Single Mom, No Manual Included

Anyone who has ever ventured into parenthood will attest to the difficulties in raising one child, let alone multiple children. Single Mom, No Manual Included is a collection of laugh-out-loud, heartwarming, and sometimes cringe-worthy stories about the wild ride of parenting.

From diaper disasters to temper tantrums to teenage attitudes, this book is packed with real-life moments from parents – single or not – who have learned (sometimes the hard way) that there’s no instruction manual for raising kids.

Whether it’s a hilarious misunderstanding at school pickup, a bedtime battle that turns into an all-night negotiation, or a parenting hack that backfires spectacularly, these stories celebrate the chaos, comedy, and unconditional love that comes with the job.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re winging it as a parent, this book is proof that you’re not alone – and that sometimes, laughter is the best remedy and survival strategy.

Kill Kit

When Mary Macintosh receives an urgent call from the FBI, she is initially hesitant to assist with a new serial killer case. Her recent involvement in the Highway to Hell case left her physically and emotionally scarred, making her wary of diving back into the dark world of crime.

However, the chilling details surrounding the Kill Kit Killer prove irresistible. Enter Israel Keyes, a charming yet dangerous construction worker with a dark secret. Believed to be responsible for at least 11 murders across North America, including the vast landscapes of Wyoming, Keyes evades capture by living a transient lifestyle. His meticulous approach to killing is underscored by the ominous presence of his “Kill Kit”-a collection of weapons, abduction tools, burglary gear, and other sinister supplies designed for his heinous acts. The discovery of one of these Kill Kits buried in Wyoming ignites a frantic investigation. As Mac and the FBI race against time to unearth Keyes’ next move, they must navigate the treacherous waters of his cunning mind and the chilling reality of a killer who is always one step ahead.

Will Mary Macintosh conquer her fears and help bring a ruthless murderer to justice, or will the shadows of her past threaten her resolve once again?

Highway To Hell

In a chilling tale, a series of disappearances along America’s vast highway system goes largely unnoticed until a breakthrough occurs with the discovery of a body buried at an abandoned truck stop on Highway 25 near Cheyenne, Wyoming. With minimal forensic evidence, an innovative technique reveals a hidden network of murders spanning decades.

Mary Macintosh, now a consultant for the FBI, is drawn into the investigation when DNA evidence links the crime to an elusive long-haul trucker who has successfully evaded capture for years. This killer, dubbed “The Highway Phantom,” operates like a ghost-never remaining in one location, utilizing burner phones, and manipulating electronic logs to obscure his whereabouts.

As Mary and forensic specialists deploy advanced techniques such as investigative genetic genealogy, digital forensics, and AI-enhanced geographic profiling, they uncover a disturbing pattern: the killer abducts women from rest stops, truck stops, and gas stations, turning the interstate system into his personal hunting ground.

Just as the FBI is closing in on the Phantom, Mary receives a sinister message-a letter, written in blood, left at a crime scene. The Highway Phantom knows her name, is watching her closely, and is eager to play a deadly game.

Highway To Justice

Ocala, a city in Marion County, Florida is nicknamed the “Horse Capital of the World,” and famous for its horse farms and equestrian industry. It has rolling hills, lush pastures, and hundreds of thoroughbred farms. Silver Springs State Park, one of the largest artesian spring formations in the world, is a highlight for outdoor enthusiasts, offering glass-bottom boat tours, kayaking, and wildlife viewing. Situated in north-central Florida, Ocala is about 80 miles northwest of Orlando and 40 miles south of Gainesville. A mix of small-town charm and modern amenities, Ocala blends Southern hospitality with a growing community.

Ocala has a crime rate that is notably higher than the national average. According to Neighborhood Scout, the city experiences approximately 34 crimes per 1,000 residents, placing it among the highest crime rates in the United States. This means that individuals in Ocala have a one in 29 chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime. Violent crimes in Ocala include offenses such as murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The violent crime rate is reported at 35.9, which is higher than the national average of 22.7. Property crimes, encompassing burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson, are also prevalent. The property crime rate in Ocala stands at 72.4, significantly exceeding the national average of 35.4.

Marion County, with its high crime rate, is where a certain female serial killer left some of her victims.

Introducing Aileen Wuornos, often cited as one of America’s most notorious female serial killers, committed a series of murders across central Florida between 1989 and 1990. Her victims were typically middle-aged men whom she encountered along Florida’s highways. The locations of these crimes span several counties, each with its unique characteristics.

Fox Hollow Farm

Imagine living in a quiet Indianapolis, Indiana suburb of Westfield, Indiana, and being informed that the Fox Hollow Farm a few miles away is not only haunted by paranormal activity but also a burial ground for numerous young gay men from the general area. When a missing persons report and investigation reveal suspicious activity on Fox Hollow Farm, a search warrant reveals thousands of bones buried on the farm from the mid-1990s. When Herbert “Herb” Baumeister is arrested, neighbors are shocked to find out that their married neighbor and father of three children has been murdering men in the area for years.

