Belly Fat Chat with Viti Le Vu $14.95

A world globe revealed a cluster of Pacific Islands, one of which is named Viti Le Vu.

"That sounds like a cartoon!" this author exclaimed. Thus Viti Le Vu was born.

In the early years, Viti was youthfully slender, but with menopausal mischief, her waistline presented a problem. Marsha's belly mimicked Viti's distress, with Marsha taking on Viti's shape, all of which led to this book.

Marsha Keener is an art therapist in private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Confessions of an Uppity Woman $14.95

Ten years of wise and witty reflections on what it's like to be a modern woman by Lloyd Olivia Davis whose award-winning column Uppity Woman appeared regularly in the Topeka Capital-Journal and in other publications.

Sea of Deception $16.95

Most of us weave the fabric of our lives with strands selected from the seven virtues and the seven deadly sins. Jennifer Murphy found another thread. She wove her life well, and when it began to unravel, she ran, leaving a man with a knife in his belly on her kitchen floor and a cry for help on Rainbow Porter's door.

SEA OF DECEPTION was just released as an eBook for the Amazon Kindle and by ABQ Press as a Trade Paperback. It will be available in other eBook formats in the near future.

Seven Days at Oak Valley $14.95

Imagine growing up in a place where people around you die on a regular basis, some from known and others from more mysterious causes. Such is the case for Anthony "Tony" Ervin, a young man with mental retardation who lives at the Oak Valley State Training School and Hospital in East Tennessee. In 1978, when murders begin happening back to back and innocent victims experience no reprieve from the brutality that pervades their lives, Tony finds himself thrust into the role of amateur sleuth. Uncertain of whom to trust, with violence and deception escalating, and viewed by those who run the institution as incompetent, Tony nonetheless discovers clues that lead to multiple suspects and motives. As Tony plunges into a week that will change his life, his movements as the mail boy for Oak Valley begin to have a profound impact on all whose path he crosses.

Yellow $14.95

A mystery about an Episcopal priest who abandons his ministry in order to pursue his brother's murderer. His weapon of revenge is a yellow Volkswagen convertible.

The House at the Edge of the Sea $14.95

Billy, a loner whose attempts at sociability always go awry, eventually finds the love of his life, an abandoned house at the edge of the sea. But the two women who have entered his world soon send him back to his singular existence.

Born in a French nunnery in China, Stephen Scott was raised on the northwest frontier of India and educated (more or less) in England. Then he began his checkered career: selling encyclopedias, building 50 foot metal trees for London exhibitions, landscaping (poaching water plants from an absent Scottish laird to sell in London), and various tent shows. Never in prison. Lured abroad by cheap airfares to the US, he was persuaded to overstay his visa by a designing woman and apprehended by Texas Rangers. After marrying the designing woman in a Scottish fishing village in a howling gale, he returned to New Mexico, where he continues to write in a tower by the Rio Grande.

Benarty’s Lament $14.95

A proper Victorian gentleman, Benarty, finds his stultifying life in London disturbed by an alarming American sailor. Against his better judgment he abandons his comfortable way of life and crosses the Atlantic to unravel the riddle of Tam's apocalyptic existence.

Tomato Boy $15.95

Tomato Boy is the first book in the Bob McGregor series set in Calvin County, Tennessee. McGregor, a lawyer, plans to kickback in this farmers' paradise known for its delicious tomatoes. His goal is to write an historical novel while managing the affairs of the wealthy Roland Poteet, a former professor, friend and mentor. McGregor thinks he has settled into lawyer's heaven, free from the stresses of urban practice and free from entanglement in local affairs, but he soon learns that an upcoming election is taken very seriously in Calvin County. First McGregor is threatened; then a prominent citizen is murdered. McGregor's lawyer skills pull him into the action as he tries to solve one murder and prevent another.

In his first novel Gary McKee demonstrates an understanding of small town life, a fine ear for dialogue, finesse in plotting and characterization, and a poet's flair for descriptions of the landscape.

Gary McKee divides his time between New Mexico and the Southeast. A lawyer, who for many years limited his practice to county law, McKee is also a commercial mediator. He developed the Bob McGregor Mystery series while co-authoring and editing legal manuals for county officials. Soon to be published is the second book in the series, Tomato Fog, a Bob McGregor Mystery. McKee is currently working on Calvin House - Book One, an historical novel authored by Bob McGregor about the infamous founding of Calvin County by the notorious Sheriff Clayton Calvin.