Nancy Pickard
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One beautiful summer afternoon, from her bedroom window on the second floor, Jody Linder is unnerved to see her three uncles parking their pickups in front of her parents' house. "What is this fearsome thing I see?" the young high school English teacher whispers, mimicking Shakespeare. Polished boots, pressed jeans, fresh white shirts, Stetsons- her uncles' suspiciously clean visiting clothes are a disturbing sign. The three bring shocking news: Billy...
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Cold case, indeed: a blizzard with too many parallels to a long-ago storm shocks 33-year-old Abby Reynolds into unraveling the mystery behind a 17-year-old homicide. The unidentified young woman found bloodied and naked in the snow has literally haunted the small Kansas town ever since, her unmarked grave emitting a miraculous glow. The secret begins to peel away when Abby realizes that the stories told about that night don't quite ring true. As she...
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Marie Lightfoot novels volume 3
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When the first e-mail arrives it seems like a joke: A man writes that he loves Marie's work and wants her to collaborate with him by becoming his victim and writing a book about her own murder right up to the moment of her death. If she doesn't cooperate, he promises, he will hurt someone close to her. Marie is merely unsettled until more threatening E-mails arrive and the young children of her lover, State Attorney Franklin DeWeese, become targets...
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Jenny Cain mysteries volume 1
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Someone murdered two of the local art museum's most wealthy donors, and hinted that Jenny Cain, head of the Port Frederick Civic Foundation, would be next.
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Marie Lightfoot novels volume 1
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[2000]
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True-crime writer Marie Lightfoot's next book is based on the case of a charming minister's love affair with a beautiful, wealthy member of his church which ended with the murder of his wife. The accused now sits on death row, while his lover is free. Marie senses there is more to this story, and the case's disturbing twists teach Marie that underestimating the criminal mind can be deadly.
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Eugenia Potter mysteries volume 4
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[1993]
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When one of her guests dies after eating her twenty-seven ingredient chili con carne, Eugenia Potter makes it her quest to find the person or persons who added a twenty-eighth--and fatal--ingredient to the recipe.
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Marie Lightfoot novels volume 2
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Sex, violence, evil, and betrayal - the shocking murder case splashed across the Florida headlines has all the right elements for true-crime writer Marie Lightfoot's next bestseller. And tell the tale she does in a book that reveals the secrets of a love affair gone fatally wrong. But there are disturbing twists, which leave Marie sensing in her gut that something does not jibe.
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Jenny Cain mysteries volume 9
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[1994]
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In Massachusetts, Jenny Cain's husband, a police officer, receives a visit from a boy claiming to be his son by a high school classmate. The boy asks that his mother's death be re-examined as he thinks she was murdered. The case puts a strain on Jenny's marriage. By the author of But I Wouldn't Want to Die There.
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Jenny Cain mysteries volume 8
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[1993]
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Jenny heads for New York to temporarily take over the position as director of the Hart Foundation after her good friend Carol Margolis has been murdered. As Jenny picks up the threads of her friend's life, she finds that almost everyone Carol knew had, if not a motive to kill, at least a grudge.
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Eugenia Potter mysteries volume 5
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[1998]
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PI Eugenia Potter, the 60-something Arizona rancher, signs up for an archeological hike in Colorado and becomes involved in the hunt for a killer. She suspects it is one of the hikers. Lots of Indian lore.
13) Twilight
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Jenny Cain mysteries volume 10
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[1995]
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"Set amid the coziest of New England traditions, a festival on the town common, Twilight drives deep into the darkness of the loves, fears, and hatreds that motivate us all - sometimes even to murder."--BOOK JACKET. "The fortunes of the Port Frederick, Massachusetts, community are riding on the upcoming Autumn Festival, sponsored by The Judy Foundation: founder and director, Jenny Cain. As if running a fair on Halloween weekend for almost 15,000 people...
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Jenny Cain mysteries volume 9
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c1994
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Jenny's marriage to Geof Bushfield is changed forever when teenaged David Mayer appears at their door. David is attempting to clear his deceased adoptive father of a murder/suicide charge; in the process, he reveals that Geof is his biological father.
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Jenny Cain mysteries volume 5
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c1988
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Jenny Cain and Geof Bushfield search for a murderer while trying to close a real estate deal.