It’s one thing to live near a haunted house, but quite another to discover that it is a burial ground for young men that the neighbor has hunted and killed.

In conjunction with the activity on Fox Hollow Farm, around the same time, there was a spree of murders of gay young men in Ohio and Indiana on the I-70, and all of these victims were strangled, much like on Fox Hollow Farm, which has led investigators to believe that Herb Baumeister may have also been the I-70 Strangler, as these cases remain unsolved.

Welcome to Fox Hollow Farm, a Mary MacIntosh novel.

Gilgo Beach

Rex Huermann, a 60-year-old architect from Long Island, has been charged with multiple murders connected to the Gilgo Beach serial killings. The investigation began in 2010 when police discovered the remains of several individuals near Gilgo Beach, New York. Many of the victims were young women working as sex workers.

In July 2023, Heuermann was arrested in Manhattan and charged with the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello. In January 2024, he was charged with the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. In June 2024, he was arraigned and charged with the murders of Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla. In December 20204, he was indicted for the 2000 murder of Valerie Mack.

In January 2025, John Douglas who is the most well-known FBI profiler, called Mary MacIntosh to engage her assistance in seeking further victims of the Gilgo Beach serial killings, Mac agrees to help on the weeks she does not share custody of her four teenagers. She and John engage in a thrilling hunt for the rest of the victims of this ruthless murderer, who by all accounts, was a married man with two children who had a secret life of meticulously planning these murders and then was sloppy in the execution. Hold onto your hats for a wild ride to find more victims of the Gilgo Beach serial killer.

Tooth Fairy Killer

Mary MacIntosh, a former prosecutor turned FBI consultant, teams up with an FBI profiler to track down the notorious “Tooth Fairy Killer.” As they delve deeper into the investigation, the case takes a chilling turn when evidence reveals that the killer is fixated on Mary, embedding her likeness into the cryptic ciphers he leaves behind after each gruesome murder. This relentless serial killer doesn’t just target individuals; he stalks entire families, leaving behind infamous bite marks, shattered mirrors, and staged corpses that send shockwaves through the community.

As Mac and her partner work to connect the legal and psychological dots of these horrific crimes, they uncover a dark profile of the killer: a man likely scarred by a cleft lip and crooked teeth, who suffered abuse and neglect in childhood, harboring deep-seated hatred towards his mother. Drawing inspiration from the chilling true crime case of 1981, this killer has even consulted with the infamous Hannibal Lecter for insights into his own twisted motivations.

Obsessed with the painting The Great Red Dragon and The Woman Clothed in Sun, the Tooth Fairy Killer’s story unfolds in a fast-paced, page-turning thriller that blurs the lines between obsession and madness.

The Midnight Scribe

When Mary MacIntosh does not seek reelection as a prosecuting attorney in Sheridan Wyoming, she is approached by FBI prof or John Douglas to consult with him and the FBI on solving serial murder cases in the United States. John calls Mac to discuss a serial killing rampage in Florida and invites her to consult with him to try to solve this crime. Nine people have been murdered, and the killer leaves a handwritten note pinned to the body as a type of cipher, a copycat to the zodiac killer, and each killing describes a famous person in history that this dead person reminds the killer of. The first is Edgar Allan Poe, next Jack the Ripper, Cleopatra is next followed by Ernest Hemingway. Joan of Ark, Marie Antoinette, Vincent van Gogh, Albert Einstein, and the last victim is a reminder of Marilyn Monroe. Mac and John have to race against time to figure out who this murderer is and why!.

Dating Game

Rodney Alcala and Ted Bundy had a lot in common. They also did not. Both were avid serial killers, and they were both executed for their avid appetite for killing young, beautiful, vivacious women. They were also both charming, good looking, and could blend into society, which allowed them to deceive victims and avoid suspicion. Charisma was part of their allure, helping them gain trust and manipulate people into vulnerable situations. In this case, they also had in common two other sidekicks. The Zodiac Killer and the Red Hands Killer, and this foursome were too much. Introducing one too many to the DATING GAME, a Mary MacIntosh novel.

