A New York Times Best Crime Novel of the YearThe first book in the Nanette Hayes Mystery series introduces us to jazz-loving, street busker Nanette, whose love life leads her into some very hot water.Nan’s day is not off to a good start. Her on-aga...
WHEN BOHO SLEUTH MEETS THE HOT LIFE, IT'S MURDER ON THE DOWN LOW... She's "the most charismatic crime fiction heroine to appear in the last decade," a jazz-playing, freewheeling sleuth with a knack for living cool...and landing in hot water. She's...
A New York Times Best Crime Novel of the YearIn the third book in the Nanette Hayes Mystery series, Nan finds a voodoo doll is bringing her some much needed luck...until the doll's maker is murdered and Nan is dragged into the investigation.Nanette i...
Walking Bones is an American love story cast in deepest noir. It's the story of a black woman named Nettie who had come to New York to be a model but grew too big and ended up as a designer. One night in a bar Nettie meets a man, a white man named...
From the acclaimed author of the Nanette Hayes mystery novels comes a thrilling new series featuring an unforgettable trio of sleuths. By turns gritty and gracefully written, Jackson Park is a compelling novel of noir suspense--a fast-paced page-turn...
Old Winchell Manor on top of Arrowhead Hill has been abandoned for more than a century. Abigail Stanton knows there have been strange doings up at the house, yet she scoffs at the notion that it is haunted. When the town decides to demolish the house...
On a Saturday morning horseback ride to Wayfarer Point, Abigail Stanton and Bobby McDonald spot a bright green shape on the rocks. Closer inspection reveals an injured young woman in a turn-of-the-century dress. When the stranger finally comes to at ...
When Wayfarer Point Lighthouse goes dark, several near-misses with oil tankers lead to fear that an environmental emergency is just around the bend. But why is the faithful lighthouse going dim at suspicious times? The investigation uncovers a host o...
When fires in the San Juan Islands threaten the natural landscape, Abby is determined to find their source. Could they be the result of arsen? As the path of destruction grows, the flames put many in grave danger, and a sweet-scented clue, a suspicio...
On a gray winter’s day on Sparrow Island, Abby’s sister Mary is awakened from an afternoon nap by a ringing telephone that she doesn't reach in time. Minutes later someone breaks into her home! Upon seeing Mary and her dog Finnegan, the intruder ...
Kate is working in her garden on a splendid Tennessee day when she is approached by a teenager in desperate need of work. Kate’s heart goes out to the girl, Megan Maddock, who looks the worse for wear with her torn jeans, stringy hair and dirty fac...
It’s only been several months since the hospital was rescued from financial disaster, so why is receiving yet another dreaded memo? Unfortunately, the hospital isn’t completely out of the red yet: This time, to address budget deficits, the staff ...
A Chance To Give Back Sarah Barkley has come to Sweet Grass Valley, Montana, with a mission in mind. Ever since her heart transplant, she's wanted to secretly help the family of the woman whose heart saved her life. And with two motherless children ...
Back in Potter Creek, Montana, to help her ailing aunt, Melinda Spencer reopens Aunt Martha's knitting shop. She's hoping for purpose and much-needed work. But she never expects to encounter stubborn cowboy Daniel O'Brien. He is nothing like Melinda ...
Christmas is right around the corner, and everyone is getting into the spirit. Anabelle Scott assumes her daughter Ainslee, son-in-law Doug, and their newborn Lindsay Belle will be spending Christmas with her -- that is until Ainslee’s in-laws anno...
Single mom Ellie James has returned to Montana for a fresh start and a new job at a local school. She sure could use the support of hometown rancher Arnie O'Brien, especially when she faces the opportunity to step up as director. But this cowboy stil...
When a blizzard hits Deerford, James Bell vows to do whatever it takes to save a patient’s life, even travel the treacherous roads to retrieve an organ for a transplant. Word begins to spread that he’s a shoo-in for an upcoming promotion -- that ...
A fresh start for her troubled daughter -- that's what widow Janelle Townsend wants to find in Bear Lake, Montana. The five-year-old girl hasn't spoken a word in months. But when the family of two meets widower Adam Hunter and his kind daughter, Jane...
Where The Heart Leads Staying in one place was never Nick Carbini's plan. When his troubled past leads him to Bear Lake, Montana, single mom Alisa Machak makes him consider putting down roots. Alisa doesn't have a problem letting Nick work in he...
Big Sky vs. Big City With a high-flying career in the big city, Paige Barclay rarely finds her way back to the homestead in Bear Lake, Montana. But then a terrible accident leaves Paige in charge of her orphaned nephew. She's prepared to take Brya...
Family Blessings Chase Rollins has much to be grateful for. A new home, a new career running the Fluff & Stuff pet store and new friends. But he could have so much more. Lovely bookstore clerk Vivian Duncan just might be the perfect wife. But wh...
A curse rolls out over centuries, murky and unknowable as swamp waters, shaping and destroying lives.Sarah Toomey is a successful young black lawyer, lovely but straitlacedâ€" and afraid that she is losing her mind. Since the death of her mother, a f...