Marilyn Meredith and F.M. Meredith author of mysteries and Christian thrillers


Books

Printable List with Series Books in Order

Deputy Tempe Crabtree Series    Rocky Bluff PD Series    Standalone Books

Deputy Tempe Crabtree series

End of the Trail

Genre: Mystery
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Deputy Tempe Crabtree joins the search for a missing hiker in the high Sierra. Her decision to help involves her in the complicated relationship of two couples, murder, a threat to her life, and an encounter with a familiar legend, plus help from her friend, the ghost hunter.




SPIRIT WIND
Genre: Mystery
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A call from a ghost hunter changes Deputy Tempe Crabtree’s vacation plans. Instead of going to the coast, she and her husband are headed to Tehachapi to investigate a haunted house and are confronted by voices on the wind, a murder, and someone out to get them.

A COLD DEATH
Genre: Mystery
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Deputy Tempe Crabtree and her husband answer the call for help with unruly guests visiting a closed summer camp during a huge snow storm and are trapped there along with the others. One is a murderer—and one is a ghost.

SELDOM TRAVELED
Genre: Mystery
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The tranquility of the mountain community of Bear Creek is disrupted by a runaway fugitive, a vicious murderer, and a raging forest fire. Deputy Tempe Crabtree is threatened by all three.

 

NOT AS IT SEEMS
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Tempe and Hutch travel to Morro Bay for son Blair’s wedding, but when the maid-of-honor disappears, Tempe tries to find her. The search is complicated by ghosts and Native spirits.

RIVER SPIRITS
Genre: Mystery
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While filming a movie on the Bear Creek Indian Reservation, the film crew trespasses on sacred ground, threats are made against the female stars, a missing woman is found by the Hairy Man, an actor is murdered, and Deputy Tempe Crabtree has no idea who is guilty.

Once again, the elusive and legendary Hairy Man plays an important role in this newest Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery.

SPIRIT SHAPES
Genre: Mystery
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Ghost hunters stumble upon a murdered teen in a haunted house.

Deputy Tempe Crabtree's investigation pulls her into a whirlwind of restless spirits, good and evil, intertwined with the past and the present, and demons and angels at war.

RAGING WATER
Genre: Mystery
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A rash of burglaries and the murder of two women shock the mountain community of Bear Creek. Add a fast-moving thunderstorm that brings torrential rains and Tempe Crabtree, the resident deputy sheriff, can forget about her days off.

When a massive mud slide blocks the road into town, temporary shelters are set up, residents high above the river open their homes to friends and neighbors, tensions rise and tempers flare.

BEARS WITH US
Genre: Mystery
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Tempe Crabtree is the resident deputy of Bear Creek, a small mountain community in the southern Sierra. Her continuing interest in the spiritual side of her heritage often causes unrest in her marriage to her minister husband.

In Bears With Us, Tempe has her hands full when bears turn up in and around her town, becoming a threat to kids and adults when an elderly woman is horrifically killed. But are bears really responsible, or is there something else afoot?

INVISIBLE PATH
Genre: Mystery
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The murder of a popular Indian on the reservation, a suspect with the unlikely name of Jesus Running Bear, four friends of the victim who are out to avenge the death, a militia group with a secret agenda, lead Deputy Tempe Crabtree in a race to find the true killer before someone else dies.

DISPEL THE MIST
Genre: Mystery

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A Tulare County Supervisor, with both Native American and Mexican roots, dies under suspicious circumstances. Because of Deputy Tempe Crabtree’s own ties to the Bear Creek Indian Reservation, she’s asked to help with the investigation. To complicate matters, besides the supervisor’s husband, several others had reason to want the woman dead. Tempe has unsettling dreams, dreams that may predict the future and bring back memories of her grandmother’s stories about the legend of the Hairy Man. Once again, Tempe’s life is threatened and this time, she fears no one will come to her rescue in time.

Kindred Spirits
Genre: Mystery

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Trouble in Deputy Crabtree’s marriage is soon forgotten when the body of a murder victim is found in the wake of a forest fire. Sent to Crescent City in search of information introduces Tempe to the victim’s Tolowa relatives and friends–and two stalkers. Upon her return home, a pig’s heart on Tempe’s front porch serves as a warning. Detective Morrison becomes an unusual ally, and the victim’s spirit visits Tempe in the night. She and husband Hutch set off for Santa Barbara in an effort to flush out the murderer and once again finds her own life threatened.

