-
Find us online!
Deadly Duo Mysteries
Mystery, suspense, fantasy, and love. A Catskill Mountains serial killer, murder on the Oregon Coast, a golf-hustling Albuquerque detective, a substitute teacher sleuth in SW Washington, a tie-dyed crime fighter, a fatal rock band reunion, and an armless drummer out to save the world.
Mystery! Humor! Suspense! Love! Golf! Women's Fiction! Welcome to the web home of writers Carolyn J. Rose and Michael A. (Mike) Nettleton.
No Substitute For Matrimony (13th in a series)
Book 13 in the Subbing isn’t for Sissies Series
When substitute teacher Barbara Reed turned wedding planning over to her wealthy neighbor Muriel Ballantine, she knew the event wouldn’t be what she and Dave asked for—small, simple, and sane. What she didn’t know was that murder would block her path to the altar.
As Dave races the clock to
No Substitute For Mistrust
Book 10 in the Subbing isn’t for Sissies Series
Does Cheese Puff have what it takes to detect a ghost?
Read More
Will an intervention halt Sybil’s gambling before she turns to loan sharks?
Will Allison live through an unlicensed night behind the wheel?
Will the senior class survive Brenda’s attempt to spice up a school breakfast?
Can Dave arrest a
No Substitute for Misinformation
Book 7 in the Subbing isn’t for Sissies Series
Chaos is, as usual, the default setting for substitute teacher Barbara Reed’s life in Reckless River, Washington. Her ex-husband is in trouble for lying to a judge, her overbearing sister is tailing her, and a series of error-ridden memos have teachers in an uproar. On top of that, if her condo complex
Read More
No Substitute For Motives (Series #6)
Array While Barbara Reed’s drug-cop boyfriend is away, her life spins out of control. Dave’s daughter shifts to drama-queen overdrive, Cheese Puff hits new levels of canine entitlement, and Barb’s overbearing sister demands help with a mid-life makeover. To complicate matters, donated food and clothing for low-income kids go missing from the high school, and a plot surfaces to close the city pool. Then things get worse—Barb’s neighbor is accused of killing a retired mobster known as Big Shiny. When she was Las Vegas showgirl royalty, Muriel Ballantine steered clear of the vicious thug. She insists she didn’t recognize the surly guest when she rented the stage at a remote inn to practice her dance routine for a reality show. Barb is certain someone framed Mrs. B—perhaps Glorree Morning, a high-kicking competitor from back in the day. When the investigation stalls and Mrs. B is placed on house arrest, Barb decides it’s time to color outside the legal lines.
Is Bigfoot prowling around Reckless River, Washington? Has Sasquatch come to the city?
Barbara Reed doesn’t know if she believes the legendary creature exists, but evidence is stacking up. Something big is scavenging for food in city parks. Something tall and heavy left footprints across a dirt parking lot. And something huge and hairy careened into
Read More
No Substitute For Maturity (Series #3)
After tangling with killers (NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MURDER) and a deranged drug dealer (NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY), substitute teacher Barbara Reed craves routine, relaxation, and quality time with drug cop Dave Martin.
Moving in together seems like the way to achieve that. But Dave’s teenage daughter is part of the package-a package filled with drama,
Read More
The Devil's Tombstone (Series #3)
(Sequel to HEMLOCK LAKE and THROUGH A YELLOW WOOD)
The Catskill Mountains are rich in folklore, legends, and tales of the supernatural. Once guided by ghosts, Dan Stone doesn’t disbelieve what can’t be explained. And there’s no logical reason for the patch of blighted ground beside a boulder near Hemlock Lake. Known as the Devil’s Tombstone, the
Read More
The Hard Karma Shuffle (Series #1)
Portland, Oregon, 1997
Back in the 60s he tuned in, turned on, and dropped out into a life without deadlines or documentation. But now the aging flower child known as Paladin has run up against reality.
High-tech thugs with guns want a package he didn’t deliver, cops like him for the murder of a low-rent attorney, and the attorney’s secretary
Read More
The Crushed Velvet Miasma (Series #2)
Rock and Roll Reunions Can Be Murder!
Portland’s Tie-dyed Detective Cracks Another Case.(The sequel to THE HARD KARMA SHUFFLE)
After The Velvet Miasma self-destructed on stage in the mid seventies, band members vowed they’d never perform together again. But it’s 1998, retro is in, and a reunion means big bucks. Thor, the band’s egocentric
Read More
