Death, Bones, and Stately Homes — Valerie S. Malmont

Tori Miracle is not a popular newcomer to the small Pennsylvania town of Lickin Creek. Her past -- complete with mishaps and murder -- precedes her. Nonetheless, she perseveres, volunteering to help with the annual house tour.

The town's most stately home offers up a surprise skeleton when a tuxedo-clad set of bones is found in the springhouse of historic Morgan Manor. The body turns out to be that of a groom forty years late for his own wedding. But where is the bride?

The couple, Rodney Mellott and Emily Rakestraw, both teachers at the local high school, disappeared four decades earlier -- presumably eloping. What ended this fatal attraction, and what are members of the community so desperate to hide? Tori uncovers a crime of perverse secrets that must be kept hidden at any cost, and unfortunately may include her own untimely demise.