Vividly depicts the colorful, sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey, California.

This comic novel, by the author of The Blossom Festival, is set in Mexican California in 1842 and is based on a true story of mistaken conquest. When Commodore Jones and the crew of the National Intention land in Monterey believing themselves to be bringing freedom and democracy to the benighted Californios, they discover that history has preceded them, that cruelty, betrayal, greed, and lust are already well established there, and that far from existing...

In the shabby district called Tortilla Flat above Monterey, California lives a gang whose exploits compare to those of King Arthur's knights.

Two brothers, one living and one a ghost, have an adventure in the waterfront community of Monterey, California, in the 1950s.

Through a clever scheme, they took five million dollars by force from an armored truck. Years after the heist, neither the money nor the culprits have been found. But the money can't stay hidden forever, especially when more and more players join the chase. n a story about greed and the lengths to which people will go to satiate it, tenuous alliances are formed, and traps are set. With a disbarred lawyer investigating, the quest for the money involves...

After finding a dead woman on the shores of Monterey, California, Detective Brad Evans is called to San Carlos Cathedral where his twin sister, Bea, has found an abandoned child. Unable to talk, the little girl holds the key to the murdered woman. Bea has taken the child into her home and, unwittingly, invited danger into their lives. Brad's investigation intensifies and the search for the killer becomes personal.

Detective Brad Evans of the Monterey Police Department is faced with one of his most challenging cases when the Mayor is found murdered at his home in the Peters Gate neighborhood of the city. While there are many possible suspects for the crime, there are very few pieces of evidence. Detective Frankie de Colonia is brought in from San Francisco to help solve the murder. Their initial contact is contentious, but relaxes as they grow to know each other....