Nicholas Sheridan Stanton – författare

San Diego, Calififornia. KK (KaSandra Dang) and her crew are at it again. The handi-capable Deer Canyon Elementary School sleuth has stumbled across a strange mystery during a class field trip to a local ranch. Together with members of her team SAM (Secret Agents for Moms) they put their heads together to figure out what’s what.

It all begins on the bus ride to the ranch when KK and her close-knit crew of classmates share a weird coincidence having had similar dreams the night before the event. In each dream they see the same ghostly figure that they cannot explain. Puzzling and weird but not exactly frightening the kids go about enjoying the day until faces from their dreams reveal themselves in the real life owners and cowboys of the Carmel Valley Ranch.

Something is definitely up at the ranch and KK and her team begin to piece together the puzzle with some supernatural help from spirits of the Ranch’s past occupants. You won’t be able to stop listening as the clues reveal themselves in each exciting chapter.

Remember what it was like to see the world with the curious eyes of innocence? KK Undercover Mystery: The Cookie Caper is a remarkable tale that reminds us how cool it was to be a kid. The author’s lighthearted message of perseverance and loyalty appeals to people of all ages; you don’t have to be a kid to smile at these pages. The story will touch your heart, and the characters will imprint themselves in your mind.

The story introduces readers to KaSandra Dang—KK to her friends—a handicapable fourth-grader with a secret. She and her two closest friends, Winifred and Claire, have teamed up with Daniel, the new kid in school, to solve neighborhood mysteries for a supersecret government organization called Secret Agents for Moms.

In The Cookie Caper, KK and her colorful crew of grade school sleuths tackle the mystery of disappearing student lunches plaguing dear old Deer Canyon Elementary School. The team hatches a plan to hunt and trap the “Lunchito Bandito” in a whirlwind investigation that will involve teachers, family members, and every resource at their disposal. Together they gather clues and formulate a course of action that leads to the unmasking of this super-hungry fiend and to a surprise ending that will make you smile. You will fall in love with these delightful characters.

This brilliant new detective series introduces Los Angeles’ latest gumshoe.

For those who have been waiting for the next Phillip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Mike Hammer, or Jim Rockford, the wait is over! Author Nicholas Sheridan Stanton unveils the latest result of his chronically leaky cranium in a clever new detective series he’s calling the Gumshoe Diaries.

In the first book, The Gumshoe Diaries: Fortune Cookies Always Lie, he introduces us to Whitey Roode, a shaggy but likeable former LAPD gold shield who turned private investigator after (as he tells it) being invited to retire by the brass. Stanton then takes us on a wheels-within-wheels scavenger hunt for the killer—or killers—of pretty Mei Li Teng (a.k.a Sally November), the not-so-innocent niece of Whitey’s close friends and occasionally accurate snitches, Jai Lai and Lu Rong. The quirky Asian couple owns a trendy and ridiculously popular New York–style delicatessen downtown in the heart of Los Angeles called Show-M-U-Lyke-M. They hire Whitey to find out whodunit to little Miss Sally. As it turns out, the college education her uncles thought they were sponsoring is far more dangerous than the standard three Rs.

Family: the word is both sweet and bitter. We all have one; it is our common denominator. We’re all linked by birth to at least two others, and we spend our lives running to and running from these connections.

From one coast to the other and to the far side of the globe, three diverse characters follow paths that will mysteriously connect: Tina Lopez, endowed with a special gift from God, who learns at a young age how sharing one’s gifts can expand the meaning of family; Ethan Kelly, a young Irish-American priest-in-training, who will journey far to discover what he has always known; and K.C. Littleton, who will prove that old adage, “Be careful what you wish for.” All will discover a new appreciation for faith, forgiveness, and family.