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Irregardless of Murder
Book 1
Amelia Prentice, fortyish high school English teacher, trips over a corpse in the public library. Now her cozy small town life in the Adirondacks will never be the same.
Amelia (whose pet peeve is the non-word irregardless) returns to school, only to learn: This death was no accident and she’s a murder suspect. The victim’s mother disappears; friend Lily is thrown overboard from the Lake Champlain ferryboat, a mysterious millionaire wants to buy Amelia’s house, the school nurse is viciously attacked and Amelia’s old beau Gil seems interested again. And, of course, there’s the Lake Champlain monster. It will take all Amelia’s wisdom, humor and faith to figure out what’s going on.
If she survives . . .
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
ISBN 978-1-936438-18-1
Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5", 340 pp.
$15.99
Book 1
Amelia Prentice, fortyish high school English teacher, trips over a corpse in the public library. Now her cozy small town life in the Adirondacks will never be the same.
Amelia (whose pet peeve is the non-word irregardless) returns to school, only to learn: This death was no accident and she’s a murder suspect. The victim’s mother disappears; friend Lily is thrown overboard from the Lake Champlain ferryboat, a mysterious millionaire wants to buy Amelia’s house, the school nurse is viciously attacked and Amelia’s old beau Gil seems interested again. And, of course, there’s the Lake Champlain monster. It will take all Amelia’s wisdom, humor and faith to figure out what’s going on.
If she survives . . .
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
ISBN 978-1-936438-18-1
Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5", 340 pp.
$15.99

Death Dangles a Participle
Book 2
Winter can be harsh in the North Country.
When the reckless teenaged Rousseau brothers, J.T. and Dustin, attempt to cross a frozen Lake Champlain in their ancient VW, what they find plunges them into hot water, not cold. Their guilt in a brutal murder is obvious to everyone except English teacher Amelia Prentice Dickensen, freshly returned from her honeymoon with new husband Gil, who is determined to find the clue that will prove them innocent: a single bullet.
Despite a falling out with best friend Lily, parents irate over a low grade, a missing cat, and a strange illness that strikes when least expected, Amelia is determined to find the truth. Unless she is frozen out by an equally determined murderer . . .
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
ISBN 978-1-936438-25-9
Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5", 340 pp.
$15.99
Book 2
Winter can be harsh in the North Country.
When the reckless teenaged Rousseau brothers, J.T. and Dustin, attempt to cross a frozen Lake Champlain in their ancient VW, what they find plunges them into hot water, not cold. Their guilt in a brutal murder is obvious to everyone except English teacher Amelia Prentice Dickensen, freshly returned from her honeymoon with new husband Gil, who is determined to find the clue that will prove them innocent: a single bullet.
Despite a falling out with best friend Lily, parents irate over a low grade, a missing cat, and a strange illness that strikes when least expected, Amelia is determined to find the truth. Unless she is frozen out by an equally determined murderer . . .
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
ISBN 978-1-936438-25-9
Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5", 340 pp.
$15.99

Murder in the Past Tense
Book 3
INSPY Book of the Year Award Nominee!
It’s summer, and Amelia is a lady in waiting. When she happens on a familiar face in a tabloid newspaper, she and Gil reminisce about another summer, long, long ago when they were teens, working with a summer stock company.
There was drama that summer, along with romance. And danger. Though much has changed over the years, the danger is still there.
Who killed Danny? Did they also kill Janey? What does it all have to do with an Adirondack hermit?
And will Amelia uncover the killer's identity before she finds herself playing a death scene?
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
ISBN 978-1-936438-37-2
Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5", 340 pp.
$15.99
Book 3
INSPY Book of the Year Award Nominee!
It’s summer, and Amelia is a lady in waiting. When she happens on a familiar face in a tabloid newspaper, she and Gil reminisce about another summer, long, long ago when they were teens, working with a summer stock company.
There was drama that summer, along with romance. And danger. Though much has changed over the years, the danger is still there.
Who killed Danny? Did they also kill Janey? What does it all have to do with an Adirondack hermit?
And will Amelia uncover the killer's identity before she finds herself playing a death scene?
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
ISBN 978-1-936438-37-2
Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5", 340 pp.
$15.99

Incomplete Sentence
Book 4
Gregory Rasmussen, known as the Rasputin Killer, never served the sentence handed down in absentia for a particularly brutal murder. He has eluded the law for years, but he is now believed to be in the North Country.
When a resident is murdered at the local retirement home, speculation about the killer’s identity fills the headlines. Then another victim is found at Chez Prentice itself.
Trapped in her snowbound B&B with elderly new friend Hugh Channing, father of the first victim, and her baby, Janet, Amelia Prentice Dickensen and her staff are asking themselves: Where is the murderer? Is he really the Rasputin Killer? Could one of their guests be the infamous psychopath, known for his power to charm and his fine singing voice?
Will publicity surrounding the discovery of a dead body in the basement put the B&B out of business?
Interspersed with humor and local Adirondack color, Amelia’s latest murder case is especially chilling.
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
ISBN 978-1-936438-18-1
Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5"
$15.99
Book 4
Gregory Rasmussen, known as the Rasputin Killer, never served the sentence handed down in absentia for a particularly brutal murder. He has eluded the law for years, but he is now believed to be in the North Country.
When a resident is murdered at the local retirement home, speculation about the killer’s identity fills the headlines. Then another victim is found at Chez Prentice itself.
Trapped in her snowbound B&B with elderly new friend Hugh Channing, father of the first victim, and her baby, Janet, Amelia Prentice Dickensen and her staff are asking themselves: Where is the murderer? Is he really the Rasputin Killer? Could one of their guests be the infamous psychopath, known for his power to charm and his fine singing voice?
Will publicity surrounding the discovery of a dead body in the basement put the B&B out of business?
Interspersed with humor and local Adirondack color, Amelia’s latest murder case is especially chilling.
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
ISBN 978-1-936438-18-1
Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5"
$15.99