Murder in the Marigolds by Dale Mayer

 

 

Riches to rags … Chaos has never been so supreme … Now a suspect herself … No calm in sight …

Being a suspect in the murder of her ex-lawyer is not the fun Doreen thought it would be. And, of course, she’s been ordered to stay away from the case, … but she can’t help being interested. So she enlists Mack’s brother, Nick—her new lawyer—to help.

Mack’s first priority is to clear Doreen as a suspect. No one in their right mind would seriously believe she’d done the deed, of course. … But, the fact is, she had both motive and opportunity, so clearing her of suspicion isn’t the walk in the park that Mack would like it to be. Especially not when she insists on sticking her nose into his case, where it doesn’t belong.

And just when Doreen is certain things can’t get any worse, answering her doorbell shows her that this nightmare has just started. Who just walked into her life? None other than her soon-to-be-ex-husband, … Mathew …

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

 

 

First in the New York Times-bestselling mystery series: “A cleverly plotted cozy full of appealing characters and delicious cookie recipes.”—Publishers Weekly

Take one amateur sleuth. Mix in some eccentric Minnesota locals. Add a generous dollop of crackling suspense, and you've got the recipe for this mystery series featuring Hannah Swensen, the red-haired, cookie-baking heroine whose gingersnaps are almost as tart as her comments and whose penchant for solving crime is definitely stirring things up.

While dodging her mother’s attempts to marry her off, Hannah runs The Cookie Jar, Lake Eden’s most popular bakery. But after Ron LaSalle, the beloved deliveryman from the Cozy Cow Dairy, is found murdered behind her bakery—with Hannah’s famous Chocolate Chip Crunchies scattered around him—she’s determined not to let her cookies get a bad reputation, so she sets out to track down a killer. But if she doesn’t watch her back, Hannah’s sweet life may get burned to a crisp.

“Culinary cozies don’t get any tastier than this winning series.”—Library Journal

 

Ishraat's Long Night (Ishraat Sarabhai Murder Mystery Romance) by Bob Young

 

 

Ishraat Sarabhai is a chemist and manager of QA when her company is taken over by terrorists with her as a hostage. Despite being injured by her captors, she finds a way to escape locked confinement. As she heads for an exit she finds another manager dead. She takes a sample of a bodily excretion, returns to her lab, and discovers he's been poisoned by a substance used for production only accessed by top management. In hiding, Ishraat texts her fiance, Raj, who is a professor at a university ninety miles away. He's heard of her company's takeover and commits to joining her. Ishraat stays elusive until Raj gets into the building to help her. They find another manager poisoned in the same way. The police finally retake the building when the last terrorist escapes. Ishraat and Raj need to solve the murders or be charged with them.

falsely accused of the unthinkable: The truth is closer than anyone can imagine by Glenis Kellet

 

 

Another fast-paced murder mystery, thriller - fiction novel, enveloped in a romance: A man on the run and a distraught woman are both escaping very different unjust circumstances. Fate brings the pair together - ironically the injustices they suffer conclude in the same dramatic final twist!

Fall's Killer Vintage Calla Lily Mystery #3 (Calla Lily Mystery Series) by Anna Celeste Burke (Author), Peggy Hyndman (Editor)

 

 

In wine country, a federal judge is murdered and Aunt Lettie’s old friend, Judge Colin Brinkley, quickly becomes a suspect. Lily, Austin, and her friends are excited about the Calla Lily Winery vintages entered in the fall Taste of Napa Challenge. The event turns out to be more challenging than anyone imagined when a fire ends the awards ceremony before the winners are announced. The plot thickens when police become concerned that one of the wines entered in the competition may have been a killer vintage. The U.S. Marshal Service is on the job, but when Aunt Lettie’s old friend becomes a suspect, Lily and her friends are soon caught up in the mystery too. Is the murder of a federal judge about trouble at a winery, the judges' cases, or something more personal? Join Lily and Austin as they try to discover who’s responsible for murder, arson, and fraud.Grab your copy of the latest installment in the Calla Lily Mystery series by USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke.Recipes included.Free to read in Kindle Unlimited.

Gamble in the Devil's Chalk: The Battle for Oil in A Field of Broken Dreams by Caleb Pirtle III

 

 

In the mid 1970s, a band of men with little expertise in the oilfield defied the hard ground of Giddings, Texas, to search for oil in a barren, poverty-stricken land that was littered with dry holes, shattered hopes, and empty pockets. Max Williams, the former hot-shot basketball player at SMU, and Irv Deal had been in high-dollar real estate until the real estate market collapsed. Both were facing the wrath of hard times. Pat Holloway was a lawyer who operated drilling funds but had never tested the ill-fated Austin Chalk. He drilled the most and earned the most but lost it all in the shady confines of a Dallas courtroom. Jimmy Luecke was a highway patrolman who stopped Holloway for speeding one night and promised not to take him to jail if the lawyer/oilman would agree to drill on his family’s land. Bill Shuford was right out of college and more interested in finding the next beer joint than his next job. Jim Dobos was a constable who used his badge to lease land, struck it rich, and was found with a gunshot in his head. Was it murder or suicide? Clayton Williams was the only big-time oilman in the bunch, but in the beginning, he made the mistake of employing the wrong geologist. Only those who used the geologic genius of Ray Holifield found oil. Holifield had cracked the code of the chalk. Gamble in the Devil’s Chalk is the true story of their fights, their feuds, their trials, their tribulations, and their triumphs as they discovered the second largest oilfield in the United States during the past half century. Once they came, Giddings would never be the same again.

A Dead Surgeon Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery #7 by Anna Celeste Burke

 

 

Jessica’s life is blessedly calamity-free until she goes for a checkup. Her personal and professional life turn upside down at the news she receives during her visit. Before she can absorb the shocking news about her health, calamity strikes.

Dr. Angela Murdoch, Jessica’s personal physician calls asking for legal help. She’s a suspect in the murder of a former colleague. The handsome, rich, well-known plastic surgeon isn’t just Dr. Murdoch’s ex-associate, but her ex-husband.

Grab your copy of book seven in this fun, exciting mystery series by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke

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