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Beth Lousiere, once known as Loser, learns there's new evidence concerning the murders of her husband and daughter three years ago. The crimes, along with suspicion that she was responsible, sent Beth into such despair that she lived on the streets of Richmond, Virginia, for almost a year, lost in grief and pain.Somewhat recovered though still plagued by insecurity and odd phobias, Beth returns to Richmond to face the past. Soon she's the susp...

In the 3rd book of the Simon & Elizabeth Mysteries, Elizabeth Tudor is accused of treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Most, including Elizabeth herself and her old friend Simon Maldon, believe she will never leave the place alive.Loyal to a fault, Simon manages to get in to see his "Highness, " once a princess but now demoted to simply Lady Elizabeth. Leaving the Tower, Simon meets another old friend, Peto the Pope. Peto is accused ...

Tessa macFindlaech meets three witches on a Scottish hillside as she leaves her home to join the household of her uncle, Thane Macbeth. The weird women make predictions for her future, but Tessa sees no likelihood of truth in them. After all, the first crone claims Tessa is on her way to England, which is in the opposite direction.Surprises await that make her reconsider the prophecies. When Tessa discovers that Jeffrey Brixton, a guest in her...

Simon Maldon is sent by Queen Elizabeth to form an honest assessment of the her cousin Mary, the Queen of Scotland. With Simon gone, his son Henry, wife Hannah, and old friend Calkin must delve into the murder of Simon's brother-in-law, Will Clark. Determined to hide his crimes, the killer is willing-even eager-to murder again.Simon faces his own trials when border outlaws capture his party. In order to thwart their leader's grandiose schemes,...

Hailed as the "Homeless Hero" after her adventures in Book #1, Loser, also known as Beth Lousiere, needs to recuperate from the stress and her injuries. She returns to West Virginia, where her foster mother left Beth her home and property. When another of Marta's foster daughter's shows up, Loser is drawn back into danger, with a teenage boy to rescue and a criminal operation to uncover and defeat.People want to help: her lawyer Bert, her stre...

Loser washes up in gas station restrooms, wears Salvation Army giveaways, and eats what she can find, beg, or filch. Life on the streets of Richmond, Virginia, is hard, but it's better than facing her demons. That is, until she meets Bryn, a little girl who steals her heart. When Bryn's daddy is accused of murder, there's no one willing to help except Loser. Penniless, almost mute, and terrified of failure, Loser attempts to gather her resourc...

Robin and her unique group of friends track down cheats and insist they change their ways. When they learn about Neil Preston, who rules his drug company like a king, cheats his way through the testing process, and jacks up drug prices, they decide he needs to hear from them.It won't be easy: Preston lives on a huge estate outside Tulsa, where his formidable security manager, cunning attorney, and fast-talking PR man jump at his every command....

From the author of mysteries such as KILLING SILENCE and HER HIGHNESS' FIRST MURDER comes a compelling women's fiction story of friendship, love, loss, and the life-changing power of helping others. This powerful novel, which spans the decades from the 1960s to the present, plays out in two primary locations, Thailand and Michigan's Mackinac Island. On a cruise ship in the Gulf of Thailand, passenger Elvera Tharp has a reputation for being dif...

When a midnight murder comes to Allport, Barb is observed conducting one of her "Correction Events" nearby. The police want to question the Grammar Nazi, and Retta insists the only way to save Barb's reputation is to solve the crime before her secret activities are revealed to the whole town.The victim was a newcomer to Allport who was engaged to marry a local businessman's attractive but spoiled daughter. Retta finds Frannie Habedank particul...

Maggie Pill's characters seem like people you know: In The Sleuth Sisters Series, it's siblings we love but can't always relate to. In the Trailer Park Tales Series, we meet the residents of an RV park in Florida: fussy husbands, smart-aleck wives, grumpy neighbors, conspiracy lovers, and more. The residents of B-Bird Over-55 RV Park are mostly snow-birds, so for months each year they face the joys and irritations of living in tight spaces wit...