JUDGMENT FIRE
Genre: Mystery

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A battered wife is murdered and Tempe is given a warning by a shaman. She participates in a starlight ceremony, and repressed memories of her own painful high school days help her find the killer.

A shaman warns Deputy Tempe Crabtree her life is in danger. The death of a battered wife leads Tempe to participate in a Native American starlight ceremony that brings back hidden memories of her painful high school days. She attempts to help the delinquent son of the murdered woman, is threatened by his step-father--the primary murder suspect, deals with a man who may be mentally ill, and renews acquaintances with not such good friends from her younger years. A second fire brings judgment to the guilty party.

Calling the Dead
Genre: Mystery

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Deputy Tempe Crabtree investigates a murder that looks like death from natural causes, and a suicide that looks like murder. Putting her job on the line, she investigates the murder on her own time and without permission from her superiors. Jeopardizing her marriage, she uses Native American ways to call back the dead to learn the truth about the suicide.

Wing Beat
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A hidden marijuana farm and the murder of a long lost daughter keep Tempe busy, while her husband has troubles of his own--when the description of a man who exposes himself to school children sounds just like Hutch.


Intervention
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In the third in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series, a white-out snow storm, a gathering of cinema has-beens, a disgruntled ex-husband, and a murder ruin Tempe and Hutch's romantic weekend get-away.

 

Unequally Yoked
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Tempe takes part in a Native American ceremonial that has been documented as a grieving ceremonial used by the branch of the Yokut Indians that lived in this area many years ago.

Deadly Omen

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Tempe Crabtree, the resident deputy of Bear Creek, a small community in southern Sierra, Tempe Crabtree must do her job while adjusting to a new marriage and raising her teenage son. Part Yanduchi, Tempe is in the process of learning about her heritage. Her involvement in Native American spirtualism cause problems in her relationship with her husband, Hutch, the minister of the local church. In Deadly Omen a candidate for princess is murdered in a Native American Pow Wow while Tempe is working there in her capacity as deptuy. Tempe's investigation takes her onto the Yanduchi reservation. Hutch has difficulty with Tempe's grwoning interest in her heritage as she seeks the identity of the killer.

Deadly Trail

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Putting the planning of her wedding on hold, Tempe searches for the killer of the owner of Bear Creek Inn. It doesn't take long for her to discover there are several people who wanted the victim dead, including his wife. Tempe follows the trail of clues putting her job, her upcoming marriage and herself in peril.

 

Rocky Bluff P.D. series

By F.M. Meredith

Bones in the Attic
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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Detective Doug Milligan’s daughter, Beth, informs him a body has been discovered in a long-abandoned home, which Beth and other students are turning into a haunted house. The skeleton was crammed inside an old trunk, still clothed in the remnants of what appeared to be pajamas. Another call for elder abuse may be a case of murder. To complicate matters, a wildfire threatens the town.

Tangled Webs
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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Officer Gordon Butler and his overanxious trainee Dakota Ayala are dispatched to a scene where they find a woman named Melody White who has been stabbed to death. Gordon is not surprised. He’d been called to that address several times to confront Jacob Hulsey who had stalked the victim. The neighbor who placed the call to the Rocky Bluff Police Department reported seeing Hulsey there the night before. But when another neighbor says Melody’s ex-husband had threatened her, and then one of Melody’s co-workers at the day care center where they worked reported a clash between Melody and her boss, suspects seem to be multiplying like Russian nesting dolls. And to add to the difficulty of sorting it all out, Gordon’s new partner is making moves on Gordon’s wife, and detective Doug Milligan’s daughter Beth has become moody and secretive. At least two of the suspects and maybe some others are weaving tangled webs.

Unresolved
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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Rocky Bluff P.D. is underpaid and understaffed and when two dead bodies turn up, the department is stretched to the limit. The mayor is the first body discovered, the second an older woman whose death is caused in a bizarre manner. Because no one liked the mayor, including his estranged wife and the members of the city council, the suspects suspects are many, but each one has an alibi.

A Crushing Death
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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A pile of rocks is found on a dead body beneath the condemned pier. A teacher is accused of molesting a student. The new police chief is threatened by someone she once arrested for violent attacks on women, and Officer Milligan’s teenage daughter has a problem.

Violent Departures
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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College student, Veronica Randall, disappears from her car in her own driveway, and everyone in the Rocky Bluff P.D. is looking for her. Detective Milligan and family move into a house that may be haunted. Officer Butler is assigned to train a new hire and faces several major challenges.

