Sunday, September 01, 2013

Firsts on the 1st: New Series Characters Being Introduced in September 2013 Hardcover Mysteries

Mystery Books for September 2013 featuring New Series Characters

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books recently updated its list of September 2013 hardcover mysteries as well as shelved new September paperbacks on The Mystery Bookshelf.

In this series of monthly posts, which we call Firsts on the 1st, we're introducing readers to new series characters who will make their mysterious American debut in print during September.

And this month, because there are so many new first-in-series titles, we're splitting our post into three: hardcovers, trade paperbacks, and mass market paperbacks. This post will cover new hardcovers.

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The Red Queen Dies by Frankie Y. Bailey
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Title: The Red Queen Dies
Author: Frankie Y. Bailey
Series Character: Hannah McCabe
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Hannah McCabe is a police detective in this fantasy crime series.

Her first case: The year is 2019, and a drug used to treat soldiers for post-traumatic stress disorder, nicknamed "Lullaby," has hit the streets. Swallowing a little pill erases traumatic memories, but what happens to a criminal trial when the star witness takes a pill and can't remember the crime? When two women are murdered in quick succession, biracial police detective Hannah McCabe is charged with solving the case. In spite of the advanced technology, including a city-wide surveillance program, a third woman is soon killed, and the police begin to suspect that a serial killer is on the loose. But the third victim, a Broadway actress known as "The Red Queen", doesn't fit the pattern set by the first two murders.

With the late September heat sizzling, Detective Hannah McCabe and her colleagues on the police force have to race to find the killer in a tangled web of clues that involve Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and Abraham Lincoln's assassination.

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The Missing Heiress by Karen Charlton
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Title: The Missing Heiress
Author: Karen Charlton
Series Character: Stephen Lavender
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Stephen Lavender is a police detective in early 19th century Northumberland.

His first case: November 1809. A menacing figure stalks women through Hareshaw Woods. When Helen Carnaby, a beautiful young heiress, disappears from her locked bedchamber, everyone fears the worst. The townsfolk cry "witchcraft" and the local constabulary are baffled. Detective Stephen Lavender and Constable Woods now face their toughest and most dangerous assignment.

Lavender and Woods are alarmed to discover a sinister, murderous world of madness, violence, and secrets lurking behind the heavy oak door of the ancient pele tower at Linn Hagh. Why did Helen Carnaby flee on that wintry October night? Hindered by Helen's uncooperative siblings, distracted by gypsies, rebellious farmers, highwaymen, and an attractive and feisty Spanish senora, Helen Carnaby's disappearance is to prove one of the most perplexing mysteries of Lavender's career.

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The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter and J. T. Ellison
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Title: The Final Cut
Author: Catherine Coulter and J. T. Ellison
Series Character: Nicholas Drummond
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: A spin-off of the Coulter's FBI Suspense series, US-born, UK-raised Nicholas Drummond is a Chief Inspector with Scotland Yard.

Her first case: Nicholas Drummond is on the first flight to New York when he learns his colleague, Elaine York, the "minder" of the Crown Jewels for the "Jewel of the Lion" exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was found murdered. Then the centerpiece of the exhibit, the infamous Koh-i-Noor Diamond, is stolen from the Queen Mother's crown. Drummond, American-born but raised in the UK, is a dark, dangerous, fast-rising star in the Yard who never backs down. And this case is no exception.

Special Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich don't hesitate to help Drummond find the cunning international thief known as the Fox. Nonstop action and high stakes intensify as the chase gets deadly. The Fox will stop at nothing to deliver the Koh-i-Noor to the man who believes in its deadly prophecy. Nicholas Drummond, along with his partner, FBI Special Agent Mike Caine, lay it on the line to retrieve the diamond for Queen and country.

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Matters of Doubt by Warren C. Easley
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Title: Matters of Doubt
Author: Warren C. Easley
Series Character: Cal Claxton
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Once a hard-charging L.A. prosecutor, Cal Claxton now lives in solitude in an old farmhouse overlooking the Oregon wine country.

