Books by Ron Base

"Two nude bodies are found floating in an abandoned quarry outside the town of Georgetown and a quiet provincial region will never be the same. Former RCMP corporal Jean Whitlock uneasily trying to put her life back together in her hometown of Milton must come to the rescue of her abused cousin. A famous member of Canada's parliament suffers a heart attack in Toronto and a young Kenyan sex trade worker sees a chance not only to be free--but also an opportunity to get revenge for years of victimization. These are the threads of the plot author Ron Base weaves together in his exciting new thriller, The Hidden Quarry. In trying to save her cousin from an abusive estranged husband, Jean is drawn into the dark, secretive world of international human trafficking. She goes undercover to discover that not only are the most unlikely people involved in the business of selling young woman for sex, but they are willing to kill to keep her quiet. The Hidden Quarry is the fourth installment in the popular series of Jean Whitlock suspense thrillers that began with The Escarpment and continued with The Mill Pond and Main Street, Milton."--

"His Head Will Roll. Somebody on Sanibel Island wants Tree Callister's head. It could be one of the two hoodlums threatening his life. Maybe it's his ex-wife who has become America's first female Russian oligarch. One thing is certain. Tree had better find the missing fiancâee of a homicidal gangster's daughter and find her fast. Meanwhile, he's having these weird dreams in which a guy in a fedora named Tony Rome keeps showing up. And somehow he ends up in Morocco on a camel named Horace. Hang on. This could be Tree Callister's wildest adventure yet. If he can keep his head."--

Disgraced former Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Jean Whitlock has returned to her hometown of Milton, Ontario, to try to put her life back together. It's not working out very well.

Nobody, least of all Freddie Stayner, could have imagined her as a private detective on Florida's Sanibel Island. Freddie is about to surprise everyone--including herself. Murder, mystery, suspense--and a dame you can't resist!

Visiting London, England, private detective Tree Callister finds himself following a mysterious woman, up to his ears in trouble.

"First in a series of Milton Mysteries featuring Jean Whitlock"--Back cover.

"Private Detective Tree Callister thinks he's dying. He could be right. Humphrey Bogart doesn't give him much hope. A floppy-eared hound dog named Clinton insists on talking to him. Meanwhile, a mysterious list sends Tree and his wife Freddie from Sanibel Island to Savannah, Georgia to Washington, D.C. Along the way they encounter a demented ex-football player, a crooked small-town sheriff who likes to use his Taser, and two women in love married to the same man. A plane explodes. A dead body shows up. All hell breaks loose. And Tree discovers it's hard to worry about dying when all sorts of people are trying to kill you."--Back cover.

How does one detective end up married four times? A good question, Tree Callister wishes he had the answer. All he knows is that three of his ex-wives have arrived on Sanibel Island, off the west coast of Florida, much to the chagrin of Freddie, his fourth wife. What's more, all his ex-wives are in trouble. Before Tree knows it, he is up to his neck in complications, including a jailed ex-wife, his best friend under arrest, a Russian oligarch who doesn't like him, cops out to get him... A murder or two. And, oh yes, Marilyn Monroe shows up unexpectedly. At a time when he is supposed to be retired and enjoying a quiet life on an island paradise, Tree finds himself in bigger jams than ever, trying to stay alive while he searches for a killer and asks himself that age old question: how does a private detective get married so many times? Ron Base's latest Tree Callister adventure, The Four Wives of the Sanibel Sunset Detective, tries to find the answer. Sort of.

