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Attorney Grant Laviolette's first day of retirement delivers up a strange recipe for murder. Blissfully unaware that he has offended the wrong men, Grant heads off on a driving trip to Alaska as his reward for ending his long and fulfilling legal career. Twin psychopaths follow him like shadows, murdering innocent women and planting incriminating evidence pointing directly at Grant, who will soon discover that an exemplary life means nothing when the media and the police believe that they've found the "Serial Killer Lawyer." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a lawyer from ...

Terminated from a Topeka law firm for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccinations, Jeremy Duff drives to the small city of Parsons, Kansas where he purchases the abandoned Bleake Funeral Home at a great price to use the building for both his law office and his residence. On just his second night in the upstairs apartment, Jeremy is confronted by the ghost of Amelia Bleake who was murdered by her own brother in the funeral home in 1962. This story chronicles how Jeremy and Amelia deal with their unintended relationship and the perils they face as the spirit world seeks to abduct Amelia back to...

This brief essay is a lament about the overspending American presidents, greedy politicians and corrupted judges and district attorneys. Together they have destroyed the fabric of American civilization and won't be satisfied until anarchy reigns in the USA. The essay was published in March of 2024 but has been updated in March of 2025. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer (and prolific writer of fiction) who unfortunately has no expertise in politics or finance. Nevertheless, Donald hopes that you find some food for thought in his angry ramblings about the ...

Tired of eighty-hour work weeks, attorney Jimmy Corbett grabs an opportunity to leave a Toronto law firm and head to the small city of Belleville, Ontario to open his own law practice and find a life actually worth living. Jimmy is handed a complex legal mystery with his very first client and will soon discover that danger can arise anywhere when you stick your stubborn snout in the wrong toilet. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian author who has penned more than 100 novels since his retirement in 2009. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon for details about each book.

Ty Ward is a 300 pound retired head of security whose massive size attracts trouble like a sleaze magnet. In DEADLY WITNESS, Ty's pleasant and solitary stay in an isolated cabin on Croton Creek in a remote part of North Texas is violently interrupted by a ruthless pack of criminals who kidnap runaway girls, get them hooked on drugs, rape them repeatedly to get them used to having sex with strangers, and then sell the girls to prostitution rings. Ty reserves his harshest punishment for those who deeply offend his moral code. This is the 4th novel in the 10-volume TY WARD ADVENTURE SERIES ...

This novel is a romantic mystery set in the suburbs of New York City. Suddenly out of a job when the Binghamton, New York law firm where he works declares bankruptcy and closes up shop, Jerome Jarvis dumps his gorgeous girlfriend and heads to New York City to find a new job and a new love. Jerome feels very fortunate when he lands a temporary position to conduct a civil trial even though he has never been to court before. Jerome wouldn't feel so lucky if he could foresee the tidal wave of danger that was about to engulf him. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian ...

This is the 2nd book in the 10-volume TY WARD ACTION/ADVENTURE SERIES. A visiting football team trashes the Abilene, Texas nightclub where Ty works as a bouncer, which results in Ty being laid off for a month while repairs are made to the club. Ty seizes this opportunity to take a vacation and see parts of the western USA. You'll be amazed at how awful a trip can be once you read about the incredible ordeals which arise in TY WARD'S HOLIDAY FROM HELL. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian real estate lawyer from Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Always a tall skinny runt ...

This is the 5th installment of the Ty Ward Adventure Series which is made up of seven separate novels. Each novel is a stand-alone story. This story begins with Ty in prison where he receives an unusual offer of early parole. All Ty has to do is live in a Dallas slum for the remaining seven months of his sentence. While in Dallas, Ty attempts to discover the identity of Mr. J, the leader of the kidnapping and prostitution ring that Ty encountered in "Deadly Witness" which was the 4th book in the series. As usual in Ty's tumultuous life, he wades into the most depraved cesspools of human ...

In this 3rd novel of the HAUNTED FUNERAL HOME SERIES, young lawyer Jeremy Duff and his ghostly girlfriend Amelia are sent to extreme southern Louisiana to free the trapped spirit of a young girl named Blanche DesRoches who took her own life after her sister died in a car accident. As ghost detectives, Jeremy and Amelia need to unlock the trauma which has prevented Blanche's spirit from ascending to the next sphere of existence. Jeremy and Amelia are for the first time thrown into a totally unexpected battle with powerful evil spirits. This novel describes their latest adventure. ABOUT THE ...

It's looking rough for Jeremy Duff to make a go of his new law practice in the former Bleake Funeral Home in Parsons, Kansas. His secretary is the gorgeous ghost of Amelia Bleake who was murdered in the funeral home in 1962. Only Jeremy can see and hear Amelia. Another problem is caused by angry demons which infuse Jeremy's office with the stench of rotting corpses complete with blowflies whenever he sees a client. Just when Jeremy is ready to abandon all hope of success, he is offered the opportunity to team up with Amelia as ghost detectives tasked with figuring out what agonizing trauma ...

