Rolynn Anderson

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Rolynn Anderson loves makeovers! She crafted curriculum to spark student learning as a high school English teacher and opened a cutting edge high school as a principal. From scratch, she learned how to co-captain a trawler with her husband, cruising the Inside Passage for twenty-five summers. Rebooting her golf game and renovating her California home's interior and landscape are her most recent projects. In her role as author, she delights in creating imperfect characters faced with extraordinary, transforming challenges. Her hope: You'll devour her makeover suspense/mysteries in the wee hours of the morning, because her stories, settings, and characters, capture your imagination and your heart.

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Fire is Nice Dec 4, 2018

by Rolynn Anderson

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Bone poachers pillaging Sequoia National Park will stop at nothing…even murder. Can two rangers, at cross purposes, smoke out the thieves?Sable Chisholm suffered an on-duty brain injury, which eliminated her sense of fear and made her a pariah at the FBI. In Sequoia, her assigned partner is Carter Glass, a loner of a ranger, successful at solving park problems with statistical analysis. The miss-matched pair must collar criminals stealing Pleistocene era bones from park caves.The murder of a ranger and evidence of staff treachery ramps up the investigation, further challenging Sable and Carter’s partnership. She’s blazing with ideas, hell-bent on solving the mystery, while he calculates strategies, tormented by her risk-taking. The stakes are sky-high. If they don’t catch the poachers, they reduce their reputations to ashes…or die trying.

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When Oceans Rage-A Woman at the Helm Mystery Dec 11, 2020

by Rolynn Anderson

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She dumps her career as drone engineer to captain a fishing boat...
A shocking inheritance of a shrimp boat from her estranged father entices MIT-trained Jill Morrell to resign from her cushy Seattle job. Her lack of experience boating or fishing soon makes her a pariah on the Port McNeill dock. Worse: While she invests time and energy into a successful prawn season, her father languishes in prison for a murder he may not have committed. Ray Stewart, stepson of the murdered man, has a stealth agenda of his own. Ray aims to sue Jill for ownership of the million-dollar vessel. In fact, he’ll join Jill’s crew for the season to protect his family’s asset while keeping an eye on the ever-fascinating, unpredictable Ms Morrell.The raging ocean pales in comparison to the violent and greedy folks out to destroy Jill’s livelihood. Though Ray and Jill are sworn adversaries, they must join forces to find a murderer and identify traitors in their British Columbia community.Hang on, sailors! Rough seas ahead!

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Links to Evil ((A Friday the 13th Story)) Nov 13, 2020

by Rolynn Anderson

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A golf vacation meant to heal her injured brain turns into a career-buster when FBI agent Sable Chisholm is accused of killing her swing coach. Sable and her fearless friends begin a perilous journey to expose the evil underbelly of a California links community. Find 12 more authors joining Rolynn Anderson writing tales about murder and mayhem. On Amazon type in "A Friday the 13th Story," and discover all 13 mysteries!

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When Mountains Fall: Woman at the Helm Mystery Oct 8, 2019

by Rolynn Anderson

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Running a marina in isolated Waka Bay, British Columbia was her husband’s dream, not hers. But now he’s dead and a prime suspect in a murder.

Shattered by grief, Camryn Hudson must return to the bay to exonerate her husband, protect her seven year-old son, and save a failing business.

Loner Finn Weber’s mission seems equally impossible. He left a top job in Seattle to work in tiny Port McNeill. Fulfilling a bargain with his ailing mother, he must sail to Waka Bay every weekend. He never imagined the danger of cruising into Camryn’s heart while withholding a family secret.

A killer roams the land and vultures demand possession of the marina. Can Camryn solve a crime and survive in Waka Bay?

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Faint Nov 14, 2015

by Rolynn Anderson

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Their dead clients refuse to rest in peace.

How did small-town boutique funeral planning morph into crime-solving? Ask freelance embalmer Trudy Solomon, or Pete McDonald, a blind, forensic investigator. They’re solving mysteries of the deceased for their pregnant boss, Jan Keller, while her journalist husband, Roman, is benched by a ten million dollar defamation suit.

A dead client goes missing, and investigating his disappearance forces Trudy and Pete to confront their fiercely independent styles. When danger stalks them, will they blend brains, brawn and belief in one another to solve crimes and save themselves?

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FADEOUT Jun 3, 2015

by Rolynn Anderson

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Jan Solvang has spent her life avoiding conflict and commitment. Six months ago, she left a marriage proposal and a job in Seattle to care for her dying mother. Now she's trapped in California with an inherited dog, working with her estranged father as a memorial event planner.

Scriptwriter Roman Keller thrives on conflict. His documentaries reveal the flaws of the famous. Jan’s challenge is to help him write a positive eulogy for a grandfather he despised, but Roman is more interested in her other client: a powerful attorney with a dark past his family wants buried with him.

