The Hunter and Holmes Mystery Series

	The Hunter & Holmes Mystery Series
	Silicon Valley's Detective Team

Art Credits: Illustrations by Ricardo Carrmona, Cover Art and graphics by Kurt Eberhardt, H & H logo by Hal Peterson

Since it came on the Internet, The ChucksConnection has been examining and documenting the appearance of Chuck Taylor shoes in all kinds of media: films, television shows and series, newspaper stories, magazine articles, and books. One area that we haven't explored in much detail is the area of fictional stories where chucks have a role. That's why we are very excited about a new detective series, the Hunter & Holmes Mysteries, which is about two teenagers living in the Silicon Valley who become amateur detectives to solve crimes that affect them, their friends, and their community. And there is a nice twist to these stories: each detective is an enthusiastic wearer of chucks, and the "chucks club" culture plays a role in the story lines.
	The first novel in the series, The Kidnapping, tells the story of how and why the Hunter & Holmes detective team was formed. When the series starts, Jason Hunter, 14, and his best friend Daniel Holmes, 15 are carefree teenagers enjoying the start of summer and their extended break from school. Then their lives are radically changed when Jason, while walking through City Park suddenly goes missing and no one can figure out what has happened to him. Jason is a bright, athletic, and well adjusted kid, with no apparent problems in his life so no one seriously believes that he would run away. Unfortunately that means that he was kidnapped or somehow caught up in a crime. His cell phone went strangely quiet, there was no sign of a struggle anywhere in the park, and no one in the surrounding neighborhoods saw anything. If Jason was being kidnapped for ransom, no one really can understand why. He is from an ordinary middle class family, who are comfortable enough due to both parents working full time, but certainly not wealthy like hundreds of others living in the Silicon Valley. The mystery is further compounded by the complete silence from the kidnappers, leading the police and Jason's family and friends to fear that he has been taken by predators with no interest in returning him. As you can imagine, this puts a real chill in the community, and causes Jason's parents to become more and more desperate. Daniel instinctively knows that Jason will never recover from his ordeal until he discovers the who and the why of his kidnapping. Eventually he is able to persuade Jason to check his fears of reliving the horror that he went through and the detective team of Hunter & Holmes was born. But can two amateur detectives succeed in discovering what the police have been unable to find out?
The cover of the first Hunter and Holmes mystery.	View a comic teaser for *The Kidnapping* and the Hunter & Holmes Mystery Series. See the trailer for *The Kidnapping* on YouTube.
Order the pdf edition of the first Hunter & Holmes novel The Kidnapping. This is our best edition and reads likes a hard cover novel. Order *The Kidnapping* for your Nook Reader. Click on this link which will take you to the Barnes & Noble website and the order page for this book. Order *The Kidnapping* for your Kindle Reader.The download is available from six different Amazon.com websites. To order from the United States store: Click on this link which will take you to the US Amazon.com website and the order page for this book. To order from the United Kingdom store, click on this link. To order from the German store, click on this link. To order from the French store, click on this link. To order from the Italian store, click on this link. To order from the Spanish store, click on this link. Order *The Kidnapping* for your Apple iPad, iPod Touch (2nd generation or later), or iPhone (3G or later). Books can only be viewed using the iBooks application. *The Kidnapping* is available through the iTunes stores in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Open iTunes on your device and then search for *The Kidnapping*. You will find it in the books section.

