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I am currently in the studio recording and editing Nixon: Volume 2. It will be launching directly into this new streaming model this coming August! Stay tuned.
"Murder, Mayhem, and Monkey Business."
MATTHIAS JONES SERIES
His father was an investigator who was murdered. Matthias Jones became an athlete and coach, but he and Cocoa Stefani solved his father's murder. Hamilton College on the coast of New Hampshire hired him to coach sports, but getting into murder investigations remains his passion. He knows the cops and the district attorney, Herbert Lane-Hebert Lane who hate his guts. He's best buds with Cocoa, a major underworld character and a good friend of parish priest Father Jim Gallagher. Jones' persistence gains him the upper hand over the cops and the DA - and of course the murderer.
R.I.P. Bill Jones
The path to glory was supposed to be clear. Matthias Jones has just secured the national high school championship, but he is reeling from the sudden, unexplained death of his father, a veteran investigator found cold in his truck at the river’s edge. While the world sees a tragic accident, Jones is left only with questions.
Recruited by the brilliant Cocoa Stefani to coach at Hamilton College, Jones finds himself caught between a fresh start and a dark investigation. It is Cocoa who pushes past the surface, suggesting that the death of Jones's father was no accident—it was murder. As they form an unlikely alliance to uncover the truth, they find their efforts systematically thwarted by Lester Larsen. The son of the retiring, bumbling coach Lark Larsen, Lester is desperate to protect his father's legacy and will stop at nothing to prevent Jones from taking the coaching position. Navigating a dangerous web of collegiate politics and cold-blooded secrets, Jones must fight to clear his father’s name before the trail goes cold for good.
The Prince William Slasher
Four women are brutally murdered in just six weeks, each victim claimed by a razor's deadly blade. Matthias Jones has only just taken the reins as coach at Hamilton College when he learns tangentially of the terror gripping the area—the "Prince William Slasher." Introduced at a college trustees' meeting, he catches the eye of a retired model named Pia, but their budding connection is quickly overshadowed by the darkness encroaching on their lives.
When Jones and his colleague, Cocoa, become witnesses to a fifth gruesome murder, Jones is thrust into a direct pursuit of the killer. As he navigates the high-stakes pressure of coaching, he must also contend with the irascible Arnie Dewars and his goofy companion, Muddy Jacobs, whose antics threaten to derail his focus. The slasher, sensing a new adversary, begins taunting Jones over the phone between attempts at further violence.
Amidst the chaos, Pia and Jones begin dating, though Pia harbors grand, ambitious designs on the coach. As the basketball team begins a winning streak that captures the campus's attention, the killer raises the stakes, threatening Jones with death. Now, Jones must outmaneuver both the killer’s blade and the distractions of his own life if he hopes to survive.
The Strange Death of Dr. Povitch
Did Father Jim Gallagher murder Dr. Sergi Povitch? The police certainly think so. When Dr. Povitch dies from poison at Gallagher’s own dinner table, the priest is forced to go on the run. Matthias Jones is determined to exonerate him, but the deeper he digs, the more the case spirals out of control.
Jones begins to suspect his own star player, who had previously confided his drug use to Dr. Povitch. Meanwhile, a colleague of the late doctor has brazenly stolen vital notes for a lucrative book deal, and questions arise regarding Povitch's companion, Elsie McIntire—was she strictly after his money? Adding to the chaos is Bucky Driscoll, a bumbling security cop whose clumsy interference destroys vital evidence and tests the patience of Jones's temperamental friend, the sly underworld figure Cocoa Stefani.
Just as the investigation reaches a breaking point, a second murder occurs: one of Jones's cheerleaders. While attending the funeral in her hometown, Jones uncovers the smoking-gun evidence he needs to finally confront the killer and close the case.
The Club Max Murder
Club Max, owned by Matthias Jones's friend and notorious underworld figure Cocoa Stefani, is a cauldron for high-stakes, risky behavior. When Jones's star football player is arrested for the murder of a woman working at the club, Jones is thrust into the middle of a toxic investigation. Frustrated by a meddling Sherlock Holmes enthusiast determined to crack the case, Jones must navigate a dangerous web where mobsters and students alike are prime suspects.