At age 65 widower David Roche has finally had enough. Sick of the hurtful insults hurled at him by his own elderly mother, and tired of being hit up for endless loans by his younger brother and sister, David leaves his small home town in Maine looking to start a new life. David will soon discover that he isn't the only one who has been stuck with a vile family when he meets Sharon Crane who desperately needs to escape her own control-freak daughter. Their chance meeting results in a tale of love and unexpected danger. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian attorney ...

Devastated after his young wife's death, Johnny Lafreniere leaves rural Maine to escape the heartache and constant memories of his beloved Gracie. When his car breaks down on his journey to nowhere, Johnny figures that Harrison, Arkansas is as good a place as any to start a new life. His new city turns out to contain a bevy of beauties. Could a new love emerge? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian writer who has penned more than 100 novels. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon (and the Author Pages for his two pen names "Durward Garbage" and "Lance Majestik") ...

Fired from a large Boston law firm for standing up for his rights, young attorney John Braxton decides to open up his own legal practice in Augusta, Maine with the hope of carving out a sensible balance between his work hours and his social life. A series of coincidences leads John into a complex situation with Amanda, a gorgeous blonde mother and her precocious young daughter Isabelle. The daughter takes an instant liking to John and follows him around like a puppy. Can this wily young barrister use the daughter's devotion to win the heart of the mother? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. ...

Possessing an MBA and PHD in economics didn't help Donald Ward who was fired in October from his New York government job for refusing to get the Covid-19 jabs. Don heads off in search of a kinder and more sensible state in which to live and work. Perhaps the prospect of a jobless Christmas can be softened with the help of gorgeous raven-haired Georgina Cole who just lost her own job when her Florida employer decided to downsize. This is their story of travel and romance. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 100 novels since his ...

Having lived off the grid in an isolated Montana cabin since he was a baby, Ward Jones is thrust into civilization at age thirty when his parents die in an accident. Deciding to travel, Ward hops on a bus and winds up in Coffeyville, Kansas where he soon discovers that without a high school diploma or marketable skills, finding a job is impossible. All Ward knows is hunting and survival skills. When frustration overtakes him, Ward decides to hunt, rob and kill drug pushers in nearby Tulsa, Oklahoma. Will this new hobby as a human predator pan out well? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. ...

Reaching consciousness alone in a dark Tennessee cave with no memory of a previous life but with ample general knowledge, he decides to call himself "Stranger" after being led to civilization by kindly strangers. As Stranger learns about American society, he discovers that he possesses the unique ability to smell both evil people and evil acts about to occur. In this first book of the "STRANGER SERIES" he travels around the southern part of the USA trying to cope with his bizarre situation while he figures out if he is human or robotic and whether he has been created or programmed for any ...

Billy Hill grew up in the north woods of Vermont where he resided with and was home-schooled by his reclusive bachelor uncle. Billy then found a job as a glorified book-keeper in the tiny village of Vergennes, Vermont but also earned pretty good money participating in illegal cage fights. When his boss retired, Billy was offered a temporary job to go undercover in a Tallahassee, Florida landscaping business in order to ascertain why the company was losing so much money. Billy will soon learn that he'll require both his flair for numbers and his top fighting skills to carry out his mission ...

Just when his life of violence seems behind him and the ordinary life he craves seems within his grasp, Ty Ward loses his job and his apartment on the same day. Opting to drive around the western portion of America while he decides where to live and what to do, Ty stumbles upon a home invasion in progress in extreme southern New Mexico. That incident propels Ty into a kill or be killed war with a ruthless and powerful drug cartel. His longed-for normal life must once again be put on hold while Ty employs every ounce of his cunning and experience to stay alive and exterminate this new enemy....

For the first time since arriving in the USA in 2011, 300-pound former bodyguard Ty Ward had enjoyed more than a year of peaceful living in northern Kansas. When a motorcycle gang buys up all the other homes in the tiny hamlet, Ty's blessed peace is quickly shattered by a series of violent confrontations. What does a guy have to do to live out his remaining years peacefully? Perhaps the right woman might turn things around. This is the 7th novel in the 10-volume TY WARD ACTION/ADVENTURE SERIES. Please check out the other books in the series, each of which is a stand-alone story. ABOUT THE ...

Over the course of his lengthy legal career, the combined antics of the government tax offices and the Ontario Law Society had forced attorney Ron Rodent into an impoverished and unhappy early retirement. When the tax office reverses a previous ruling and snatches away Ron's last bit of savings, the enraged attorney vows to make the bureaucrats pay for tormenting him. Nobody extracts diabolical revenge better than a bitter old lawyer. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian real estate lawyer who took up fiction writing as a retirement hobby in 2009. Always a proponent of ...