The second novel in the series, *Double Fugue* is an interesting mix of detective work and music for the Hunter & Holmes team. The first novel in the series, The Kidnapping, focused on Jason a lot while the second novel has more to do with Daniel and his musical interests. The title refers to the two intertwining stories of the book, and the psychological impact that its events have on the two characters (besides Jason and Daniel) that this novel is about. The main story line involves Daniel and his chance meeting with rock star Ethan Savage who is retiring from the music business and planning to give away most of his huge fortune from recording and publishing rights. When Daniel accidentally witnesses Ethan's mysterious disappearance and reappearance, he become involved in a very strange and troubling set of circumstances that end up having a major impact on his life. Daniel also discovers that there are many facets to music as he explores the pop side and learns about the concert/classical side through his interactions with Ethan Savage, Jason's friend Robert Fischer, and local educator and conductor David Molinari. The other story line in Double Fugue begins when Marilyn and Jorge Ferreira, Jason's neighbors from down the block, knock on his door one evening and tell him how worried they are about their young nephew, 14-year-old Eric Acosta, who lives in Springdale, a small Monterey County town 70 miles south of the Silicon Valley. Eric apparently has been attacked and victimized, but refuses to talk about it with anyone, and seems to be withdrawing from communication with any adult, including his very concerned mother. Marilyn thinks that maybe Jason could get through to him, and asks him if he would be willing to try. Based on his own experiences as a crime victim and what he is told by the Ferreiras, Jason immediately senses that Eric has been victimized by a serious predator, and he and Daniel, along with their adult friend and advisor, Mr. Joe Connor, quickly set out to visit Eric and try to get him to reveal what happened. What they discover and become involved in is quite disturbing and gut wrenching!
	The cover of the second Hunter and Holmes mystery.
View a comic teaser for *Double Fugue. See the trailer for Double Fugue* on YouTube.
*Double Fugue* is a full length novel in a hard cover sized edition converted to a online format. Upon completing the order process, you will receive a pdf file by email that contains the entire novel with 49 full color illustrations. As a bonus, there is an appendix which contains the score to a complete musical arrangement performed by Daniel and his friends Eric and Diana. If you would like more information about the Hunter and Holmes Mysteries go to their website at hunterandholmes.com.
Order the pdf edition of the second Hunter & Holmes mystery novel Double Fugue. This is our best edition and reads likes a hard cover novel. To order *Double Fugue* for your Nook Reader, click on this link which will take you to the Barnes & Noble website and the order page for this book. Order *Double Fugue* for your Apple iPad, iPod Touch (2nd generation or later), or iPhone (3G or later). Books can only be viewed using the iBooks application. *Double Fugue* is available through the iTunes stores in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Open iTunes on your device and then search for *Double Fugue. You will find it in the books section. Order Double Fugue* for your Kindle Reader.The download is available from six different Amazon.com websites. To order from the United States store: Click on this link which will take you to the US Amazon.com website and the order page for this book. To order from the United Kingdom store, click on this link. To order from the German store, click on this link. To order from the French store, click on this link. To order from the Italian store, click on this link. To order from the Spanish store, click on this link.

The cover of the third Hunter and Holmes mystery.	Spring break turns out to be anything but that for Jason and Daniel in the third novel When the Chips Are Down. They agree to help their friend Richard Liu and his father Junjie try and figure out what is going on at his father’s work place, the DCC Chip Company, which has been recently plagued by hijackings of their new line of computer chips. Richard is worried that the company will go out of business and his family will lose everything if something isn’t done to stop the thefts. While looking for a young friend, Jason and Daniel stumble onto what appears to be another hijacking of DCC chips. Convinced that the thefts must be an inside job, Jason and Daniel pose as reporters from their high school newspaper to tour the plant and meet the employees. The boys then travel up to the Yosemite area with their friend and advisor Joe Connor who is remodeling a cabin home he owns near the park. At the urgent and desperate plea of Teresa Barnwell, a young girl living in a foster home, the boys agree to visit a nearby boot camp for teenagers where Timothy Wilkinson, a mutual friend of theirs, has been sent. Teresa is convinced that Tim is being mistreated at the camp. In the past two weeks he has disappeared from the camp roster, all mail to him as been returned, and his parents were told that he has been sent to anger management training. When kids at the camp confirm that Tim and another kid named Cody did not get along with the camp authorities, were constantly being treated harshly, and believe that the two have been taken somewhere to be forced into submission, Jason and Daniel mount an all out campaign to find Tim and Cody before serious harm comes to them. Later they team up with Captain Garcia of the Silicon Valley Police to smoke out the criminals in the DCC case. 49 full color illustrations.
