Bøker av Eric Wilder

An earthquake, a movie crew filming at the Majestic, and a mysterious woman with dark secrets rock Oyster Island to the coreEmbark on an exhilarating journey to the Big Easy with lighthouse keeper Jack Wiesinski and the last Atakapa Indian Grogan 'Chief' la Tortue as they indulge in their favorite pastime at Rockie's strip club. When an alluring stripper named Vixen takes the stage, their wild night takes an unexpected twist. Vixen is an enigma-a mysterious woman living in squalor behind the club. With nothing but a duffel bag and a few meager possessions to her name, she captivates Chief with her otherworldly dance moves. When she unexpectedly levitates and crashes to the dance floor, the bouncer tosses her into the back alleyway. Who is Vixen, and what secrets does she hold? The answers they seek are explosive, taking them on a rollercoaster of suspense, adventure, and danger. As Jack, Chief, and J.P. Saucier delve deeper into her past, they uncover a web of intrigue involving an abandoned dog, a vampire ghost, and a brutal war. Join these unlikely heroes as they navigate the seedy underbelly of New Orleans and uncover the truth about Vixen's past. Full of twists and turns, this gripping tale will keep you turning pages until the very end. Oyster Island Two Step is Book 3 of Eric Wilder's enrapturing Oyster Bay Mystery Series set on a Louisiana barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico. Join all the perfectly imperfect characters who inhabit Oyster Island for a spellbinding ride that doesn't disappoint.

What is truth when nothing you experience is real? Hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico lies an island with a dark past. Once a haven for bootleggers and outlaws, Oyster Island now hosts the renovated Majestic Hotel & Casino. It's not only the living that calls this place home. Ghosts, ghouls, and creatures of the night roam freely, haunting the island's residents and visitors. One fateful night, a magical flying unicorn visits Odette Mouton and takes her on a wild ride to the island's backside, where she discovers a time portal. Guided by a time-walking calico cat, she embarks on a journey that blurs the lines between reality and illusion, fantasy and nightmare. As Odette navigates a world of Vikings, holograms, and post-apocalyptic landscapes, she must face whether this is all just a dream or a twisted web of altered reality. As she falls for a misplaced Viking warrior, she wonders if love can transcend time and space. With a dash of science fiction, a sprinkle of mystery, and a pinch of adventure, this Nether World is a tasty dish of a place where senses are confused, and anything is possible. Will Odette stay trapped in this enchanting realm or find a door leading to the real world? Join her on a thrilling journey and find out. Oyster Bay Tango is Book 2 of the gripping Oyster Bay Mystery series set on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana

Voodoo mambo Mama Mulate suffers a fate worse than deathA grieving couple hires New Orleans private investigator Wyatt Thomas to find the person who killed their son. But is it murder if the victim isn't dead? Wyatt goes undercover to discover the answer and soon learns death isn't always a person's worst fate. Will Wyatt solve the sticky mystery or fall victim to the seemingly supernatural killer and suffer a fate worse than death?Half Past Midnight is Book 10 of Eric Wilder's intoxicating French Quarter Mystery Series set in that 'exotic, erotic Mecca known as New Orleans. Visit the Big Easy tonight. You might decide to stay awhile.

Resigned to spending the rest of his days in a Louisiana mental hospital, Tom Logan changes his mind when he receives a mysterious object. The black diamond prompts him to deal with his PTSD and head north in search of his missing brother. Looking for answers in the college town of Brannerville, Tom meets a traffic cop, an attractive young woman who gives him a parking ticket. Amber Armstrong is more than a traffic cop; she is also a poet. An affair ensues and she agrees to help him in his quest to find his lost brother. What Tom finds in the mountains of Arkansas is love, adventure and retribution - and something else almost beyond belief.

Someone is killing New Orleans street people, and it's hurting the city's tourist trade beginning to recover from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. More than murder, voodoo is involved, the killer possibly an actual Vodoun deity. Wyatt Thomas, the French Quarter's favorite P.I., is forced to respond, or to die.

A black panther, a giant wolf dog and a beautiful woman with a rattlesnake tattoo. Buck McDivit must deal with all this and more when a wealthy rancher hires him to investigate murder, oil and cattle theft, and a pagan commune populated only by women.

