Sammy: Grave Agreement: Book 9 of the Sammy Series

Sammy #9

by Robin Hardy

Thanks to finding a $35-million lottery ticket on the ground, former Dallas Police Detective Sammy Kidman now runs his own private detective agency-or so he thinks. In reality, the agency is headed by his wife, Marni Kidman, who also discovered that the lottery ticket was worth something after Sammy had forgotten all about it.
So Marni the Boss assigns Sammy the Laborer some tedious and time-consuming paperwork in order to help out her mother. But when Sammy and his partner Dave Pruett can't seem to get it done, Marni hires temporary office help whom Sammy must supervise. And the first day on the job, his new secretary demonstrates some nerve-wracking office skills that go along with her avocation as a witch.
"Sammy: Grave Agreement" is Book 9 in the Sammy Series, which begins with "Sammy: Dallas Detective." The story continues in Book 10, "Sammy: Love Shouldn't Hurt."

268 pages, Paperback

First published July 5, 2010

About the author

I've written a new series! It's a distant sequel to The Annals of Lystra (begun in Chataine's Guardian) and The Latter Annals (begun in Nicole of Prie Mer). This is where it begins:

Thirty-five years after the assassination of Henry, Surchatain of Lystra, the province is no more and its capital Westford a shadow of its medieval greatness. With the fever now ravaging the palace, the army, and the town, a new Surchatain has ascended the throne of Westford, requiring a loyalty oath for all his subjects and soldiers.

Efran, Captain of the Red Regiment of the Army of Westford, is Polonti—a member of the brown-skinned, black-haired race generally regarded with contempt by Southerners on the Continent, including many in Westford. Knowing of the loyalty oath required on pain of death, Efran lays plans to leave once he has recovered from the fever himself.

But Efran is hindered by entanglements with the Surchatain’s two daughters—one who despises him and one who adores him.

He is appointed guardian of one Chataine. When the palace begins crumbling on its foundations, Efran takes his charge and a street urchin to an abandoned fortress south of Westford in the midst of wolf territory. While he gathers more homeless children at the fortress, the other Chataine prepares to lead an army against him for the legendary treasure hidden in the desolate Abbey of St. Benedict on the Sea.

The Stories of the Abbey of St. Benedict on the Sea comprise 36 novellas, each around 50,000 words, that make for one continuous story from the beginning to a definite end. ​To introduce this series, I'm offering free pdf and epub downloads of all the stories. Each pdf includes links, pronunciations, maps, and an illustration with notes.  (The epubs  contain all of the above except maps.)