Vickie Britton Books in Order

Tour guide Noa Parker returns reluctantly to Morocco with her newly orphaned teenage niece. Robberies within her group escalate into threats against her life, forcing her to confront childhood fears and question the charming manager who persuaded her to come.

When her traveling companion disappears at Mexico City's airport, Lennea Andrews accepts assistance from the charming Joseph Darrigo. Hidden money in the missing woman's luggage complicates her journey to an archaeological assignment and raises doubts about her unexpected protector.

Louise Moreland travels south to restore the mansion she has inherited, only to find a burned ruin occupied by mysterious Nicholas Dereux. Rumors surrounding his dead wife and a terrible secret draw Louise into a troubling historical romance.

Penniless Lisette Moore accepts work with composer Damon Severon, whose wife's death and disabling accident have left him embittered. Attraction develops amid disturbing rumors, but his disappearance and strange warnings turn her new position into a dangerous mystery.

Archaeologist Ardis Cole travels to South Dakota to administer a wealthy collector's bequest and encounters a stolen ruby, a missing son, and a hidden skeleton. Conflicting stories about the family and a mysterious historian complicate her investigation.

Ardis Cole travels to China to locate a Han dynasty tomb with an elderly colleague. When an associate's former wife is attacked by a masked figure, the excavation becomes entangled with stolen jade and a crime from the past.

Archaeologist Ardis Cole arrives in Egypt to help her mentor excavate a newly discovered tomb. Her mentor's murder leaves Ardis responsible for the project, where ancient secrets surrounding golden obelisks become linked to a modern struggle involving revenge.

Anna inherits an isolated Nevada ranch instead of its owner's nephew, the man she has secretly loved. Cattle mutilations and a woman's murder unsettle the property, while his marriage proposal raises disturbing questions about love, inheritance, and personal safety.

Ardis Cole travels to Scotland to reconstruct a skull found near a friend's ancestral castle. What seems to be a medieval relic proves connected to a recent murder, and someone is determined to prevent the victim's identification.

This story collection follows people whose lives lose direction when change arrives through external danger or inner crisis. Facing enemies, despair, and unfamiliar choices, the characters must move beyond drifting and find a new course for themselves.

Stranded in Honduras in 1885, Marta Swan accepts rescue and reaches a mountain castle ruled by a man called the Viking. His obsession with a lost princess and valuable treasures complicates her search for a missing archaeologist.

Singer Elaine Sands joins the Wind River Band expecting a career breakthrough, but a near-fatal electrical incident and threatening calls suggest someone wants her dead. Suspicion surrounds handsome band associate Rex Tobin, whose intentions become increasingly difficult to trust.

Fifteen stories portray courage among Kansas pioneers through natural disasters, personal conflicts, and the struggle to preserve hopes for a better life. Family and community bind together accounts of people confronting danger, adversity, and difficult changes within themselves.

Kate Jepp investigates a cattle baron's fatal shooting after a granite stone beneath his head suggests an echo of notorious gunman Tom Horn. Inheritance disputes and business rivalries provide motives, while the historical connection raises fears of calculated revenge.

After winning a profitable mining claim at poker, Drew Woodson loses both his gold and his young partner. Pursuing the suspected thieves uncovers further violence and conflicting clues, forcing him to question whether the missing man is victim or traitor.

A poker game ends with a gubernatorial candidate murdered and an unexplained fifth ace beside the body. Drew Woodson must identify the real killer before vigilantes hang his innocent mining partner and remaining witnesses become further targets.

Drew Woodson's enemy becomes his mining partner after a damaging poker loss. When his former partner's stepdaughter is kidnapped, debt and rivalry tighten around Drew, whose effort to rescue her threatens to provoke an even more dangerous confrontation.

This brief nonfiction guide surveys the victims, suspects, and competing explanations associated with the Jack the Ripper murders. It considers prominent theories and later investigations, inviting readers to compare the evidence surrounding an enduringly unresolved historical case.

Sheriff Jeff McQuede investigates the theft of a single school photograph from a Wyoming museum. A body discovered beneath the demolished school reopens old rivalries, linking the stolen image to blackmail, personal loyalties, and further violence.

Archaeology dean Arla Vaughn investigates campus murders that appear connected to an elaborate Mayan mask and an excavation in Honduras. Following the evidence to the Copan ruins brings her into conflict with a killer hiding behind misleading appearances.

Acquitted of killing two sheepherders but still distrusted, Jack Liege seeks a fresh start in another Wyoming town. There he becomes entangled in a violent struggle between cattlemen and sheepherders that threatens his new livelihood and romantic hopes.

This practical guide takes fiction writers from developing an initial idea to preparing and selling a finished novel. Advice addresses plotting, character development, revision, and marketing, providing a framework for approaching both the creative work and publication process.

A gallery owner's wife disappears while carrying the cash proceeds from a valuable painting's sale. Sheriff Jeff McQuede investigates conflicting clues suggesting kidnapping, marital deceit, or a staged escape, with a later killing making the mystery more urgent.

This short historical guide profiles women who challenged or lived beyond respectable expectations in the American West. Stagecoach robber Pearl Hart, Calamity Jane, Poker Alice, and women of frontier brothels appear in accounts of unconventional lives and livelihoods.

