Merry Christmas, Murdock, by Robert J. Ray

Merry Christmas, Murdock, by Robert J. Ray Christmastime is here, and weary-but-wise private-eye Matt Murdock is short on funds and holiday spirit. There are no white Christmases in Newport Beach, California, but there are soggy ones. One rainy evening at the Xanadu Mall, a down-on-his-luck mystery writer named Marvin Holly meets a runaway teenager and…

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Death in the Memorial Garden, by Kathie Deviny

Death in the Memorial Garden, by Kathie Deviny Just as the sexton is about to inter the ashes of one of Grace Church’s last wealthy patronesses in the Memorial Garden, he unearths a wine crate containing the ashes of an unknown. Next to the ashes is a distinctive pair of shoes. Not only are the…

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