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 ...

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.

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

A local bootlegger killed. Doro's would-be sweetheart undercover to investigate. And Doro searching for him when he disappears.Doro Banyon, college librarian and amateur sleuth, is excited to step out with Everett Mallow, campus security officer and deputy town constable, on their first date. The perfect evening ends on a sour note when a local bootlegger is murdered and his wife disappears. That leads to Ev temporarily returning to the Prohibition Bureau, where he...