Murder on Parade (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 4)

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Chloe Boston, unofficial detective and meter maid, is on hand when the Christmas parade’s grand marshal keels over in his antique car. Something is rotten among the candy canes and rollicking elves, but will Chloe have time to find the killer before Santa comes to town?

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Chloe Boston, unofficial detective and meter maid, is on hand when the Christmas parade’s grand marshal keels over in his antique car. Something is rotten among the candy canes and rollicking elves, but will Chloe have time to find the killer before Santa comes to town?

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Three Mysteries

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“The Treasure of Claresby Manor” – Laura Mortimer may have to sell an inherited title, or even her ancestral home, unless stories about treasure hidden in the time of Oliver Cromwell prove to be true and the messages left in a family portrait can be deciphered.

“Pickled Toad with Diamonds” – A valuable but controversial work of art goes missing, and every one of the houseguests has a motive for stealing or destroying it. The truth about the disappearance provides an unexpected twist in this tale.

“An Uninvited Guest” – Of all the unwelcome guests you hope will not turn up at your wedding: ex-spouses, drunken relations and voluble friends in possession of all the facts about your misspent life, a none-too-fresh corpse is amongst the most undesirable.

Three mystery stories by Daphne Coleridge plus a bonus story (some mild horror!)

Three Mysteries Specifications

“The Treasure of Claresby Manor” – Laura Mortimer may have to sell an inherited title, or even her ancestral home, unless stories about treasure hidden in the time of Oliver Cromwell prove to be true and the messages left in a family portrait can be deciphered.

“Pickled Toad with Diamonds” – A valuable but controversial work of art goes missing, and every one of the houseguests has a motive for stealing or destroying it. The truth about the disappearance provides an unexpected twist in this tale.

“An Uninvited Guest” – Of all the unwelcome guests you hope will not turn up at your wedding: ex-spouses, drunken relations and voluble friends in possession of all the facts about your misspent life, a none-too-fresh corpse is amongst the most undesirable.

Three mystery stories by Daphne Coleridge plus a bonus story (some mild horror!)

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A Regimental Murder (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries)

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London 1816

Returning home through a sticky London night in July 1816, Captain Gabriel Lacey is surprised to spy a well-dressed, elegant woman stride to the middle of an unfinished bridge. Following her in curiosity, Lacey is on hand to rescue her from an attack by a footpad. As grateful as she is for the help, the lady refuses to give her name and direction, and so Lacey takes her to his own rooms in a street off Covent Garden to rest.

He discovers that she is one Lydia Westin, wife of Colonel Roehampton Westin, who has recently been accused of murdering an English officer in Portugal during the Peninsular War. Before he could come to trial, however, Colonel Westin was found dead at the foot of the staircase in his own house.

Lydia Westin, to Lacey's surprise, declares he was murdered and that she knows the culprits' identities. Intrigued, Lacey begins to investigate, and soon finds himself mired in scandals past and present, with a journalist dogging his footsteps, eager to print Lacey's latest adventure.

Lacey also becomes embroiled with Lydia, a lady with many secrets, and with James Denis, who continues his quest to bring Lacey under his thumb.

Lucius Grenville returns in this installment, the rich man-about-town who has become Lacey's sidekick. The story also contains the first appearance of Lady Breckenridge.

Book 2 of the Captain Lacey Regency mysteries. For fans of Anne Perry, Kate Ross, and C.S. Harris. This is a full-length novel.

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London 1816

Returning home through a sticky London night in July 1816, Captain Gabriel Lacey is surprised to spy a well-dressed, elegant woman stride to the middle of an unfinished bridge. Following her in curiosity, Lacey is on hand to rescue her from an attack by a footpad. As grateful as she is for the help, the lady refuses to give her name and direction, and so Lacey takes her to his own rooms in a street off Covent Garden to rest.

He discovers that she is one Lydia Westin, wife of Colonel Roehampton Westin, who has recently been accused of murdering an English officer in Portugal during the Peninsular War. Before he could come to trial, however, Colonel Westin was found dead at the foot of the staircase in his own house.

Lydia Westin, to Lacey's surprise, declares he was murdered and that she knows the culprits' identities. Intrigued, Lacey begins to investigate, and soon finds himself mired in scandals past and present, with a journalist dogging his footsteps, eager to print Lacey's latest adventure.

Lacey also becomes embroiled with Lydia, a lady with many secrets, and with James Denis, who continues his quest to bring Lacey under his thumb.

Lucius Grenville returns in this installment, the rich man-about-town who has become Lacey's sidekick. The story also contains the first appearance of Lady Breckenridge.

Book 2 of the Captain Lacey Regency mysteries. For fans of Anne Perry, Kate Ross, and C.S. Harris. This is a full-length novel.

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The Glass House (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries)

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London 1817

On a cold January night, former cavalry officer Captain Gabriel Lacey is summoned to the banks of the Thames to identify a body. She is not who he fears it might be, but when Lacey looks down at the pretty, dead young woman, cut down too soon, he vows to find her murderer.

Lacey's search for the killer takes him from the seamy streets of the East End, to gatherings of the London ton in Mayfair, to the chambers of respectable Middle Temple barristers. Lacey investigates The Glass House, a sordid gaming hell that played a large part in the victim's past.

In the course of his investigation, Lacey uncovers secrets from the highborn and the low, finds himself drawn deeper into the schemes of a crime lord, and searches for a way to ease the difficulties of his own life.

Book 3 of the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries. For fans of Kate Ross, Anne Perry, and C.S. Harris. This is a full-length novel.

