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|  | | The Sea Witch (China Cove Mystery 1)
A small-town mystery set in the 1970s with a feisty (but reluctant) female detective.
Jessica Hughes never intended to be a detective. Private investigator Philip Burgess never expected to be shot while on his way to a concert. But with Philip hospitalized, Jessica agrees to step in and investigate a case where a suicide is looking more and more like a murder. What's more, she finds she's actually enjoying her new career, despite the lecherous attention of her temporary boss, an unexpected end to a boating trip and the difficulty of attempting a high speed car chase while driving a 1949 Chevrolet.
| |  | | There for the Taking (Silver and Simm Victorian Mysteries 13)
When a hobby leads to homicide ...
Collecting wild bird eggs seemed like a harmless enough hobby for a Victorian gentleman. But the discovery of some very rare eggs in a Cotswold woodland brings out the worst in two collectors who both want them, regardless of the price they must pay. When the body of a man with a connection to both collectors is found in the forest, clock repairer Jacob Silver and his wife Sarah are reluctantly drawn into helping the police to crack a case where rivalry and obsession have led to murder.
| |  | | Tools of the Trade (Silver and Simm Victorian Mysteries 1)
In 1860s Oxfordshire, two outsiders take center stage in solving a crime.
He’s considered a heretic. She’s a 13-year-old thief. Jacob Silver and Sarah Simm are mistrusted by the residents of their Cotswold market town even before the suspicious death of wealthy factory owner Thomas Martyn – a man with the power to destroy both of them. But a secret night visit, a hidden scandal and a second murder mean that the two outsiders on the fringes of society are now thrust into the spotlight. Can this unlikely duo uncover the truth others have missed – or concealed?
Tools of the Trade is the first book in the Silver and Simm Victorian My | |  | | Uprooted (R&P Labs Mysteries 12)
A tale of ferns, fraud and Floridians...
A simple, lucrative project to grow ferns seems like an attractive proposition for R&P Labs, but that's before Florida botanist Grayson Quayle travels 3,000 miles to attach himself to the lab, bringing with him a pile of unwelcome personal baggage.
The R&P staff would like to see the last of Quayle, but it appears they're not the only ones. When arsenic used in a scientific project is put to an unscientific use, the scientists turned sleuths find themselves involved in another criminal case, with a list of suspects including a wife with a grievance, an investigat | |  | | Word to the Wise (Silver and Simm Victorian Mystery 23)
What happens when good advice is unheeded?
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">When popular shopkeeper Albert Clarke confided that he was thinking of marrying, everyone advised him not to rush into it. After all, he had not even met the object of his affections, simply exchanged letters with her. And now Clarke is embroiled in a murder, where clock repairer Jacob Silver and his wife Sarah must help the police discover old secrets, and keep new ones from being revealed. o:p>/o:p>/span> | |  | | Writing on the Wall (Silver and Simm Victorian Mysteries 3)
A gossip columnist in 1860s Oxford makes one enemy too many.
James Leatheran was found dead at his writing desk with a pen embedded in his throat, an ironic death for a man whose acerbic newspaper column had made him so many enemies. Among the targets of his venom were a wealthy banker, a respected police inspector and a humble clock repairer named Jacob Silver. With libel lawsuits brewing and Leatheran’s family closing ranks, it falls to Jacob and his housemaid Sarah Simm to clear their names and find a murderer who is intent on having the final word.
| |  | | Zukie's Alibi (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 5)
A high school reunion brings back memories -- and some of them are deadly.
Zukie Merlino finds it hard to settle back into her daily routine after the trip of a lifetime, so she’s pleased to receive an invitation to her high school reunion. Not only will it break the boredom, but also give her the chance to confront Sylvia, a woman she’s hated for years. Away from her cousin Lou’s disapproving eyes for once, Zukie is enjoying herself greatly at the reunion, right up to the point where Sylvia’s body is discovered. Zukie knows she’s not the guilty party – but the only way of clearing her name is to provide an alibi she doesn&rsquo | |  | | Zukie's Burglar (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 1)
Breaking into the house next door to Zukie Merlino was only the burglar's first mistake.
Having lost both her husband and her job, Zukie Merlino has time on her hands and a mystery to solve. Night after night, someone is searching the empty house next door, whose elderly owner died following an unusually explosive Fourth of July. A second death in the house brings out all Zukie's detective instincts, and with the help of her reluctant accomplice Lou, she launches her own investigation, using her wits, her wigs and a coffee cake or two.
| |  | | Zukie's Detective (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 4)
A contest to write a slogan for fast food dinners starts off with a bang.