His first case: Cal Claxton is determined to reinvent himself as a small town lawyer in the aftermath of his wife's suicide. When a scruffy, tattooed kid shows up asking for help in solving his mother's cold case murder, Cal wants to say no: times are tough, and he's no private eye, anyway. But the kid, who calls himself Picasso, has ridden a bike all the way from Portland in the rain, and something about his determination touches Cal.

It turns out Picasso is homeless, joining the legions of kids who are drawn to Portland's Old Town. He is also a gifted artist painting a mural on the side of a health clinic operated by an idealistic doctor named Anna. Things take an ugly turn when Picasso is charged with the murder of a prominent Portland businessman. The evidence against him is overwhelming, but, at Anna's urging, Cal steps in to defend Picasso. Suddenly Cal finds himself pitted against the police, the media and some of Portland's most powerful citizens.

Is Picasso being framed? And if so, is there a connection between the two murders? As he peels back the layers of truth, he realizes too late that he has put both himself and Anna in the crosshairs of a ruthless killer.

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Japantown by Barry Lancet
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Title: Japantown
Author: Barry Lancet
Series Character: Jim Brodie
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Jim Brodie is an antiques dealer in San Francisco, who has inherited a stake in his father's Tokyo-based private investigation firm.

His first case: Jim Brodie, the single father of six-year-old Jenny, is living a busy intercontinental life, traveling to Japan to acquire art and artifacts for his store and con­sulting on Brodie Security's caseload at home and abroad.

One night, an entire family is gunned down in San Francisco's bustling Japantown neighbor­hood, and Brodie is called on by the SFPD to decipher the lone clue left at the crime scene: a unique Japanese character printed on a slip of paper drenched in blood.

Brodie can't read the clue. But he may have seen it before — at the scene of his wife's death in a house fire four years ago.

With his deep array of Asian connections and fluency in Japanese, Brodie sets out to solve a seemingly perfect crime and at the same time learn whether his wife's tragic death was more than just an accident. And as he unravels a web of intrigue stretching back centuries and con­nected to the murders in San Francisco, the Japantown killer retaliates with a new target: Brodie's daughter.

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Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
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Title: Alex
Author: Pierre Lemaitre
Series Character: Camille Verhoeven
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Camille Verhoeven is a police commandant in Paris.

Her first case: Alex Prévost — kidnapped, savagely beaten, suspended from the ceiling of an abandoned warehouse in a tiny wooden cage — is running out of time. Her abductor appears to want only to watch her die. Will hunger, thirst, or the rats get her first?

Apart from a shaky eyewitness report of the abduction, Police Commandant Camille Verhoeven has nothing to go on: no suspect, no leads, and no family or friends anxious to find a missing loved one. The diminutive and brilliant detective knows from bitter experience the urgency of finding the missing woman as quickly as possible — but first he must understand more about her.

As he uncovers the details of the young woman's singular history, Camille is forced to acknowledge that the person he seeks is no ordinary victim. She is beautiful, yes, but also extremely tough and resourceful. Before long, saving Alex's life will be the least of Commandant Verhoeven's considerable challenges.

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The Sudden Disappearance of the Worker Bees by Serge Quadruppani
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Title: The Sudden Disappearance of the Worker Bees
Author: Serge Quadruppani
Series Character: Simona Tavianello
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Simona Tavianello is a police inspector in Italy.

Her first* case: On vacation with her husband in an idyllic Italian valley, Police Inspector Simona Tavianello stops at the local beekeeper's shop to buy some honey, where she finds a body lying in the entrance. Simona tries to avoid involvement — she is, after all, off-duty. But when she realizes that the murder weapon is her own gun, what can she do but take charge?

The victim was an engineer at the controversial agricultural research center for Sacropiano, a biotechnology company accused of developing pesticides that are making the bees in the region disappear. At the same time Simona found the body, the local beekeepers were nearby organizing a militant sit-in to protest the company's practices. And found on the floor near the corpse was a tract entitled, "The Bee Revolution". Simona Tavianello's investigation gets her caught between the radical environmentalists and the powerful industrialists who are allied with the police. That would be complication enough, but she also needs to deal with the wounded ego of Cacabonda, the local police officer, who is officially in charge of the investigation.

