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Books by Terry I. Miles |
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Until Death Do Us Part Terry I Miles’ new novel, “Until Death Do Us Part,” with its multiple story lines and exciting plot devices, is a fast-paced read. From Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi, to the nation’s capital, you will be drawn into the action and humor produced by Bea Winslow and her Aunt Jewels, who continually places herself and Bea in harm’s way. This is the eighth “cozy little murder mystery” in the Bea and Jewels series. |
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Gussie the Christmas Goose and Other Stories
This is THE BOOK to buy for that special someone this coming Christmas! FIVE adorable animal stories with a special message tucked inside each story. I encourage you to look into this product the very minute it hits the presses! Enjoyment is guaranteed by both the reader and the child. Gussie the Christmas Goose and Other Stories is a collection out of the imaginative mind of Terry I. Miles. This is her first children’s book. With the artistic help of Authorhouse’s illustrators and design team, this is destined to be a collector’s item. |
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A Catnip Christmas In Moriah County, Mississippi on Christmas Eve 2001, the Moriah County Patrol Boat operated by Deputy Cecil Watson and a crew of three believe they have cornered the suspected smugglers dubbed "The Christmas Jewels." Their burglary consisted of transferring from Russia five million dollars, which supposedly has been traced to Serene Cove, located in Moriah County. After the Patrol Boat explodes and the thieves escape, another unfortunate accident happens. Five years later, Bea Winslow, a Private Investigator who lives in the neighboring county of Lafouchfeye, receives an important phone call from Mack Dupree, one of the suspected smugglers. After driving over to Moriah County with her Aunt, amateur sleuth Mrs. Julia McKenna, (whom she fondly calls aunt Jewels) and Sheriff Jim Travis of Lafouchfeye County, they find Mack Dupree murdered. When bodies begin piling up and Aunt Jewels is hijacked...well, murder doesn't take a holiday and mystery, suspense, and intrigue keeps your mind guessing and your fingers eagerly turning the pages during this dazzling Christmas season! |
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Looks Can Be Deceiving Bea Winslow, Private Investigator, drives her Aunt Julia McKenna (whom she fondly calls Aunt Jewels) to explore the beach in Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi after Katrina for buried treasure. With her new metal detector, Aunt Jewels discovers not only a body, but also a woman who has been dead for over a hundred years! Sheriff Jim Travis of Lafouchfeye County notifies his friend, Dr. Nathan Tate, the recently retired Medical Examiner and Coroner of New Orleans, Louisiana, to become a Forensic Pathologist. He is quick to recognize several clues to her identification. Dr. Tate suggests the three of them, Bea, Aunt Jewels and Sheriff Travis, travel to mysterious and exotic Blackbayou Plantation, located in Quitmann, Broookes County, Georgia, a small community of about four hundred people. Upon their arrival, they are amazed by the youthful facial features of people who are eighty and above! But, when people start dying… Add a heroine, several shady characters, a snoopy mailman, a feisty lady and a house and motel any Psycho movie buff would recognize and viola! You have the makin’s of a Cozy Little Murder Mystery… enjoy! |
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DOG Gone Christmas Seven years ago the housekeeper, Maudelle Perkins, found Horace Fletcher, Director of Shady Rest Funeral Home, dead at his desk. Cyrus Dedeaux, one of three morticians hired by Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, was declared guilty. However, new DNA evidence, presented by his lawyer, had proven Mr. Dedeaux innocent and he has been set free! Three days after Cyrus returned, there has been an alleged attempted murder on Rose Fletcher, Horace's widow, and a body has washed up on the beach. Before attending the gala benefit honoring environmentalist, Dr. Horatio Banks, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Mrs. Julia McKenna and her boyfriend, Captain Eric VonBoatner, are supposed to pick up a 1927 Model T. Ford, which she won two months earlier in a drawing. During an impromptu shopping spree, Aunt Jewels and a dog named Maggie May are kidnapped and dog napped respectively. Upon inspection of the floorboards inside of the antique car, her niece, Private Investigator Bea Winslow, discovers small specks of dried blood. Mystery, mayhem and merriment, follow these two sleuths as they weave their humor, crime solving tactics and hilarious antics, through a host of unsavory characters, the funeral parlor, saving the environment, Christmas festivities in the Bay and finding Aunt Jewels and Maggie May. |
