Spotted Pony Casino Mystery Series

Spotted Pony Casino Mystery, Book 1 Missing surveillance video Wanted fugitives A body in a laundry chute… Dela Alvaro is a disabled veteran who grew up on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation. When an IED in Iraq ended her military career, she came home to reassess her life and landed a job in security at the Indian run casino on the reservation.   Not even a year into being the assistant to the head of security, Dela is promoted on a trial basis. When one of the casino employees is found stabbed and stuffed in a laundry chute, she knows she can kiss head of security good-bye if she doesn't find the killer before the media gets hold of the story.   While she is in over her head, she can't decide if the FBI Special Agent called in to help is a blessing or a curse. It's a man she ran across in Iraq who overrode her authority. When a second casino employee is killed, Dela has to decide if she can trust the special agent with not only keeping her job but keeping the rest of the casino employees safe.

Zealous Environmentalists Greedy Power Companies …and a body A bitter dispute over the breaching of dams in Idaho sparks emotions at a summit held at the Spotted Pony Casino. When the keynote speaker is murdered, Dela Alvaro, head of security, teams up again with FBI Special Agent Quinn Pierce. The suspects are many since it appears the victim was playing both sides of the controversial environmental issue. Did someone take advantage of a marital dispute… witnessed by a crowd of casino spectators? Or did an angry wife murder her husband?  Book 2 in the Spotted Pony Casino Mysteries has Dela Alvaro not only trying to keep her job by discovering the killer before word spreads about the murder, but she also has to deal with FBI Special Agent Quinn Peirce butting heads with her high school sweetheart who has returned to the reservation as a tribal policeman. 

Spotted Pony Casino Mystery, Book 3   A donkey, a three-legged dog, and a war-scarred veteran outwit the killer.   Dela Alvaro is the main suspect in the stabbing death of a man she stopped from beating his wife to death. The detective she abhors is ready to toss her in jail and not look for any other suspects. When FBI Special Agent Quinn Pierce is called in and Tribal Officer Heath Seaver is forbidden to work the case, Dela decides to find the killer.   Was it the wife, the drug dealer, or the man wanting to take over the victim's business? Dela and Heath ask questions and work to prove her innocence. If she is found guilty not only will she lose her new life but she'll never be able to solve the secret of her father.  

Book 5 in the Spotted Pony Casino Mystery Series   Dela Alvaro, head of security for the Spotted Pony Casino, is asked to do a security check of a casino on the Oregon Coast. She no sooner starts her rounds at the casino and a child of a dubious couple is kidnapped. Special Agent Quinn Pierce of the FBI has been out to get the father for some time.   One of Dela's best friends from the Army is also at the casino and they catch up. The next morning, Dela finds her friend strangled. As Dela struggles with the violent death of yet another best friend, Tribal Officer Heath Seaver arrives and the two begin untangling the lies, kidnapping, and murder.   As Heath carries the kidnapped child to safety, Dela must face a cunning killer alone.

This box set contains the first three books in the Spotted Pony Casino Mysteries. Disabled Veteran Dela Alvaro had her heart set on being a State Trooper until she lost her leg in an attack on the Humvee she was riding in as an Army M.P. She came back to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation to recuperate and landed a job with security at the Spotted Pony Casino. Poker Face Book 1 As interim head of security at the Spotted Pony Casino, disabled veteran, Dela Alvaro, needs to find out who killed a casino accountant or lose her job. House Edge Book 2 Dela Alvaro head of security at the Spotted Pony Casino has a body and a casino full of potential suspects. Not only is she trying to keep her job, she's also playing referee between her high school sweetheart turned Tribal Policeman and FBI Special Agent Quinn Pierce. Double Down Book 3 Dela Alvaro is the main suspect in the stabbing death of a man she stopped from beating his wife to death. The detective she abhors is ready to toss her in jail and not look for any other suspects. When FBI Special Agent Quinn Pierce is called in and Tribal Officer Heath Seaver is forbidden to work the case, Dela decides to find the killer.