Kathleen Marple Kalb

An Ella Shane Mystery

1 - A Fatal Finale (Apr-2020)
2 - A Fatal First Night (May-2021)
3 - A Fatal Overture (Apr-2022)

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  A Fatal Finale
  

  • Apr-2020
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  An Ella Shane Mystery - 1
  

  On the cusp of the twentieth century, Manhattan is a lively metropolis buzzing with talent. But after a young soprano meets an untimely end on stage, can one go-getting leading lady hit the right notes in a case of murder? New York City, 1899. Wh...

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  A Fatal First Night
  

  • May-2021
  • / Historical Mystery
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  An Ella Shane Mystery - 2
  

  It’s easy to be overlooked in Gilded Age Manhattan, but the Ella Shane Opera Company’s latest premier manages to attract adoring crowds, rave reviews, and a killer who’s a real showstopper!  New York City, Fall 1899. Ahead-of-her-time colo...

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  A Fatal Overture
  

  • Apr-2022
  • / Historical Mystery
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  An Ella Shane Mystery - 3
  

  During the first winter of the twentieth century, Gilded Age trouser diva Ella Shane refuses to dim the lights on her dazzling show business career for marriage -- even to a dashing British duke. But the versatile mezzo-soprano may have to put it all...

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  The Stuff of Murder
  

  • Nov-2023
  • / Mystery
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  When Hollywood comes to small-town Connecticut, it should be the stuff of dreams-but when a fading movie star ends up dead, a whole different kind of stuff hits the fan.  Unity Historical Society head and antique household items-stuff!-expe...

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  The Custodian of the Body
  

  • / Police Procedural
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  A new widow, Christian Shaw, stumbles on a murder while planning her husband's funeral, and ends up using her unique expertise as a historian to help catch the killer. The title, and key phrase, stuck in the author's mind when she was making fin...

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