Posts by MELISSA COFFMAN
In the Frame, by Lyn Farrell
In the Frame, by Lyn Farrell Wealthy widow Abigail Forester is reported missing by her nephew Jonathon. The Sheriff’s office’s investigation shows she’s still in Rosedale and they turf the case to Rosedale Investigations. Turns out, Abigail’s been staying with a friend to avoid Jonathon who’s been harassing her to inherit her estate. Abigail sets…
Read MoreThe Dead Cannot Hide, by J. L. Buck
The Dead Cannot Hide, by J. L. Buck England, summer of 1812. Lucien, Viscount Ware, a secret spy for the Crown, is asked by his grandmother to use his skills in locating a missing country girl. She had taken a governess’s position near London almost a year ago and not been heard from for months.…
Read MoreA Wild Colonial Girl, by Jean Harrington
A Wild Colonial Girl, by Jean Harrington 1686: Bored with village life, 18 year old Abby O’Donnell longs to sail away into the exciting world beyond the ocean. She has little hope of that ever happening until Lord Harry Rushmount, a man unlike any she’s ever met, sails into Providence harbor. Abby is convinced fate…
Read MoreMistress of London, by Evelyn Richardson
Daughter of parents obsessively in love with one another, Grace Owen has seen how love destroyed her widowed father and resolves to avoid it at all costs…
Read MoreWhen We Meet Again, by Carla Kelly
When We Meet Again, by Carla Kelly If you must fight a war, make it good one, so you can entertain admiring children and grandchildren years in the future. But what if your World War II stories are nothing more glamorous than an aircraft factory in boring Kansas, or a sugar beet farm in Southeast…
Read MoreSourdough Dead, by Carol E. Ayer
Sourdough Dead, by Carol E. Ayer Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and home baker Kayla Jeffries is on the case when her boyfriend, restaurateur Jason Banks, becomes the main suspect in a murder investigation. Jason’s longtime nemesis, Leon Haskell, is found dead only hours after his baseball team bested Jason’s and just one day after he…
Read MoreThe Case of the ’61 Chevy Impala, by Tom Meschery
The Case of the ’61 Chevy Impala, by Tom Meschery It’s the tumultuous month of April 1968. Victor and Vincent Brovelli, identical twins, owners of Brovelli Brothers Used Cars, have just repo’ed a 1961 Chevrolet Impala and driven it back to their car lot on East 14th Street in Oakland, California. Victor opens the trunk…
Read MoreBallistics at the Ballet, by B.J. Bowen
When a symphony musician is murdered—bashed with her own bassoon—flute player Emily Wilson becomes the prime suspect. To save herself and secure justice for her murdered friend, she must find the killer.
Read MoreDanger in Edinburgh, by Emma Dakin
Danger in Edinburgh, by Emma Dakin Claire Barclay, owner and tour guide of The British Mysteries Book Tours, leaves her house in Hampshire and her significant other, Mark Evans, puts her dog Gulliver into her van and heads off to Scotland for the start of a fortnight tour. She expects to lead her guests to…
Read MoreIn the Lion’s Mouth, by Jean Harrington
In the Lion’s Mouth, by Jean Harrington It has been less than a year since Johanna Hudson realized that her research Stalked by a lecherous tyrant, Owen and Grace flee their beloved Ireland. Determined to pursue freedom and happiness in the New World, they sail to Liverpool, England. But with no ship departures until spring,…
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