With her sharp humor and spot-on observations of current events in Italy, can Tavianello not only solve the murder, but also discover the intriguing reason behind the disappearance of the bees?

* This isn't, strictly speaking, the first book in this series, but is the first to be translated into English.

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Cold Tuscan Stone by David P. Wagner
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Title: Cold Tuscan Stone
Author: David P. Wagner
Series Character: Rick Montoya
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: New Mexico native Rick Montoya is a translator in Rome.

His first case: Rick Montoya has just moved from Santa Fe to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He's beginning to embrace la dolce vita when school friend Beppo, now senior in the Italian Art Squad, recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role. Armed with a list of galleries, suspects, and an expense account, Rick would arrive in Tuscany posing as a buyer for a Santa Fe gallery and flush out traffickers in priceless burial urns.

But, before sunset on his first day in Volterra, the challenge intensifies. Rick has one quick conversation with a gallery employee who dies minutes later in a brutal fall from a high cliff. Has the trade in fraudulent artifacts upgraded to murder? Are the traffickers already on to Rick?

The local Commissario and his team consider Rick an amateur, and worse, a foreigner. Plus Rick is a suspect in what proves to be the dead man's murder. While the Volterra squad pursues its leads, Rick and the Volterra museum director continue to interview his list: a top gallery owner, a low-profile import/export businessman and his enterprising color-coordinated assistant, a sensuous heiress with a private art specialty and clientele. When Rick's lover Erica, an art history professor, arrives from Rome to visit him, she rekindles a friendship with an alluring, maybe dangerous, heiress. Has Rick's role made him the target of both?

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For a list of more hardcover mysteries scheduled for publication during September, please visit our New Mysteries home page. If you're interested in new paperbacks, visit The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a library of new mysteries, also updated with September 2013 releases. See also our regularly updated eBook site for new mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers, MysterEbooks.com.

Please also visit the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books where we are committed to providing readers and collectors of mystery books with the best and most current information about their favorite authors, titles, and series.

Smile of the Viper by Harry Dunn is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

Smile of the Viper by Harry Dunn

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Smile of the Viper by Harry Dunn as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A Jack Barclay Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 01, 2013 at 7:50 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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Smile of the Viper by Harry Dunn

Smile of the Viper
Harry Dunn
A Jack Barclay Mystery
Publisher: Caffeine Nights Publishing

London private investigator Jack Barclay is on the trail of financier Tom Stanton who has disappeared with £1 million of clients' money, leaving his desperate wife and children behind.

Stanton's Parisian mistress, Danielle, is also involved with the boss of a drug smuggling cartel and Stanton is seduced into laundering money for them. When £4 million of drugs cash goes missing and Tom is the suspect, he and Danielle go on the run.

The stakes are raised with the kidnapping of Stanton's daughter, and Jack finds himself in a race to find Stanton before the mob do. As he hunts him down, he uncovers a nightmare world of torture, betrayal and murder, putting his own life in danger.

Jack quickly realises those who enter the netherworld of the Russian mafia may not get out alive.

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The 18th Hole by Nicole Brun-Mercer is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

The 18th Hole by Nicole Brun-Mercer

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The 18th Hole by Nicole Brun-Mercer as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 01, 2013 at 7:40 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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The 18th Hole by Nicole Brun-Mercer

The 18th Hole
Nicole Brun-Mercer
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Nicole Brun-Mercer

Celine's husband Richard has been brutally murdered with a three-iron on his Alpine golf course in the French Alps, yet she must fulfill her social obligations as family, friends, and acquaintances come to pay their respects. As she does so, she recalls the last time they spent together, playing a round of golf, and wonders how their life together — how her own life — could have possibly led her to this moment.

