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A Well Dressed Corpse [MultiFormat]
by Jo A. Hiestand
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Is the phantom black dog haunting a sleepy English village a harbinger of two mysterious disappearances? One dark March evening Vera Howarth vanishes from her village. Despite search teams, TV appeals and a police investigation, she is never found. Her disappearance transmutes into a local ghost story. That was 23 years ago. Now Reed Fitzgerald, the organizer of the village well dressing custom, goes missing. The incident is linked by speculation and fear to Vera's. Detective-Sergeant Brenna Tay... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 94798 - Reading Time: 270-379 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Death of an Ordinary Guy [MultiFormat]
by Jo A. Hiestand
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On Guy Fawkes Night someone switches the straw effigy with a real corpse. The village square is bathed in torchlight. Spectators huddle against the cold this November night, Guy Fawkes Night, in Upper Kingsleigh, England. Shadows grip the edge of the square, but all minds concentrate on this 400 year-old festivity, all eyes focus on the straw effigy of Guy Fawkes, the symbol of the governmental coup-gone-wrong. The flaming torch extends to light the straw--and the villagers recoil in horror. Tw... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 80653 - Reading Time: 230-322 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Siren Song [MultiFormat]
by Jo A. Hiestand
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The siren song of an unsolved murder case beckons an ex-cop back into detective work. Michael McLaren tries to convince himself that he is perfectly happy repairing dry stonewalls in Derbyshire, a make-do career after resigning his job in an eddy of anger, disgust and an overwhelming sense of injustice. But when a murder victim's friend asks him to investigate a cold case, McLaren agrees, the chance to rectify a wrong and return to the work he loves too heady to ignore. Marta Hughes, the murder ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 92077 - Reading Time: 263-368 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Swan Song [MultiFormat]
by Jo A. Hiestand
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A talented musician's unsolved murder draws McLaren into another challenging investigation. Ex-police detective Michael McLaren had no intention of delving into another cold case of murder. And certainly had no intention of making his inquiries a new career. But when his fiancée dangles the intriguing aspects of the unsolved murder of local folk musician Kent Harrison before McLaren, he snaps at the bait. A popular music teacher at Grange Hall Performing Arts College, Kent Harrison had been, pe... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 82378 - Reading Time: 235-329 min.
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