Deadly Diversions — Charlotte Phillips

Solve a mystery today! A Glint of Death by Sally Love: Trudi Sturgess delights in collecting Early American Pattern Glass made in the late 1800's-1920's. The annual glass show seems to be the only pleasure in a life controlled by an angry, self-absorbed husband. When her husband forbids her to attend the show, Trudi finds courage she never knew she possessed. The Detective's Last Case by Mark H. Phillips: If the Detective fails on his final case a husband will lose his wife forever. Is there any hope when the Detective's search leads only to the bottom of a bottle? Cold Hard Cache by Bridget P. Haines: Sister Mike Lassiter is not your ordinary nun. While traveling through Texas, she finds a sinister present in a geocache, and is led on a macabre mystery with historical ties. A Boot-Scootin' Barfly's Tale by Cash Anthony: When an elderly B&B proprietor (whose main pastimes are dancing and drinking) withdraws all her money and hands it over to a "detective" at her bank, biker-sleuth Jessie Carr and her partner Beau Marsberg must puzzle out the logic of what's true and what's false. The Persistent Professor by Natasha Storfer and Becky Hogeland: While on the run, the unlikely team of Muckraker Mary and Professor Joe receive an unexpected call from cyberspace. An old friend's cry for help in solving the mystery behind disappearing college students leads them to a harrowing encounter on the harsh, humid Texas border. Stamp Collecting Gone Bad by Mark H. Phillips: An Eva Baum story from a new perspective. A tween becomes trapped in a web of lies and crime. Who knew that stamp collecting could go so hideously wrong? The Ranger's Triple Play by Cash Anthony: Beau Marsberg, retired Texas Ranger and partner of secret Avenging Angel Jessie Carr, takes a day off to visit Minute Maid Ballpark. As the Astros keep the fans hanging, waiting for a win, he discovers a different game-Three-Card Monte-in a concourse restaurant. A mark nearly loses his shirt before Beau can stop a team of con men intent on stealing more than second base. A Shot of Courage by Laura Elvebak: Niki Alexander, the counselor at a teen shelter, is confronted by a teenager who insists that the shot glass in her mailbox was a message sent by her mother, missing for the past three years. Without a return address or name, the only clue is an Austin gift shop sticker on the glass. Niki joins the troubled girl to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother, and discover why her father refused to speak of her. Chivalry is Dead by Bridget P. Haines: Private Investigator Eleanor Wickham takes on a stalker case that leads her to the Texas Renaissance Festival. Keeping up with a Queen proves more difficult than she imagined.