The Nick and Sarah Mysteries: FOGSTALKER...SEAGLASSEYES...FATAL STRETCH...BEACH BRAWL The Trucker Deal Mysteries: COOL DEAL..........and...........SWEET DEAL |
JAMES HENRY LITTLEFIELD'S CALIFORNIA |
Welcome to the online home of author James Henry Littlefield. On this site, you'll find information about my writing, including book descriptions, reader reaction, a short bio, FAQs, and a few links, local and otherwise. Please, cruise around at your leisure, and remember, I'd love to hear your comments. |
"Why live at the beach if you can't go out and play?"--Nick Worther |
My mystery novels are set along California's beautiful Central Coast near Monterey Bay and the city of Santa Cruz and in the teeming cities of the San Francisco Peninsula, just a short drive away over the coastal mountains. Is this a cool place to write? You bet it is! |
"An engaging tale with an evocative sense of place..." Reader reaction from Palo Alto, CA. |
"Fast moving...a lot of local color...hard to put down..." Reader comments on Amazon.com.. |
"Dramatic scenes moving in fast-forward...writing reads like a movie plays." Reader reaction from Redwood City, CA. |
"(The author) can really spin a good yarn...keeps the action and suspense moving..." Reader reaction from Palo Alto, CA. |
INTRODUCING NICK AND SARAH Nick and Sarah Worther are a retired school teacher and Registered Nurse who, becoming increasing frustrated by their fast-paced and ever-more demanding professional lives in the busy cities of the San Francisco Peninsula, took the earliest possible retirement and moved to the seacoast seeking a calmer lifestyle. While still suffering some occasional regret at having left the fray, they still believe their retirement decision to have been a sanity-affirming choice, well and good to all appearances, but leaving them both predisposed to jump in and help when friends are in trouble or family threatened. Their immediate neighborhood includes a popular public beach, Seacliff State Park, and the Redwood-shaded canyons and steep forested slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains, while the general locale ranges along Monterey Bay's spectacular shoreline, including the funky coastal City of Santa Cruz, the historic City of Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel, and other neighboring communities, all vacation and recreational destinations known worldwide. They're a normal couple who've raised their children, cared for their aging parents, and paid their dues and now wish only to enjoy the good life they've earned, but who says life plays fair or cuts anyone slack? |
FAIR WARNING, GENTLE READER!!. Should you demand tales of impressive depth and inspiring philosophy, don't waste your valuable time. Writing's a pleasure--that's spelled F-U-N--so, please, read my novels in the same spirit, because they're intended as simple entertainments--nothing more or less. Some readers call them page-turners, and others say they feature colorful characters and are full of local flavor. As for me, I like to think of my work as lite beach reading. |
Meet Trucker Deal Trucker Deal is a fledgling private investigator operating in the fast-paced environment of upscale, politically-correct Palo Alto, California, the tech-obsessed Silicon Valley, and the incredibly-competitive and increasingly-overcrowded cities along the San Francisco Peninsula and around the greater Bay Area. Life's all uphill for a guy like Truck, a man who's already burned out once, and whom female friends describe as a trouble-magnet. If Deal didn't have friends, he'd be in sorry shape, but fortunately, he's got K. H. Lockwood, Attorney at Law, a former lover and sometimes helper on his side, as well as Sheriff's Sergeant Don MacCleen, an ex-partner who owes him big-time, and Jason Harrison, pal, occasional mentor, and owner of a pool-cleaning service. Deal helps Jason maintain swimming pools when the P.I. biz is slow, and they both agree you never know what you might see in someone's back patio. Turn a trouble-magnet loose, and anything can happen! |
"Since when are you content to accept a cuddabeen for a sure thing?"--Sarah Worther |
Please, click on any bookcover for more information. You're also invited to read the first chapter... |
Fogstalker's Concrete Ship, the Palo Alto, as seen from Seacliff State Beach. |
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The Murder Express Mystery Lovers SiteRing This site owned by James Henry Littlefield |
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"Does the price of housing make you want to kill? Househunters and Realtors should all buy this book. It gives the term "Seller's Market" a whole new dimension..." Reader reaction from Palo Alto CA. |
"Tension builds as the plot accelerates. This one really moves!..." Reader from Aptos, CA |
