The Lawman’s Legacy (Fitzgerald Bay)
By Shirlee McCoy (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: January 1, 2012
After a nanny is killed in Fitzgerald Bay, police captain Douglas Fitzgerald’s brother becomes the prime suspect. “Faith and family” is the Fitzgerald motto—Douglas won’t let his own go down for a crime he didn’t commit. Yet when Douglas questions the single mother who found the victim, he notices Merry O’Leary is nervous. Secretive. Deeply scared of someone.
Lawman-in-Charge (Love Inspired Suspense)
By Laura Scott (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: June 1, 2011
Former crime-scene investigator Megan O’Ryan helped convict the St. Patrick’s Strangler, who killed Megan’s sister. Now she’s trying to heal in a small Wisconsin town. But a copycat killer is at work in Crystal Lake, and Sheriff Luke Torretti needs Megan’s help…on the case and at home, where the widower’s troubled teenage son has become a suspect. The boy claims he’s innocent—and Megan believes him.
Leaving Lavender Tides: A Lavender Tides Novella
By Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson)
Release date: December 4, 2018
Shauna and Zach’s dream honeymoon—turned nightmare. Having narrowly avoided tragedy in their hometown of Lavender Tides, Washington, Shauna and Zach Bannister are finally on a honeymoon cruise through the Hawaiian islands. Lost in the glow of their newfound love, they eagerly anticipate basking in the warmth of the lush tropics. But soon the newlyweds begin receiving mysterious threats. After Zach survives two attempts on his life – staged as freak accidents – Shauna ominously receives flowers from a stranger.
Legacy Reclaimed (Nutfield Saga Book 10)
By Robin Patchen (JDP Publishing)
Release date: February 11, 2020
She’ll risk anything to save the company her parents built. He’ll risk anything to save her. Someone will stop at nothing to make sure they both fail. Chelsea Hamilton spent her life preparing to run the international clothing business her parents started, but she’s still caught off guard when she learns of her mother’s untimely death. Chelsea returns to New Hampshire, buries her mother, and prepares to take over the floundering business.
Legacy Redeemed (Nutfield Saga Book 11)
By Robin Patchen ()
Release date: July 28, 2020
Vanessa will fight to rescue her sister. Caleb will fight to protect Vanessa. But Abbas has evil plans for them all. Former human trafficking victim Vanessa Baker wants nothing more than to raise her daughter in safety. But when she learns that her sister, Nadia, is in trouble, Vanessa can\’t ignore it.
Legacy Rejected (The Legacy Series)
By Robin Patchen (JDO Publishing)
Release date: July 23, 2019
All she wants is a home, but there is no safe haven when mobsters are after you. Realtor Ginny Lamont’s family has abandoned her, leaving her with nothing but a warning that she’s in danger. But Ginny’s built a home in New Hampshire. After a childhood of nomadic living, she’s not running again, certainly not because of some nameless, baseless threat. Real estate developer Kade Powers is thrilled to go out with Nutfield’s beautiful new real estate agent.
Legacy of Lies (Love Inspired Suspense)
By Jill Elizabeth Nelson (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: September 1, 2010
Evidence from a decades-old murder is the last thing Nicole Keller-Mattson expected to find in her grandmother’s backyard. The finger-pointing and accusations aimed at her family were easier to predict. Everyone in Ellendale is eager to blame the Kellers—but after an attack leaves Nicole’s grandmother in a coma, only Nicole can clear the family name. With the assistance of police chief Rich Hendricks, she stands a chance of solving the mystery…if she’s willing to accept Rich’s help. Nicole lost her husband in the line of duty—trusting another cop is too painful.
Lemon Tart Mystery (Amish Sweet Shop Mystery) (Volume 3)
By Naomi Miller (S&G Publishing)
Release date: July 24, 2017
In the small town of Abbott Creek, mystery is as much a part of daily life as The Sweet Shop’s sugar cookies. With the upheaval of spring comes a whole new batch of arguments and upsets. Amelia Simpkins may be a great cook, and have a head for business, but sweet treats are out of her league and the owner of the Irish Blessings Cafe says it’s because she adds the tart to the Sweet Shop’s new dessert that Katie Chupp insists is only filled with lemony goodness. The two shop owners’ constant bickering sends sparks flying through Abbott Creek’s usual calm.
Lethal Action (Danger In The Deep South) (Volume 1)
By Rachel Dylan (NYLA)
Release date: January 21, 2016
Danger in the Deep South #1Attorney Hope Finch is a rising star at the prestigious New York law firm of Rice & Taylor and is used to high-stakes litigation. But when she’s sent to what she thought was a small, sleepy town in Georgia, she is unprepared for the dangerous turn of events that threatens her life and career. FBI Special Agent Gabe Marino knows that something sinister is happening in his hometown of Maxwell, Georgia. But even he doesn’t know how big the threat is until he’s assigned to protect a visiting big city lawyer. As Gabe investigates the illegal activity linked to Hope’s client, he tries to caution her, but she ignores his warnings–until it’s her life that’s in jeopardy.
Lethal Beauty (A Mia Quinn Mystery)
By Lis Wiehl (Thomas Nelson)
Release date: March 10, 2015
It should have been an open and shut murder case, but Mia Quinn finds out nothing about it is simple. After a young Chinese prostitute is stabbed to death by her rich American client, the tabloids dub Dandan Yee “Lethal Beauty”—despite the fact that she was the one who ended up dead. Yet even with double standards and naked prejudice working against her, Seattle prosecutor Mia Quinn is determined to get justice for Dandan Yee. But when a key witness goes missing and an unsavory juror shuts down deliberations without explanation, Mia fears the trial—and the law—are being tampered with. A constellation of fresh killings has Mia and homicide detective Charlie Carlson searching for a common source and puts Mia’s family in the crosshairs of a Chinese crime cabal.