Posts by MELISSA COFFMAN
Sunken Dreams, by Steven Kuehn
Sunken Dreams, by Steven Kuehn Archaeologists strive to bring the hidden past into the light of the present. But there are those who prefer to keep the secrets of the past buried—and sometimes they’ll kill to keep them that way. Professor Jake Caine is preparing for an archaeological field school at the Waconah site, a…
Read MoreSplinters, by Mark Everett Stone
Splinters, by Mark Everett Stone Kalevi Hakala is tired. Weary down to the bone, his life an empty one since the death of his wife Jeanie and complicated by his son’s growing emotional distance. He’s at least somewhat content in his home in Silver Bay, Minnesota, but when a dead man tries to kill him…
Read MoreA Basket Case, by Lesley A. Diehl
A Basket Case, by Lesley A. Diehl Maddie Sparks believes she has found the perfect balance in her life—Zack, the man she loves, a book she loves writing and volunteer work at a local museum with a granddaughter she adores. An old flame from Zack’s past arrives and drives a wedge into Maddie and Zack’s…
Read MoreRegency Glad Tidings, by Carla Kelly
Regency Glad Tidings, by Carla Kelly “Holly and Ivy”—The Napoleonic Wars are over. Troops are returning home to a joyous Christmas, except for Surgeon Jake Frost, who must escort a hypochondriac captain, barely wounded at Waterloo. Jake prepares to hate every minute of the ordeal, until he meets the hypochondriac’s fiancé. “Yours Sincerely”—Madeline and her…
Read MoreThe Missing Link, by R. Franklin James
The Missing Link, by R. Franklin James It has been a little more than a year since Johanna Hudson realized that her genealogical research talents could be used for more than just revealing her client’s family trees. Johanna, along with her partner Ava Lowell, and junior assistant Trinidad Owens, comprise Legacy Consultants. Legacy takes on…
Read MoreHuckleberry Homicide, by Cindy Keen Reynders
Huckleberry Homicide, by Cindy Keen Reynders When life gets crazy for Fran Lightfoot, she moves home to the small town of Moose Creek, Wyoming, teenage daughter in tow. It sounds good: Hometown. Family. A fresh future. Fran and her sister Lucy open a small business, The Saucy Lucy Café, in an old Victorian home they…
Read MoreMistress of Herself, 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 MoreStorms in the Cotswolds, by Emma Dakin
Storms in the Cotswolds, by Emma Dakin Claire Barclay, tour guide of The British Mystery Book Tours, shepherds her tourists to Cirencester in the heart of the Cotswolds. They take all the rooms at the Queen Bess Hotel in the center of Cirencester and go on forays, visiting the haunts of characters from mystery novels.…
Read MorePrivate License, by Kevin R. Doyle
Private License, by Kevin R. Doyle All Lorie Jones wants is a little help with her divorce. Some extra information, a bit of ammunition to take into court against her no-good husband. And when she hires the biggest and best investigation firm Kansas City has to offer, that’s exactly what she gets. But after their…
Read MoreRoom Tone, by Clive Rosengren
Room Tone, by Clive Rosengren Eddie Collins and Carla Rizzoli, his significant other, are involved in a drive-by shooting on Hollywood Boulevard. Subsequent investigation leads to the suspicion that the incident may have been an attempt to prevent him from testifying against four pornographers, whose arrest several months prior was the result of Eddie’s investigation.…
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