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London 1817

On a cold January night, former cavalry officer Captain Gabriel Lacey is summoned to the banks of the Thames to identify a body. She is not who he fears it might be, but when Lacey looks down at the pretty, dead young woman, cut down too soon, he vows to find her murderer.

Lacey's search for the killer takes him from the seamy streets of the East End, to gatherings of the London ton in Mayfair, to the chambers of respectable Middle Temple barristers. Lacey investigates The Glass House, a sordid gaming hell that played a large part in the victim's past.

In the course of his investigation, Lacey uncovers secrets from the highborn and the low, finds himself drawn deeper into the schemes of a crime lord, and searches for a way to ease the difficulties of his own life.

Book 3 of the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries. For fans of Kate Ross, Anne Perry, and C.S. Harris. This is a full-length novel.

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Doan & Carstairs Mysteries, Book Two: The Mouse in the Mountain ($.99 Mystery Classics)

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In this pulp classic, the detective duo is goes to Mexico to convince a fugitive to stay in exile. A snappy, hard-boiled treat featuring one of mystery's most loved duos -- the rumpled detective Doan and his canine companion, Carstairs.

This unique edition has been spell-corrected and reformatted especially for the Kindle. It contains clear and easy-to-read chapter headings and appropriate line and page breaks. This edition is a one-of-a-kind version of the original text that represents many hours of hard work by Joust Books editors.

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Chapter 1

WHEN DOAN AND CARSTAIRS CAME down the wide stairway and walked across the pink-tiled floor that was the pride and joy of the Hotel Azteca, the guests in the lobby stopped whatever they were doing to pass the time away and stared open-mouthed. Doan was not such-a-much, but Carstairs usually had this effect on people, and he left a whispering, wondering wake behind him as he stalked across to the glassed side doors and waited with haughty dignity while Doan opened one of the doors. He ambled through it ahead of Doan into the incredibly bright sunlight on the terrace.

Doan halted and drew in a deep breath of air that felt clean and dry and thinly exhilarating. He stared all around him with frank appreciation. He was short and a little on the plump side, and he had a chubby, pink face and a smile as innocent and appealing as a baby's. He looked like a very nice, pleasant sort of person, and on rare occasions he was.

He was wearing a white suit and a wide-brimmed Panama hat and white crepe-soled shoes.

"Breathe some of this air, Carstairs," he ordered. "It's wonderful. This is ideal Mexican weather."

Carstairs yawned in an elaborately bored way. Carstairs was a fawn-colored Great Dane. Standing on four legs, his back came up to Doan's chest. He never did tricks. He considered them beneath him. But had he ever done one that involved standing on his hind feet, his head would have hit a level far above Doan's. Carstairs was so big he could hardly be called a dog. He was a sort of new species.

Doan & Carstairs Mysteries, Book Two: The Mouse in the Mountain ($.99 Mystery Classics) Specifications

In this pulp classic, the detective duo is goes to Mexico to convince a fugitive to stay in exile. A snappy, hard-boiled treat featuring one of mystery's most loved duos -- the rumpled detective Doan and his canine companion, Carstairs.

This unique edition has been spell-corrected and reformatted especially for the Kindle. It contains clear and easy-to-read chapter headings and appropriate line and page breaks. This edition is a one-of-a-kind version of the original text that represents many hours of hard work by Joust Books editors.

An excerpt from The Mouse in the Mountain:

Chapter 1

WHEN DOAN AND CARSTAIRS CAME down the wide stairway and walked across the pink-tiled floor that was the pride and joy of the Hotel Azteca, the guests in the lobby stopped whatever they were doing to pass the time away and stared open-mouthed. Doan was not such-a-much, but Carstairs usually had this effect on people, and he left a whispering, wondering wake behind him as he stalked across to the glassed side doors and waited with haughty dignity while Doan opened one of the doors. He ambled through it ahead of Doan into the incredibly bright sunlight on the terrace.

Doan halted and drew in a deep breath of air that felt clean and dry and thinly exhilarating. He stared all around him with frank appreciation. He was short and a little on the plump side, and he had a chubby, pink face and a smile as innocent and appealing as a baby's. He looked like a very nice, pleasant sort of person, and on rare occasions he was.

He was wearing a white suit and a wide-brimmed Panama hat and white crepe-soled shoes.

"Breathe some of this air, Carstairs," he ordered. "It's wonderful. This is ideal Mexican weather."

Carstairs yawned in an elaborately bored way. Carstairs was a fawn-colored Great Dane. Standing on four legs, his back came up to Doan's chest. He never did tricks. He considered them beneath him. But had he ever done one that involved standing on his hind feet, his head would have hit a level far above Doan's. Carstairs was so big he could hardly be called a dog. He was a sort of new species.

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Here Comes the Ride (The Andi McConnell Mysteries)

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Andi McConnell and her limousine are back!

The occasion is the "wedding of the century" at a local estate, and Andi has a five-day, live-in gig transporting the wedding party and Hollywood guests. There's the groom with cell phone welded to his ear. The bride who suspects she'll be murdered at the ceremony. The over-the-hill, movie star stepmother with an ambitious agenda of her own, plus blackmail, betrayal, and enough hot hostility and competition to melt that life-sized sculpture of the bride and groom.

And murder.

Along with chasing down a killer, Andi is trying to figure out her relationship with God and testing the limits of her aging anatomy with a skateboard. Plus the complicationn of her relationship with Keegan 'Fitz" Fitzpatrick, the guy who is living proof that some men really do age like fine wine.

Like most killers, this one objects to being brought to justice. Will Andi wind up with more bullet holes in her limo - or in her?

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Andi McConnell and her limousine are back!

