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By Susan Sleeman ()

 

IF YOU PLANT THE WRONG SEEDS. Recovered from her near death at the hand of a killer, landscape designer Paige Turner is certain her life will soon be a bed of roses. That is, until her employee, Daisy Rose Plante, finds a dead body, and the thorny police chief looks no further than Daisy for a suspect.

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By Dana Mentink ()

It’s the 150th anniversary of the wreck of the Triton, a ship that foundered off the coast of Finny, California. A team of college students arrives to film a documentary, and pregnant Ruth is pressed into service. She must reenact the life of survivor Indigo Orson, a woman who managed the perils of gold rush California by disguising herself as a man. Indigo’s writing reveals there was treasure aboard the Triton, a rich prize shrouded in secrecy. While her beloved husband Monk is away, Ruth stumbles on the body of one of the film’s crewman.

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By Lynette Sowell ()

 

Andi Hartley promises herself she won’t get involved in any more mysteries, especially now that she’s a new mom. But when the doctor she’s typing medical notes for dies at his desk, one of the last things he ate was a jar of her homemade peach baby food for a snack. Then her physician and friend also looks suspicious for having caused the doctor’s sudden death, plus a dictation reveals that Dr. Bradley wasn’t alone in his office that fateful night. Andi must work quickly to untangle the web of secrets among the patients of Greenburg, Tennessee.

(Kindle Edition)

By Dana Mentink ()

For Ruth Budge, the worm business is thriving until a disembodied toe turns up on the golf course and members of a strange cult begin to infiltrate the quiet seaside town of Finny, California. Life is already crazy for forty-seven-year-old Ruth, juggling the needs of her worm farm, her new spouse and a platoon of crippled seabirds bequeathed to her by her dead husband. Then there’s the insanity swirling around the first ever Finny’ Fog Festival and the discovery of a bizarre diary from one of the town’s seediest ancestors. Things go from misty to murderous as a man plummets to his death from an exploding hot air balloon. Is the craziness a byproduct of the festival, or a decades old curse unearthed in an antique diary? Ruth had better find out fast, or her worms won’t be the only things six feet under.

(Kindle Edition)

By Lynette Sowell ()

 

After the most rain Greenburg, Tennessee has seen in years, Andi and Ben Hartley’s watermelon patch yields more than watermelons when Andi’s kitten discovers remains in the field. Then Honey Haggerty, the fiery and notorious owner of Greenburg’s yummiest down-home eatery, is found murdered. Fingers point at Ben and a lineup of other suspects. The more Andi discovers, the more she believes the two deaths are related. She races to find a killer—or is it killers?—before it’s too late.

(Kindle Edition)

By Dana Mentink ()

Two shocking discoveries – her dead husband’s secret novel and a body in Finny’s town square fountain nearly push Ruth to the edge of her sanity. The final kicker comes when her hairdresser goes on vacation to Fiji, leaving Ruth to look like Dickens’ Miss Havisham. A crazy kaleidoscope of characters such as the uptight gallery owner, Napoleon Prinn; half-baked Dimple Dent, writer of fortune-cookie wisdom; Alva Hernandez, octogenarian newspaper boy; and Monk, the amorous town caterer, add to the chaos in the shadow of Finny’s nose until Ruth finds herself in the ultimate do or die situation.

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By Cecil Murphey ()

When Psychologist Julie West arrives at Cartledge Inn in response to an urgent call from Stefan Lauber, a supposedly reformed criminal recently released from prison, a near-hysterical desk clerk tells her that Lauber has been murdered in his room—room 623.  According to the clerk, everybody keeps asking for that room. The police have already examined the scene, but others have broken in and ransacked the place. Still others want to book a reservation for this particular room number.  Pastor James Burton, whom Julie West secretly loves, teams with her to solve the mystery of room 623.

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By Anita Higman ()

 

Volstead Manor has caught on fire, and the last of its murderous secrets flare hot enough to drive Bailey back to her sleuthing. A villain, who remains shrouded in darkness until the end, threatens to destroy Bailey, and once again the mansion ignites with malevolent mischief. While she unearths a family secret from Prohibition that’s hidden deep within the cellar, she becomes entangled in a ticking-clock race to save her own life. Will the foul surprises never end at Volstead Manor, and will Bailey’s burning desire to marry Max go up in smoke?

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By Lynette Sowell ()

 

A facial gone wrong, or murder? Andromeda Clark must uncover the truth to save her handmade soap business. The heartbreaker diva of Greenburg, Tennessee is dead. Andromeda Clark knows that her cherry facial scrub didn’t accidentally kill Charla Rae Thacker from anaphylactic shock. But Andi’s soap business is in trouble and tongues are a-waggin’. To save her business, she searches for the one who tampered with her product.

(Paperback)

By Cara C. Putman, Gina Conroy, Frances Devine, Lynette Sowell (Barbour Books)

 

Encounter mystery, mayhem, and murder near Washington, DC, alongside four professional females. White House assistant chef Tara Whitley works with an old flame, FBI agent Jack Courtland, to stop a plot to sabotage a state-dinner. Attorney Ciara Turner and her nemesis Daniel Evans have trials tracking down a judge’s murderer. Archeologist intern Samantha Steele and security guard Nick Porter are on the heels of a dangerous forger. Shop owner Susan Holland and renovator Vince Martini turn upside down her late uncle’s mansion while investigating a string of mysterious accidents.