Summaries are from the publisher's website.
Never Come Back by David Bell (NAL trade paperback, 1 October 2013).
Elizabeth Hampton is consumed by grief when her mother dies unexpectedly. Leslie Hampton cared for Elizabeth’s troubled brother Ronnie’s special needs, assuming Elizabeth would take him in when the time came. But Leslie’s sudden death propels Elizabeth into a world of danger and double lives that undoes everything she thought she knew....
When police discover that Leslie was strangled, they immediately suspect that one of Ronnie’s outbursts took a tragic turn. Elizabeth can’t believe that her brother is capable of murder, but who else could have had a motive to kill their quiet, retired mother?
More questions arise when a stranger is named in Leslie’s will: a woman also named Elizabeth. As the family’s secrets unravel, a man from Leslie’s past who claims to have all the answers shows up, but those answers might put Elizabeth and those she loves the most in mortal danger.
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The Chocolate Book Bandit (Chocoholic Mystery #13) by JoAnna Carl (Obsidian hardcover, 1 October 2013).
Running TenHuis Chocolade keeps Lee McKinney Woodyard busy enough, but
now she’s been offered two different positions in the town of Warner
Pier—one on the tourism committee and another on the library board. To
decide between the two, she goes to Warner Pier’s historic library to
check out the board’s monthly meeting.
As usual, rumors are flying through the small town—this time, they’re about the rugged new library director, Henry “Butch” Cassidy, and the changes he allegedly plans to make. Butch is indeed attractive—but Lee doesn’t get a chance to find out about his proposed changes. A few minutes into the meeting, the discussion is interrupted by the terrified screams of the library clerk.
She has discovered the lifeless body of Abigail VanRoostock, a prim and proper retiring member of the board, crumpled in a heap at the bottom of the basement stairs. Suddenly, everyone in attendance, including Lee, is suspected in her murder. And as Lee finds out, they’ve all got something to hide…
As usual, rumors are flying through the small town—this time, they’re about the rugged new library director, Henry “Butch” Cassidy, and the changes he allegedly plans to make. Butch is indeed attractive—but Lee doesn’t get a chance to find out about his proposed changes. A few minutes into the meeting, the discussion is interrupted by the terrified screams of the library clerk.
She has discovered the lifeless body of Abigail VanRoostock, a prim and proper retiring member of the board, crumpled in a heap at the bottom of the basement stairs. Suddenly, everyone in attendance, including Lee, is suspected in her murder. And as Lee finds out, they’ve all got something to hide…
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Gilt Trip (Scrapbooking Mystery #11) by Laura Childs w. Diana Orgain (Berkley Prime Crime hardcover, 1 October 2013).
Louisiana businessman Jerry Earl Leland served only a fraction of his
five-year sentence for white-collar crime, thanks to some political
connections and a few greased palms. But he won’t have long to enjoy his
freedom…
After Jerry Earl’s early release, his wife, Margo—a much-married Garden
District doyenne—throws an extravagant Get Out of Jail Free Party,
complete with a Zydeco band, champagne ice luge, and waiters in ties and
tails. The guest list includes many prominent New Orleans socialites,
as well as scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand and her best friend,
Ava Gruiex. But sometime during the swirl of partying and drinking,
Jerry Earl is brutally murdered—then stuffed inside a clothes dryer.
Carmela has earned a reputation around town for solving murders, and when the grieving widow turns to her for help, she can’t say no. As she sorts through Jerry Earl’s dirty laundry, she needs to collar the killer before another victim is set to tumble dry…
Carmela has earned a reputation around town for solving murders, and when the grieving widow turns to her for help, she can’t say no. As she sorts through Jerry Earl’s dirty laundry, she needs to collar the killer before another victim is set to tumble dry…
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Ghost Gone Wild (Bailey Ruth #4) by Carolyn Hart (Berkley Prime Crime hardcover, 1 October 2013).
Bailey Ruth loves to return to earth as an emissary from Heaven’s
Department of Good Intentions. Problem is, she’s a bit of a loose cannon
as far as ghosts go—forgetting to remain invisible, alarming earthly
creatures—so she’s far from the top of department head Wiggins’s go-to
list for assignments.
That’s why she’s surprised when the Heaven-sent Rescue Express drops her off at a frame house on the outskirts of her old hometown, Adelaide, Oklahoma, where a young man is playing the drums. What kind of rescuing does he need—drum lessons? But when a window cracks and a rifle barrel is thrust inside, only Bailey Ruth’s hasty intervention saves Nick Magruder from taking a bullet. When she materializes to reassure him, she finds she can’t go back to vanishing. What gives?
It turns out she’s been tricked by Nick’s late aunt—Delilah Delahunt Duvall—to come to the young man’s rescue, which means she isn’t back on earth in service of the department. Wiggins has no idea where she is—and now she may be trapped in Adelaide forever. Unless she can help Aunt Dee snare the person who wants her nephew dead…
That’s why she’s surprised when the Heaven-sent Rescue Express drops her off at a frame house on the outskirts of her old hometown, Adelaide, Oklahoma, where a young man is playing the drums. What kind of rescuing does he need—drum lessons? But when a window cracks and a rifle barrel is thrust inside, only Bailey Ruth’s hasty intervention saves Nick Magruder from taking a bullet. When she materializes to reassure him, she finds she can’t go back to vanishing. What gives?
It turns out she’s been tricked by Nick’s late aunt—Delilah Delahunt Duvall—to come to the young man’s rescue, which means she isn’t back on earth in service of the department. Wiggins has no idea where she is—and now she may be trapped in Adelaide forever. Unless she can help Aunt Dee snare the person who wants her nephew dead…
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