The occasion is the "wedding of the century" at a local estate, and Andi has a five-day, live-in gig transporting the wedding party and Hollywood guests. There's the groom with cell phone welded to his ear. The bride who suspects she'll be murdered at the ceremony. The over-the-hill, movie star stepmother with an ambitious agenda of her own, plus blackmail, betrayal, and enough hot hostility and competition to melt that life-sized sculpture of the bride and groom.

And murder.

Along with chasing down a killer, Andi is trying to figure out her relationship with God and testing the limits of her aging anatomy with a skateboard. Plus the complicationn of her relationship with Keegan 'Fitz" Fitzpatrick, the guy who is living proof that some men really do age like fine wine.

Like most killers, this one objects to being brought to justice. Will Andi wind up with more bullet holes in her limo - or in her?

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Murder Bites the Bullet: A Gertie Johnson Murder Mystery

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Sixty-six year old Gertie Johnson and cohorts Cora Mae and Kitty have a knack for stirring up trouble in what was once a quiet backwoods community in the heart of the Michigan Upper Peninsula. When Finnish resident Harry Aho (sometimes pronounced A-hoe) takes a bullet at his kitchen table, Gertie suspects it has something to do with the public shooting range he set up right on the property line next to a Swede. The Trouble Busters bring out the big guns to crack this one, including deer cameras, a riot gun, and faithful Fred, the semi-retired police dog.

PRAISE FOR THE SERIES:
"(A) delight to read. In addition to the engaging mystery, it's a wonderful story of the love of family and friends." ~ Hidden Staircase Mystery Books

"Deb Baker has perfectly captured the spirit and lifestyle of those who dwell above The Bridge." ~ Traverse City Record-Eagle

"If you're looking for a chuckle-filled read, visit Stonely at every opportunity. Suddenly, your own crazy relatives won't seem so bad!" ~ Mysterical-E

"One of the most memorable heroines in recent crime fiction." ~ Lansing State Journal

"Take a wild ride through the North Woods with Deb Baker's latest Yooper Mystery. Murder Talks Turkey is a laugh out loud, action-packed romp with some of the zaniest mystery investigators ever. Armed with walkie-talkies, stun gun, and Wonderbras, Gertie Johnson and friends hunt for the killer--and create more trouble than they started out with. It's a hoot and a half." ~ Maggie Sefton, author of A Killer Stitch

"The heart of Murder Talks Turkey is Gertie. If she lived in the south rather than the far north, we'd call her a 'steel magnolia.' When she is on the lam, Gertie does it in a style not before seen in crime fiction.” ~ Cozy Library

"[A] hilarious light-hearted mystery." -- Book Lover Blog

Murder Bites the Bullet: A Gertie Johnson Murder Mystery Specifications

Sixty-six year old Gertie Johnson and cohorts Cora Mae and Kitty have a knack for stirring up trouble in what was once a quiet backwoods community in the heart of the Michigan Upper Peninsula. When Finnish resident Harry Aho (sometimes pronounced A-hoe) takes a bullet at his kitchen table, Gertie suspects it has something to do with the public shooting range he set up right on the property line next to a Swede. The Trouble Busters bring out the big guns to crack this one, including deer cameras, a riot gun, and faithful Fred, the semi-retired police dog.

PRAISE FOR THE SERIES:
"(A) delight to read. In addition to the engaging mystery, it's a wonderful story of the love of family and friends." ~ Hidden Staircase Mystery Books

"Deb Baker has perfectly captured the spirit and lifestyle of those who dwell above The Bridge." ~ Traverse City Record-Eagle

"If you're looking for a chuckle-filled read, visit Stonely at every opportunity. Suddenly, your own crazy relatives won't seem so bad!" ~ Mysterical-E

"One of the most memorable heroines in recent crime fiction." ~ Lansing State Journal

"Take a wild ride through the North Woods with Deb Baker's latest Yooper Mystery. Murder Talks Turkey is a laugh out loud, action-packed romp with some of the zaniest mystery investigators ever. Armed with walkie-talkies, stun gun, and Wonderbras, Gertie Johnson and friends hunt for the killer--and create more trouble than they started out with. It's a hoot and a half." ~ Maggie Sefton, author of A Killer Stitch

"The heart of Murder Talks Turkey is Gertie. If she lived in the south rather than the far north, we'd call her a 'steel magnolia.' When she is on the lam, Gertie does it in a style not before seen in crime fiction.” ~ Cozy Library

"[A] hilarious light-hearted mystery." -- Book Lover Blog

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A Plunder By Pilgrims (A Garrison Gage Mystery)

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It starts with a knock at the door “ something reclusive ex-detective Garrison Gage hates. When it's his teenage neighbor, whose girlfriend has gone missing just before Thanksgiving, Gage gets reluctantly pulled back into his old line of work - and ends up facing some fears of his own in Oregon's dark woods.

A short story introducing Garrison Gage, who also appears in THE GRAY AND GUILTY SEA.

JACK NOLTE lives a stone's throw from the Oregon coast with his wife and children.EXCERPT:

IT WAS A KID, sixteen or seventeen by the looks of him, painfully thin and soaked to the bone. His short-cropped brown hair, made nearly black by the rain, was plastered against his forehead. His Stanford sweatshirt and acid wash jeans clung to his bony frame. The skin on his neck was cratered like a moonscape, the survival scars of a nasty bout with acne.

The pounding rain made tiny white explosions on the gravel driveway, and crackled on the overgrown ferns surrounding his house. "Well?" Gage said. "Candy bars for the track team? A subscription to Good Housekeeping so the band can go to Disneyland?"

"No, sir," the kid said.

"You look familiar."

