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Deadly Laws
by Jim Michael Hansen
"You won't be able to put it down from page 1"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
Kayla Beck is a law student. Life is going along well
until she receives a strange phone call where the voice is
distorted. The caller tells her there's a woman being
held in a box car, and she's the only one who can save her
and only if Read more...
Web Of Evil
by J. A. Jance
"Divorce and Murder"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted January 20, 2008
Ali Reynolds is back and still writing her blog. She
returns to LA for her divorce, but her soon to be ex
doesn't show up for the finalization of their divorce.
Soon he is found dead in Palm Springs. It wasn't an
accident; he was murdered. Read more...
Relative Danger
by June Shaw
"Great new mystery series"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
Caelie Gunther arrives in town a few days before her
granddaughter Kat's graduation only to find out Kat may
not graduate at all. Caelie made a deathbed promise to
Kat's mother that she would see Kat graduate, so she is
determined to make Kat graduate.
Kat explains that Read more...
Let There Be Suspects
by Emilie Richards
"Murder and Family Rivalry at Christmas"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
It's almost Christmas, and Aggie Sloan-Wilcox's mom, June,
and sisters, Sid and Vel, arrive for a holiday family
reunion. Only Aggie arrives with their former foster
sister Ginger. Ginger and Sid get along like vinegar and
water. Ginger is very manipulative and controlling while
coming off as Read more...
Saddled with Trouble
by Michele Scott
"Great new horse lovers series"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
Michaela Bancroft is a horse trainer in California. Her
husband is divorcing her for a younger woman with whom he
had an affair. To top it all off, Michaela finds her
Uncle Lou murdered when he didn't show up for their
breakfast meeting. Who could have done Read more...
Perish By Pedicure
by Nancy J. Cohen
"Death at a salon conference"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
As if Marla Shore wasn't busy enough, now she's working
for Luxor Products as a styling assistant at a local
conference and her fiancé's parents of his dead wife are
staying at her house to see whether she'll be a good step
mom for Brianna. And her friend Georgia, Read more...
Death By Committee
by Carole Shmurak
"Committees can be murder"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
Professor Susan Lombardi vowed when she got tenure that
she wouldn't be on any more committee at the college.
Unfortunately she gets asked to be on the committee to
decide tenure for Abby Gillette. Abby is a very
controversial teacher. Susan's will be the deciding vote.
A group Read more...
Herr Schnoodle & McBee
by P. K. Paranya
"A quirky PI, a homeless lady, and a dog"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
Alexander McBee has become a private investigator. He has
trained by watching re-runs of Magnum P.I., Rockford
Files, and other old detective series on the television.
He comes upon a strange dog who becomes his partner. Herr
Schnoodle is not the most attractive mix of schnauzer and Read more...
Wreath of Deception
by Mary Ellen Hughes
"A great new craft series"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted January 24, 2007
Jo McAllister is opening Jo's Craft Corner. She was
recently widowed and her best friend Carrie has helped her
getting the store ready to open. She is also helping her
run the store. The grand opening goes great except for
Cuddles the Clown. Every time Jo Read more...
The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library
by Alice Kimberly
"Is there a secret code hidden in the books?"
Posted February 21, 2007
Penelope Thornton-McClure and her aunt Sadie own the Buy
The Book bookstore. They head out on a stormy night to
look at some old books of Peter Chesley, an old friend of
Sadie's. Turns out to be an extremely rare collection of
Edgar Allan Poe's complete works. Read more...
Carbs And Cadavers
by J. B. Stanley
"Dieting and Murder"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
James Henry is a former English Lit professor. He has
come back home to Quincy's Gap, Virginia, to take care of
his father after his mother's death and his divorce. His
father isn't a very nice person. James was lucky to get a
job as the local Read more...
Cattery Row
by Clea Simon
"Can Theda survive the tough times and help her friends"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
Tough times have hit Theda Krakow, a freelance
journalist. She had a blowup with Tim, an editor of The
Boston Morning Mail, which means she isn't writing for
them any more. Plus she's not sure about her relationship
with Bill, a Boston homicide detective.
Her friends are having their Read more...
The Oxygen Murder
by Camille Minichino
"Murder on Vacation"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 21, 2007
Gloria Lamerino, a retired physicist, and her fiancé,
Homicide Detective Matt Gennaro, head to New York City for
a vacation with their best friends Rose and Frank Galigani
before Christmas. They plan to visit Matt's niece Lori
Pizzano, a documentary filmmaker. Rose plans to shop and
take in Read more...
Murder Passes The Buck
by Deb Baker
"Senior sleuth Gertie Johnson does things her way!"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 20, 2007
Gertie Johnson doesn't think her son Blaze, the sheriff of
their backwoods community in the upper peninsula of
Michigan, is fully investigating the death of her neighbor
Chester Lampi. He was shot in his hunting blind on
opening day of deer hunting season.
Blaze does things by the Read more...
Dead Wrong
by J. A. Jance
"Another great installment in the Joanna Brady series!"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 20, 2007
I devoured this book in two days! I loved it!
Joanna is 8 ˝ months pregnant and finds herself in the
middle of a murder investigation that takes many twists
and turns. Bradley Evans, an ex-con convicted for
murdering his wife and baby, is found murdered. Even
though Read more...
Murder Over Easy
by Jimmie Ruth Evans
"Great new series set in a trailer park"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted August 18, 2006
Melvin, Wanda Nell's boss at the Kountry Kitchen
restaurant, has been arrested for murdering Fayetta,
another waitress. They had been dating. He asks Wanda
Nell to help clear him because she helped clear her son
recently when he was charged with murdering his dad. As
if Wanda Read more...
Raiders of the Lost Corset
by Ellen Byerrum
"Can Lacey find the missing corset?"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted August 18, 2006
Lacey Smithsonian, fashion reporter in D.C., is heading to
France with her friend Magda, corset creator for the rich
and famous (as well as some kinky people). The paper is
paying for the trip as Lacey will supposedly be reporting
on haute couture. But the real reason is Read more...
The Hayloft
by Alan Cook
"Who killed Gary?"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted February 20, 2007
Gary Blanchard has been kicked out of school after the
first two weeks of his senior year. His parents send him
to live with his aunt and uncle and attend their local
high school. This is the school where his cousin Ralph
mysteriously died six months before. Read more...
Murder by the Glass
by Michele Scott
"Can Nikki find the killer of the bride and clear her friend?"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted August 18, 2006
Nikki Sands is beginning to settle in to her new job at
the Malveaux Estate in Napa Valley. Plus she has two men
who appear to be interested in her, but she isn't sure.
Her friend Isabel is catering a big wedding at a Sonoma
mansion before she realized it Read more...
Murder By The Book
by D. R. Meredith
"Can they solve the old murder?"
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted October 1, 2006
After an old abandoned car surfaces due to a bad drought,
Megan wants to find out who the Depression-era car
belonged to. She tries to get her book group to assist
her as they have in the past. But most of them decline.
Then Megan stumbles over some dead Read more...
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