As the tension mounts, the lines between campus life and the criminal underworld blur. It is only in a hair-raising, high-octane final scene that the truth is dragged into the light and the identity of the true killer is finally revealed.
Murder at Tolby Lake
Brad Davis is a brilliant genetic researcher working for Hamilton Fletcher and Hamilton College. But Davis’s wild lifestyle—fueled by parties, booze, drugs, and illicit encounters—has earned him a long list of enemies. When he is found murdered, the evidence points directly to Hamilton College student Amy Pollard: the gun that killed Davis belongs to her.
The motives are everywhere. Just that afternoon, Davis had bloodied the nose of his own benefactor, Hamilton Fletcher. Lurking in the shadows is Davis’s dangerous connection to Boston crime boss Albert Fiore, and a Hamilton College professor, Zoey Wilmont, has been caught suspiciously surveilling the scene at the lake house. With the reputation of the institution hanging by a thread, the Fletchers reach out to Matthias Jones to protect the college’s interests and uncover the truth.
Jones teams up with his nefarious friend, Cocoa Stefani, taking the investigation into the heart of Boston’s criminal underworld. As the web of deceit unravels, Jones finds himself in a high-stakes final confrontation, coming face-to-face with the murderer.
The Man in the Glass
An execution-style murder on Crosstown Boulevard in Prince William, New Hampshire, shatters the local peace and pulls Matthias Jones into a dark, unfolding mystery. The trail leads Jones directly to a legendary criminal, forcing him to track the fate of a missing priest—a close friend of Father Jim Gallagher.
Intertwined in the chaos are the town’s resident goofs, Arnie Dewars and Bucky Driscoll, whose latest ill-fated business venture threatens to complicate an already volatile situation. As the legendary criminal executes a series of maneuvers that baffle both Jones and the local police, it becomes clear that this investigation has deeper roots than anyone anticipated. The final resolution of the crime occurs far from the familiar streets of Prince William and Hamilton, leading to a confrontation that forces Jones to look beyond the state lines to find the truth.
Funeral March for the Maestro
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A single bullet has silenced the conductor of the Prince William Symphony—but the crime scene is a riddle wrapped in a contradiction. Two shots rang out, separated by an agonizing minute of silence. When evidence miraculously points to the beloved Coach Lark Larsen, the town erupts in shock. But Matthias Jones isn't buying the setup.
As Jones navigates the chaos, he teams up with a cast of eccentric Hamilton, New Hampshire, locals to deconstruct the acoustic impossibility of the crime. Digging deep into the Maestro’s inner circle, Jones realizes that the killer wasn’t a stranger lurking in the wings—they were a ghost in the conductor's own confidence. It is a high-stakes race against time to unmask the real murderer before they can orchestrate a final, fatal movement.
Anthony's Story
Where is Anthony Stefani? Five years after vanishing without a trace, his cold case is ripped wide open by a fresh, bizarre murder in Hamilton, New Hampshire. Matthias Jones, initially navigating the local quirks of Hamilton’s eccentric residents, finds himself thrust into a lethal investigation that spirals far beyond the town limits.
The stakes skyrocket as Jones tracks a ruthless killer to the concrete jungle of New York City, only to collide head-on with a violent international gang. As Jones fights for his life in a series of high-tension confrontations, the threads of the current homicide begin to tangle with the long-buried secrets of Anthony Stefani’s disappearance. In a explosive final act, Jones discovers that solving the Hamilton murder is the only key to uncovering the devastating truth behind what happened five years ago.
The Handyman's Secret
When Lark Larsen’s new boat slams into “The Maintenance Free” in the calm waters of Hamilton Bay, the impact uncovers more than just hull damage—it reveals the body of local handyman Webster Howard. What looks like a tragic accident is quickly exposed as cold-blooded murder, pulling Matthias Jones into a storm of local deception.
Lark immediately complicates matters by hiring Detective Clyde Hooper, an intelligence operative whose eccentric antics prove more of a hindrance than a help to Jones. As the net widens, Cocoa Stefani finds himself falling hard for a captivating brunette, Janet Bordeaux, only for Jones to find her name rising to the top of his suspect list. With Trooper Banastre O’Connell linked to the victim’s spendthrift widow, Mabel Howard, and the mysterious Reverend John Paul Bricker acting as a wild card, the suspects are piling up as fast as the lies.