"I'm your neighbor, sir. Marty Kleppington. I live “ um, just on the other side of that hedge."

That explained it. The kid had just been a runt when Gage moved in five years earlier, hardly recognizable in the young man before him, but he remembered a few terse exchanges when the kid's basketball bounced through the arbor vitae.

"Well, congratulations," Gage said. "Now if you'll excuse me“"

"I'd like to hire you, sir."

It was such a wholly unexpected thing to say that Gage actually froze “ door cracked open, frigid air snaking past him into the house. "I think you're confused," Gage said.

He didn't open the door. He couldn't see the kid's face, but there was a long pause.

"I know what you do, sir," the kid said. "I know“I know you were once a great detective. Garrison Gage. That's you."

A Plunder By Pilgrims (A Garrison Gage Mystery) Specifications

It starts with a knock at the door “ something reclusive ex-detective Garrison Gage hates. When it's his teenage neighbor, whose girlfriend has gone missing just before Thanksgiving, Gage gets reluctantly pulled back into his old line of work - and ends up facing some fears of his own in Oregon's dark woods.

A short story introducing Garrison Gage, who also appears in THE GRAY AND GUILTY SEA.

JACK NOLTE lives a stone's throw from the Oregon coast with his wife and children.EXCERPT:

IT WAS A KID, sixteen or seventeen by the looks of him, painfully thin and soaked to the bone. His short-cropped brown hair, made nearly black by the rain, was plastered against his forehead. His Stanford sweatshirt and acid wash jeans clung to his bony frame. The skin on his neck was cratered like a moonscape, the survival scars of a nasty bout with acne.

The pounding rain made tiny white explosions on the gravel driveway, and crackled on the overgrown ferns surrounding his house. "Well?" Gage said. "Candy bars for the track team? A subscription to Good Housekeeping so the band can go to Disneyland?"

"No, sir," the kid said.

"You look familiar."

"I'm your neighbor, sir. Marty Kleppington. I live “ um, just on the other side of that hedge."

That explained it. The kid had just been a runt when Gage moved in five years earlier, hardly recognizable in the young man before him, but he remembered a few terse exchanges when the kid's basketball bounced through the arbor vitae.

"Well, congratulations," Gage said. "Now if you'll excuse me“"

"I'd like to hire you, sir."

It was such a wholly unexpected thing to say that Gage actually froze “ door cracked open, frigid air snaking past him into the house. "I think you're confused," Gage said.

He didn't open the door. He couldn't see the kid's face, but there was a long pause.

"I know what you do, sir," the kid said. "I know“I know you were once a great detective. Garrison Gage. That's you."

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Cold Case (A Jeff Resnick Mystery)

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The short story that inspired the 4th Jeff Resnick book, BOUND BY SUGGESTION.

Psychic Jeff Resnick has no expectations when investigating the disappearance of a four-year-old, until he confronts the mind responsible--a shattering experience for all involved.

--"A compelling mystery that will grip you tightly and not let go--even after you've finished reading."
Leann Sweeney, nationally best-selling author of the Yellow Rose and Cats In Trouble mysteries

L.L. Bartlett’s “Cold Case” tells the emotionally packed story of Jeff Resnick, a psychic, who is asked to solve the disappearance of a four-year-old boy. The conclusion to this story is bound to have you questioning those around you.
-- The Romance Readers Connection

Cold Case (A Jeff Resnick Mystery) Specifications

The short story that inspired the 4th Jeff Resnick book, BOUND BY SUGGESTION.

Psychic Jeff Resnick has no expectations when investigating the disappearance of a four-year-old, until he confronts the mind responsible--a shattering experience for all involved.

--"A compelling mystery that will grip you tightly and not let go--even after you've finished reading."
Leann Sweeney, nationally best-selling author of the Yellow Rose and Cats In Trouble mysteries

L.L. Bartlett’s “Cold Case” tells the emotionally packed story of Jeff Resnick, a psychic, who is asked to solve the disappearance of a four-year-old boy. The conclusion to this story is bound to have you questioning those around you.
-- The Romance Readers Connection

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A Deadly Chocolate Pi (Cape Cod Cozy Mysteries)

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Liz Ogilvie-Smythe innkeeper and amateur sleuth and James Finneran newly appointed Provincetown Police Chief are in up to their necks, once again. What each of them assumes will be a quiet off-season after the busy summer tourist crush, perhaps giving them more time for their fledgling relationship, instead turns deadly. When one of Liz's cookery class students dies of chocolate cream pie, an old property ownership feud looms, two cousins, like cheese and chalk, attempt to carry out their own individual games on an uneven playing field and murder becomes de rigeur, luckily wise-cracking Daphne, as always, lightens the mood. Book II in this Cape Cod Cozy Mystery series is now ready for reading!

A Deadly Chocolate Pi (Cape Cod Cozy Mysteries) Specifications

Liz Ogilvie-Smythe innkeeper and amateur sleuth and James Finneran newly appointed Provincetown Police Chief are in up to their necks, once again. What each of them assumes will be a quiet off-season after the busy summer tourist crush, perhaps giving them more time for their fledgling relationship, instead turns deadly. When one of Liz's cookery class students dies of chocolate cream pie, an old property ownership feud looms, two cousins, like cheese and chalk, attempt to carry out their own individual games on an uneven playing field and murder becomes de rigeur, luckily wise-cracking Daphne, as always, lightens the mood. Book II in this Cape Cod Cozy Mystery series is now ready for reading!

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Moving Violation (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 1)

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The first book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Mystery Series.

"Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch."
--WritersWrite.com

It's summer in Hope Falls and the town's greatest sleuth is still stuck in parking enforcement, because at 98 pounds, 5 foot nothing, she will never be able to pass the department's physical exam. But there may be another way to achieve her goal of becoming a detective. With the aid of her dog, and her writer's group, Chloe may just be able to solve Hope Fall's first homicide and impress the new chief of police.

If you are a fan of Nancy Pickard or Susan Conant you are going to love the cozy hometown feel of Moving Violation.

REVIEWS

"I was delighted to find Chloe Boston and all of Melanie Jackson's series."
--Connie Shelton, author of the Charlie Parker and Samantha Sweet Mystery Series

“I fell in love with Chloe Boston; she’s an enormous spirit in a tiny package, and endearingly human. Go Chloe!”
--Lisa Cach, author of "Wake Unto Me"

FURTHER PRAISE

"A wickedly sexy tale!"
--Christine Feehan, New York Times Bestselling Author (on The Selkie)

"... delivers sizzling romance and ghoulish thrills at a breathtaking clip."
--Publishers Weekly (on Traveler)

"Readers of Laurel K. Hamilton will enjoy this complex tale..."
--Booklist (on Still Life)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Melanie Jackson is the award-winning author of more than fifty novels, novellas and poems published in various languages. She lives with her writer husband, her bossy cat and spoiled dog in the Sierra foothills where it is almost impossible to grow pumpkins (or anything else the deer like). Besides gardening, she is involved with animal charities.

Three times nominated for RT's Reviewers' Choice Award.
Twice nominated for RT's Lifetime Achievement Award.

***If you're looking for other books in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series, simply search for "Chloe Boston".
***You might also enjoy the Butterscotch Jones Mystery Series by the same author. Search for "Butterscotch Jones".

Moving Violation (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 1) Specifications

The first book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Mystery Series.

"Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch."
--WritersWrite.com

It's summer in Hope Falls and the town's greatest sleuth is still stuck in parking enforcement, because at 98 pounds, 5 foot nothing, she will never be able to pass the department's physical exam. But there may be another way to achieve her goal of becoming a detective. With the aid of her dog, and her writer's group, Chloe may just be able to solve Hope Fall's first homicide and impress the new chief of police.

If you are a fan of Nancy Pickard or Susan Conant you are going to love the cozy hometown feel of Moving Violation.

REVIEWS

"I was delighted to find Chloe Boston and all of Melanie Jackson's series."
--Connie Shelton, author of the Charlie Parker and Samantha Sweet Mystery Series

“I fell in love with Chloe Boston; she’s an enormous spirit in a tiny package, and endearingly human. Go Chloe!”
--Lisa Cach, author of "Wake Unto Me"

FURTHER PRAISE

"A wickedly sexy tale!"
--Christine Feehan, New York Times Bestselling Author (on The Selkie)

"... delivers sizzling romance and ghoulish thrills at a breathtaking clip."
--Publishers Weekly (on Traveler)

"Readers of Laurel K. Hamilton will enjoy this complex tale..."
--Booklist (on Still Life)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Melanie Jackson is the award-winning author of more than fifty novels, novellas and poems published in various languages. She lives with her writer husband, her bossy cat and spoiled dog in the Sierra foothills where it is almost impossible to grow pumpkins (or anything else the deer like). Besides gardening, she is involved with animal charities.

Three times nominated for RT's Reviewers' Choice Award.
Twice nominated for RT's Lifetime Achievement Award.

***If you're looking for other books in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series, simply search for "Chloe Boston".
***You might also enjoy the Butterscotch Jones Mystery Series by the same author. Search for "Butterscotch Jones".

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The Necklace Affair (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries)

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The Necklace Affair
by Ashley Gardner
A Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries novella

London 1817
Captain Lacey agrees to track down the missing necklace of a society matron and prove the innocence of her maid, who has been arrested for the theft. Lady Clifford declares that the rival for her husband's affections has stolen the necklace, but Lacey soon realizes that the problem is not so simple. He recruits Lady Breckenridge to infiltrate the Clifford household, while Lacey and his friend Lucius Grenville follow other leads. The investigation digs up scandal and past secrets, and Lacey finds himself competing with the underworld criminal, James Denis, for the necklace's retrieval.

This is a 25,000-word (ten-chapter) novella. The events in it occur between the end of The Sudbury School Murders and the beginning of A Body in Berkeley Square.

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The Necklace Affair
by Ashley Gardner
A Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries novella

London 1817
Captain Lacey agrees to track down the missing necklace of a society matron and prove the innocence of her maid, who has been arrested for the theft. Lady Clifford declares that the rival for her husband's affections has stolen the necklace, but Lacey soon realizes that the problem is not so simple. He recruits Lady Breckenridge to infiltrate the Clifford household, while Lacey and his friend Lucius Grenville follow other leads. The investigation digs up scandal and past secrets, and Lacey finds himself competing with the underworld criminal, James Denis, for the necklace's retrieval.

This is a 25,000-word (ten-chapter) novella. The events in it occur between the end of The Sudbury School Murders and the beginning of A Body in Berkeley Square.

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Where There's a Will ....There's Murder (Maggie Flaherty Murder Mysteries -#1)

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The first in a series of murder mysteries, Maggie Flaherty is a recently fired, now solo attorney. She's sarcastic, irreverent and funny – and also desperate for clients. Little does she know her first client may well be the death of her! Retained by Emily Hastings to find her elderly and recently murdered Aunt Lily’s will – and dazzled by the retainer – she goes to the scene of the crime where someone attacks her and leaves her unconscious. Worried, her brother Sean, a Chicago Homicide Detective, asks his sexy, funny, ex FBI agent friend, Digs McCarthy to guard Maggie. Furious, Maggie fights back – and the sparks fly!

