GO, LOVELY ROSEThey find Mrs. Henshaw at the bottom of the cellar stairs with her neck broken. Everyone assumes she has fallen. But when Rose’s sister appears on the scene, she immediately begins to cry murder. And she’s right! Young Hartley is t...
HOME IS THE PRISONERJim Singley has served his time. Accused of killing his business partner, he left a lot of bad feelings in Athena -- but now he’s back. Back to a wife who hates him, a son who has been raised to despise him, and a town full of f...
THE ONLY GOOD SECRETARYWhen Louise gets to magazine office on Monday morning, she discovers that someone has murdered Fern Villard, the only good secretary that editor High Dudgeon has ever had. High on the list of suspects is Max Sutter. He and Fern...
THE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRSWhen Enid Baxter runs into her old lover, Vic, she has a premonition that he is going to murder her. She shares this thought with her neighbor Martin but swears him to secrecy. So when Enid is found stabbed to death in her ...
THE DIEHARDLew Morgan is a well-hated man. His friends and family would be happy if he just died. Grover, who runs the general store, is one of his oldest friends. But Lew, as owner of the local bank, doesn't intend to give Grover another loan. His s...
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICEWhen Evan returns to his Midwestern home from life in the city, he finds that nothing much has changed. Everyone's a little bit older, and they still talk about the weather. But though no one wants to be the first to bring it u...