If Jan stands behind the family and Roman goes for the exposé, who wins? The tension between them grows as each discovers the other is keeping secrets. Will the truth destroy their chance at love?

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FEAR LAND Jul 24, 2015

by Rolynn Anderson

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Tally Rosella, an acclaimed psychiatrist who helps children fraught with anxiety, avoids adults because their brains rant at her. But the chance to start a second child study and connect her findings to PTSD, sets her squarely among devious colleagues at a big California university.

Army Major Cole Messer, Tally’s new neighbor, won’t admit that trauma from combat tours in Afghanistan, destroyed his marriage and hampered his ability to lead. As a teacher of college ROTC and single parent, he’s focused on enrolling his highly anxious son in Tally’s study and getting back to active duty.

Someone is dead set against Tally’s presence at the university, and blowback from her battles with co-workers put Cole and his son in jeopardy. Watch what happens when people struggling with shades of anxiety collide with corrupt, revengeful foes.

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BAD LIES Feb 27, 2017

by Rolynn Anderson

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Italy’s haunted caves spell danger for an American golfer and a NATO geologist.

Sophie Maxwell is a late-blooming, unorthodox golfer, and mother of a precocious thirteen year-old. Determined to put divorce, bankruptcy, and a penchant for gambling in her past, Sophie goes to Italy for a qualifying golf tournament.
Jack Walker turned his back on a pro golfing career to become a geologist. As a favor to his ailing father he’ll caddy for Sophie; off hours, he’ll find caves on the Mediterranean coast, suitable for NATO listening posts for terrorist activity.
Someone is determined to stop Jack’s underground hunt and ruin Sophie’s chances to win her tournament.
On a Rome golf course and in the Amalfi coast’s haunted caves, all the odds are stacked against Sophie and Jack. In their gamble of a lifetime, who wins?

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Cézanne’s Ghost Aug 17, 2017

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Three young American women vanish in Aix-en-Provence, France.
The FBI suspects their American tour guide.

Leon Beaudet, formerly a U.S. Olympic wrestler, is proud of his five-star guide business, but when tourists disappear on his watch, the FBI dredges up a violent episode in Leon’s past and tap him for the crime. Worse, his new tour group includes Aline Kerig, who is as beautiful and carefree as the three missing women. Leon is fascinated and puzzled by Aline even while he fears for her safety. She refuses to go back to the States, forcing the FBI and local police to involve her in the hunt.

With the French tourist industry about to collapse and Leon as a prime suspect, how does he protect Aline and find his lost tourists?

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SWOON Nov 3, 2012

by Rolynn Anderson

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Her dead clients won’t rest in peace.

When the dead tell tales, Jan Solvang’s first reaction is to RUN! But then she gets caught up in their mysteries.

Jan’s a boutique funeral planner, new to risk, hired to bury a missing woman and memorialize an infamous man. Yet when she digs for clues to write their eulogies, she disturbs family secrets and unmasks killers.
Roman Keller, hard-driving documentary writer, is in complete control of his life and his stories, until he falls for Jan, a woman who trusts her dog, her faint-dreams, and her instincts more than she trusts him.

Can they make the sacrifices necessary to cement their relationship or will the mayhem caused by the dead ruin their second chance at love?

“Don't miss SWOON by Rolynn Anderson! If you like an interesting cast of characters, a heavy dose of mystery and a lot of fabulous surprises, you'll be happily turning pages late into the night.ˮ
~ Brenda Novak, NYT and USA Bestselling Author of WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES

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Lie Catchers Jul 24, 2019

by Rolynn Anderson

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She’s a lie catcher hiding from the truth

Freelance writer, Liv Hanson returns to a fishing village in Alaska with one mission: bail out her failing family business. To garner investors, she writes a series about a local unsolved murder. When her revelations intersect with the recent death of a schoolmate, the town turns against her.

While investigating a murder and money scam, treasury agent Parker Browne finds the quirky, secretive Liv Hanson his number one interest. Her ability to detect liars fascinates and entices him, but he gave up on love long ago. As Parker and Liv delve into the crimes, bullets--and sparks--start to fly.

When liars are more skilled than lie catchers, can anyone win?

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Last Resort Jun 27, 2019

by Rolynn Anderson

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Bedlam in a British Columbia fishing resort

Corporate fixer Rena Gordon’s career is over unless she can wrench a B.C. resort out of the red in time for the Canadian-American Winter Games. Before she can sort employee sabotage from ineptness, her loose-cannon sister shows up, kicked out of yet another school. Now Rena must confront emotions about the past she's worked so hard to hide.

CIA agent Neal Jackson is undercover as a fishing guide, sniffing out terrorist cells targeting the Winter Games. He’s a lone-wolf agent used to lying to people and holding tight to his feelings…until Rena and the chaos in the resort turns his world upside down.

Rena’s corporate training falters in the face of vengeful employees, a sister who is out of control, and a fishing guide she can’t stop thinking about. Should she trust her instincts to save people and the resort she's grown to love?

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