A chance to win $10,000 by writing a fast food slogan seems like a no-brainer to Zukie Merlino, but things go disastrously wrong when one of her co-competitors is murdered at the hotel where they’re all staying for the final round. Confined to quarters but still able to cause chaos, Zukie discovers something nasty in the fish pond, shares her bedroom with a strange man and worst of all, is forced to eat someone else’s cooking.
| |  | | Zukie's Evidence (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 6)
Shopping on Black Friday can be murder ...
A young woman falls to her death in a crowded shopping mall during the Black Friday shopping frenzy. Her family think it must have been a tragic accident. The police suspect it was suicide. But Zukie Merlino believes Mimi Carr was murdered and with the reluctant assistance of her cousin Lou, she sets out to prove it. Will some turkey leftovers, a parking ticket and a pair of high heeled boots be convincing enough evidence?
| |  | | Zukie's Ghost (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 9)
When the past won't stay buried ...
Twenty years ago, Gus Novak committed a crime and fled the country, only to die in the Mexican desert. But Zukie Merlino thinks she's just seen him on a downtown Seattle street, and being perpetually curious, she wants to know what he -- or his ghost -- is doing there. With her cousin Lou temporarily sidelined she's on her own, but whether it's tracking down Novak's ghost or dealing with a more personal crisis, you can count on Zukie to deliver the goods.
'Zukie's Ghost ' was the mystery/suspense category winner in the 2018 eFestival for Words Awards for independent e-books./ | |  | | Zukie's Gift (A Zukie Merlino Mysteries short story)
A Zukie Merlino Mysteries short story for the holiday season...
All kinds of things were donated for St Augustine's Christmas bazaar -- books, second-hand clothes, cookies, murder weapons ...
| |  | | Zukie's Holidays (Zukie Merlino Mysteries Short Stories)
A collection of humorous holiday-related short stories
Holidays are never the same when Zukie Merlino is around. Totally tactless and seriously snoopy, Zukie celebrates her way through the year in this collection of holiday-related short stories. 'Zukie's Holidays' contains six new stories, plus 'Zukie's Witch' and Zukie's Gift,' which were previously published under their individual titles in e-book format. | |  | | Zukie's Promise (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 7)
Someone is taking 'until death us do part' all too literally...
Zukie Merlino's daughter Carol is (finally) getting married, and Zukie has been told in no uncertain terms her role at the wedding is to show up, shut up and keep smiling. That's hard enough, but when a body turns up at the rehearsal, she faces an even tougher challenge. The wedding's in two days, the bride and groom are suspected of murder and everyone involved seems to be hiding a secret. But Zukie has promised herself nothing will ruin Carol's wedding, and Zukie always keeps her promises, no matter whose toes she has to step on along the way.
| |  | | Zukie's Suspect (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 3)
A Canadian corpse, a German shepherd and an Italian family with secrets ...
Everybody liked good-natured Jimmy Battista, so when he died of a heart attack, no one suspected foul play. No one, that is, except his elderly sister-in-law, who confided her suspicions to her niece Zukie. Being seriously snoopy and a magnet for trouble, Zukie is soon up to her multi-colored wigs in a mystery involving Italian relatives, a German shepherd and a Canadian corpse.
| |  | | Zukie's Thief (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 10)
Zukie goes fishing for the solution to a mystery.
The police are chasing a ring of art thieves. The thieves are chasing Zukie Merlino's cousin Lou, who's accidentally interrupted a handover of stolen goods. And Zukie? She's causing chaos as only she can, in between baking lemon meringue pies, thwarting burglaries and trying not to end up as fish food.
| |  | | Zukie's Trail (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 8)
A relaxing vacation turns out to be just the opposite for Zukie and Lou in the eighth mystery in the series...
Most people would jump at the chance of a free, relaxing vacation on a picturesque island, but not Zukie Merlino, to whom 'rest' is a four-letter word. Her mood improves, however, when there's a death at the rustic inn where she's a reluctant guest. Despite the best efforts of her cousin Lou and the local law enforcement officers, Zukie is soon hot on the trail of a murderer, a task that sees her commandeering the inn's kitchen, stealing a boat and getting a lot closer to the great outdoors than she ever anticipated.
| |  | | Zukie's Witch (A Zukie Merlino Mysteries short story)
A Halloween-themed short story from the Zukie Merlino Mysteries series
'Trick or Treat" takes on a whole new meaning when Zukie Merlino is at the door in this short story for the Halloween season.
| |  | | Zukie's Witness (Zukie Merlino Mysteries 2)
Olive oil, salami, Italian bread and murder -- you'll find them all at Colonna's Deli.
Teenager Austin Barrett made a big mistake when he tried to mug Zukie Merlino, but now he’s on the run after witnessing a murder and he needs her help. And why not? Whether it’s helping her friends at the delicatessen to corner an olive oil shoplifter or tracking down a killer who seems to have vanished into thin air, Zukie is always willing to put her pasta e fagioli on the back burner and apply her detective skills to solving a mystery.
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