Books by N.C.L. Sarno
Seligman, Arizona: Birthplace of HISTORIC Route 66
history book (nonfiction)
HISTORY WITH HEART
As the comeback kid of Route 66 towns, Seligman has a unique story.
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Seligman, Arizona: Birthplace of HISTORIC Route 66 traces the remote town’s evolution from railroad division point to a destination for Route 66 adventurers eager to experience a piece of authentic and nostalgic Americana.
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This book is a one-of-a-kind history of the Route 66 town that put the “Historic” in Historic Route 66. It’s an important resource for those interested in the history of America’s Main Street and a fun read for those who enjoy heartwarming underdog success stories.
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Murder at The Route 66 Ranch Hotel
Book 1 in the Route 66 Ranch Hotel Mystery Series
A cozy take on the classic whodunit, set in the modern West.
Eve Cordova loves history, Americana, and horses. Her inheritance of a remote historic hotel located on an old ranch just off Route 66 is a dream come true. She is preparing the Arizona high desert hotel for its grand reopening when the local sheriff informs her that the mysterious death at the hotel is in fact murder. Eve soon realizes that the employees of her skeleton crew are the only ones who could be responsible. She must unmask the murderer for the sake of her business and the new life she has created. As the clues start pointing to Eve, she must work fast to unravel the lies and discover the culprit before she is wrongly arrested.
Eve’s efforts culminate in a parlor room mystery reveal in the hotel lobby.
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The Mysterious Shootings at The Route 66 Ranch Hotel
Book 2 in the Route 66 Ranch Hotel Mystery Series
A mysterious death in the past leads to trouble in the present.
When one of her historic hotel staff members is shot, Eve concludes that it must be connected to a shooting that happened at the same location 46 years ago. While hosting the eclectic group of old hotel employees, her attempts to find the truth prove problematic. Heavily guarded secrets from the past and present prevent her from determining the current level of danger.
Although the challenge of discovering the truth behind the near half-century shooting proves daunting, with the use of old photographs, newspaper archives, her great aunt’s diaries, and her own astute observations, Eve finds the answers to the mysterious shootings, both new and old.
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Cruiser Crash at The Route 66 Ranch Hotel
Book 3 in the Route 66 Ranch Hotel Mystery Series
A friendly drag race proves fatal for one of the members of a car club.
Sabotage is soon suspected. Friends and acquaintances from Eve’s old life in Chicago all become murder suspects. Suspicion and confusion run rampant throughout the rural Northern Arizona hotel as items go missing and different items appear.
When damning evidence is found in Eve’s ex-boyfriend’s room, she hurries to clear his good name before he is officially charged with murder. Although one of Eve’s employees succeeds in helping her solve the complicated mystery, other staff members impede her investigations of the enigmatic occurrences and hotel guests, sometimes intentionally.
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Train Robbers at The Route 66 Ranch Hotel
Book 4 in the Route 66 Ranch Hotel Mystery Series
Halloween at the hotel turns into a hostage situation.
Eve Cordova thinks she has nothing to worry about when she finds herself manning her rural hotel alone on Halloween evening. She expects nothing more exciting than the clearing of spiderwebs that have collected on the front porch. She is sure that the story of a train robbing ring being in the area has nothing to do with her or her guests.
She soon realizes she is wrong on all fronts when she finds that one of her guests has been murdered, the discovery of which results in the taking of hostages. She is fortified by the fact that she has one familiar face to rely on during the impromptu imprisonment in the hotel basement, but she can’t let anyone know who he is. She needs to help her captors unmask the murderer before her companion is unmasked as the sheriff.
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Night Fall at The Route 66 Ranch Hotel
Book 5 in the Route 66 Ranch Hotel Mystery Series
An astronomer, an astrologer, and a cult leader walk into a hotel…
And the next thing you know, everyone is a murder suspect— even the hotel owner’s dog.
Join Arizona rural hotel owner Eve as she tries to make sense of a New Year’s Eve cliffside stargazing campout gone wrong. The new year begins with the mysterious disappearance of not one, but two of Eve’s guests. When one is found in bizarre circumstances, it creates more questions than answers and fuels the flame of confusion. When the other missing guest is found dead, the uncertain cause of events requires the assistance of law enforcement.
Unfortunately, this time Eve does not have the comforting help of the sheriff. Instead, she must try to win over the antagonistic Deputy Hayes while she simultaneously attempts to figure out what happened under the stars that fateful night.
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Death By Tumbleweed at The Route 66 Ranch Hotel
Book 6 in the Route 66 Ranch Hotel Mystery Series
Naiya has a nemesis, Roxie has an ice cream addiction, and Eve has a secret that she’s keeping from the sheriff.
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The staff at the northern Arizona hotel get a taste of the world of horseracing as a group of Kentucky based equine veterinarians come to Juniper County for a conference. The conference is cut short when a gruesome accident is determined to be murder and an unexpected spring snowstorm traps them all together at the isolated location.
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Join hotel owner Eve Cordova as she finds out the strange way someone causes death by tumbleweed, and the odd way she determines who must have done it.
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