Books by Kenneth S Kappelmann

"...a fun, fast-moving pulpy story featuring plenty of kills, thrills, and chills." -IndieReaderThe second installment of the Tomas O'Malley Mystery series.Detective Tomas O'Malley is called to the site of a murdered teenager. As the case unfolds, O'Malley learns that this teenager was the school bully, dealing in everything from taunting sports players to date-rape and assault. However, to protect its star football player, the school buries the facts causing the murderer to expand his target list to school officials. As the suspect list grows to unforeseen levels, Tomas must wade through the minutia to determine who had the motive and ability to commit the crimes. The mystery of the vigilante killer becomes clouded with forensic countermeasures, and this classic whodunit comes to light, as the killer may Never Be Traced.

"Never Been Found is a murder mystery that will soothe your crime-solving, clue-finding itch and delight your inner detective." -Authors ReadingThe first installment of the Tomas O'Malley Mystery series.Long-time Chicago homicide detective has been working the case of a missing girl with little success. Now, her father has been found executed and a serial killer is leaving a trail of female bodies across the city. Are all these cases related? Who could be behind such a wide spread epidemic of organized crime. As the case unwinds and more bodies stack up, O'Malley must choose between what his gut is telling him, and what the case is being designed to show.Will O'Malley find the killer, or is the killer leading the detective to a deadly frame-up of a young man in over his head? The missing girl may hold the answer, if only she could be found.

The dragon screamed in pain as one of Stepha's arrows lunged deep in his throat. Jermys was on the canok in moments. In one move, he recovered his axe and placed it to the creature's throat as well. The dragon moved quickly and was within one talon swing of killing the dwarf when Schram swung his talon equally fast across its throat, severing his head from his body."Stop," shouted Schram toward the other dragon. "This is your chance to end the killing."The canok did not move as Jermys was still on top of him. The canok's eyes were cold and lost and were locked on that of the large female dragon before Schram. "Do it, my queen. Kill the dwarf, and together we will kill Schram."There was a pause, and all seemed to get deathly quiet. Then, the dragon moved. "No!" Scram hollered as he saw her intent.She lifted her talon up to strike the dwarf a deadly blow. Schram did the same.After 220 years, they thought it was over. They thought they had beaten their enemy and ended the Dragon Opression. They had lost friends and family, but they had saved their world. Now, new friends have emerged, and some from the past have returned. A new prophecy was issued, defining the end of life as they know it.Thirty days-thirty days!-to either turn Schram over to the true power on Troyf or die. The one question: Are the four weapons and staff enough to prevent the death of the dragon?The Death of the Dragon is the continuation of Kenneth Kappelmann's award-winning Hidden Magic series featuring The Return of the Dragons and The Dragon Unknown.