Book 1: Murder and Meth in Sioux City, Iowa When Sioux City Sentinel-Leader reporter Tom Kingman decided to drop by a domestic disturbance police call in the middle of a June swelter he had no idea it would change his life forever. A metro area of 100,000 located at the junction of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, Sioux City is fly-over country for most Americans. But Tom Kingman knows Sioux City at ground level doesn't always fit the bucolic Midwestern mold. That's especially clear after witnessing an officer-involved shooting in a run-down residential neighborhood puts Tom in the crosshairs of a surly police lieutenant, a hot-headed patrol officer, and the mastermind of a multistate drug ring. As the pressure increases, Tom discovers an unlikely ally: the intriguing Assistant Woodbury County Attorney Hillary Reed. Within hours of witnessing the shooting, the skeptical, wisecracking Kingman finds himself thrown into an unlikely partnership with the deliberative, calm, religious Reed for a three-day frenzied pursuit of the truth about meth, murder ... and each other.

Officer Involved (Kingman and Reed)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Zahren, Bill

Mystery

Mill City Press, Inc.

Nothing stops a bulldozer like a dead body. A historic amusement park in Okoboji, Iowa, is about to get flattened to make way for luxury condos--that is until Assistant Woodbury County Attorney Hillary Reed finds a body in the park's iconic Tipsy House. It's a big scoop for her significant other, Sioux City Sentinel-Leader reporter Tom Kingman, but also a derailment for their planned romantic Labor Day getaway in Iowa's center for summer sun and fun.Soon Tom finds himself hounded by a shady police chief and condemned to hell by Hillary's puritanical father. With the fate of the park in limbo and Tom making headlines in a bad way, their adventure takes them on a tour of Iowa's most famous resort area and into the lion's den, which Hillary calls Sanhedrin Pharmacy. By the time it's over, Tom will have made a discovery that changes their lives forever.

Tipsy House: Kingman & Reed Novel #4

Independently published

When Sioux City Sentinel-Leader reporter Tom Kingman decided to drop by a domestic disturbance police call in the middle of a June swelter he had no idea it would change his life forever.A metro area of 100,000 located at the junction of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, Sioux City is fly-over country for most Americans. But Tom Kingman knows Sioux City at ground level doesn't always fit the bucolic Midwestern mold. That's especially clear after witnessing an officer-involved shooting in a run-down residential neighborhood puts Tom in the crosshairs of a surly police lieutenant, a hot-headed patrol officer, and the mastermind of a multistate drug ring.As the pressure increases, Tom discovers an unlikely ally: the intriguing Assistant Woodbury County Attorney Hillary Reed. Within hours of witnessing the shooting, the skeptical, wisecracking Kingman finds himself thrown into an unlikely partnership with the deliberative, calm, religious Reed for a three-day frenzied pursuit of the truth about meth, murder ... and each other.

Officer Involved: Kingman & Reed Novel #1 (Kingman & Reed Novels)

Sometimes you have to get away to get closer to the truth.Assistant Woodbury County Attorney Hillary Reed believes God controls the world and nothing is random. Her new significant other, Sioux City Sentinel-Leader reporter Tom Kingman, isn't so sure. After a corporate attorney is killed in her office in Omaha, Tom wonders how that is anything but senseless. He gets his chance to find out when the company's CEO, Tom's friend from college, makes him a proposition: come to Omaha, pose as an employee, and find the rat in the corporate cube maze. Tom convinces Hillary to spend a week with him at his parents' house just across the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, and they suddenly have the freedom (as well as encouragement from Tom's parents and gregarious sister) to explore their feelings and faith. Tom Kingman always gets the story, but will he get the girl? And which--the story or the girl--is really more important to him? For now, only God knows.

Paper Trail: Kingman & Reed Novel #2 (Kingman & Reed Novels)

Woodbury County Prosecutor Hillary Reed believes all things are possible with God - including putting her together with an unlikely significant other, Sioux City Sentinel-Leader reporter Tom Kingman. But when a killer named Gabrielle starts sending Tom handwritten notes claiming to be God's avenging angel, Hillary concurs with Tom's assessment: "It's more likely Gabrielle has been dropping acid while reading Leviticus" than getting divine direction to slash some throats.Meanwhile, Hillary faces professional challenges, including a nagging feeling that she's prosecuting the wrong man for murder. When Gabrielle starts to show a personal interest in Tom, pressure from Tom's pious stalker and Hillary's high-profile court case builds until it triggers a bombshell revelation that could blow Tom and Hillary apart.

Avenging Angel: Kingman & Reed Novel #3