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She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry of California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had littke to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the case remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago....

Mrs. Murphy thinks the new man in town is the cat's meow.... Maybe she should think again. Small towns don't take kindly to strangers--unless the stranger happens to be a drop-dead gorgeous and seemingly unattached male. When Blair Bainbridge comes to Crozet, Virginia, the local matchmakers lose no time in declaring him perfect for their newly divorced postmistress, Marry Minor "Harry Haristeen." Even Harry's tiger cat, Ms. Murphy, and her Welsh Corgi,...

In the coal mining region of mid-nineteenth century eastern Pennsylvania, Phin witnesses a murder and runs for his life, pursued by a mysterious man and a horse with the instincts of a bloodhound.

"Wrongdoers, it’s time to say your prayers! Despite a serious cat allergy and her mother’s warnings of doom and disaster, Reverend Jessamy Ward is excited to return to her early childhood home on the Isle of Wesberrey. There she will take up her new role as parish priest of St. Bridget’s Abbey. However, she should have heeded her mother’s warning for there are secrets waiting for her. Secrets that do not wish to be known. Secrets that will...

Brooks Martin and his eccentric Aunt Mandy are always looking for a different adventure. They shiver among giant ice sculptures, sweat through a nerve wracking movie audition, and scream on the Smoky Mountain Rampage. Their second place win at the Tennessee State Fair Sweet Treat Team Championship nets them a hundred dollars, and a spot on a local television show.But they never guess that their greatest adventure will involve murder. As rifles crackle...