View a comic teaser for When The Chips Are Down. See the trailer for *When The Chips Are Down* on YouTube.
Order the PDF Edition of the third Hunter & Holmes mystery *When The Chips Are Down. This is our best edition and reads likes a hard cover novel. To order When The Chips Are Down* for your Nook Reader, click on this link which will take you to the Barnes & Noble website and the order page for this book. Order *When The Chips Are Down* for your Kindle Reader.The download is available from six different Amazon.com websites. To order from the United States store: Click on this link which will take you to the US Amazon.com website and the order page for this book. To order from the United Kingdom store, click on this link. To order from the German store, click on this link. To order from the French store, click on this link. To order from the Italian store, click on this link. To order from the Spanish store, click on this link. Order *When The Chips Are Down* for your Apple iPad, iPod Touch (2nd generation or later), or iPhone (3G or later). Books can only be viewed using the iBooks application. *When The Chips Are Down* is available through all fourteen iTunes stores around the world. Open iTunes on your device and then search for *When The Chips Are Down. You will find it in the books section. This link will take you to the order page for When The Chips Are Down* in the US store.
	School is out, but the lazy carefree days of summer are soon filled with more adventures for the Hunter & Holmes detective team. Jason and Daniel have a very unusual meeting with Enrico Feraducci, a Mafia godfather who has a special request for them. Jason and Daniel travel with Joe Connor to southern California to try and broker a reconciliation for him with his estranged daughter and grandchildren. Daniel begins rehearsing with his band as they work on creating their sound and search for a keyboard player. Jason and Daniel then meet and make friends with Nick, a very talented and gifted pianist who wants to join the band but recently has been threatened and attacked by a mysterious stranger who somehow is able to enter his house at will. Jason and Daniel are determined to help Nick and protect him from further attacks. Captain Garcia leads a task force to try and solve a string of missing children cases in the town of San Matthias. Soon Jason and Daniel become involved in the investigation. Jason's relationship with Laura and Daniel's relationship with Diana have major developments. Many of their mutual friends, Eric, Rebecca, Timothy, Teresa, Chauncey and the A List basketball team all have interesting changes in their lives. All these things and more are in Family Matters, the fourth book in the Hunter & Holmes Mystery Series. 48 full color illustrations. 302 pages.
Order the PDF Edition of the fourth Hunter & Holmes mystery Family Matters. This is our best edition and reads likes a hard cover novel. To order Family Matters for your Nook Reader, click on this link which will take you to the Barnes & Noble website and the order page for this book. Order Family Matters for your Kindle Reader.The download is available from six different Amazon.com websites. To order from the United States store: Click on this link which will take you to the US Amazon.com website and the order page for this book. To order from the United Kingdom store, click on this link. To order from the German store, click on this link. To order from the French store, click on this link. To order from the Italian store, click on this link. To order from the Spanish store, click on this link. Order Family Matters for your Apple iPad, iPod Touch (2nd generation or later), or iPhone (3G or later). Books can only be viewed using the iBooks application. Family Matters is available through all thirty-two iTunes stores around the world. Open iTunes on your device and then search for Family Matters. You will find it in the books section. Search under Books>Mysteries and Thrillers>Aiden Vaughan or do a search for Family Matters and select Books>All.
