Tom Whitus

When Sam Steele Junior gets a term paper assignment on a visit by the Soviet Premier to the Midwest in the late 1950s he's less than enthused. But when he learns it may lead to treasure, the Junior Detective Agency is on the adventure of a lifetime.

After witnessing a brutal murder, a little girl is quickly surrounded by a group of law-enforcement professionals and a psychologist.

A man poses as a hypnotherapist's patient to find the truth about his missing brother.

13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private detective agency to emulate his father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele, and helps track down a jewel thief.

Overjoyed with having a cute new pet in her life, sixth-grader Mary starts using puppies to try and spark romance between lonely adults.

A Kentucky family comes together for a Christmas Eve church concert.

A Los Angeles trophy wife and her beautiful step daughter are kidnapped in Las Vegas by four gangsters with murky motives.

Based on the New Testament parables The Prodigal Son and The Good Samaritan, this is the story of two estranged brothers sent on a cross country journey by their father in the hope that they can find common ground while offering gratitude and forgiveness to others.

A child's Sunday School Bible. A broken relationship between an adopted daughter and her parents that spans 25 years. A mother who only wants to forgive - and be forgiven. On her death bed, Abigail asks her husband Steven to find their estranged daughter, forgive her and ask her forgiveness. Steven makes the journey from Kentucky to California to fulfill that wish - and to give his adopted daughter the Bible she left behind so many years ago. Along the way, Joseph meets a mysterious hitchhiker who may very well hold the secret of the journey's end. On the way, we learn that every journey needs a guide and that Steven will be "Guided by the Word."

This is the story of a girl, her dog, and a man who needs to regain his self-reliance. Curtis Peterson, a strong, vital man in his late twenties, and his wife Marie want to start a family. Tragedy strikes when Curtis is paralyzed in a construction accident. Meanwhile, another family welcomes an addition to its household. Teenager Steve Barnett adopts an 8 week old puppy to train as part of a church project. The Barnett family is to house-train Banner for a year. Then the dog would be returned to the Kansas Specialty Dog Service, where it will be trained to assist the disabled and visually impaired. Steve's sister, 8 year old Emily, ends up taking care of Banner, and falls in love with the dog. Her happiness is offset by the tragic circumstances affecting Curtis and Marie. When Marie takes a job as a waitress to support the family, Curtis is left to sit at home alone, wallowing in self pity.

Dying of cancer, former thief Charlie Dawson decides to leave his gold to his namesake Charlene, the great grand daughter of his two former partners. Not wanting to steal from family, the two former partners decide to rob Charlie before he dies. They hire a poker playing buddy, the violent loan shark Eddie, to do the job. Eddie decides to kidnap Charlene to convince Charlie to give up the gold, but Charlene's friend Emma gets in the way and is murdered. With the clock ticking, Eddie goes after the gold but runs afoul of Charlene's protective mother. The soccer mom is forced into a violent showdown to save her daughter and get the treasure.

When Sid Bothers, P.I., is hired by a gorgeous dame to protect her father from a serial killer that is targeting old rich white guys, Sid learns the killer is after more than revenge.

Rachel and her grandfather Doyle get lost while walking to the store to find her mother Valerie. As friends, neighbors and the police search, Valerie prays for their return.

When Lucy becomes Hollywood's new "It Girl," her ex-boyfriend David is persuaded to take advantage of her success.

Alex, a degenerate gambler in debt to a gangster, is given a choice. Pick up and deliver ten mysterious lockboxes to a Los Angeles crime boss - or take a bullet to the head.

When Maw Maw dies in Prosperity, Ky., grandson Merle doesn't have the money to pay for a funeral. Thinking his Hollywood rival Billy Ray has money, Merle asks for help. A broke but prideful Billy Ray agrees to help with tragic results.

When a serial killer posing as a Reverend murders two families in 1877 Colorado, the survivors from each family join forces to track down the killer in an attempt to deal out their own version of Western justice.

Before his 21st birthday, a young man travels from Indiana to California to confront his deadbeat father and meets a struggling singer along the way.