Traversing eighteen years of marriage through eighteen chapters, Celine draws nearer to both the truth of her husband’s demise and the truth of her own life. By reliving her last round of golf with her husband, she begins to open her eyes to her triumphs, her failures, and the role her marriage to Richard played in it all. But with the only private investigator we have being Celine's conscience, can we trust the recollections and decisions of one of the suspects to provide a fair and balanced account of the events?

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It Takes Two To Strangle by Stephen Kaminski is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

It Takes Two To Strangle by Stephen Kaminski

MystereBooks is pleased to feature It Takes Two To Strangle by Stephen Kaminski as today's third free mystery ebook (A Damon Lassard, Dabbling Detective Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 01, 2013 at 7:30 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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It Takes Two To Strangle by Stephen Kaminski

It Takes Two To Strangle
Stephen Kaminski
A Damon Lassard, Dabbling Detective Mystery
Publisher: Cozy Cat Press

When the owner of a traveling carnival is strangled — not once but twice — on opening night of the summer fair in Hollydale, the police surmise he was not well liked. As the head of Hollydale's citizens association and local liaison with the carnival, Damon Lassard feels obligated to help his dear friend, Detective Gerry Sloman, solve the crime.

Damon is determined to bring the killer to justice, to the fascination of his mother, best gal pal Rebecca, and lovely local weather girl, Bethany Krims. To unravel the threads underpinning this peculiar murder, Damon will travel far from Hollydale as his quest to find a murderer leads to the discovery of long hidden and horrific crimes.

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The Scales of Six by Rosean Mile is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

The Scales of Six by Rosean Mile

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Scales of Six by Rosean Mile as today's second free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 01, 2013 at 7:20 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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The Scales of Six by Rosean Mile

The Scales of Six
Rosean Mile
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Solstice Publishing

On assignment collecting relics in Indonesia, independent curator Gail Wheeler learns that an ephemeral plant sprouting prolifically on Sumatra can transform all hair types into gorgeous locks. Seizing an opportunity to make a fortune in the cosmetic market, Gail smuggles plant clippings into the US and sways her apprehensive sister to help seek financing for a shampoo she’s made with the plant. But dreams of impending wealth are quelled by the shocking revelation of the shampoo’s horrifying side effects.

Against a backdrop of career and money problems, shady competitors, legal challenges and romance, Fran, Gail and an exotic Indonesian scientist must race against biological, corporate and media forces to save Fran’s boss, and a legion of young women whose quest for beauty is transforming them in ways they never imagined.

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Seeds of Vengeance by Sylvia Nobel is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Seeds of Vengeance by Sylvia Nobel

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Seeds of Vengeance by Sylvia Nobel as today's free mystery ebook (A Kendall O'Dell Mystery; Kindle and iTunes formats).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 01, 2013 at 7:10 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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Seeds of Vengeance by Sylvia Nobel

Seeds of Vengeance
Sylvia Nobel
A Kendall O'Dell Mystery
Publisher: Nite Owl Books

Reporter Kendall O'Dell is dragged into a frightening world of secrets and intrigue after the remains of a prominent judge are discovered at a secluded Arizona ranch. As she narrows down the possible suspects, Kendall finds her life — and her engagement to be married — in jeopardy.

Torn between withdrawing from the case for her own safety and following a shocking secret in the hopes of solving the murder, Kendall becomes enmeshed in a case that grows more frightening every day.

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Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

The Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, September 01, 2013.

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Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass

Carved in Bone
Jefferson Bass
A Bill Brockton, Body Farm Mystery
HarperCollins

Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton has spent his career surrounded by death at the Body Farm. Now he's being called upon to help solve a baffling puzzle in a remote mountain community.

The mummified corpse of a young woman dead for thirty years has been discovered in a cave, the body bizarrely preserved and transformed by the environment's unique chemistry. But Brockton's investigation is threatening to open old wounds among an insular people who won't forget or forgive. And a long-buried secret prematurely exposed could inflame Brockton's own guilt — and the dangerous hostility of bitter enemies determined to see him fail … by any means necessary.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130901)

Big Fish Games

Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …

• The New Release is Sea of Lies: Mutiny of the Heart (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Inbetween Land, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Whispers, just $2.99 through Sunday, September 01, 2013 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Labor Day Weekend Sale: 50% Off All Standard and Collector's Edition Games! Use coupon code LABORDAY to get any Collector's Edition game for just $9.99; use coupon code WORKERS to get any Standard game for just $4.99. Offer valid through September 2nd, 2013 only until 11:59 PM PT.

Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!

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Sea of Lies: Mutiny of the Heart (Collector's Edition)

Today's New Release is Sea of Lies: Mutiny of the Heart (Collector's Edition)

A pirate has been executed, and the Baron takes a hostage to ensure you'll help him track down the treasure he left behind. Only it's not the plunder he's looking for … Based on the true story of a famous pirate, this thrilling game takes you on a rollicking adventure as you track down a pirate's treasure and find out what really happened between him and the Baroness.

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Play the bonus game to discover the lovers’ secrets; Get soundtracks, wallpapers, screensavers and concept art; Try the available Strategy Guide.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.

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Inbetween Land

Today's Daily Deal is Inbetween Land

When your childhood friend, Mary, goes missing for a couple of days, you begin searching for clues. You come across a strange artifact that opens a portal to a flying island, the abandoned homeplace of an extraterrestrial civilization. As you look for Mary on the island, you'll uncover an exotic land with unearthly secrets. Find and help your friend leave the flying island in this amazing Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, September 01, 2013 — for $2.99.

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Whispers

The current Catch of the Week is Whispers

While doing some fieldwork Charlotte Davis has her soul captured by an evil sorcerer! Help her escape his terrifying clutches and return to her body! Escape from the sorcerer's home with the help of another captured spirit and use your willpower to return to your body in this incredible Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. Travel through dangerous locations and make it home safely!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game at the special price of $2.99 through Sunday, September 01, 2013.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Telemystery: A&E Cancels The Glades

Telemystery Prime Time Crime: Mystery and Suspense on Television

A&E has canceled The Glades after four seasons. It was the first scripted series ordered by the cable network that lasted multiple seasons.

We have to admit we stopped watching after the second season. We felt the series had lost its way by then, with scripts focusing more on Detective Jim Longworth's romantic issues than the off-beat crimes he was called upon to solve.

Keep up to date on the status of your favorite mystery and suspense television with our Telemystery Scoresheet. We've updated it with today's news.

A New MystereBook: Don't Cry Over Killed Milk by Stephen Kaminski

New MystereBooks (Mystery eBooks)

Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers …

Don't Cry Over Killed Milk by Stephen Kaminski is the second mystery in this cozy series featuring civic leader and amateur sleuth Damon Lassard.

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Don't Cry Over Killed Milk by Stephen Kaminski

Don't Cry Over Killed Milk by Stephen Kaminski
A Damon Lassard, Dabbling Detective Mystery
Publisher: Cozy Cat Press

Jeremiah Milk lived a life filled with emotional extremes. Amniotic band syndrome — a congenital condition — left his fingers and toes malformed. Ridiculed as a child, he became an adolescent hermit. As an adult, Jeremiah's wounds healed when he landed a position as a park ranger and married a woman who loved him despite his physical appearance. But fate ripped his life to shreds when his wife and infant son died on the same night in separate calamities. Shortly thereafter, the tides turned once more as an act of Jeremiah's ostensible benevolence translates into a financial boon. The book on Jeremiah's life closes without mercy when he's found murdered at Tripping Falls State Park.

Damon Lassard — Hollydale's loveable civic leader, amateur sleuth, and Jeremiah's neighbor — springs into action. He's obstructed by a prickly lieutenant, but wriggles information unknown to the police from a colorful bevy of suspects. Aided by his best friend Rebecca and his reluctant ally Detective Gerry Sloman, Damon engineers a deep dive into Jeremiah's past to solve the crime. Along the way, Damon strengthens his relationship with the breathtaking Bethany Krims, cracks a local horticultural mystery, and tries in vain to tame his wickedly sarcastic mother.

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