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By Terri Blackstock (Zondervan)

Murder and mystery continue in Book Four of the Cape Refuge series A famous mystery writer has just moved to Cape Refuge when a teenage girl is found murdered. Sheila Caruso–ex-con, mother to Sadie and Caleb, and resident of Hanover House–is working for the writer when she discovers that a scene in one of his novels matches the crime scene. When Police Chief Cade and Blair Owens discover a second dead teenager–mirroring a murder in another of the eccentric writer’s books–Cade is drawn into a web of trickery and deceit. Evidence turns up in Cade’s own truck, and suddenly he becomes the number-one suspect. Cade tries to clear his name, but when eighteen-year-old Sadie Caruso disappears, tensions mount to a fever pitch.

By Janet Chester Bly ()

What secret lies down Squash Blossom Road? Cowgirl Reba Cahill’s schedule is full. Save the family ranch. Take another road trip. Free her mom from a mental institute. Solve a murder and kidnapping.

By Margaret Brownley (Shiloh Run Press)

Pinkerton detective Maggie Cartwright is tasked with going undercover as a mail order bride. Her “fiancé” is widower Garrett Thomas, aka the suspected Whistle-Stop Bandit. No sooner does Maggie arrive in Arizona Territory when she’s confronted with an early wedding date—the clock is ticking on her detective work or she may end up a criminal’s wife! As the day of the wedding draws near, Maggie begins to panic. The problem is that the more she gets to know Garrett and his two adorable children, the harder it is to keep up the deception. Can a man as kind and gentle as Garrett really be the Whistle-Stop Bandit?

By Lynn Bulock (Love Inspired Suspense)

I seem to be gathering quite a collection of murder victims: fi rst myhusband, then my contractor. And now my ex-husband’s fi ancée hasturned up dead. But I, Gracie Lee Harris, am on the job—much tothe dismay of my boyfriend, homicide detective Ray Fernandez. I’veenlisted the ladies of the Christian Friends to help me fi gure out whokilled my ex’s sweetie not long before their wedding. My ex is the primesuspect, but his fi ancée kept secrets that might have been deadly.

By Claudia Mair Burney (Howard Books)

When the ominous Thunders roll into Dr. Amanda Bell Brown’s town, the sassy sleuth sees a storm brewing. Disgraced playboy preacher Ezekiel Thunder and his seductive first lady, Nikki, are on the comeback trail, but Bell is less than charmed by the pair. When their toddler, Baby Zeekie, is found dead from an accidental drowning, forensic psychologist Bell suspects foul play in the fatal family, especially after the mama in mourning flirts with Bell’s estranged husband, Jazz. Bell is sickened by the woman’s behavior and the thought of someone murdering an innocent child — or is it morning sickness that’s plaguing her? Between babies and bodies, she pushes past the limits to discover the deadly truth.

By Claudia Mair Burney (Howard Books)

Amanda Bell Brown is a woman on the edge. How’s a woman supposed to nurse a broken heart when her pet sugar glider is driving her batty, or is that squirrelly? The deafening tick of her biological clock and having no Jazz to soothe her makes Amanda Bell Brown one frazzled forensic psychologist. When Lieutenant Jazz Brown shows up at Amanda’s door unannounced, her heart competes with her head as she struggles to do the right thing. Jazz says he wants to reconnect and make their relationship work. But there’s just one tiny problem: his ex-wife is found murdered – in his apartment.

By Claudia Mair Burney (Howard Books)

For Amanda Bell Brown, just living her life is murder! How’s a woman supposed to grapple with faith, a fine man, and turning thirty-five when she keeps tripping in her high heels over mysteries – and not just the God kind? Amanda Bell Brown knows that life as a forensic psychologist isn’t quite as cool as it looks on prime-time T. V. But when she turns thirty-five with no husband or baby on the horizon, she decides she’s gotta get out and paint the town – in her drop-dead red birthday dress. Instead, she finds herself at the scene of a crime – and she just may know who the killer is.