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Say A Little Prayer For Me In 1982, Sister Mary Catherine O’Neal, from Holy Sisters of Coventry Baptist Orphanage in Bonne Place, Louisiana, is murdered at St. Mark’s Baptist Church in Moriah County, Mississippi. Now eighteen years later, young Sara Millicent (Millie) Forrester is found strangled in the old Winslow boathouse. Her uncle, Garrett Forrester hires his old college sweetheart, Private Investigator Bea Winslow to solve the crime. When Garrett’s fiancée, Rachel disappears, Bea suspects the worst and when she discovers that Garrett is the beneficiary to the four-million dollar trust fund, she soon realizes there has to be a connection between the 1982 death and Millie’s murder. Another death occurs, each time she unravels a clue. To complicate matters her Aunt Julia, whom she fondly calls “Aunt Jewels”, an amateur sleuth, wants to help Bea solve the crime, but just when Bea believes she has the killer cornered, a shocking incident occurs and Aunt Jewels falls under police suspicion! Now, Bea is faced not only with solving the crime, but also keeping Aunt Jewels out of harm’s way…again! This is the fourth novel in a series of six about Bea Winslow, P.I., a witty, wonderful heroine from Terry I. Miles, author of her Cozy Little Murder Mysteries. Exciting and captivating, Say A Little Prayer for Me is a heart-stopping story to get under your skin and haunt you. |
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Laughing All the Way It's Christmas time and Bea Winslow, Private Investigator and her Aunt, Ms. Julia McKenna, whom she fondly calls Aunt Jewels, along with friends, Sheriff Jim Travis and Captain Eric VonBoatner, are shopping. On a previous trip to the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, Aunt Jewels has spied a painting of a laughing clown, juggling three striped balls and must have it! Errol Frazer, a gigolo, con man and thief, returns to New Orleans after spending forty years in an Italian prison for a murder her didn't commit. He discovers the painting he heisted forty years ago from El Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain and sent to his partner, Art Collector, Simon Dufuss, is in Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi. With its multiple storylines, jovial characters and exciting plot, Laughing All the Way is a delightful read. Ms. Miles tells her tale with warmth and you will not only get caught up in the mystery, but also the personal lives of Reba, Lulu and Daffy, making them as real as our neighbors. When plucky Aunt Jewels is kidnapped, Bea's exciting, climatic ride through New Orleans escalates as she races against time to save her! |
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Death Has No Appeal Just before midnight on Christmas Eve, December 24 in Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi, distinguished Judge Joseph Patrick Winslow was found murdered. At the scene of the crime, Mrs. Julia McKenna, a long-time adversary was discovered standing over the deceased with the gun still in her hand, by Sheriff Jim Travis. A jury of her peers have found her guilty of murder. Did she do it? December 23, the day before, Bea Winslow, Private Investigator boarded All Nippon Airways, flight 1073 for Luizhou, China. She didn’t know the plane had been sabotaged. That same afternoon, Judge Joseph Patrick Winslow intently watched Bea’s Aunt, Mrs. Julia McKenna, while she stood on the lower deck of the Coral Princess waiting to get underway for a Christmas in the Bahamas. Slowly he withdrew his cell pone from inside his overcoat and dialed the Captain’s number. He smiled as the Captain handed Julia the phone. “Hello Julia,” he softly spoke, “I have some tragic news…” |
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I'll Love You Till You Die When Private Investigator Beatrice (Bea) Winslow’s Aunt Julia McKenna purchases a used car, little does she realize she acquired more than meets the eye. A receipt, a body and a cruise to the Caribbean unravel murder, greed and jealousy. Later, Bea receives a desperate phone call pleading for assistance in the disappearance of Ms. Cora Leigh Bowles. Mrs. Lydia Gross’ sister and the secrets of these siblings are revealed adding to the intrigue. I’ll Love You Till You Die is a taut mystery and suspense. Clues and suspects will keep you turning the pages. This is the first novel in a series of five about Beatrice (Bea) Winslow, P.I., a gutsy, witty heroine. Beguiling characters intertwine giving suspense to the multitude of suspects. Feisty yet gullible Aunt Julia, and amateur sleuth, wants to help her niece solve the crime, throwing herself constantly in harm's way. A late romance, a deftly-plotted mystery and Miles' multilayered plot constantly excites and bedazzles the reader, pulling the wool over our eyes in grand style for a fine surprise ending! |
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