Bøker av Heather Ormsby

Meet Rye Gannon, a private detective who knows her craft and doesn't blink, even when she discovers that magic is real - and that she has the unusual ability to find it.Rye is hired by the Harpocrates Society, a secret organization, to use her newly discovered talent to find and secure magical items, and she is drawn into a world of adventure and intrigue she hadn't known was possible.When a magical object is stolen from a curio shop in Omaha, Nebraska, Rye is called in to find the item. When she learns the artifact has the power to bring and control rain, the knowledge leads to a trail that winds through farmlands in drought and desert landscapes, as well as to the kidnapping of a young woman.Her search reveals the power of desperation and hope - and of sacrifice.Rye must pull on every skill she has, new and old, to save a life and to restore ecological balance. The journey will also reveal long-hidden secrets and a family connection within the Harpocrates Society she never knew existed.The Water in Our Blood is an action-packed mystery full of magic, dangerous secrets, curious history, and adventure!

Rowan O'Donnell is nervous about being the center of attention at the gallery opening for her photography, but also excited for her future - until she is forced to endure the sight of gallery owner, Harry Lowe, meeting a fiery death in Heather Ormsby's fourth short novel of this amateur sleuth series.In the year since she found and rescued an abducted student from her class at a local college, Rowan has built up her own online teaching website and devoted the rest of her time to creating fine art photography for her first ever gallery show.She wishes that the gallery show, her career, and her concern about inviting her boyfriend, Stone Marks, to live with her was all that preoccupied her time, but a stalker has recently begun emailing her creepy letters and sending images of her taken without her knowledge.Harry's death and the temporary closure of her show have forced Rowan to find out if it was her stalker who brought death to the gallery, or something else altogether.While she deals with her relationship, her future in the fine arts, and fear about her stalker, Rowan searches for answers to why someone would murder Harry - and threaten her own life.