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The Librarian's Hidden HeartA Maisie Quill Love Story MysteryWhen a hidden hope chest reveals that the town's "spinster librarian" carried on a secret 50-year love affair, Maisie must uncover the truth about a romance that shaped Maple Falls' history—and learn what it means to choose love boldly.Maisie Quill's life in Maple Falls has finally found its rhythm. Her antique shop thrives, her consulting work brings closure to families across the region, and her relationship with Owen is deepening toward something...

Abducted and hidden away deep in the Rocky Mountains, Susan Bell is frantic to escape her murderous captor. Freshman Special Agent Burke Cameron is straight laced, traditionally minded, and comes with a hefty set of old-fashioned values. Burke doesn’t know what to do with the free spirited, progressive woman he’s falling for. He and Susan don’t want any of the same things and he knows he should move on, but he can’t seem to resist her. Burke and Susan's world...

When flamboyant senior sleuth Sadie Kramer learns the owner of Cioccolato, her favorite chocolate shop, is in trouble, she heads for the California wine country with a tote-bagged Yorkie and a slew of questions. The fourth generation Tremiato Winery promises answers, but not before a dead body turns up at the vintners’ scheduled Harvest Festival. All four Tremiato siblings have possible motives, as well as a few peripheral acquaintances, but only one could be the guilty party. As Sadie juggles...

After running away from her hometown, Emily Hart has decided to return. Twenty years is a long time. And she finds that the hard way once she revisits her past once again. As she catches up with life, a new, shocking case has shocked the city.Her high school sweetheart, a changed man, is accused of a terrible and cruel murder. And Emily is the only one who can defend him, before it’s too late…Last Witness is Ellis' 1st novel in...

Review of Book One, Dead End: "A Page Turner! A perfect curl-up-with-a-cuppa-something hot-and-read-until-you-get-to-the-last-page mystery. Real, honest and believable characters, good dialogue, with detail enough for great settings. And every good murder mystery needs a Wally!"Dead End: A Kaitlyn Willis Mystery by Leslie J. HallWhat if Stephanie Plum worked with the cast of “Parks and Recreation”?Kaitlyn Willis’s job as a Code Enforcement Officer usually involves writing tickets for untrimmed trees and cars parked on the suburban lawns of Cedar Grove, Washington....

“A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.”--Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone)“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until...

In 1915 Italy, a teenaged girl believed she had conjured the perfect lie to protect herself. Even though she deserved the full weight of responsibility for her foolish recklessness, the lie deftly deflected all blame to her innocent, oblivious best friend, Fredo, who was in America and should have been out of harm’s way. That’s how it should have gone, but we all know no lie is ever perfect, and no one is ever out of harm’s way. It took...

She went into labour surrounded by family.She took her last breath in silence.No one called for help.Thirteen-year-old Lisa should have been in school. Instead, she was in the backroom of her family’s house, giving birth on an old mattress with no doctor, no ambulance, and no justice.Her pregnancy was a secret. So was the truth about how it happened.And when she died, her family buried both quickly, and without questions.But secrets don’t stay buried forever.In this gripping narrative nonfiction account,...

An Audible Best of the Year 2024 selection.They move into your neighbourhood. They charm your friends. And then they destroy your life.Effie and Ben May aren’t your average married couple. Behind the pristine gates at the exclusive community, Ivy Oaks, they’re hunting for their next mark. Someone vulnerable, someone ripe for manipulation, someone who won’t see the trap until it’s too late.Their marriage thrives on secrets, seduction, and deceit. But when they commence their latest twisted game, something feels different....

Who was the girl in a bloody shift lying dead at the side of a winding mountain road? And who’s the winner when the CIA teams with Afghan mujahideen?When the death of an abducted child bride is covered up by a moonlighting police officer for his cult leader, the hopes for easy money by DIG Akbar of the Punjab Police are dashed. He is misled and mistreated, forced to endure humiliation, abduction, and imprisonment in a deadly swamp. Yet, he...