Sean reluctantly tells Maggie that the day after Lily’s murder a low level mobster was murdered in Cicero – with the same gun! And he’s also investigating an old box found containing a skeleton and what could be some stolen mob money. Maggie, though she will never admit it, may be in way over her head!

After her apartment is broken into, things really get complicated. Digs’ ex lover, FBI Agent Olivia Stavros appears and she wants Digs back. Lily’s neighbor is murdered and his house torched. Someone shoots Maggie. Emily goes missing.

If Maggie doesn’t figure out what’s going on soon, Emily will die. And Maggie with her.

Where There's a Will ....There's Murder (Maggie Flaherty Murder Mysteries -#1) Specifications

The first in a series of murder mysteries, Maggie Flaherty is a recently fired, now solo attorney. She's sarcastic, irreverent and funny – and also desperate for clients. Little does she know her first client may well be the death of her! Retained by Emily Hastings to find her elderly and recently murdered Aunt Lily’s will – and dazzled by the retainer – she goes to the scene of the crime where someone attacks her and leaves her unconscious. Worried, her brother Sean, a Chicago Homicide Detective, asks his sexy, funny, ex FBI agent friend, Digs McCarthy to guard Maggie. Furious, Maggie fights back – and the sparks fly!

Sean reluctantly tells Maggie that the day after Lily’s murder a low level mobster was murdered in Cicero – with the same gun! And he’s also investigating an old box found containing a skeleton and what could be some stolen mob money. Maggie, though she will never admit it, may be in way over her head!

After her apartment is broken into, things really get complicated. Digs’ ex lover, FBI Agent Olivia Stavros appears and she wants Digs back. Lily’s neighbor is murdered and his house torched. Someone shoots Maggie. Emily goes missing.

If Maggie doesn’t figure out what’s going on soon, Emily will die. And Maggie with her.

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The Sudbury School Murders (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries)

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The Sudbury School Murders
by Ashley Gardner

Captain Lacey takes a post as a secretary at the Sudbury School in Berkshire, a school for sons of the wealthiest merchants and bankers in England. Lacey discovers as soon as he arrives that he's been hired for more than his letter-writing skills--a series of disturbing pranks have kept the school in an uproar, and the headmaster expects Lacey to discover the identity of the prankster. The problems intensify when a groom of the school's stables turns up dead in a lock of the nearby canal. A Romany is arrested for the murder, and Lacey is the only person who believes him innocent. As Lacey works to discover what happened, he gets drawn into the secrets of Marianne Simmons, the actress who'd lived upstairs from Lacey in London. Marianne swears Lacey to silence, which puts a new strain on his friendship with Grenville. Meanwhile the intrigue surrounding the murder becomes as murky as the waters of the canal itself and puts Lacey and Grenville into deadly danger.

The Sudbury School Murders won the RTBookReviews Reviewers Choice Award for Best Historical Mystery of 2005.

Book 4 in the Captain Lacey Regency mysteries. This is a full-length novel.

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The Sudbury School Murders
by Ashley Gardner

Captain Lacey takes a post as a secretary at the Sudbury School in Berkshire, a school for sons of the wealthiest merchants and bankers in England. Lacey discovers as soon as he arrives that he's been hired for more than his letter-writing skills--a series of disturbing pranks have kept the school in an uproar, and the headmaster expects Lacey to discover the identity of the prankster. The problems intensify when a groom of the school's stables turns up dead in a lock of the nearby canal. A Romany is arrested for the murder, and Lacey is the only person who believes him innocent. As Lacey works to discover what happened, he gets drawn into the secrets of Marianne Simmons, the actress who'd lived upstairs from Lacey in London. Marianne swears Lacey to silence, which puts a new strain on his friendship with Grenville. Meanwhile the intrigue surrounding the murder becomes as murky as the waters of the canal itself and puts Lacey and Grenville into deadly danger.

The Sudbury School Murders won the RTBookReviews Reviewers Choice Award for Best Historical Mystery of 2005.

Book 4 in the Captain Lacey Regency mysteries. This is a full-length novel.

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Dead as a Scone (The Royal Tunbridge Wells Mysteries - Book One)

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Murder is afoot is the sedate English city of Royal Tunbridge Wells … and the crime may be brewing in a tea pot!

Nigel Owen is having a rotten year. Downsized from a cushy management job at an insurance company in London, he is forced to accept a temporary post as managing director of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Tea Museum. Alas, he regrets living in a small city in Kent, he prefers drinking coffee (with a vengeance), and he roundly dislikes Flick Adams, PhD, an American scientist recently named the museum’s curator.

But then, the wildly unexpected happens. Dame Elspeth Hawker, the museum’s chief benefactor, keels over a board meeting—the apparent victim of a fatal heart attack. With the Dame’s demise, the museum’s world-famous collection is up for grabs, her cats, dog, and parrot are living at with Flick and Nigel—and the two prima donnas find themselves facing professional ruin.

But Flick—who knows a thing or two about forensic science—is convinced that Dame Elspeth did not die a natural death. As Flick and Nigel follow the clues—including a cryptic Biblical citation—they discover that a crime perpetrated more than a century ago sowed the seeds for a contemporary murder.

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Murder is afoot is the sedate English city of Royal Tunbridge Wells … and the crime may be brewing in a tea pot!

Nigel Owen is having a rotten year. Downsized from a cushy management job at an insurance company in London, he is forced to accept a temporary post as managing director of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Tea Museum. Alas, he regrets living in a small city in Kent, he prefers drinking coffee (with a vengeance), and he roundly dislikes Flick Adams, PhD, an American scientist recently named the museum’s curator.

