Elizabeth Fackler
Lucinda's Summer Vacation

When his neighbour, widowed Natalie Wieland, is murdered, Devon must explain to Lucinda as well as to the police why he was with Natalie when she died, and also why he was in her bedroom at three in the morning. What follows is a trek through guilt and complicity for Devon and also for Lucinda and her daughter. Suspecting anyone of them may have killed Natalie, the Chief of Police gropes to find a suspect with a motive. That both the Chief of Police and Devon were having affairs with Natalie complicates the investigation.

Helen Macie Osterman
Interference

Sixty-something Emma Winberry finds hel-self involved with tough hoodlums who think she has something they need. However, with the help of her significant other, Nate Sandler, some old friends and her Guardian Angel. she begins to set things right. Emma knows it's all somehow tied to the report of an inventor who was murdered in a downtown alley. But can even divine intervention keep Emma out of harm's way as the complex puzzle unravels to a pulse­pounding climax involving treachery, deceit and murder?

Maggie Holmes, retired forensic pathologist. is obsessed with the paranormal activity surrounding crime scenes. She has written a book and is working on her second when she runs into a roadblock: the heirs to Knight Island deny her access to their mansion. When the Knight clan allows the reality show Chicken Out to film, Maggie signs up herself and her psychic friend Vivian Storm for the show, which challenges players to stay in a haunted house But then the murders start. Maggie must use her knowledge, and Vivian her gift, to survive and unmask the killer.