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...

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

Fresh from their joyous wedding weekend, college librarian Doro Banyon and federal agent Ev Mallow set out for their long-anticipated honeymoon in Florida. They are barely out of town when their plans derail as a speeding car filled with masked men nearly run them off the road. The couple returns to town to alert the constable, Ev's best friend, only to find the man bleeding on the steps of the bank. Since the robbery is one in a string of local heists, Ev is thrust into the temporary role...

From college library director and amateur sleuth to undercover copper. Doro puts on a new hat to exonerate herself!College librarian Doro Banyon's dream job turns into a nightmare when her surly new secretary is found shot—soon after their heated confrontation. Suspended and suspected, Doro needs a miracle—a miracle that comes in the form of her fiancé Ev, now back with the Prohibition Bureau and investigating a bootlegging ring with ties to the victim and...

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...

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 a sanatorium for shell-shocked soldiers of the Great War comes under scrutiny for nefarious activity? Amateur sleuth Arabella Stewart once again investigates.When patients disappear and die at a remote hospital, Bella joins Jax Hastings, her childhood friend and potential suitor, in digging for evidence. The receptionist going missing adds to the urgency. Past cases have put the pair in harm's way, but this time, they are in more danger than ever ...

With the Roaring Twenties in the rearview mirror, life in small-town America begins to change, but Doro Banyon, amateur sleuth and college librarian, still has her hands full.

A Roaring Twenties closed-room train mystery and another whodunit for Doro Banyon.After spending the summer with her parents in Colorado, Doro, college librarian and amateur sleuth, plans to enjoy a luxurious respite in posh surroundings on the train trip home. Traveling with her best friend and her grandmother adds to her enthusiasm until an accident occurs, and part of the train must be left behind. Hours later, a passenger who has crossed swords with several oth...