While investigating possible looting of an Inca burial site, Arla follows an artifact seller into a trap. Thieves holding her colleague demand a journal linked to a lost city, sending the archaeologist into a perilous pursuit through the Andes.

An antique dealer's murder and the theft of the rumored Pedro Mummy draw Sheriff Jeff McQuede into competing archaeological claims. When the artifact appears in a researcher's car, he questions whether the controversy conceals a different motive for the killing.

Ara Londell boards an Alaskan freighter to meet the father she has never known, but he fails to appear. As the isolated voyage turns threatening, her search reveals suspicious connections between her missing father and a man offering protection.

Dana Lawrence buys a Victorian house in Colorado and discovers connections to an old disappearance, a recent missing woman, and stolen jewelry. Digging on her property leads to a grave, placing her in danger as she pursues the truth.

A train robbery interrupts Jace Keeler's poker game, and his pursuit of a bandit causes lawmen to mistake him for an outlaw. Rescued by mysterious Deliah Cade, he becomes caught between rival criminals, missing payroll money, and the law.

Ardis Cole travels to Russia to search for a vanished marble statue and its missing sculptor. An attempt on her life and the discovery of an old grave turn the artistic mystery into a pursuit of a dangerous killer.

Sheriff Jeff McQuede finds a respected judge murdered with an executioner's hood over his head. A recently released prisoner, an old corruption scandal, and the judge's valuable Western collection offer competing explanations involving revenge, theft, or vigilante justice.

During a blizzard, Sheriff Jeff McQuede finds a woman frozen in a stalled car and uncovers signs of murder. Her business dealings, missing daughter, and husband's account of leaving her behind complicate what initially appears to be an accident.

Sheriff Jeff McQuede encounters a distraught woman claiming a ghostly figure stole her baby near a bridge associated with a local legend. Evidence challenges his initial assumptions and connects the disappearance to living people with substantial fortunes at stake.

Ardis Cole reaches the Pine Ridge reservation during a blizzard to help find a missing art teacher. A wrecked car, a murdered stranger, and a stolen religious relic lead her into the badlands and toward the threat behind a disturbing vision.

Someone vandalizes businessman Ben Ward's tombstone with a fast-approaching date of death. Sheriff Jeff McQuede investigates threats surrounding a failing recreational development, where angry investors and violence make the warning increasingly difficult to dismiss as mere intimidation.

A jewelry-store robbery leaves a Senate candidate dead, and Sheriff Jeff McQuede doubts theft was the real motive. Political rivalry and business schemes complicate the case, while a surviving getaway passenger may connect the murder to powerful interests.

Sheriff Jeff McQuede discovers pampered cat King Henry at a burglary scene but cannot locate the animal's owner. Taking the sole witness home creates a mischievous complication as the sheriff tries to make sense of the holiday crime.

After a colleague dies while exploring a shipwreck, Ardis Cole takes over the search for treasures connected to a famous emerald. Rival treasure hunters and the jewel's disputed ownership turn her archaeological assignment into a struggle to clear her name.

Human remains near Sydney lead archaeologist Ardis Cole to investigate a teenager who disappeared years earlier. A homeless shelter, stolen black opals, and clues extending into the Australian outback place her in the path of a determined killer.

Sheriff Jeff McQuede searches for a missing publicity stunt enthusiast near a remote river lodge. Finding the woman who recently left him at the altar among competing archaeologists complicates an investigation filled with suspicious guests and possible hoaxes.

Retired teacher Carol Eliot attaches a camera to her wandering cat and spots a shoe near a creek. When its possible owner disappears, Carol investigates neighbors and suspects before someone realizes she may possess crucial evidence.

A locked Civil War trunk sells at auction, then its buyer is found stabbed beside it. Sheriff Jeff McQuede investigates a suspected robbery, racing to identify the sought-after treasure as further vandalism threatens the rendezvous gathering.

Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson outline practical steps for constructing a mystery. Their introductory guide covers plotting, chapter organization, heroes and villains, clues, and red herrings, offering beginning writers a framework for developing their own novel.

Sheriff Jeff McQuede confronts a Wyoming murder that appears to have been blamed on Bigfoot. Investigating the supposed creature’s role raises the possibility that a human killer is exploiting the legend to conceal a carefully planned crime.

Returning home, Lara Radburn discovers a murder at one of her family’s properties and encounters a traumatized child. A mysterious man complicates her search for answers, since he may be the child’s father or a killer.

Shannon and two friends return to their state-park jobs a year after a young man disappeared during a boating altercation. Threats marking his death’s anniversary raise fears that someone survived or is seeking revenge against them.

A businessman promotes his restored Wyoming ghost town with a hunt for a bandit's lost gold. Sheriff Jeff McQuede anticipates trouble when ruthless treasure seekers arrive, turning a publicity stunt into a dangerous contest driven by greed.

Loris Conner is kidnapped over a cross believed to reveal a cave of valuable artifacts. Sheriff Jeff McQuede must cooperate with his romantic rival and distrustful allies to find her as a suspected smuggling scheme turns murderous.

After a resort owner's fatal boating accident, Sheriff Jeff McQuede investigates rival claims to his fortune. Fresh sightings of Spirit Lake's legendary serpent and a second drowning raise fears that someone is exploiting the creature to seize control.