Murder in the Worst Degree
A Rocky Bluff P.D.Series Mystery

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A body washes up on the beach and leads Detectives Milligan and Zachary on a murder investigation. Suspects include: the victim’s family members, his housekeeper, three long-time friends, and a mystery woman.

Dangerous Impulses
A Rocky Bluff P.D.Series Mystery

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An attractive new-hire captivates Officer Gordon Butler. Officer Felix Zachary's wife is befuddled by her new baby. Ryan and Barbara Strickland receive unsettling news. Meanwhile, the bloody murder of a mother and her son and an unidentified drug that sickens teenaged partiers jolts the Rocky Bluff P.D.

No Bells
A Rocky Bluff P.D.Series Mystery

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Officer Gordon Butler finally has a serious girlfriend, the love he’s been seeking for a long time. Her best friend has disappeared. A body is discovered in a remote area of the beach. One big problem develops: Butler’s girlfriend is the major suspect in the murder.

Angel Lost
A Rocky Bluff P.D.Series Mystery

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Detective Doug Milligan is set to marry Officer Stacey Wilbur. She is trying to catch a pervert, who has been exposing himself to women on the beach. Abel Navarro’s mother is showing signs of Alzheimer’s. The new transfer from LAPD has a problem which wasn’t solved by transferring to a small town. An image on a window downtown is seen by some as a sign from God because it appears to be an angel. Just as things seem to be coming to a head, a serial kidnapper―and perhaps murderer―who has been working his way south from Oregon, shows up in Rocky Bluff.

An Axe to Grind
A Rocky Bluff P.D.Series Mystery

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A stalker's decapitation sends Detective Doug Milligan on an investigation of the stalker and victim. When Doug strikes out on his own to corner the murderer, and no one knows where he is, his girlfriend, police officer Stacey Wilbur, tries to find him. She becomes frantic when his beloved MG is found in the lagoon on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

No Sanctuary
A Rocky Bluff P.D.Series Mystery

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Officer Stacey Wilbur works with Detective Doug Milligan investigating the death of a popular minister's wife. Stacey goes undercover to catch a pedophile. She discovers a church isn't always a sanctuary. Stacey must make two major decisions which will change her life forever, and a third that may cause her to lose her life.

Smell of Death
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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A missing child, strange burglaries, and the inexplicable murder of a mother and her daughter disrupt the peaceful beach community of Rocky Bluff, CA. Officer Stacey Wilbur, first on the scene for both murders, assists Detective Doug Milligan with the investigations and finds herself breaking her long-standing rule to never date anyone who works for the Rocky Bluff P.D.

Fringe Benefits
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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Officer Cal Sylvester of the Rocky Bluff P.D. despises his rookie partner, Gordon Butler, but thinks Butler's wife is hot and pursues her. Their affair heats up, and Cal is hooked on the gorgeous Darcy. Buts she nixes his idea that they both get divorced. She wants more than passion. She wants a lifestyle a cop can't afford. Cal realizes the life insurance on his wife would be enough to satisfy Darcy. All he has to do is pull off the perfect murder.

Bad Tidings
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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Lieutenant Tom Gilbreath, called “the old hound dog” because he is responsible for delivering bad news, is soon to receive some of his own. In Bad Tidings, we get a realistic look at how the duties of police officers intertwine with their personal lives.

Final Respects
A Rocky Bluff P.D. Series Mystery

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Mortician Stuart Honich dreams about sinking his teeth into the flesh of his tormentors — his boss's daughters. Being a cop was something Doug Milligan wanted since childhood, but his wife hates his profession and Doug will soon have to make a difficult choice. Publicity hound, Rick Strickland, will do anything to further his career, and is having a secret affair with Liz Phelan, a divorcee with a drinking problem. The murder of the Milligans' babysitter begins a series of events that could lead to the destruction of the entire Rocky Bluff Police department as well as many innocent citizens.

Stand-alone Books

Lingering Spirit
(Romance with a touch of the Supernatural)

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After her police officer husband is killed in the line of duty, Nicole Ainsworth struggles with the changes forced on her life. Her efforts to focus on her daughters and cope with her grief are kept off-balance by images of Steve, her deceased husband who seems to be trying to communicate with her. Eventually, Nicole finds that Steve isn't the only one watching over her, and discovers a second chance at happiness.

Wishing Makes it So
(Coming Soon)

The Astral Gift

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A victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Elaine Brinsfield can't bear the thought of being touched by a man. The coping mechanism of astral projection she used as a child returns unbidden, accompanied by the threatening appearance of ghostly evil spectral beings. The gift or curse of astral projection enables Elaine to solve a vicious murder, but skeptical cops make her the number one suspect.

