Sanity Claus, by Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo

Samity Claus, by Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo A Retro Broadway Christmas Carol… …with all the warmth of Currier & KNIVES! As the star of Saint Nick, a new holiday-themed Broadway play, Yule Von Zell is under immense pressure. His mental stability is teetering on the brink. A murder accusation is hanging over Yule’s head, and his…

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Killer Kayfabe, by Randee Green

Killer Kayfabe, by Randee Green Zoey Wildes’s former friend from high school, Chester Neidigh, has recently returned to Linville after a twelve-year hiatus and is working as an artist at 3 Count Tattoos. The day after a heated confrontation with another former classmate, Chester fails to show up for work. Worried about Chester’s already precarious…

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The Three-Story Murders, by Olivia Yates

The Three-Story Murders, by Olivia Yates There’s tension in the small town of Dingle Point Cove on the Chesapeake Bay as the well-being of its oldest citizens is under threat. A big healthcare company wants to close all the local senior homes and uproot the residents into a new three-story mega-facility. And they’ll stop at…

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Doocey Half-Sees Whodunnit, by Tom McAndrew

Doocey Half-Sees Whodunnit, by Tom McAndrew Okay, his superiors might think him a clown, and okay, he might be secretly battling sight problems, but Shamie Doocey is determined to prove that he’s still a seriously good detective with a twenty-twenty mind’s eye by solving his first big case: the disappearance of an uptight crime writer’s…

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Shining Water, by Christy J. Kendall

Shining Water, by Christy J. Kendall Lilly Weathers, a widow and retired Air Force investigative researcher, leashes up her two dogs and begins a new life as an RV volunteer for national wildlife refuges. Her first job lands her in Nevada in the middle of a murder conspiracy that involves military readiness training. When the…

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One Too Many, by R. Franklin James

One Too Many, by R. Franklin James Hollis Morgan has accomplished her goal of regaining her status as an acceptable contributor to society. She has overcome her felony conviction for fraud, earned a judicial pardon, and has spent the last few years in climbing the ladder of success in her law firm. She is respected…

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Curiosity Kills, by Kathleen L. Asay

Curiosity Kills, by Kathleen L. Asay Sacramentan newspaper reporter Liz Cane is honored and hopeful when the paper’s respected Capitol columnist, Eugene Holland, asks her for a ride to work. When she arrives at his home in hopes of a story for the newspaper, she finds him dead. She will need to uncover what she…

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Murder on Ashton-on-Tinch, by Emma Dakin

Murder on Ashton-on-Tinch, by Emma Dakin Claire Barclay is happily taking tourists to the sites of mystery novels in Britain. Her husband, Detective Inspector Mark Evans, is rushing off to sites of murder when called. They have worked out a stable homelife which is suddenly disrupted by ten-year-old Amber. Neither Claire nor Mark had any…

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The Orchid Mystery, by Nancy L. Mangan

The Orchid Mystery, by Nancy L. Mangan Cambridge, 1977 is a city built on the bones of history, its courtyards hushed and its truths half-buried. When a respected professor is found dead in the gardens of St. Michael’s College with an orchid placed beside him with unsettling care, DCI Jonathan Rievaulx and DS Emily Carter…

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In the Dead of Winter, by Lyn Farrell

In the Dead of Winter, by Lyn Farrell Victoria Treadwell, dispatcher for the sheriff’s office, is driving to work in a snowstorm when she sees a car fish-tailing behind her. Horrified, she watches at the car swerves off the road. When she heads back to help, she finds the driver bent over the steering wheel…

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