Best Selling Books by Martin Brown

In Book 4 of the MURDER IN MARIN Mysteries: News that elderly Henrietta Hammer has died, Sausalito''s retired fifth grade teacher, who once terrified her students including Sheriff''s Detective Eddie Austin, newspaper publisher Rob Timmons and his assistant Holly Cross, is greeted with bemused nostalgia. But Hammer, who was left a very wealthy widow by her enterprising late husband, was the target of every one of the town''s charitable societies none of which could afford to await her natural death. It all appeared to be a perfect plan until the secret Mrs. Hammer kept for half a century inconveniently appears.

In Book 1 of the MURDER IN MARIN Mysteries:Warren Bradley, renowned as the local gadfly In the picture-perfect community of Sausalito, California, is esteemed by his admirers and despised by his detractors. But for love of his caramel chicken and cherry fudge brownies, everyone has a story to share regarding their fellow citizens--Stories that too often find their way into his weekly gossip-filled newspaper column, "Heard About Town."When the great chef and his admirers, the Sausalito Ladies of Liberty, take offense to a newly arrived Manhattan power couple, their insular world of tasty sauces and stinging insults leads to deadly results.Everyone has their own theory about who killed Warren. But it takes the combined efforts of Rob Timmons, the local newspaper publisher, and Eddie Austin, his childhood friend and Marin County''s top detective, to unravel this tale of delicious dishes and malicious deception.If you love small town cozy mysteries, this novel is for you.

IN BOOK 3 OF THE MURDER IN MARIN MYSTERIES: Mill Valley photographer Michael Marks is quick to make friends and offer his services for a wide variety of civic organizations and worthwhile causes.Only his carefully selected victims know that his adept camera work comes with a dark side: blackmail. Marks'' slaying unravels his double life and reveals a list of suspects that sends Marin County Sheriff''s Detective Eddie Austin, newspaper publisher Rob Timmons and his assistant Holly Cross, into a tangled web of murder and deceit.

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IN BOOK 2 OF THE MURDER IN MARIN MYSTERIES: Like everyone else, newspaper publisher Rob Timmons, his childhood friend Sheriff''s Detective Eddie Austin, and their sidekick Holly Cross are baffled by the disappearance of Marin County California''s newest celebrity resident: Willow Adams--best known to the world as the super-model with her own signature scent, Willow Wisp.When Belvedere''s most eligible widower, billionaire William Adams, marries Willow, society''s grand dames are dismayed. Their cautious welcome becomes chillier when they become suspicious of her stated good intentions. After all, actions speak louder than words.Willow''s murder comes with a long list of suspects. Could it be one of her past--or for that matter, present--lovers? Could it involve her obsessive need for money and fine jewels? Or was it her cuckolded husband, who learned only too late that his ultimate trophy wife came with a wicked past?

C''était le temps des héros horribles, des sauvages soldats de Sparte, des philosophes fous et des dieux très puissants qui mangeaient leurs propres enfants. C''était le temps où pour se préparer au mariage, les jeunes femmes devaient courir et danser nues dans les bois en faisant semblant d''être des ourses. C''était comme ça chez les Grecs. Toutes ces choses et bien d''autres encore racontées avec énormément d''humour donneront au lecteur une vision réaliste de ce qu''était vraiment la vie à l''époque. L''Histoire n''a jamais été aussi horrible !

IN BOOK 5 OF THE MARIN MYSTERIES:

Ah ! La vie au Moyen âge, les chevaliers et les jolies dames aux longs chapeaux pointus... Attention, ce livre va vous donner un autre son de cloche. Les chevaliers n''étaient pas de braves et nobles guerriers qui détendaient les paysans, mais de grosses brutes tordues qui saccageaient les récoltes. Il y avait la guerre, la famine, la peste noire, les paysans avaient pour noms " gueux " ou " serfs ", vivaient dans des conditions déplorables et mouraient très jeunes. Les riches, eux, s''amusaient... Toutes ces choses et bien d''autres encore racontées avec beaucoup d''humour donneront au lecteur une vision réaliste de ce qu''était vraiment cette époque. L''Histoire n''a jamais été aussi horrible !

IN BOOK 6 OF THE MURDER IN MARIN SERIES:

Bison are banned and tigers are taboo. Say goodbye to the gnu, cheerio to the cheetah and poo poo to the panda. Discover the brilliant beasts you never knew you needed to know about - from the numbat to the zorilla and everything in between.

A life in music - writing, recording and performing -has given musican and songwriter Martin Brown a unique perspective on the business. Along the way it''s provided many laughs and some weird and wonderful experiences - from working with international stars to backing a stripper in an off-season seaside nightclub. You name a gig, Martin has probably played it. Hilarious, daft and occasionally poignant, this is his story of a life spent chasing a dream.