 

Deadly Feast 
Mystery

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While investigating a murder, Leslie York, the resident deputy of the mining town of Copper Creek, finds herself stranded on the wrong side of the creek when it turns into a raging torrent. Others driven from their homes by the flood gather, but one of them turns up dead. When Leslie begins to suspect the victim's death was murder, she suddenly finds herself in peril, struggling for life in the angry floodwaters.

Kachima Spirit
Mystery, Romance, Native American

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Madeline Kennon, a young widow, along with her two children, Norman and Wendy, move into an old Victorian house in Ojai, California in an effort to begin life anew. The house is haunted by several ghosts. Norman, a collector of all things macabre, is delighted. The ghost of a Chumash Native American woman disturbs Madeline's dreams. As she tries to solve the mysteries of their new home, she becomes involved with an intriguing stranger. She also meets her neighbors, and Norman makes friends with a policeman, who may be an important ally.

Two Ways West 
Historical Family Saga

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TWO WAYS WEST is a fictional, historical saga, based on genealogy, about two families who travel west for different reasons and in different ways.

The Crabtrees journeyed by burro and horse through Mexico, where the family battles marauding bandidos and is befriended by the ferocious Yaqui Indians. Catching a steamer in Mazatlán, they travel up the coast of California, jumping ship in Monterey, and finally settling in the Sierra along the Tule River.

Fascinated by the Mormons, Ashbel Post Osborn brought his family by wagon train along the Mormon trail. Surviving Indian attacks and other adventures, they make their home in Grass Valley until a terrible accident happens.

 

Trail to Glory
Historical Family Saga

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Based on the author’s family stories, three generations of dauntless women follow their hearts across the western plains. 1858 - Mary, the gentle eastern schoolteacher, loses her heart to a handsome trapper. They overcome the hardships of frontier life in Wisconsin to establish a family dynasty. 1880 – Wilhelmina, Mary’s flame-haired daughter, kidnapped as a child by Indians, is renamed “Indian Paintbrush.” She marries Taihinco, a Menominee brave, who teaches her the meaning of unbridled passion. 1908 – Desdemona Diana, nicknamed “Minnie,” the fiercely independent daughter of Wilhelmina’s older sister, defies family and convention to wed the man of her choice. They journey to Southern California to make a new life, where she founds a dynasty of her own. Also published as an ebook with the title "Indian Paintbrush."

Deeds of Darkness
Christian Horror

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Christian teenager Madeline Mahoney is uncomfortable participating in her best friend's witch activities, but she succumbs to peer pressure. She hopes the object of her affection, Brian, will return her feelings, so she allows Lynette to perform a love spell. When he spends time with her, Madeline regrets her actions and wonders how she will ever know if he really likes her.Spying on Lynette's mother, Madelyn learns a coven of witches has formed in what used to be her small, quiet town. Now people are being hurt and dying in ways no one can explain. Madeline and Brian must convince the adults something is dreadfully wrong. If they can’t, they must do something on their own. But since they're Christians, are they really on their own?

Cup of Demons
Christian Horror

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Is the inheritance Maginel received from her great-grandaunt, Marcelene, a gift or a curse? Haunted by ancestral ghosts, plagued by demonic creatures, Maginel flees from her home. Seeking to remove the barrier that prevents her from marrying the man she loves, she enters into a life-and-death battle for her soul.

The Devil’s Foothold
Christian Horror

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Resident Deputy Jessica McGuire’s day starts much the same as usual, but when she jogs by the old family cemetery, she discovers the grave of a baby dug up, and the skeleton is missing. Not much later, Pastor David Tanner reports the theft of a hand-carved redwood cross from his church. Next, a baby goat is reported stolen, and one of the pastor’s cows is discovered mutilated in the field. Jessica and Pastor David team up to investigate these strange occurrences. He is convinced Satan worship is going on in their town. Jessica isn’t sure until she discovers a hooded and robed group meeting in the woods. They flee upon her arrival. She needs to get to the bottom of things before it escalates into something worse. Or has it already?

Cooking for a Big Family and Large Groups

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The recipes in this book are favorites of Marilyn Meredith, taste tested first by her five children and her grandchildren. She also used them to prepare meals for the six developmentally disabled women who shared her home. All the recipes are economical, tasty, and easy to prepare. They are especially good for big families or community care facilities.

Short Stories

Resurrection

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Death of a Deceiver

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