Books with author S McPherson

A murderous hacker is holding the hospital for ransom! In this new Jack Sharp, MD novel, Ransomware and Murder, Jack’s Family Practice office is in trouble. Their finances just don’t make sense and as hard as Jack and his partners work, they can’t understand why they aren’t doing better. Just as they come up with some strategies for improvement, the computer systems go down.Detective Rebecca Sweate’s plate is filling up fast. While dealing with a murder investigation centered in St. Francis Hospital, the hospital system is hacked and attacked with ransomware! Pulled in different directions Detective Sweate, the lead investigator, has her hands tied when the police station loses computer access. They’re hacked and attacked as well. She can’t decide if this murder is tied to the cyber-attack but she will pit her best officers and information technologists against the hacker. Then, as if she doesn’t have enough to deal with, the FBI comes in to take over.Married only a few years, Jack is trying to adapt to raising a teenager. His adopted daughter is growing up fast and he realizes how little he knows about teens. The struggles in his office weigh on his mind and a dark cloud rising up from his past, draws him in. Before he even knows he’s at risk, Jack becomes a victim.Looking for a fast-paced mystery that will keep you guessing? Click on the “Look Inside” feature and dive into Jack’s world. Then download your copy of Ransomware and Murder.

When Dereck Dillinger is swept away into a mystical world after his little sister, Jessie, mysteriously disappears at the carnival he is faced with many challenges in his quest to rescue her. He interacts with familiar story book and nursery rhyme characters and has to figure out the right answer to a riddle in order to evoke the magic of the crystal ball that is the key to finding their way home. Betrayed at every turn by those who claim to be his friends how can he ever hope to succeed?

When Dereck Dillinger is swept away into a mystical world after his little sister, Jessie, mysteriously disappears at the carnival he is faced with many challenges in his quest to rescue her. He interacts with familiar story book and nursery rhyme characters and has to figure out the right answer to a riddle in order to evoke the magic of the crystal ball that is the key to finding their way home. Betrayed at every turn by those who claim to be his friends how can he ever hope to succeed?

A fast-paced adventure for fans of Twilight and The Mortal Instruments. What if there was another you, in another world? DEZARAY IS FROM EARTH.LEXOVIA IS FROM COLDIVOR.BUT WHEN THEY ACCIDENTALLY TRADE PLACES... Dezaray is thrust into a world on the brink of war. And the only one powerful enough to stop it, is Lexovia.Struggling between surviving in a strange world, moving on from her tormented past and not falling for the boy with blue eyes, Dezaray must also keep her identity hidden, masquerading as Lexovia, so the beasts that hunt the sorceress, don't learn that she's left the realm unguarded.But the beasts aren't the only problem. Lexovia is stuck in England and knows little of the human world. And the sorceress soon discovers that England may carry magical secrets of its own.As both girls strive to find a way to trade back and restore balance to their worlds, Dezaray begins to wonder if that's what she truly wants. Will she have the strength to leave when the time comes? And will Lexovia find a way to return before it's too late?

When 17-year-old, Dezaray Storm drunkenly stumbles across a portal one night, her abused and broken life begins to change, mainly because she starts living someone else's life. Accidently trading places with the most powerful sorceress of the realm, Coldivor, Dezaray finds herself assuming the identity of her magical lookalike, having to convince everyone in the realm that she's the real deal.Aside from a few minor hiccups along the way, like the fact that she is not magical nor does she know even the simplest cards trick; Dezaray soon finds herself settling in. Particularly in the arms of Milo; a blue-eyed jokester with the ability to teleport. However, it doesn't take long for Dezaray to realise that life on the other side is far from glitz and glamour and that creatures unimaginable are hunting her. A war is brewing between the seven empires of Coldivor and those that long to take over. Dezaray's enchanted double is their only hope; their secret weapon, set to be unleashed on her eighteenth birthday when she is gifted the powers of her forefathers.But for the enchantress to return, Dezaray has to leave, and the thought of going back to Islon fills Dezaray with dread, for more reasons than one. Torn between a reality she can't stand and a fantasy she can't keep, Dezaray is struggling to see how any choice she makes will lead to a happy ending.At Water's Edge is a young adult, epic fantasy tale of magic, parallel worlds, young love and war.

Musicians of every age have hailed Johann Sebastian Bach as one of the greatest composers of all time. Beethoven called Bach “the progenitor of harmony.” He made a pun on the word Bach, which is German for brook, writing that “His name ought not to be Bach, but Ocean.” Johannes Brahms wrote: “Study Bach: there you will find everything.” Claude Debussy wrote: “And if we look at the works of J. S. Bach... on each page we discover things which we thought were born only yesterday, from delightful arabesques to an overflowing of religious feeling greater than anything we have since discovered.” Felix Mendelssohn called his work “the greatest music in the world,” and wrote about one of Bach’s choruses: “If life had taken hope and faith from me, this single chorus would restore all.” The hope and faith that filled the life of Johann Sebastian Bach still lives in the music he wrote to glorify God. His life is a testimony to the hope that is a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul. This book is written on a 5th-8th grade reading level, but younger children will enjoy having it read aloud to them.

Her grandmother doesn’t like to talk about Stella’s parents, even when she asks. But now that she’s in sixth grade, Stella needs answers. A rusty box provides a clue to the place her parents met—Camp Hawthorne—and Stella is determined to go. The camp’s secret draws her into extraordinary possibilities she never knew existed. And despite warnings to leave the past alone, she uncovers a mystery linked to her parents. Now she must decide how much she will risk to find the truth. "THE PANDORA DEVICE is filled with all the ingredients one needs for a rollicking adventure: mad scientists, special powers, a desperate search for missing parents, and...American History? Who knew! Joyce McPherson has created a world at Camp Hawthorne that you will not soon forget, and probably wish you'd attended." -David Yoo, author of THE DETENTION CLUB