Bookmarked For Murder

Amateur sleuth Samantha Washington’s shopping trip to Chicago takes a deadly detour when a man is murdered on her bus . . . After some post-Christmas retail therapy in the Windy City, mystery bookshop owner and historical whodunit novelist Sam Washington is returning home to North Harbor, Michigan, on a chartered bus. With Nana Jo and her gal pals Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae from Shady Acres Retirement Village along for the ride, it's a lively trip. But one passenger is not so lively—a gentleman Irma befriended is found dead in his seat after an unscheduled stop. The ladies immediately shift gears to find out who punched his ticket, while Sam slips into the driver's seat to make sure Nana Jo and her crew steer clear of fatal conclusions . . . Praise for V.M. Burns and The Plot is Murder “A promising debut with a satisfying conclusion.” —Publishers Weekly “Cozy mystery readers and historical novel aficionados will adore this warm-hearted, cleverly plotted new series.” —Kings River Life

The beating of a gentle minister and a hate message on one church wall launch wry-witted librarian Juanita Wills on a quest to learn who's shattering the peace in her small Oklahoma town. Defying her policeman boyfriend's warning against amateur sleuthing, Juanita decodes a mysterious cipher bookmark, and tracks a secret local militia. When a "war" of quotations between her feuding assistant librarians takes a threatening turn, she even suspects one of them.

Pages Gone By is more than just Erin, Ohio's only used book store. It's also a favorite meeting place for writers and readers. And early one morning, it becomes the scene of a murder when a body is found in the romance section. Is the steamy novel, Love’s Dark Secret, clutched in the victim’s handa clue to the killer? Or is it more significant that the murder weapon was a statue of the iconic Maltese Falcon of film noir fame? As polymath mystery writer Sebastian McCabe and sardonic sidekick Jeff Cody try to unmask the murderer of a friend, they get more help than they need from a talk show psychologist and a group of would-be mystery writers with more imagination than deductive skills. But only they know that one suspect has big secrets to hide – secrets that Mac and Jeff hope don’t have to be revealed. An homage to the Golden Age of detective fiction, the witty and suspense Bookmarked for Murder once again shows why novelist and screenwriter Bonnie MacBird called Dan Andriacco “a master of mystery plotting.”

Bookmarked for Murder features Juanita Wills, intrepid (aka nosy) public librarian in the small town of Wyndham, Oklahoma. In this first book in the Scrappy Librarian series, Juanita takes on a dangerous mix of murder, local militias, and deep-seated racism, as she tries to get to the bottom of a hate crime that takes place in a local church. Juanita is nothing if not stubborn, whether she is pestering suspects, trying to keep a book club on track, or playing referee to the "quote wars" that inspire her staff to their own version of literary mayhem. The small-town setting is pleasantly familiar, and the story a satisfying tale of secrets unraveled and justice sought. Marion Moore Hill is the author of the Scrappy Librarian mystery series and the Deadly Past mysteries. She lives in Durant, Oklahoma.

Tricia Miles, owner of the Haven?t Got a Clue bookstore, must solve her own mystery when a bestselling author is found dead in the washroom.

Fans of atmospheric mysteries and amateur sleuths will be swept away by Judi Culbertson's newest Delhi Laine novel. For the first time in nearly twenty years, Delhi Laine's family is whole. But that doesn't mean everything is back to normal. With no proof to condemn her daughter's kidnappers, Delhi's family is forced to share Elisa with her "adoptive" parents. But when they suddenly perish in a mysterious house fire, Elisa is heartbroken … and Delhi's husband, Colin, is charged with their murder. Delhi knows it's up to her to prove his innocence, but the deeper she digs, the more it becomes evident that nothing is as it seems. When Elisa goes missing, Delhi fears her nightmare may be repeating itself. If she can't clear Colin's name and find Elisa again, there may not be another chance. Twenty years ago she lost her daughter … and if she fails now, she might lose everything—and everyone—she holds dear.

Fans of atmospheric mysteries and amateur sleuths will be swept away by Judi Culbertson's newest Delhi Laine novel. For the first time in nearly twenty years, Delhi Laine's family is whole. But that doesn't mean everything is back to normal. With no proof to condemn her daughter's kidnappers, Delhi's family is forced to share Elisa with her "adoptive" parents. But when they suddenly perish in a mysterious house fire, Elisa is heartbroken … and Delhi's husband, Colin, is charged with their murder. Delhi knows it's up to her to prove his innocence, but the deeper she digs, the more it becomes evident that nothing is as it seems. When Elisa goes missing, Delhi fears her nightmare may be repeating itself. If she can't clear Colin's name and find Elisa again, there may not be another chance. Twenty years ago she lost her daughter … and if she fails now, she might lose everything—and everyone—she holds dear.