The Refuge
By (Revell)
Release date: April 30, 2019
When Darcie and Walter Goodwin hear of a new cholera epidemic sweeping the area, they join the Shakers whose villages seem immune to the disease. It’s meant to be a temporary stay, but Walter is killed in a riverboat accident. With no family and no money, Darcie has little choice but to stay with the Shakers. To complicate matters, she is expecting a baby conceived before she and her husband came to the Shaker village. Marital relationships are considered sinful in this celibate community, putting Darcie in a unique–and lonely–position.
The Reluctant Detective: A Novel (Faith Morgan Mysteries)
By Martha Ockley (Monarch Books)
Release date: March 1, 2011
The first in a new series featuring the Reverend Faith Morgan Faith Morgan, former policewoman and newly ordained priest in the Church of England, arrives in the village of Little Worthy, near Winchester, to look around the parish. Within an hour of her arrival she witnesses the sudden shocking death of a fellow priest during a communion service. One of the first police officers at the scene is Detective Inspector Ben Shorter, Faith’s former long-term boyfriend. They had been inseparable until Faith’s sense of calling led her to question his drive for convictions, seemingly at any cost. At the Bishop’s urging, Faith stays on to look after the parish of Little Worthy.
The Ruby Locket: A Novella (The Belrose Abbey Mystery Series Book 1)
By Anita Higman, Hillary McMullen (Forget Me Not Romances, a division of Winged Publications)
Release date: April 18, 2016
When Anne’s mother agrees to marry a wealthy, mysterious man, she expects a nice mansion in the hills. But their new home, Belrose Abbey, is more like a castle—imposing, cold, and full of shadows. The more Anne explores the corridors and vacant rooms and dusty crannies, the more she discovers about the abbey’s master—her soon-to-be stepfather—Ivan Helsburg. As her mother’s wedding draws closer, Anne begins to harbor a creeping suspicion that all is not well at Belrose Abbey.
The Scum of All Fears (Squeaky Clean Mysteries)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: March 14, 2024
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The Sketch: A Glen Rock Mystery
By Karen L. Kier (Forge Ahead Consulting)
Release date: October 15, 2024
In the small town of Glen Rock, Iowa, Sally Andersen, owner of the neighborhood bakery, finds the dead body of a high school athlete while out running the local trails with her dog, Goldie. She soon learns that it\’s the body of a boy that works for her after school and on weekends and who\’s also befriended her sister, Nora, who is autistic. Learning that he died of a fentanyl overdose, Sally sets out to ensure this same type of tragedy doesn\’t happen again in their community. But will the risks to her, her family, and the friends who try to help her be too much?What Readers Are Saying.
The Skill of Snooping (The Sidekick’s Survival Guide)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: April 2, 2024
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The Sleuth’s Dilemma (The Librarian Sleuth Book 2)
By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)
Release date: February 1, 2019
Anna loves her job as a high school English teacher until everything goes sideways. The one bright spot in her life is Titus Gains, the school counselor, who is there for her at every turn. Titus’ boss complicates his ordered world when she tasks him with running a meeting that changes everything. How had he not noticed Anna earlier? Someone is out to destroy her, and he can’t let that happen. As the head of the English department, part of Luke Harms’ job is to make sure everything runs smoothly.
The Sleuth’s Miscalculation (The Librarian Sleuth) (Volume 1)
By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)
Release date: June 1, 2018
Two strong-willed sleuths team up to solve a mystery. Can they work together, or will their differences pull them apart?Librarian Nancy Daley loves a good mystery and enjoys moonlighting as a consultant for the sheriff’s department. When license plates go missing in Tipton County, she’s on the case. This time things are different—she’s been partnered with the new deputy, and he’s not interested in her help. To make matters worse, she’s angered the wrong person and is now being threatened.
The Sleuths Conundrum (The Librarian Sleuth Book 3)
By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)
Release date: November 1, 2019
Adam and Tara are sucked into a police investigation that might get Tara killed. Can Adam keep her safe or will he lose her forever?Tara James, the local librarian assistant, is afraid her past will catch up to her when an infant is abandoned outside the Tipton County Library. Will news of the abandoned baby stir up publicity and force her to go on the run again?Librarian Nancy Daley’s world has become complicated. Carter is pushing to set a wedding date, a woman was left for dead on the side of the road, and Tara, her assistant, is acting strange. Nancy is working every angle she can think of, but the case goes from bad to bizarre.
The Storm Collection: The Splitting Storm / Storm Gathering / Storm Surge
By Rene Gutteridge (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.)
Release date: April 29, 2016
This collection bundles all 3 of Rene Gutteridge’s “Storm” suspense novels into one e-book for a great value!The Splitting Storm:Unsatisfied with the police investigation of his brother’s murder, FBI agent Mick Kline embarks on a journey to discover the truth. A young blind woman holds the key, but her fear for her own life keeps her silent. Readers will be gripped by the suspense and moved by the underlying themes of faith and spiritual blindness in this novel by up-and-coming author Rene Gutteridge. Storm Gathering:In this exciting prequel to The Splitting Storm, we meet Mick Kline at a time when his life is spiraling out of control. Mick finds himself accused of the kidnapping of a woman he hardly knows, and he refuses to turn to his estranged brother for help.

