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Mercedes’ boyfriend/co-adventurer Colm disappears somewhere in Britain. His last call is cryptic; the last mail he sends even more so: copies of papers once owned by Charles Dickens. They have nothing to do with the famous writer, but when his namesake and current owner of the documents is murdered and the originals stolen, police think Colm...

FORMER TITLE: A LETHAL TIME AND PLACE
This suspense novel has a paranormal element and a surprise that makes it all the more delightful to visit Chicago in the 1960s.
Leo appears to be just another downtown bum, 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...

When a long-time friendship dies, does murder follow?
Decades past junior high in a small, northern Michigan town, Caroline Batzer is snubbed by her best friend. At first confused, she’s later stunned to learn Sarah Leigh betrayed her in a way she’d never have suspected. In an all-too-public setting, Caroline airs her anger at the woman everyone...

Carrie Walsh is almost unaware of the Women’s Liberation Movement, a 1960s girl too shy to speak her mind and too uptight to burn her bra.
When she witnesses a murder in an alley in Flint, Michigan, Carrie’s life takes a new direction. Joining the handsome, brooding Vietnam veteran Jack Porter to solve the crime, Carrie begins to feel more like...

Tonnie Berndt wakes from a coma to find that the world around her has drastically changed. As she struggles to deal with the shocks and surprises of her return to life, she feels compelled to ask questions. What really happened to her beloved husband Stuart? Why does what people believe about him make Stu seem like a stranger to her?
Tonnie’s...

Escaping Chicago one step ahead of the police, con artist Kip Morgan looks for a way to start replacing what he’s lost, which is just about everything. Answering an ad for a private investigator, he meets Maureen and Jocelyn Waite, who recently opened a detective agency in their mid-sized Michigan city. After finding that no one believes in the...