From the author of KIDNAP.org and Pharma Con comes Book #3 of the Kidnap Capers. Readers of the series know the lovable misfits who make up the Kidnap Gang: Robin, a former legal secretary, Cam a guy with developmental delays, Hua, a former victim of human trafficking, Tom, a disabled veteran, and Luca, a woman with an "interesting" past. In an earnest desire to right wrongs for the little guys, the Kidnap Gang abducts cheaters, shows them the...

Once Upon a Trailer Park begins with a murder on the streets of the Beautiful Bird RV Park in Palm Hill, Florida. As residents learn bits and pieces about the crime (some true, some less so), they form and reform theories of the killer's identity. It's the park weirdo. It's the ex-wife. It's the victim's employer.Residents want to find out the truth, some due to friendship, some from fear, some to protect themselves. It soon becomes clear that...

In Book 7, Retta and her FBI agent boyfriend stop in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the night, at which point Lars disappears. Desperate, Retta calls in sisters Faye and Barb. As they follow leads, they run into three sisters who might be future versions of them: Betty, a sweetheart who loves the Green Bay Packers, DeeAnne, a dramatic type always in acting mode, and Lydia, a business-like grump. Though they say they don't know where Lars could be, ...

Leo appears to be just another bum downtown, but he and Libby, Memnet, and Roy share a secret that requires constant vigilance. They live off the grid, in the basement of an almost forgotten museum, and survive mostly by committing petty crimes. Each of them has gifts for surviving, each has weaknesses as well. The only way they make it through each day is by working together.Major changes are required when they meet Jake, an orphan who witnes...

When the FBI asks the Sleuth Sisters to attend a retreat for "Love-Able Ladies, " Barb opts out, unwilling to spend a weekend celebrating the joys of being some man's "little wife." Retta is eager to go, since the venue is a swanky vineyard/inn on the Leelanau Peninsula, north of Traverse City, Michigan. Never a fan of large groups of strangers, Faye would just as soon stay home, but since Retta needs a "wing-woman, " she doesn't get a choice....

Rich, Powerful, and Crooked--Meet Small, Odd, and Determined! Robin Parsons is in the middle of a very bad day when a neighbor calls to ask for her help. The socially inept Carter "accidentally" kidnapped a county official, and he doesn't know what to do with the guy who is, Carter admits, "pretty mad" about it. The man is a crook who cheated Carter's dying mother, and when she hears the story, Robin is furious. What can she do to right the wr...

Tori Van Camp wakes one morning on a luxurious ocean liner where she's offered whatever a person might desire: food, clothes, recreation, and the companionship of congenial people. But Tori has no memory of booking a cruise. What she does have is a vivid recollection of being shot point blank in the chest. With the help of the stunningly handsome Mike and the unnervingly serene Nancy, Tori soon learns the purpose of her voyage. Still, she's h...

Discontented with existence on the ship, Seamus decides it's time to do what he's been avoiding for six decades. Though he knows his wife and best friend teamed up to murder him, there are things about the crime he doesn't understand, as well as emotions he hasn't yet been able to face. With fellow Dead Detective Ronnie to assist, Seamus returns to 1953 to face his memories and answer questions that remain about his death. In a world much diff...

Dead Detective Seamus Hanrahan is bored on the ship that takes the dead from one phase to the next. It's a perfect existence, but since when is perfect exciting? When new arrival Cassie Parker refuses to believe she's dead, Seamus agrees to return to life on Earth and find out what happened to her. The hope is that something Seamus discovers will convince the young woman her life really is over, though Cassie insists she isn't dead and she'll ...

The abrupt disappearance of the renters at the Sleuth Sisters' family farm presents Faye with the chance to do something she's always dreamed of: start a retirement home for draft horses. The circumstances surrounding the move are strange, though, and Faye, Barb, and Retta begin to suspect that at least some of the family members didn't leave voluntarily. Balancing a menagerie of animals with tracking down clues as to where the man, woman, an...