New Releases

By Pepper Basham (Barbour Fiction)

Grace Storms a Scottish Castle to Save her Sister Lord Astley surprises his wife with a trip to America to see her family before they end their honeymoon adventures. But just as they arrive, they find Grace’s sister, Lillias, is the prime suspect in her husband’s murder. To add to the confusion a solicitor arrives to tell the sister’s they are needed in Scotland immediately to claim their mother’s inheritance. The clock is ticking to clear Lillias of suspicion, but someone is determined to keep the sisters from reaching the Scottish Highlands. When Lillias disappears, Freddie and Grace race to Scotland, sure the answers will be found in a long-forgotten castle.

By Susan May Warren, Lisa Phillips, Aleckson, Michelle Sass (Sunrise Publishing)

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By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

When a celebrated actor is found murdered in his dressing room, all signs point to Drew\’s old flame. But behind the curtain nothing is what it seems, and this quickly becomes his most puzzling case yet. Just as Drew Farthering thinks his life has calmed down some, Fleur Landis reenters his life in dire need of his help. She\’s married now, no longer an actress–but the lead actor in her former troupe\’s production of The Mikado has been murdered, and Fleur is the police\’s number one suspect. Drew would rather focus on his fiancée, Madeline Parker, and their upcoming wedding, but he can\’t leave Fleur and her family in the lurch–even if she did break his heart once.

By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

A Regency-era costume party should have been an amusing diversion, but it seems wherever Drew Farthering goes, mystery – and murder– are on the guest list. Drew and Madeline Farthering arrive at a Regency-era house party at Winteroak House, excited to be reunited with old friends, including Drew’s former Oxford classmate, Talbot Cummins. Tal is there with his fiancée, Alice Henly, and though many present seem worried about the couple, nobody is prepared when Alice dies from a sudden overdose. Tal refuses to believe she’s taken the drug intentionally, and a dark question arises of whether the death is an accident or murder. The police have their own information, though, and Drew is shocked when they arrest someone he’s trusted since his childhood—someone who’s been smuggling drugs into the country for years.

By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

The rolling, frigid mists that creep in over the Yorkshire moors hide a mystery as challenging as Drew has ever faced. At the urgent request of an old school friend, Drew and Madeline Farthering come to Bloodworth Park Lodge in the midst of the Yorkshire moors, a place as moody and mysterious as a Brontë hero. There have been several worrisome incidents around those lonesome, rolling hills– property desecrated, fires started, sheep and cattle scattered. Worst of all, the vicar has been found dead on the steps of the church, a crime for which Drew can discern no motive at all. Few in Bunting’s Nest seem like suspects, and Drew can’t keep his suspicions from falling on his friend’s new bride.