The cover of Eyewitness News	After the stunning ending to their adventures in Family Matters, Jason and Daniel are determined to spend the remainder of the summer relaxing and kicking back. Now that Jason and Daniel have pledged to go steady with their girl friends, Laura and Diana, they discover that they have new obligations and personal issues to deal with. Jason is eager to play interleague basketball with his friend Chauncey and his other A-List team members. But new complications beguile Chauncey as another player tries to make him look bad during their games. Daniel is happy to spend much of his time rehearsing with his band now that his rhythm section is settled, Nick has become their neighbor, and is a valued and creative member of the band. After talking with Jason about the recovery process for what happened to them earlier that summer in Family Matters, Nick realizes that he has debt to pay to the other victims who didn’t survive, and begins working on an intensely personal musical project to provide closure. Eric reaches out to help Ben Kessler, the other young boy rescued by Jason and the police task force. On Tim's recommendation the band auditions a potential new member, Jonathan Kowalski, a talented reed player who is an excellent performer on saxophone, flute, and clarinet. Unfortunately Jonathan has complications in his family life because his mother has become addicted to methamphetamines and is spending her time with a low life drug dealer. Jason and the other band members become very concerned about Jonathan as they rally to help him out. Arthur Vincenzo is now living in the Silicon Valley, adopted by Captain Antonio Garcia and his wife, Marisol. Arthur is grateful to finally have a stable home life, but it is threatened by gang members who want to recruit him. Jaime Orlando and the media are keeping an eye on Jason and his activities. Part of the storyline is told from the point of view of reports by Jaime for KHHT television Eyewitness News as the story line builds to its exciting and moving conclusion. Full of action and emotion, you won't want to miss Eyewitness News, the fifth book in the Hunter & Holmes Mystery Series. 294 pages, illustrated with 48 full color illustrations and graphics, and the vocal-piano score to part of Nicolo Ferraducci’s musical project.
*Eyewitness News* is a full length novel in a hard cover sized edition converted to a online format. Upon completing the order process, you will receive a pdf file by email that contains the entire novel with 48 full color illustrations and graphics. The file is 6.4 MB in size. Allow 1-2 business days for delivery. 294 pages, illustrated with 48 full color illustrations and graphics, and the vocal-piano score to part of Nicolo Ferraducci’s musical project.
To order the pdf edition of Eyewitness News use our secure online shopping cart system. Add PDF Edition to Cart To order Eyewitness News for your Nook Reader, click on this link which will take you to the Barnes & Noble website and the order page for this book. Order Eyewitness News for your Kindle Reader.The download is available from six different Amazon.com websites. To order from the United States store: Click on this link which will take you to the US Amazon.com website and the order page for this book. To order from the United Kingdom store, click on this link. To order from the German store, click on this link. To order from the French store, click on this link. To order from the Italian store, click on this link. To order from the Spanish store, click on this link. Order Eyewitness News for your Apple iPad, iPod Touch (2nd generation or later), or iPhone (3G or later). Books can only be viewed using the iBooks application. Eyewitness News is available through all thirty-two iTunes stores around the world. Open iTunes on your device and then search for Eyewitness News. You will find it in the books section. Search under Books>Mysteries and Thrillers>Aiden Vaughan or do a search for Eyewitness News and select Books>All.
	Days of Destiny begins in San Francisco. Richard Liu, Jason's friend and neighbor, is taking Jason and Daniel up to Chinatown to see the spectacular night time New Year's parade, preceded by a fabulous dinner at a Taiwanese restaurant owned by his Aunt Mai. On the way to see the parade, the three take a shortcut through a building where they discover Jian-heng Chen, an eight-year-old Chinese boy, left locked in a closet by human traffickers who have also enslaved the boy's older sisters. With the assistance of Richard's translation, Jason and Daniel learn how the orphaned boy is bravely seeking a new life in America. Detemined to help Jian-heng out and rescue his sisters, they bring the boy back to the Silicon Valley where he is taken in by the Liu family. But Jason and Daniel have a lot more to deal with besides tracking down the traffickers. Daniel and his band are working on their demo CD, trying to create a complete album of original songs to present to some promoters who have taken an interest in the band since their performance of Nick Feraducci's Requiem for the Lost Children last fall. Jason is very involved with the Merriam High School varsity basketball team which is headed to the district and regional playoffs. Plus Jason's relationship with Laura and Daniel's romance with Diana are taking on new dimensions. To add further complications, the boys investigate a quite upsetting sexting scandal that breaks open at a Merriam High School dance. Eventually the boys are able to focus on Jian-heng's case and the search for his two sisters and the men who have enslaved them is on. What they discover in the process is quite upsetting and shocking as Jason and Daniel use their detective skills to solve this and the other crimes involving school activities. Join Jason, Daniel, and their friends as they face Days of Destiny, the sixth book in the Hunter & Holmes Mystery Series.
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