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Who Is L. B. Baillie?

L. B. Baillie (or Elbie Baillie) is the pen name for the husband and wife writing team

of Lisa and Bryan Bailey. Lisa was born and raised in northern Wisconsin, while Bryan grew up in North Carolina. They met in Orlando, Florida while both were serving in the U. S. Navy.

Both attended the University of Maryland, Lisa majoring in Art History and Bryan in European History. After 20 years of travelling the world, they retired to northern Wisconsin where they now enjoy rustic living, growing their own food, tending their orchard, and spinning fantastic tales.

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Dead Soldiers

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Famous author and local celebrity, Chris Fox, is found dead in his home, and his mysterious dinner companion checks out of the hospital before the Dane County Sheriff’s Department can question her. Why would someone want the wealthy, 64-year old, reclusive paraplegic writer dead?

Or, is it just another run of bad luck in his star-crossed family line?

Having spent the last two years behind a desk following a personal tragedy that nearly sidelined his career, Detective Sergeant Jonathan Breed finds himself back in the field investigating the suspicious death with the help of rookie protégé, Detective Hailey Rees. Breed desperately wants his 34-year career to end on a successful note, and to be a good mentor to his bright, young team of colleagues. But, does he still have the chops to solve the perplexing case?

And, what comes next after retirement?

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Short Stories

Exurbia is a town living in fear—fear of the outdoors and any germs found beyond the glass walls of their protective homes. Except young Civil, who yearns to explore nature, much to the dismay of those around her. Eighty-five years ago, an unexplained virus dubbed ‘The Great Disease’ nearly wiped out the residents of this isolated community. Since then they have developed elaborate measures to protect themselves from another plague—measures which include never going outside. But twelve-year-old Roger and his mother Camelia, newly arrived from their family farm, are completely unaware of the town’s history and peculiar ways.

Elishah Crenshaw will die today.

He will be executed for a murder he

does not remember committing.

As he passes the final hours in his cell,

he thinks back on his life and the events that brought him to this tragic end.

A Nice Rock

Somewhere in northern Wisconsin, lonely Ruby Chapman has discovered a love for rock-collecting. She brings home a remarkable stone and unwittingly launches a series of extraordinary events.

The Ice

“The Ice” tells the story of two ice fishing buddies who choose the wrong lake. What starts out as an idyllic day trip soon takes an unexpected and sinister turn.

The Doll Collection

The story takes place in northern Minnesota. A young man and his fiancé set out on a weekend trip to look at a house he recently inherited from a spinster aunt whom he hasn’t seen in twenty years. How could they know that what they would find would so dramatically alter the course of their lives?

The Dirty Kid

The Tragic Death (And Life) Of Elishah Crenshaw

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Flycatcher

2017

The girl was found by the hotel cleaning staff - alone, brutalized and scared, her clothing torn. She identified Harold Kingsley, founder and chairman of the second largest ad agency in New York, as her attacker. Evidence collected at the scene plus the girl’s positive identification of Mr. Kingsley in a photo line-up made for a solid case, and New York County Assistant District Attorney Ed McKain is ready to see the advertising mogul behind bars. But Detective Sergeant Kyle O’Conner isn’t so sure. Somehow things just didn’t add up, and Kyle’s best friend, FBI Special Agent Sam Hawkins, agrees. When Kingsley’s attorney discovers traces of a conspiracy involving burglary, dangerous gangsters, and fraud reaching high into Kingsley’s own Boardroom, Detective O’Conner begins to look past the obvious. How far is someone willing to go to achieve their ultimate dream?

FLYCATCHER is an intricate tale of ambition and greed set amid the cutthroat world of commercial advertising where competition reigns, fed by the drive for success and the ever-present fear of failure and financial ruin. FLYCATCHER weaves together the lives of diverse players with very different goals, who are inextricably drawn together in an emotional and fiery climax.

Mortal Debt

Coming Soon

Bodies are showing up in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. FBI Special Agent Sam Hawkins, having recently transferred from New York City after solving the 'Flycatcher' case, races against time to find the link that ties the victims to the killer and stop the bloodshed.

Dead Soldiers

2019

Having spent the last two years behind a desk following a personal tragedy that nearly sidelined his career, Detective Sergeant Jonathan Breed finds himself back in the field once again, investigating the suspicious death with the help of rookie protégé, Detective Hailey Rees. Breed desperately wants his 34-year career to end on a successful note, and to be a good mentor to his bright, young team of colleagues. But, does he still have the chops to solve the perplexing case? And, what comes next after retirement?