After being inexplicably traded mid-season to New Orleans, aging basketball star Taj Davis encounters a demon in his hotel room. When he ends up naked and bleeding in the hotel hallway with a bloody voodoo doll in his hand, he decides he needs some questions answered. Taj encounters a young woman named Adela. Adela has long, red hair and a voodoo symbol on her chest exactly like the one Taj has on his chest. A strange man Taj meets at the St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 advises him to consult with Mama Mulate, a local voodoo expert.Hired by an NBA superstar, French Quarter private detective Wyatt Thomas and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate are launched into a hard-boiled thriller. Wyatt learns that Adela has magical powers and secrets to hide. When she transports him on a supernatural journey, he is hard-pressed to distinguish the experience between reality, a dream, or dark fantasy. As the bizarre mystery unfolds, Wyatt and Mama learn Taj's demon is linked to an unsolved murder that had occurred one-hundred-eighty-years before on the thirteenth floor of the oldest hotel in the French Quarter. It also leads them to the torture, brutality, and horror that occurred in the noir setting of the infamous Lalaurie Mansion, a place many believe to be the most haunted house in the Big Easy.There's a cemetery in New Orleans where thousands of bodies are buried, beneath a single headstone, in a common grave. Wyatt deals with the ghosts and departed spirits at this haunted cemetery to find a time portal to time travel back to antebellum New Orleans where he must deal with insanity, brutality and an Irish Witch who practices powerful magic.

PERFECT MIXTURE OF MYSTERY, SUSPENSE AND THE PARANORMALBroke, out of work, and in need of a new truck, P.I. Buck McDivit needs a job before his landlord evicts him. The only one available is a one-time gig as assistant county death investigator. The case involves the death of a local ranch hand. The police think it's suicide but Buck knows differently. Not only was the man murdered, the evidence indicates the killer is more than human, maybe even supernatural. When the ranch owner hires him to find the murderer, Buck learns revenge wasn't the only motive. As the situation grows insane, he must solve the murder or become the killer's next victim.Bones of Skeleton Creek is the fun, sexy, romantic, and thrilling Book 2 of the popular standalone Paranormal Cowboy Series that almost seems as if a reincarnated H. Rider Haggard wrote it. Fans of adventure, action, hard boiled mystery and paranormal suspense will enjoy this book and this series.What Amazon reviewers are saying:"Paranormal/Supernatural fans will enjoy this book.""Buck is amazing, clever, lovable, and downright adorable."Discover the new paranormal mystery series thousands of readers are already enjoying. This is a full-length, humorous, and romantic paranormal mystery thriller set on a cattle ranch in Central Oklahoma.Join the fun and grab your copy now, and then read the other books in this three book series in any order, and keep the fun going.Ghost of a Chance, Book 1Blink of an Eye, Book 3

A new client wants paranormal P.I. Wyatt Thomas to find his mother's killer. The problem is the fifty-year-old murder isn't just cold, it's frozen solid.Events happen fast when Wyatt accepts a large retainer from a new client wishing to keep his identity secret. Shortly after agreeing to find the person who killed the man's mother, Wyatt's client is himself murdered. The killers shoot Wyatt as he attempts to intervene. He awakens in a New Orleans' hospital only to find they have yet to finish with him.The mysterious men want him dead. He escapes and learns they've somehow managed to pin his client's murder on him. But why? Determined to find out, he enlists the aid of Lucy Diamond. Lucy is a beautiful though cynical reporter in town to film a story on the same murder his client paid him to solve. He marks her for death when they discuss the case. Though different in every possible way, they go on the run together.Wyatt and Lucy soon learn more than a single person participated in the murder of. The ensuing chase drags them through the gritty backside of New Orleans where everyone has a dark secret and a bloody motive.What's the connection between the N.O.P.D., Krewe of Rex, and southern mafia? How are the Russian Special Forces, C.I.A., and U.S. Public Health Service involved? Why is the Cuban army trying to kill them? And, what's up with the mysterious and secret satanic sect that practices human sacrifice? Wyatt and Lucy must learn the answers or die.River Road is a paranormal thriller based loosely on an actual murder. Set in the Big Easy, this bayou suspense novel is Book 5 in author Eric Wilder's French Quarter Mystery Series.

Burdened by spring floods, malaria and yellow fever, citizens of New Orleans often turned to voodoo practitioners-African Rosalie, Sanite Dede, Bras Coupe-for protection. None was more powerful, or feared, than Doctor John or Marie Laveau. After P.I. Wyatt Thomas encounters a ghost during a hospital visit, he tells the story to his sometimes business partner, voodoo mambo Mama Mulate. She puts him in a trance and channels the ghost, soon learning a curse connects him and a long-dead French aristocrat. They are doomed to remain connected forever, unless Wyatt can return to old New Orleans and lift the curse before midnight on New Year's Eve.

During a late spring snowstorm in a sleepy Tulsa neighborhood, an old man runs away from his abusive son and meets a woman, perhaps by magic. Together, they find adventure and fall in love. But there are unanswered questions. How old is too old to fall in love, and when should you give up on life? Take the journey with John and Attie and discover the answers.

It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and French Quarter sleuth Wyatt Thomas is dealing with a new client and an old curse. Get ready for a ride!