Vett Brayborn Mystery Books

Book cover with title Spirited Unraveling; a distresses cabin in a woods with a red sky. A Vett Brayborn Murder Mystery by Dr. Sandra Tanner

Private Investigator Vett Brayborn and Professor Rarity Smallwood join forces to uncover what Smallwood witnessed as a child in an old black barn-style house. As they get closer to the truth, they realize someone else has been waiting for this moment, too. What Smallwood saw and the events leading up to that day are devastating, but nowhere near as catastrophic as the dying woman 400 miles away, who has waited thirty-seven years for what they are about to uncover.

Book cover with the title: Silenced by the Promise; a Vett Brayborn Mystery. A collage of a woman's face and several flowers in pale shades of pink. by Dr. Sandra Tanner

Four wholesome cousins sat in the living room. Their 98-year-old matriarch aunt is murdered in the bedroom. Her seventeen-million-dollar estate is at risk. Which one did it? Private Investigator, Vett Brayborn, must find out before the estate is distributed among them.

A book cover with the title Sunrise Catcher; A Vett Brayborn murder mystery. A lonely road in a forest with a sunrise in the distance. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

Could you murder your girlfriend and wife and keep on functioning? The Sunrise Catcher’s friends believed he did. He hires Private Investigator Vett Brayborn to find the real murderer. All clues point to him as the murderer until a small, seemingly trivial clue reveals the truth. Is this truth really the truth? 

A book cover with the title Sequestered with the Murderers; a Vett Brayborn murder mystery. A bus drives through the rain. Below is a building with three arches. The cover is awash in green colors. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

After the driver of a tour bus is murdered at a Virginia interstate rest area, leaving thirty-six passengers stranded, amateur investigator Vett Brayborn uncovers the powerful and driving force behind his execution-style murder and uncovers a long-ago secret behind the lacecap hydrangea bordello murders.

A book cover with the title Six Good Ones; A Vett Brayborn murder mystery. Four men and two women stand mostly in silhouette with a red explosion in the background. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

After amateur investigator Vett Brayborn’s aunt’s boyfriend is strangled to death, and two weeks later her aunt is murdered, Vett’s investigation reveals that all clues point to “six blended family members.” She probes their lives and finds a mystery pulling at all of them like gravity.

A book cover with the title Stolen Four Minutes. In shades of blue. A bus comes towards the viewer, driving between winter trees. A young boys face is superimposed over the trees. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

Amateur investigator, Vett Brayborn, takes on a case to find a person who has been missing for 29 years. All the evidence points back to the family that hired her. Did someone in this wholesome and respectable family do the unthinkable? You’ll want to find out.

A book cover with the title Sacks of Murder. Green hills with a house at the top and a red streaked sky. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

Sacks of buried bones are uncovered on the farm of Vett Brayborn’s aunt. In her effort to discover who the bones belong to, she discovers that two murders have taken place. Who buried those bones, and why has no one come forth with tales of missing relatives?

Pinky McKnight Investment Club Mystery Books

A book cover with the title Seen Yet Hidden. In cobalt blue. A Pinky McKnight Investment Club Mystery. A silver carnival mask is in the center. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

What secret has lain buried for sixty-six years and still haunts the living? What unimaginable fraud, with deadly consequences, targets a woman relentlessly? Will Private Investigator Kadence McKnight uncover the secret and the fraud before another murder occurs?

A book cover with the title Scorched by Winter. Colors are green with some bright yellow lights. A black couple stand in a city street, looking at the viewer. A Pinky McKnight Investment Club Mystery. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

In a town where no one believes the murderer is among them, can Private Investigator Kadence McKnight and her team, the Pinky McKnight Investment Club, find the truth? Will the arrogant police detective, who is in charge of the case, be a help or a hindrance? Who left the eight-month-old baby by his aunt’s front door?

What is the significance of a dislocated shoulder, an upcoming family reunion, and candy wrappers? They all interweave to solve a 4-year-old murder. Can Private Investigator Kadence McKnight find the murderer before the 50-year-old tradition is canceled?

 

Stand Alone Mystery Books

A book cover with the title Sultry. A golden draped fabric with blue smoke swirling up. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

A captivating fifty-year tale of infidelity entangles a man and his family in a complex web of secrets, lies, and betrayal, culminating in murder. Who is responsible? This gripping, intense story will keep you hooked from beginning to end.

Winner of Literary Titan Award

Outstanding Creator Award for Cozy Mysteries

Outstanding Creator Award for Crime

Outstanding Creator Award for Women's Fiction

A book cover with the title Secrets of Salmer Tawgg. Colors are black with a grey car superimposed and a young black girl standing in front of the car. A superimposed tree can be seen beside her. By Dr. Sandra Tanner

Murder emerges as a woman assists her cousins in finding their fathers, whom they have never met, and in the process, she uncovers secrets that have been kept for decades. No one seems eager to share the truth. Why is that?

High school graduate Livvy Whitlock disappears in the summer of 1960. Thirty years later, her remains are found. Her mother and a family friend recount how the mystery of her disappearance was unraveled. The family friend always held the key to solving the mystery, though she didn’t know it. How was sundrenched water at the root of it all?