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By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Publishing, Inc.)

Watch the tangled mess a Kansas hairdresser gets herself into when she reports to the funeral home that the body she is to work on is not the same as in her reference photo. Is she being punished when the director accuses her of stealing a diamond ring? Will Hilde Higgins’s former boyfriend help her unravel the issue or only bring more trouble to her life?

By Nancy Mehl, Vicki Hinze, Cara Putman, Adam Blumer, Mary Alford, Virginia Vaughan, Lynn Shannon, Loree Lough, Liz Bradford, Shaen Layle ()

Silent Night, Deadly Night. Welcome to a Killer Christmas!Danger and suspense await you this Christmas season in Mistletoe and Murder: A Christmas Suspense Collection featuring 10 individual tales of suspense from some of today’s most talented Christian Suspense authors. Come with us on a heart-racing journey through the holidays as USA Today, Christian Booksellers Association, and ECPA Bestselling authors Mary Alford, Adam Blumer, Liz Bradford, Vicki Hinze, Shaen Layle, Loree Lough, Nancy Mehl, Cara Putman, Lynn Shannon, and Virginia Vaughan, weave tales of suspense that will have you flipping pages well into the new year.

By Nancy Mehl (Bethany House Publishers)

Now that Alexandra \”Alex\” Donavan is finally free of her troubled upbringing, she\’s able to live out her childhood dream of working for the FBI. But soon after she becomes a member of the FBI\’s elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, authorities in Kansas and Missouri contact them about bodies found on freight trains traveling across the country–all killed in the same way. Alex never expected to be forced to confront her past in this new job, but she immediately recognizes the graffiti messages the killer is leaving on the train cars. When the BAU sends her to gather information about the messages from her aunt in Wichita, Kansas, Alex is haunted by the struggles she thought she\’d left behind forever. In a race against time to solve the case while battling her own weaknesses, Alex must face how far she\’ll go–and what she\’s willing to risk–to put a stop to the Train Killer.

By Nancy Mehl (Bethany House Publishers)

Now that Alexandra \”Alex\” Donavan is finally free of her troubled upbringing, she\’s able to live out her childhood dream of working for the FBI. But soon after she becomes a member of the FBI\’s elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, authorities in Kansas and Missouri contact them about bodies found on freight trains traveling across the country–all killed in the same way. Alex never expected to be forced to confront her past in this new job, but she immediately recognizes the graffiti messages the killer is leaving on the train cars. When the BAU sends her to gather information about the messages from her aunt in Wichita, Kansas, Alex is haunted by the struggles she thought she\’d left behind forever. In a race against time to solve the case while battling her own weaknesses, Alex must face how far she\’ll go–and what she\’s willing to risk–to put a stop to the Train Killer.

By Nancy Mehl (Bethany House Publishers)

Romantic Suspense to Keep Readers Guessing Until the Last PageSophie Wittenbauer left her strict Mennonite hometown under a cloud of shame and regret. After a rough childhood, her teenage poor choices harmed others, leaving her with no choice but to change her life. Her entry-level writing job at a newspaper puts her in the right place at the right time to overhear office gossip about a prisoner who has information on a decades-old unsolved crime. While the other reporters write off the tip as the ravings of an angry criminal, Sophie can’t ignore it because she knows the name of this prisoner from her old life. Upon learning from the man that one of the other suspects is hiding out in the Missouri town of Sanctuary, she takes on a false identity to investigate and meets the young pastor of a local church–the very man she’d loved as a troubled teenager.

By Nancy Mehl (Bethany House Publishers)

Romantic Suspense to Keep Readers Guessing Until the Last PageSophie Wittenbauer left her strict Mennonite hometown under a cloud of shame and regret. After a rough childhood, her teenage poor choices harmed others, leaving her with no choice but to change her life. Her entry-level writing job at a newspaper puts her in the right place at the right time to overhear office gossip about a prisoner who has information on a decades-old unsolved crime. While the other reporters write off the tip as the ravings of an angry criminal, Sophie can’t ignore it because she knows the name of this prisoner from her old life. Upon learning from the man that one of the other suspects is hiding out in the Missouri town of Sanctuary, she takes on a false identity to investigate and meets the young pastor of a local church–the very man she’d loved as a troubled teenager.

By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Books)

Set your GPS for the small town of Harmony, Kansas, where a city girl becomes embroiled in mystery and romance. Graphic designer Gracie Temple is engaged to Sam Goodrich. As she returns from chaperoning her protégé, Hannah Mueller, during summer art classes in the city, Gracie is eager to finish her wedding plans and marry the man of her dreams. But unexpected events threaten to disrupt the peaceful lives of those in Harmony—and Gracie’s wedding. Hannah goes missing, and Gracie’s happy plans become a mess of suspicion and fear.

By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Publishing, Inc.)

In the sequel to Simple Secrets, watch how a raging current of deceit runs through the once peaceful Mennonite community of Harmony, Kansas. As soon as Gracie decides to stay in town and take freelance work involving a local land developer, the townspeople blame her for bringing on this change that could ruin life as they know it. Gracie’s motives in romance with Sam, in helping an oppressed teenager, and in trying to make a living are all suddenly drawing suspicion. Should she leave or stay and fight for what she has come to love?

By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Books)

Can graphic designer Gracie Temple have it all: the big-city life and a job at a successful advertising firm? Just when she feels life coming together she receives an unknown uncle’s inheritance in a quiet Kansas Mennonite community. The house comes with a dark legacy and a cast of interesting neighbors, including farmer Sam Goodrich. Can Gracie shake off the dust of this town, or will its secret charms pull her in to stay? The Harmony Series: Book 1 – Simple Secrets Book 2 – Simple Deceit Book 3 – Simple Choices.

By Nancy Mehl (Guideposts)

As Cheryl Cooper’s birthday approaches, she believes her new life in Sugarcreek, Ohio is the best gift she’s ever received. She loves running the Swiss Miss gift shop, and even though there have been a few bumps along the way, she feels content. But an unexpected discovery in an abandoned laundry chute raises disturbing questions that could point to a woman who disappeared decades ago. Could she have been murdered? Is there a connection between the woman and the building that houses Cheryl’s beloved shop? As Cheryl begins a search for answers, her parents and her brother, Matt, come to town for a visit. Family tensions and disturbing clues from the past mix together to send Cheryl down a path that will challenge her personal relationships and finally solve an old mystery.