But then, the wildly unexpected happens. Dame Elspeth Hawker, the museum’s chief benefactor, keels over a board meeting—the apparent victim of a fatal heart attack. With the Dame’s demise, the museum’s world-famous collection is up for grabs, her cats, dog, and parrot are living at with Flick and Nigel—and the two prima donnas find themselves facing professional ruin.

But Flick—who knows a thing or two about forensic science—is convinced that Dame Elspeth did not die a natural death. As Flick and Nigel follow the clues—including a cryptic Biblical citation—they discover that a crime perpetrated more than a century ago sowed the seeds for a contemporary murder.

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A Cold Day for Murder: A Kate Shugak Mystery

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A Cold Day for Murder: A Kate Shugak Mystery Overview

It’s December in the Park, and a ranger is missing. It’s no great loss to the rest of the Park rats, they figure he’s stumbled into a snowbank and will re-emerge come breakup, just in time for the ground to thaw and them to bury him. But when the man sent to look for him also disappears, Kate Shugak, ex-investigator for the Anchorage D.A. and Park homesteader, is sent in search of them both.
 
First in the Kate Shugak series.

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Too Near The Edge (Cleo & Tyler Mysteries)

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A man falls to his death at the Grand Canyon. Accident, suicide or murder? What if you could ask him?

When park rangers find Adam's crumpled body 300 feet below the rim of the Grand Canyon, they think he was one more careless tourist. But back home in Boulder, Colorado, his grief-stricken wife Sharon is sure he was murdered. She won't rest until she knows why he was so troubled in the month before he died. Over the objections of her prominent father, she turns to grief therapist Cleo Sims, who runs a project that re-unites people with dead loved ones.


Despite threats and warnings, Cleo takes on the challenge to help Sharon contact Adam and solve the mystery of his death. She gets extra encouragement from Tyler, a surfer-dude spirit who visits her from beyond, offers cryptic advice, and pushes her to "ride the wave" with Sharon.

Tension mounts and Cleo's professional reputation and her life are on the line as her digging uncovers a sinister underbelly of scams, fraud and deceit in this hip mountain community. 


If you're looking for a fast-paced mystery, with a courageous female sleuth, unexpected plot turns, a cast of fascinating suspects, a touch of humor and a paranormal twist, Too Near the Edge is the quick, enjoyable read for you.

Too Near the Edge won a silver medal for best regional fiction in the 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards

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The Dog Who Knew Too Much (Chet and Bernie Mysteries, No. 4)

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The fourth entry in the irresistible New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring canine narrator Chet and his human companion Bernie—“the coolest human/pooch duo this side of Wallace and Gromit” (Kirkus Reviews).

Combining suspense and intrigue with a wonderfully humorous take on the link between man and beast, Spencer Quinn’s exceptional mystery series has captured widespread praise since its New York Times bestselling debut, Dog on It. The Dog Who Knew Too Much marks the duo’s triumphant return in a tale that’s full of surprises.

Bernie is invited to give the keynote speech at the Great Western Private Eye Convention, but it’s Chet that the bigshot P.I. in charge has secret plans for. Meanwhile Chet and Bernie are hired to find a kid who has gone missing from a wilderness camp in the high country. The boy’s mother thinks the boy’s father—her ex—has snatched the boy, but Chet makes a find that sends the case in a new and dangerous direction. As if that weren’t enough, matters get complicated at home when a stray puppy that looks suspiciously like Chet shows up. Affairs of the heart collide with a job that’s never been tougher, requiring our two intrepid sleuths to depend on each other as never before. The Dog Who Knew Too Much is classic Spencer Quinn, offering page-turning entertainment that’s not just for dog-lovers.

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The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

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When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again—for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing.

The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, Derek. Yet Hercule Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie reenactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board. . . .

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One Deadly Sister (Sandy Reid Mystery Series)

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An almost-too-clever young law student in Philadelphia gets a life-or-death call from her estranged brother who just moved to Florida--she tells him to go to hell. She doesn't need this. She's holding an old grudge and resents having her life in Philadelphia interrupted. The brother doesn't come looking for trouble, he simply wants to get past his Philadelphia divorce and start a new life in Florida, but woman-trouble comes looking for him. Unfortunately, he arrives in the small Florida ocean side town just as someone murders the local gubernatorial candidate. The brother doesn't have a clue about women and gets seduced and framed. He hasn't bothered with his estranged sister up north for years but now, as a stranger in a hostile town, she's his only hope. She reluctantly decides to at least check out her brother's predicament. This small step leads the sister into an ever-increasing entanglement of deceit, double-cross, and danger, as she can't leave well-enough alone and goes after the real killer in this fast-paced mystery. The first book in the Sandy Reid mystery series.

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Naughty In Nice (A Royal Spyness Mystery)

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The national bestselling author of Royal Blood whisks her heroine away to the French Riviera for fun-and danger.

Lady Georgiana Rannoch has once again been called into service by Her Majesty the Queen. This time she's sent to Nice on a secret assignment that's nothing to sneeze at-recover the Queen's stolen snuff box.

As much of an honor as it is to be trusted by Her Majesty, an even greater honor awaits Georgie in Nice-as Coco Chanel herself asks Georgie to model her latest fashion. But when a necklace belonging to the Queen is stolen on the catwalk, Georgie has to find two priceless items-and solve a murder. How's a girl to find any time to go to the casino?

