Most Popular Books by Lee Roddy

Struggling with school and a lack of money during the Depression, seventh grader Hildy is overwhelmed when the little girl she cares for after school is kidnapped, but God steps in in a remarkable manner.

D.J. Dillon helps prove the hermit Zeke Zeering could be right about an impending mudslide. He also must deal with his own desire for revenge against the vicious dogs who attacked his hound, Hero.

On a camping trip D.J., bitten by a flea that may carry bubonic plague, is caught in a forest fire. His only way to safety is rafting the Mad River. But that trip carries its own dangers ...

Hildy Corrigan, almost a teenager, returns home to discover that her stepmother has abandoned her and taken her brother and four sisters. Fighting anger and self-blame, Hildy refuses to stay with her backwoods grandmother and runs away with her cousin Ruby in hopes of finding her family.

Being a spy for the famous Pinkerton Detectives suits Laurel Bartlett's adventurous nature. During the Civil War, Laurel had used her charm and cleverness to penetrate Confederate lines and bring back military intelligence for the Union army as a way to avenge her brother's death. But the war casts a long shadow onto Laurel's future happiness. Now the conflict has ended, and Laurel and 's soldier-fianc and é has not returned home. As an excuse to search for him, Laurel takes a new Pinkerton assignment to seek evidence of thievery on the railroads. On a train heading south through lawless lands, sparks fly when she meets Ridge Granger, a handsome former rebel cavalryman, and Laurel and 's secret past comes back to haunt her. When Laurel stumbles upon a murder scene, both their lives are threatened by an unknown killer. As time runs out to find her fianc and é, gather evidence against a thieving railroad employee, and stay alive, Laurel and 's wartime spying has a direct impact on Ridge. With mounting tensions between them, the couple is thrust into a life-and-death situation where their faith in God and --and themselves and --is sorely tested. Days of Deception is the first of the Pinkerton Lady Chronicles. Lee Roddy i s a veteran author with many novels for children and adults to his credit. He combines his love of history and writing in the historically accurate Pinkerton Lady Chronicles. He and his wife make their home in California.

Returning to the Ozark Mountains to visit their grandmothers, Hildy and Ruby encounter old mountain hatreds, danger, and God's marvelous forgiveness.

Despite the objections of her family, 14-year-old Karen is convinced that her love for the wild, unbroken horse Cheetah will enable her to tame the animal.

When Hildy finds a stolen watch concealing a crude, hand-drawn map, she is accused of the theft and must try to clear her name.

A young Christian inadvertently places his family in danger on Hawaii's Kona Coast when he videotapes the dramatic rescue of two drowning children which leads to his father's kidnapping.

D.J. learns a powerful lesson about responsibility and doing what is right.

Joining her cousin Ruby on a search for Ruby's missing father leads Hildy to a confrontation with wealthy cattleman Ozzie Kessick.

Thirteen-year-old D.J. gets a bad case of "gold fever" when he and Alfred accidentally discover an abandoned--and mysteriously dangerous--gold mine.

While searching for a dog in the mountains, D.J., investigates the dumping of hazardous waste at Sudden Lake.

D.J. Dillon's latest adventure begins one night in the darkened woods when D.J. and his buddy Alfred hear a weird noise. Suddenly, a strange new boy appears and tells them he's just seen a white racoon. Is he telling the truth?

D.J. Dillon and his buddy Alfred don't believe in ghosts. So they volunteer to help a local school teacher find out what's going on in an old mansion she has inherited. Peculiar noises and sights shake their confidence. Soon they aren't so sure about ghosts.

Shiloh Laird has one dream-to build the California stagecoach business her murdered husband started. But San Francisco in 1850 is a rough town, especially for a widow expecting her first child. In this dramatic second volume of the "Giants on the Hill" trilogy, Cinnabar is the story of love, revenge and the faith to overcome impossible obstacles.

Josh Ladd encounters a series of life-threatening situations when he befriends a mysterious young surfer named Duke.

Josh and his friends investigate mysterious lights on Molokai and try to figure out how to get a valuable surfboard back from the neighborhood bully, Kong.