Case Of The Three Gold Coins
A gripping work of detective fiction set in 1933 Mississippi, where a flood sweeps Danny McCollough off the road, taking his life and a tin box of gold. Forty years later, four boys find his sunken car—and one coin surfaces. Now amateur detective Randy Millhouse must solve a crime mystery involving gold coins: who took the gold treasure, and could a friend have saved a dying man?
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Case Of The Three Gold Coins
Some secrets don’t rust. In this mystery and suspense novel, a long-lost Model-T rises from Buckatunna Creek, dragging up a forty-year-old question. Hired in secret, investigator Randy Millhouse follows three matching coins in a tense investigation across state lines toward a deadly truth. Case of the Three Gold Coins is Southern crime fiction a slow-burning mystery novel where the past refuses to stay drowned.
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Case No.1: Murder
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Case No.1: Murder
Case No. 1: Murder is a gripping crime thriller that pulls readers into a world where greed, deception, and ambition collide with deadly consequences.
When one of the county’s wealthiest businessmen dies under suspicious circumstances, what initially appears to be a tragic accident begins to unravel into a carefully orchestrated conspiracy. Hidden motives, family secrets, corruption, and betrayal surface as an unlikely private investigator embarks on his very first case—only to discover that the truth is far more dangerous than anyone imagined.
As every clue leads deeper into a web of lies, powerful individuals will stop at nothing to protect their secrets. With unexpected twists, compelling characters, and relentless suspense, Case No. 1: Murder keeps readers guessing until the very last page.
Blending classic detective fiction with courtroom intrigue and small-town drama, Carl Rayford Roberts delivers a fast-paced mystery that explores the consequences of greed, the pursuit of justice, and the resilience of those determined to uncover the truth.
Whether you’re a fan of suspense, murder mysteries, or investigative thrillers, Case No. 1: Murder offers an unforgettable reading experience filled with shocking revelations and edge-of-your-seat suspense.
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About the Author
Carl Rayford Roberts
Carl Rayford Roberts is a published author and mystery writer who developed a lifelong appreciation for Western history and literature at an early age. A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a Master’s Degree in History, he lives in Mississippi with his wife, Karen. Together they are the proud parents of two daughters, Amy and Jill.
A contemporary writer and avid reader of murder mysteries, Author Carl Rayford Roberts drew on these passions for Blood in the Dust, a collection of nine Old West stories, and his venture into detective fiction. A true enigma creator, he combines history, suspense, and storytelling to craft engaging crime fiction for his readers.
“History never truly drowns… give it forty years, and it will rise to be reckoned with.”
— Carl- Rayford -Roberts
Main Book Themes
Guilt That Outlives the Crime
At the heart of this crime fiction, forty years cannot bury what Dutch withheld in the floodwater. His silence builds a fortune and a marriage, yet every comfort is quietly poisoned by one unpaid debt.
Love and Long Devotion
Willa never stopped loving the man the flood took. Within this mystery and suspense novel, her secret photograph and patient resolve reveal a devotion four decades of marriage to another man could never erase.
The Weight of the Past
The drowned Model-T rises like memory itself, driving this investigation book forward. In Roberts’ detective fiction, nothing stays buried forever, and the present is always answerable to the crimes that came before it.
Greed and Its Wages
A tin box of gold treasure turns a friend into a thief and a thief into a killer. This crime mystery involving gold coins proves that wealth delivers only ruin, claiming victims for decades.
Justice Beyond the Law
When courtrooms cannot prove a forty-year-old sin, one woman decides the verdict herself. This mystery novel asks whether true justice belongs to the law, or to those the law has failed.
History as Destiny
True to its author’s craft, this adventure fiction shows how real events a flood, a gold confiscation, a Depression set ordinary lives on collision courses, quietly writing the fates of small-town people who never chose them.
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More than a mystery novel
More than a story of hidden treasure, Case of the Three Gold Coins takes readers on a journey of suspense, discovery, and unforgettable moments where every clue uncovers something deeper than expected.
A Mystery Four Decades Deep
Three matching coins, one drowned car, a secret kept forty years. This crime mystery involving gold coins follows amateur detective Randy Millhouse as he unearths a truth the floodwaters never meant to surrender.
Cold Trail
A forty-year-old death reopens when boys find a sunken Model-T. With a single coin to guide him, this detective fiction follows Randy as he reconstructs a crime no witness saw.
Hidden Hands
Beneath small-town calm, a wife runs her own quiet investigation. In this mystery and suspense tale, alibis, secrets, and a hidden pistol disguise the one person everyone thinks they know.
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