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Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear in Conversation

Rhys Bowen: Jackie, you and I bonded instantly when we met, and every time we compare notes, it’s like talking with my clone. We’re both British, both expats who live five miles apart in California. We write about female sleuths in the 1930s. We seem to share a similar approach to our writing. We both feel passionately about the things we write about. So let’s start with being British expats. We’ve both lived much of our adult life in America and yet we choose to write about England. Do you think this is a nostalgia for home, or we are more comfortable writing about the place where we grew up? For me, I think it’s a little of both, especially because I choose to write about England in the past. It’s the nostalgia for cream teas, country fetes, a kinder simpler time. And I feel more comfortable being able to get under the skin of my characters, to know how they would think and react, based on my own upbringing. And yet in many ways that time we both write about mirrors what we are going through today--the desperation of a depression, the threat of extremism, the disparity between haves and have nots. It’s interesting to me that so many readers write that they identify strongly with Lady Georgie--when she’s a twenty something royal!

Jacqueline Winspear: I don’t think there’s a nostalgia for home, or for the past as such; however, the fact remains that, although I have lived here in California for over 20 years, I don’t think I would attempt to write a novel with American characters because there is something I could never touch because I was not raised here–-and when that ring of authenticity is broken in a novel, it spoils the story for the reader, so I don’t want to risk it. If anything, my work is inspired by my love of history, and more particularly, the question of what happens to ordinary people in extraordinary times. Fiction is the best way to explore that question; I like to weave the stories of ordinary people into some of the bigger events of the day, like zooming the camera in on a scene. Mystery is a great vehicle for telling such stories, given that arc through chaos to resolution.

Bowen: Do you think its harder or easier to write about a place where you don’t live? I find that when I’m in England I’m a keen observer and I notice things I’d probably take for granted if I lived there. This is especially true about the class system, which is the focus of my Lady Georgie novels. I’m fascinated to find that upper class relatives and friends still see themselves as the ones who matter, still a them and us mentality.

Winspear: I think it’s easier for me to write about Britain from a geographical as well as generational distance. In California, I am not distracted by the Britain of today--there’s a clear delineation--so I am able to write about the past and immerse myself in the essence of that time. The class system is alive and well in Britain; it has changed in some respects, though you can’t change a system entrenched over centuries overnight, and I’m not sure if people would like it if it was changed. Which is great, because it gives you a lot of material for the Lady Georgie novels.

Bowen: We have both chosen to write books set in the 1930s. You approach yours from the grim reality of the lingering aftermath of war, while I focus on the bright young things, the Bertie Woosters, who still act as if nothing has changed in England. I choose to see the funny side of a worrying time, while reminding the reader that Fascism, communism and a second war loom ahead. And I am fascinated by the 1930s, not only because they mirror our time but because they were one of the great turning points of history. Even in England society was poised on a knife edge. Extremists were battling for control. Nazi power was swallowing up Europe and yet the bright young things still lived as if there was no tomorrow.

Winspear: The 1930s offer so much for the writer, with those of one station in society barely affected by the economic woes of Britain at the time, and another living in the most dreadful conditions--yet it was also a great age of house-building in Britain, and you started to see a middle class (as we know it today) emerging. You’ve done well to use humor in your novels, Rhys, because that British sense of humor has brought the country through some terrible times. Though she has many very heart-wrenching memories of the war, some of my mother’s funniest stories are of things people said to buoy each other along during the Blitz.

Bowen: Do you ever get letters saying that it was unbelievable to have a female sleuth at that time, when women were largely confined to the home? I get them even more about my Molly Murphy books, that take place in the early 1900s. But even then women were doing extraordinary things--traveling around the world in 74 days, going to the North Pole, and becoming detectives in the NYPD. By the thirties I’m well aware when I’m writing that women were doing amazing things--Amy Johnson was the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, in an open cockpit plane that was literally held together with paper and string.

Winspear: I am more likely to get those sorts of letters from American readers. The experiences of women between the wars were quite different in America, for an assortment of reasons. In fact, the women of Britain who came through the Great War had more in common with the women in America’s south after the Civil War, when women--many of whom were widowed, or would never marry--were left to fend for themselves, running family farms etc. In Britain, women gained an independence during the war that they were not about to give up--though there are definitely gray areas--and they could please themselves, to a certain extent. If they wanted to wear trousers, they could, because who was going to stop them? Women were moving into public life as never before, with a very visible independence--though they had to be responsible for their financial security, which your Lady Georgie knows only too well!!

Bowen: When we compared notes about our writing experience the other day, were you as amazed as I was to find that we work in exactly the same way? We both start a book knowing very little and we work in flat out panic mode for the first fifty pages, convinced that this book will be our first abysmal failure and nobody will read us again. Then by page 50 the story seems to develop a life of its own, doesn’t it? I’m always amazed when characters say things I never expected or the story goes in a direction I never foresaw.

Winspear: I felt quite relieved to know that you have those same fears when you first start out. Yes, the initial 50 pages are terrifying, and I am usually convinced that I will never be able to write another book ever again and that the truth will finally be out! But at some point you “lock” into the story, and it starts going along at a good clip, and if you are interested in your story and excited by it, it soon gathers momentum. But I remember you telling me that when you wrote your first Lady Georgie novel, the opportunity to write something funny really inspired you. There’s a terrific energy in humor, and in creating memorable funny scenes, and I admire you for having created such a delightful character while remaining true to the time.

Rhys Bowen writes the humorous Royal Spyness Mysteries (Naughty in Nice, September, 2011), as well as the Molly Murphy series, (Bless the Bride, March, 2011).

Jacqueline Winspear is the creator of the acclaimed Maisie Dobbs series.

(Photo of Rhys Bowen © John Quin Harkin)

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