more than a bad idea. Scott and Katherine will face jealousy, misunderstandings, lust, and rivals, not to mention attempted murder—and all before their first real date. Forever Doomed Detective Jack Harney agrees to do an old Army buddy a favor. Curt Noble had some personal business to attend to, he didn’t say what. What he did say was he needed someone to temporarily take over his duties as head of security on the struggling cruise ship Forever. Jack hesitates, but he owes Curt his life so agrees. He’s told the worst mischief he can expect to encounter will be the occasional shoplifter, or drunk. Instead, one week into the cruise, a beautiful red head and a member of the crew are ruthlessly murdered. Are the two murders connected? It’s up to Jack to find out. He must find the killer before the ship returns to Tampa’s port, or worse, before another dead body is found. Jack can handle a murder or two, but that's not all on his plate: Cookies, cakes, and custard are being sabotaged, an ex-girlfriend is on board for a large wedding and she wants to "talk", and a murder suspect is trying really hard to get into his tan Dockers. Can Jack remain focused and catch a killer, or will someone get away with murder, not to mention serious brownie abuse. Sweet Mystery Candy Dashwood was young, beautiful, and accustomed to getting exactly what she wanted, by any means necessary, including sex and blackmail. Does that make her murder less important? Or her killer less guilty? Her mother doesn’t think so. She asks private detective Jack Harney to help find Candy’s killer. When all signs point to her police officer lover, the case seems cut and dry. So why does the evidence seem so flimsy? And why are the police so unwilling to dig any deeper. Jack uncovers a web of sex and deception in which nothing is as it seems, and the list of potential killers grows every day. Can he put the pieces together and discover who really killed Candy, or will her killer get away with murder.
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Play Dead
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Mystery
Play dead. It might just save your life. When Jack Harney and Curt Noble opened their detective agency, they expected to investigate the occasional cheating husband or minor theft. Instead, they’ve somehow found themselves, once again, investigating not one, but two grisly murders. Nene and Gaga Albright; one sweet, one sour, both suspicious of the new tenants above. Strange things are happening in the apartment across the hall. Are the new tenants eccentric, or just plain crazy? Can Jack and Curt find the killer before he kills again? Will Nene find out what’s going on behind door number two, or die trying?
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Dead Last
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Mystery
Watch your back. I'm coming for you! Every year Reno hosts a huge bicycle race, hundreds enter. When Max Holland, the man everyone is betting on to win the ten thousand dollar purse, is shot dead in Jack’s office, there’s concern that racers are being targeted. Jack makes it his mission to find the killer. Max was not a popular guy; there are no shortage of suspects. When Victor Burch stopped by the bakery to drop off a box for Mr. Bryan, he had no idea he was about to go on a treasure hunt with, of all people, Nene Albright. This unlikely duo will follow one clue after another to find an unknown prize—which they’d find a lot sooner if they’d quit stopping for food. On her own, Gaga Albright has her own problems. She has reason to believe that somehow she’s managed to rent the upstairs apartment to weirdos, again. What? She wonders. Am I some sort of magnet for perverts? While the lady of the “house” is away, the husband is playing around with a leggy blonde. Will Jack find Max’s killer before another racer loses more than a race? Will Nene and Burch find the treasure, or just have another snack? And Gaga—will she turn a blind eye to the cheating hubby upstairs, or kick some butt and take some names?
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