Red Hands

The Red Hands symbolize the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States, particularly among Native American communities. The red handprint is often seen painted across the mouth of those advocating for this movement, representing the silenced voices of these women who have been victims of violence, kidnapping, or murder, often without proper investigation or justice. This crisis is rooted in a long history of systemic marginalization, lack of proper law enforcement response, and jurisdictional challenges. In this novel, add the unsolved serial killer known as the Zodiac Killer, and this murderer could be involved in the ongoing crisis of the missing and murdered Indigenous women in the Native communities. This Zodiac Killer leaves behind clues in the form of letters and ciphers regarding these missing and murdered Native women and in the case of one murdered Native woman who is killed in Sheridan County, Wyoming, where Mary MacIntosh is left prosecuting the case. Who is the infamous Zodiac Killer and is it really him from the late 1960s and early 1970s, or is it a copycat killer? Mac must solve this puzzle before another Indigenous woman is killed.

Prison Break

Mary MacIntosh is drawn into investigating the convergence of unsolved crimes involving a 1910 baseball game that turned deadly at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, a plane crash in the Big Horn mountains where one of the survivors escaped on foot in the snow, a ruthless killer who recently escaped from the state prison and was lurking in her town of Sheridan, Wyoming, together linked by a shadowy conspiracy involving a secret society that spans generations.

The society’s origins date back to the early 20th century, and its members have been manipulating events through history. The crash survivor holds vital information that Mac needs to stop a new generation of conspirators.

This convergence of circumstances intertwines the mystery, suspense, and historical aspects of old crimes meeting new ones.

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Pumpkin Buttes

Consider the notion that three true crimes converge in the Pumpkin Buttes region of Wyoming. One true crime involves three men who escape prison. Another involves two men recently charged with the illegal export of uranium from the United States to Russia. The third true crime involves the extraction of rare earth elements that are critical to technological advances in radar, cellular, and magnetic devices. When these merge into one crime in the Pumpkin Buttes, Mary MacIntosh and Sheriff Burgess are targets after Mac prosecuted the second crime in Sheridan, Wyoming. Burg informs Mac of what he has learned to be possibly the third crime, and when they team up to investigate this, there is a lot at stake for both the criminals and Mac and Burg. The Pumpkin Buttes are as remote as the Hole in the Wall in Wyoming, and most folks know that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were successful at hiding out there!

Deputy Dawg or D.B. Cooper

Deputy Dawg or D. B. Cooper, a Mary MacIntosh novel, follows two true crimes that occurred within months of one another in 1971. Deputy Dawg was a lawless hippie in the late ’60s and early ’70s in Boulder and Nederland, Colorado, and he shot and killed Sheriff Guy Howard Gaughnor in Nederland in 1971. It was a senseless crime. D. B. Cooper was the hijacker of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971. He somehow managed to have his ransom demands met in Seattle and instructed the captain to fly the Boeing 727 at 10,000 feet with a flight plan to Mexico City. Somewhere near the Washington/Oregon border, he lowered the aft stairs and parachuted out into the dark rainy night with $200,000 strapped to his torso. He was never seen or heard from again, and the mystery remains unsolved. It is the only unsolved hijacking on U. S. soil. Mary MacIntosh (Mac) is the prosecuting attorney in Sheridan, Wyoming, and when Sheriff Kane is shot and killed leaving the Last Chance Saloon in Bighorn, Wyoming, she is faced with deciphering who the killer is. Deputy Dawg? D. B. Cooper? One must read this gripping novel to find out what happened.

Rodeo

“Rodeo, a Mary Macintosh novel” is a fictional account of a female serial killer who preys on teenagers during the Sheridan WYO Rodeo in 2024. This novel delves into the history of Wyoming and professional rodeos in a fast-paced, gripping thrill ride with Mary Macintosh (“Mac”) as the prosecuting attorney to Wyoming’s first female serial killer.

Set in the picturesque backdrop of Sheridan, Wyoming, this novel is gripping and informative at the same time.

Let Me Be

LET ME BE is the sequel to 60 Dates in Six Months (with a Broken Neck) and Push You Away and is a non-fiction book surrounding other people’s personal experiences attempting to date on dating apps It highlights the frustrations of others experiencing rejection while trying to find love. It demonstrates the challenges and difficulties one faces on dating apps due to the unanimity and ability to post ancient pictures that misrepresent what a person looks like presently and/or other misrepresentations of careers or other personal goals and aspirations.

Push You Away

Push You Away is the sequel to 60 Dates in Six Months (with a Broken Neck) and is a non-fiction book surrounding other people’s personal experiences attempting to date on dating apps. It highlights the frustrations of others experiencing rejection while trying to find love.

60 Dates in Six Months (with a Broken Neck)

60 Dates in Six Months (with a Broken Neck) is a nonfiction book surrounding a personal experience attempting to date at age 58. It didn’t start out as a goal to write a book in a new genre, but it’s a numbers game requiring note-taking to keep it straight. Upon review over dinner with a girlfriend, it dawned on me that this was funny. In the middle of this journey, I fell and broke my neck and it was serious. Decisions had to be made. I decided to keep dating by writing about it. And so it goes. “60 Dates in Six Months (with a Broken Neck)” is nonfiction satire and hysterically funny but honest.