From a dimly lit Cape Cod bar to the high-stakes final reveal, Jones and Cocoa must outrun the constant, bumbling interference of Hooper and his sidekick, Bucky Driscoll. In this high-tension hunt, Jones will stop at nothing to drag the truth to the surface.
Six Feet Under
Twenty-five years ago, Professor Harrison Mobley vanished, leaving behind a colonial on the common and a gallery of enemies who descended upon him in a single, fateful night. Did he simply flee the pressure, or did he never leave the house alive? Matthias Jones is determined to unearth the truth, but he’s stepping into a hornet's nest.
All the players from that long-ago night are still in Hamilton, many now holding positions of power and prestige. As Jones begins to pull at the threads of his theory, he realizes the past isn't just history—it's a threat. Someone in this town is desperate to keep the Professor's secrets buried, and they are willing to stop at nothing to ensure that what happened in that colonial twenty-five years ago remains an unsolved mystery. Jones is racing to expose a killer who has been hiding in plain sight for a quarter of a century.
Murder at the Applegate
When Matthias Jones’s longtime friend Leo Crowley is unearthed from beneath a fresh concrete foundation at the Applegate Development, the construction site becomes a graveyard of secrets. Suspicion falls instantly on Bobby Bonner, the unsavory owner of Bonner Development, whose shady dealings cast a long shadow over the project. As Jones and the sharp-edged Cocoa Stefani begin to dismantle the case, they are met with the raw hostility of construction superintendent Scott Gleason, who seems intent on making their investigation his next casualty.
The trail is littered with danger: the mysterious disappearance of Dennis Cruchek, who lured Leo to his death; the enigmatic involvement of the striking Kim Rose; and the volatile presence of Red Kroc, a site worker who will pick a fight with anyone who gets too close. All the while, District Attorney Herbert Lane is dead set on burying the investigation entirely. Amidst the chaos, Jones finds a rare flicker of light in his blossoming relationship with Frannie McShane—but when fate takes a devastating, unexpected turn, Jones is forced to seek counsel from his trusted friend, Father Gallagher, to find the resolve to finish the fight.
Deader Than Dead
Hamilton Fletcher, the iron-willed patriarch of the town’s industry, is found dead in his study—a single bullet to his life, and a cryptic file titled "Jersey Imports" frozen on his computer screen. The estate is crawling with suspects: a greedy daughter hiding in the carriage house, a trigger-happy neighbor lurking in the shadows, a power-hungry company controller, and a scorned groundskeeper with nothing left to lose.
Matthias Jones steps into the line of fire to untangle the web, but he’s quickly marked as the next target. From constant gunfire to cold-blooded assassination attempts, the threats are coming from every direction. As the local "yokels" stumble through the investigation—providing equal parts vital clues and infuriating interference—Jones must sift through the chaos to expose the killer. It is a deadly game where the truth is buried deep in the books, and Jones won't stop until he closes the final account.
Johnnie's Back in Town
Charity, pins, and cold-blooded murder. During a fundraiser for fatherless children at the local Bowlarama, Professor Chet McLaughlin is cut down by a marksman’s precision. Matthias Jones is there, and his ears tell him what the official report denies: two distinct shots, not one. When the eccentric desk manager, Bum Bumpus, and his wife, Trixie, are found wearing earbuds throughout the chaos, Jones knows this wasn't a crime of passion—it was a choreographed execution.
The suspects are heavyweights: Johnny Stefani, the notorious gangster and Cocoa’s estranged father, was spotted haunting the lanes, and the volatile hoodlum Mark Pereira made a tactical exit the moment the trigger was pulled. It takes Cocoa’s lethal instincts and deep-rooted underworld knowledge to confirm the truth—this was a professional hit.
When the death threats become too credible to ignore, P.J. Fletcher urges Jones and his fiancé, Frannie McShane, to flee the region. Instead, Jones and Cocoa head north, diving headlong into a trap that pulls them deeper into the darkness. Their investigation culminates in a cataclysmic, bone-chilling final act that forces all the key players into a singular, explosive confrontation where the truth comes at a devastating price.