It's Halloween in Verdant Falls and Evangeline Moon is reporting... This time, it's a puzzling art theft that has her attention.When a masterpiece depicting Ichabod Crane's harrowing escape from the Headless Horseman is stolen from the local art museum, Evangeline's curiosity is piqued. As she begins her investigation, a surprising twist emerges: buried secrets intertwine with the stolen artwork. As the tension mounts, Evangeline finds herself accompanied...

Gertrude is famous for proving ghosts don't exist, but this time she's taking on a celebrity phantom: Seth Bullock. When a movie star dies at the famous haunted hotel, she finds herself with two cases to solve. Or are these two cases connected? The mysterious green feathers she keeps finding everywhere seem to suggest so.

Step into an enchanting world where books hold secrets and mysteries linger among the shelves. When Cassie, the town's beloved bookworm, meets an unexpected demise, the mystery unfolds faster than overdue library fines.Kate, a local witch with a penchant for solving puzzles, finds herself ensnared in a web of suspicion, surrounded by a handful of potential culprits. As the town buzzes with gossip, Kate races against time to unravel the truth behind...

The Mother Road, Part I: Springfield is the 9th in M. H. Wilkie's On the Road with Merry series of boomer lit short stories.Merry is excited to be travelling the famed Route 66, also known as The Mother Road. On her first stop at the State Capital, Springfield, she not only visits the historic sites associated with Abraham Lincoln, but she also meets a new friend who introduces her to a hobby that will add a dimension to her trip. But will Mattie...

Edgar Huntly, a young man who lives with his uncle and sisters on a farm outside Philadelphia, begins the novel determined to learn who murdered his friend Waldegrave. Walking near the elm tree under which Waldegrave was killed late one night, Huntly sees Clithero, a servant from a neighboring farm, half-dressed, digging in the ground and weeping loudly. Could Clithero have done what Edgar thinks he has?

Bernadette Maxwell and her ghostly grandmother, Ruby, are on the case as they take on murder, mayhem and mischief in this boxset containing a wild ride of humor, trouble and hijinks.The Guest is a Goner:When a body is found upstairs in Bernie's Bed and Breakfast, the sheriff is convinced she's responsible for the murder. Bernie and Ruby must work together to find the real killer before Bernie's thrown in prison for a crime she didn't commit.The Tourist...

Itinerant surfer Marty travels to Coral Bay in search of a missing cousin. Everybody knows more than he does but nothing is as it seems. He teams up with English waitress Rose, looking for her backpacker brother. They discover a people smuggling racket but there's something more sinister. Eliminating Marty becomes top of the smugglers' agenda but they don't reckon on a bungarra named Horatio. Marty sees things in a different light during a night...

A murder that stole 1982 national headlines: "Renowned Family Slayed in Home." A case that remained cold for forty long years. The Eyler family was anything but average. The father a top literary agent and the mother a duchess, they thrived in their prestigious Oakmont mansion surrounded by luxury... and secrets. Secrets that would eventually cost them their lives. On a cold autumn night, their legacy ended with a grisly massacre in one of the most...

The Reverend Mother's investigative skills are called into action when a local tobacco factory burns down and fingers are pointed at one of her ex pupils... 1920s. Cork, Ireland. Early one morning the Reverend Mother receives news of a deadly fire at the local cigarette factory, a place where she'd been so proud that some of her pupils had been given a steady job. In a city full of poverty, unemployment and political unrest, these ex pupils of hers...

Sal Corbucci makes a deal with an Irish Boxer. In September of 1990, retired boxer Patrick "The Lobster" Grady will pay back double what he owes the mobster, Sal Corbucci, if Sal can find his missing daughter. Sal has some issues of his own. His wife has him sleeping on the couch for cheating on her and his children seem to be growing distant with each day. Now Sal has to save the Lobster's daughter while trying to save his family life.