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|  | | A Blue Ribbon for Marni
Owning a horse had been Marni Justin's dream for as long as she could remember. The owner of Circle W ranch had promised her that if she could train Peso, the horse that had injured his wife, then the horse was hers. But his wife ordered the horse to be sold. Everything that meant anything to Marni was riding on an untrained palomino as it cantered across Circle W's meadows.
"I've reached a decision," Marni said. "A desk job isn't for me. I've decided to work at the Circle W Ranch." | |  | | Conch Shell Murder
Newly licensed Private Detective Katie Hassworth faces her first murder case with more than a little anxiety--not only is she a newcomer, but the Chitting family would give Sherlock Holmes a migraine.
Readers will learn who murdered Alexa Chitting before she could change her will, leaving her fortune to the Key West Preervation Society rather than to friends and family.
Excruciating pain exploded in her head, expanding from a central core and radiating in all directions. She raised her hands to protect herself, but the blows rained faster and faster until all her fight left her.
She slumped, her head a pulpy melon dangling wetly over the cahir arm and dripping blood onto the pristine carpet. | |  | | Conch Shell Murder
Katie Hassworth resigns her teaching job in despair after a drug-crazed student shoots her and a classmate befoe committing suicide in her classroom. Once she and the student's father have worked to put the student's drug supplier behind bars, Katie joins the father's private detective agency in Key West. There, her life is endangered when she faces finding the murderer of a prominent Key West businesswoman and environmentalist. This character-driven novel set in Key West, Big Pine Key and Marathon involves Katie in shady inner workings of city government, and the suuspenseful plot keeps the reader turning the pages until the very end.
| |  | | Murder in Hawaii
Her sister's frantic call ofr help has brought Ginny Ardan to Hawaii. In spite of Delores' fear, it all seems like a lush tropical dream to Ginny. But soon she feels that the jasmine-scented air and languorous green waters are full of menace. Someone is trying to kil her! But who? And why? Whoever it is . . . the pursuit is relentless nad determined.
"As the tide receded, a murky greenish pallor permeated the cavern, and again I could make out the outline of the boat floating on the far side of the pool. From my height I saw that the tarp hid Ward's body and I knew that even with the aid of a flashlight, Liho wouldn't be able to seehim. Anyway, I intended to giave him no opportunity to look."ww | |  | | The Legacy of Merton Manor
To Margo Landon, Cornwall had a special magic. She had always wondered what her mother's childhood home was like, and now she would be seeing it for herself. On her deathbed, Wanda Landon had asked Margo to return a gold locket to Sir Henry Merton, Wanda's father, who had disowned her she married. But the joy of Margo's family reunion was marred before she even left New York. A recurring nightmare plagued her, and a curt letter she received from her aunt admonished her not to make the trip. Her journey to the manor was eerily unnerving, and she arrived thoroughly shaken. Entering the massive stone house for the first time, Margo knew that she had walked straight into danger.
I awakened to the horror of my own screaming. My fingers groped for the locket. It was there. He hadn't taken it. But how silly! He was only part of my terrible nightmares." |
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