For The Confidence Man, love is the greatest con game of all. Los Angeles in 1928, where everyone wants to be someone else, where fantasy and reinvention are the orders of the day, particularly now that the moving picture business, the city's biggest industry, has got everyone scared thanks to this newfangled thing called sound. Meet Billy Dice, a young confidence man right at home in a town full of con men and women. Billy tells the suckers on the Venice Beach Pier he has six weeks to find true love before he dies. Truth or fiction? With Billy, it's hard to tell. He lands a job driving for an up-and-coming actor named Frank Cooper, known to everyone as Gary. Women love Gary Cooper, and he loves them right back, even though no one thinks he has any future in the movies. But when Coop meets Nell Devereaux, the beautiful flier and mountain climber, he falls hard-just about as hard as Billy. Nell can save Billy's life. All he has to do is make her fall in love with him, do something about Coop's infatuation, and stop a nasty Cuban dictator named Machado who is determined to win Nell for himself. From Hollywood on the verge of seismic change to the rain-drenched, danger-filled environs of the Florida Keys, The Confidence Man is an enthralling adventure and epic love story filled with notorious gangsters, ruthless hustlers, and beautiful movie stars that will keep you turning pages. It's something very different from Ron Base, author of the bestselling Sanibel Sunset Detective mysteries.

"Joshua and Madison are pretty smart kids. Except they have no idea what their father does for a living. They suspect the worst. That's where Private Detective Tree Callister comes in. Josh and Madi want him to find out what their father does, and why he keeps disappearing. But Tree has problems of his own. Everyone on Sanibel Island thinks he's hiding nine million dollars that has gone missing. The FBI is investigating him, the local cops are out to get him-and they are not happy that Tree keeps stumbling across dead bodies. Then there is the diminutive, dangerous Paola who has no hesitation about killing anyone who gets in her way. Including Tree. It's looking as bad as it ever has for Tree Callister in his latest-and most deadly-adventure. And it's only going to get worse."--Back cover.

Welcome to Tree Callister's Sanibel Island. Meet some of his friends. THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN. She tries to seduce Tree in Paris and Key West--and she may be trying to kill him on Sanibel Island. TWO SHADY CHARACTERS. A former director of the Pakistani Secret Service, Miram Shah, wants Tree to find his missing fiancée. Accused Serbian war criminal Javor Zoran has lost his true love. He insists Tree find her. Could both men be looking for the same woman? THE DOCTOR WITH A MACHETE. Actually, Dr. Edgar Bunya says the correct name for his machete is a cutlass. Dr. Edgar plans to use it to cut off Tree's hands. THE DEAD BODIES. From Key West to Sanibel Island, Tree keeps stumbling across corpses. The cops don't like this one bit. His marriage is in jeopardy, his son is in trouble, his life is being threatened, and time is running out for Tree Callister in his most dangerous and action- packed adventure yet. There is Another Sanibel Sunset Detective, and it finds author Ron Base at his page-turning best!

Private detective Tree Callister is in big trouble. For starters, a towering, baseball bat-wielding woman appears to be intent on killing him. Then the beautiful wife of a disgraced media mogul hires Tree because she believes her husband is trying to murder her. In fact, she may be trying to murder him. Added to that, Tree's son Chris unexpectedly appears, accompanied by his alluring wife, chased by a couple of thugs who want half a million dollars. Then there are the dead bodies that keep showing up every time Tree turns around. Not to mention the police who charge him with being an accomplice to one murder, and accuse him of committing another. And we won't even talk about what happens when Tree encounters a couple of hungry alligators. Ron Base's new mystery thriller, "The Sanibel Sunset Detective Returns", is set against the gorgeous backdrop of Florida's Sanibel and Captiva Islands. It is as chock full of breath-taking action and unexpected plot twists as his previous Tree Callister novel, The Sanibel Sunset Detective. The Sanibel Sunset Detective is back, more exciting than ever!

"WANTED! A big, floppy-eared hound dog. Answers to the name of Clinton. The FBI wants him. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is hunting for him rts of bad guys are willing to kill each other for him. What Private Detective Tree Callister can't figure out is why everyone wants Clinton. Besides, Tree has retired. He's no longer the only private detective on Sanibel Island, the laid-back paradise off the coast of Florida. Except he keeps getting dragged back into a business where people tend to shoot him. And now there's Clinton in the life of Tree and his wife, Freddie. Despite their best efforts, they've fallen in love with their new pal. Tree is determined to protect him no matter what. Even if it means getting himself killed."--Back cover.