A Precarious Homecoming (Book 1)What happens when an Army Corps Signal Corps operator returns home from the Great War determined to save her family resort and get her life back to normal? She finds the body of a neighbor and becomes involved in the murder investigation, much to the dismay of the town constable, her childhood friend and girlhood crush. But Jax Hasting's job is on the line, so he needs all the help he can get. As Bella and Jax probe the case, they navigate precarious...

A Fatal Reunion (Book 5)Bella and her best friend Ida join girlfriends for a remote island getaway. When a storm wreaks havoc, the group is stranded. After one young woman dies under suspicious circumstances, Bella and Ida investigate. Jax Hastings—now a Prohibition agent—soon arrives on the island and joins the pair in unraveling the cause of a fatal reunion.A Surreptitious Undertaking (Book 6)When shell-shocked veterans disappear ...

In books 7-9, Doro and Ev continue their sleuthing adventures while looking forward to a shared future. But challenges arise in their investigations and in life.

Months after arriving home from her service as a United States Army Signal Corps operator in the Great War, Bella is determined to save her family's resort and boost her hometown, both of which are in dire straits. Opening day of the summer season begins with optimism but ends with a murdered guest. Eager to solve the crime quickly and avoid negative publicity, Bella again volunteers to help Constable Jackson Hastings, her dead brother Matt's best friend and former comrade-in-arms, investi...

Travel back to small-town America during the Roaring Twenties and join Doro Banyon, college librarian and amateur sleuth, as she sets her sights on solving another murder.As the fall semester ends, Doro's hands are full as a professor, librarian, and volunteer. She looks forward to planning and celebrating her hometown's annual Christmas festivities, but her enthusiasm is tested when the chairwoman's dictatorial ways create dissension among the committee members. D...

College librarian Doro Banyon turns amateur sleuth to solve a series of whodunits in small-town America during the Roaring Twenties. She is joined by her best friend and two local lawmen. Dashes of romance, drama, and humor mesh with authentic historical details in these standalone mysteries.

Arabella Stewart and her best friend, Ida Byington, look forward to a long weekend with college girlfriends on a remote Lake Erie island. Bootlegged booze and hidden grievances soon shatter the peace. When a gale knocks out electricity and telephone service, the women become stranded. After one dies, Bella's suspicions increase. Who is responsible?Jax Hastings, now a Prohibition agent, returns home to see Bella, only to find her away. When he and Griff Biggins, Ida's beau, try to r...

Journey back to the Roaring Twenties in small-town America and join Doro Banyon, college librarian and armchair detective, as she confronts another mystery.Spring is in the air, and Doro is looking forward to her hometown's May Day celebration. When her friend Aggie wins the baking contest, their celebration is short-lived because the two local lawmen—judges for the competition—fall ill after consuming extra portions of Aggie's jam roll. Rumors run rampant, especia...

After returning home from her service as a United States Army Signal Corps operator in the Great War, Arabella Stewart's goal, to save her family's resort, seems within reach as the summer season progresses. She and her business partner, Mac MacLendon, look forward to re-establishing a successful championship golf tournament, once the signature event of the resort's year. Problems arise when one of the contestants, an overbearing snob who has created problems at other competitions, clashes...

When Signal Corps veteran Arabella Stewart returns home from the Great War, she finds more than memories waiting for her: the family resort is crumbling, the town is struggling, and crime is increasing. In the midst of these challenges, Constable Jax Hastings, is barely holding onto his badge while wrestling with guilt over the death of his best friend Matt, Bella's big brother, in the trenches. As they partner to investigate eight mysteries, Bella and Jax discover that solving crimes migh...

In small-town, Prohibition Era America, murder lurks beyond the library stacks.Continue following college librarian and amateur sleuth Doro Banyon through three absorbing cozy mysteries set amidst intrigue, danger, and the shifting social landscape of the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.From a stranded train with a killer onboard, to a dead bootlegger and a speakeasy shootout, to a campus celebration hampered by theft and death, Doro relies on her shrewd insight, ...

What happens when Arabella Stewart's sweetheart, Jax Hastings, is blackmailed and framed for murder? Bella must overcome old doubts to keep him out of the electric chair.As the Christmas season approaches, Arabella Stewart feels more festive than she has since before the Great War. Not only is her family resort flourishing, she and Constable Jax Hastings are finally courting. The future looks bright until Celeste Bouchard, a former French nurse, comes to town claim...