The Five

The sixth book in the author’s Mary MacIntosh murder mystery series centers around a serial killer (Chandler Craig) who commenced his murderous rampage before the ripe of age 12, but due to a loophole in the law, is released from juvenile detention at age 21. “Mac” hosts a reunion for her four college roommates at her family cabin in the Colorado Rockies. Within months of his release from jail, Chandler shows up at the cabin and captures each of the five with means of force, violence and torture, telling them that “one of their husbands hired him to kill one of them, and it was up to each to convince him that she was not it.” Each friend struggles with the notion that her husband wants her dead, soul searching the past, present and future of the bonds of marriage and friendship. Chandler’s mayhem and means of torture stem from his abusive and tumultuous childhood and with each act of violence committed against THE FIVE, he reveals the depths of his hatred and sorrow. Mac’s search for the truth behind Chandler’s motive to kill is entangled with the revelation of infidelity, betrayal, and conspiracy stemming from Chandler’s true birth father and a husband’s fall from professional sports grace – into a league of crime involving performance enhancement drugs that, if discovered, will certainly derail dozens of high-profile athlete’s careers. The grisly killings and complexity of plot make this sixth novel in the series a “Jeffrey Dahmer meets Scott Turow,” as the courtroom drama unfolds.

Powder River Poison

A brutal struggle in the cutthroat oil and gas industry in a quaint Wyoming town between ranch owner Butch Anderson, a born-in-the-saddle cowboy world famous on the rodeo circuit vs. a coalbed methane gas company. When sludge oozes from the “Well from Hell” contaminating the groundwater, destroying rangeland, and poisoning the Powder River Basin, Mary MacIntosh champions a toxic crusade.

Poisoned by Proxy

MARY MACINTOSH dreaded the Landers file the moment it landed on her desk; this large case had become famous in the small town of Sheridan, Wyoming, and she knew it had the power to ruin more than just her 10-year-old client’s life. The prosecution believed the Landers file was a case of Munchausen’s by Proxy, which is a form of child abuse in which a parent with deep psychological problems induces symptoms of illness in his or her child. Mac finds it hard to believe that Levi’s affluent parents could be so malicious to their own son. Dr. Luke Landers is a dashing and suave OB-GYN with a successful medical practice, and his gorgeous wife Evelyn is the picture of high society. Their four children are well known in the tight-knit community; the three eldest are high-achieving scholars and athletes who are frequently featured in the papers for their accomplishments. Mac struggles to comprehend the accusations against Levi’s parents; yet must grapple over the cause of Levi’s illnesses, which range from flu-induced leukemia to “failure to thrive.” As Mac delves deeper into the dynamics of the Landers family, she is horrified by the web of conspiracy and betrayal that a love triangle can weave. As the courtroom drama unfolds, Mac vows to protect at all costs, including her own life.

Dying to Ski

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When the co-founder of a pharmaceutical giant is found dead on the slopes of Jackson Hole, his partner is accused of murder and hires Mary MacIntosh to defend him. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the community. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Mac battles to save her client’s freedom; yet, betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her client but also for her life. When Michael O’Connor, the co-founder of a pharmaceutical giant, is indicted for the murder of his business partner, he hires Mary MacIntosh to defend him in what Michael claims to be a skiing accident on the slopes of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. When the autopsy report reveals that Preston Parker was intentionally poisoned, Mac risks her life trying to prove Michael’s innocence, but when she learns that Michael was secretly in love with Preston’s wife and that Michael’s wife mysteriously died a few years earlier, Mac starts to question her convictions regarding her client’s story. Complicating matters, Preston was having an affair with an exotic Balinese beauty and his wife forced Preston to end the affair, leaving two scorned women who may have wanted Preston dead.

Snake River Secret

When Mary MacIntosh’s legal secretary goes missing, a frantic search through the white water torrents of the Snake River reveals clues a manic drug dealer leaves behind. Ceremonial Shoshone sweat lodge chants lead Mac to the secret Popo Agie cave where she unburies an unimaginable web of conspiracy and betrayal shocking enough to rip apart long-time family ties in this thrilling and epically haunting novel.

PANDEMIC PREDATOR

A serial killer is on the loose using the deadly strain of the H5N1 virus as a murder weapon. His selected targets are young, beautiful women with a connection to a European sex trade. His signature is a strange, hand-drawn tattoo on each woman’s inner thigh which taken together, lead Mary MacIntosh and the FBI to clues of sacred burial grounds around the world. As the lethal strain of the virus spreads across the globe, pharmaceutical giants scramble to mass produce a vaccination to stop the pandemic. The hunter becomes the hunted in this thrilling and epically haunting novel.