J. Tracksler bravely tackles the issue of mercy killing and death with dignity in her award-winning novel The Ice Floe.  This poignant mystery begins with a confession.  The narrator killed her grandfather when she was only thirteen; she admits she went on to kill others.

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The cassette looked small, innocent, and harmless; it was anything but. The cassette ended up on the desk of the headmaster of the Avery Academy, a prestigious New England boarding school. Scandal rocks the town. Someone had taped several male students from the Academy having...

Brad Meltzer takes two real murders and entwines their story with that of a fictional murder. Mitchell Siegel (father of the creator of Superman) was shot in 1932. Present day, Cal Harper’s father has been shot. The gun is the same as the one that was...

Handwriting specialist, Claudia Rose was asked to assist Paige Sorensen in proving that she did not forge her late husband’s will. The will left Sorensen’s entire estate to his wife, including Sorensen Academy, a school for troubled rich kids. When Claudia met Annebelle one of...

Nick O’Shea liked freedom, freedom to pick up and go at his will. He lived on the Windwalker, a boat he had inherited from his uncle. However, things were changing in his life. He had met Sandy, and he knew he wanted to spend the...

Patricia (Paddy) Meeham’s life was looking up. Her five year old son is a wonderful child. She had just moved into her first apartment. She liked her job as a journalist and even had her own column. Then the door bell rang. It was a reporter...

Say Goodbye began with the death of an auditor. The roads were snow-covered and slick. Was it an accident or murder? Suspecting murder, Norman’s wife turned to Gary for help. It had been less than a year since Sarah’s death. Gary still mourned for her....

Jill Elizabeth Nelson bringsback fan’s favorite Desiree Jacobs in Reluctant Smuggler number three in the “To Catch A Thief Series.” Desiree Jacobs throws herself in to her work as an expert cat burglar to keep her mind off the death of her father. Reluctant Smuggler...

As I read this book I kept picturing a cross between Mike Connors as Mannix and Raymond Burr as Perry Mason. Grant you I know Mannix was a PI and not a lawyer yet he came to my mind and I know...

Karen Maxwellhas been waiting to get a real case. Finally, her brother/boss offers her the opportunity to do some real investigating. Actually, he thought he was getting rid of a case he did not want to handle, and that it would be boring. It appears the...