Jessica Fletcher takes up the cause of her good friend Barbara Babs Wirth after Babs's husband, Hal, suf-fers a fatal heart attack that Jessica has reason to believe was actually murder. Her suspicions are aroused by a sinister dating site Hal used while he and Babs were having marital issues- a site that might be complicit in somehow swindling him out of millions. Jessica's investigation reveals that Hal was far from the only victim, and when his former business partner is also killed, a deadly pattern emerges. Jessica teams up with a brilliant young computer hacker to follow the trail, but as she gets closer to the truth, two near misses force her to realize that she could very well be the next victim. The stakes have never been this high, as Jessica finds herself being stalked by the killer she is trying to catch. She'll need to set the perfect trap to avoid her very own date with murder.
An employee of the security/mercenary company SureSafe, David Portland handles security for the British Embassy. When his son, Trevor, dies mysteriously in Nigeria, however, his life is upended. One night after Trevor's death, Portland sees a man in a bar wearing a bracelet-a family heirloom that he had given to his son. After brutally assaulting the man, he learns the frightening secret behind his son's death-a secret that will send Portland down a rabbit hole of deadly deception, one that he hopes will lead him to the truth about his son's murder.
Meanwhile, Robert Brixton, a noted Washington, D.C.-based international investigator, has been hired to look into a fraudulent charity and a criminal warlord in Nigeria. His life and his investigations will soon become intertwined with Portland's probe and that of his estranged ex-wife, Elizabeth. Their interconnected cases will take Brixton to Nigeria, into that country's heart of darkness, and onto one of the most violent and dangerous journeys of his life.
Jessica enters a fly-fishing competition at a nearby lake. Joining her is the sheriff's wife, Maureen Metzger, who surprises Jess with her enthusiasm for the sport. Their guide, however, is a surprise to both...
Brian Kinney is an ex-con. Jailed as an accomplice to Darryl Jepson, a convicted killer, Brian was later exonerated, but not before spending seven years behind bars. He seems like a decent enough fellow. Just a man trying to rebuild his life as a family man and fishing guide.
Yet when Jepson breaks out of prison vowing revenge, and the lawyer for both men is found murdered, Cabot Cove becomes the focus of the nation as local, state, and federal authorities descend on Jessica's hometown. And to add to the tension, Maureen has gone missing. Is she lost or is she a hostage? Jess soon finds herself caught in a netful of lies, deceit, and ulterior motives. In order to save her friend, she'll need to find some answers by hook or by crook...
If someone in the pharmaceutical industry came upon a cheaper, nonaddictive, and more effective painkiller, would he kill for it?
Washington, D.C., private detective Robert "Don't Call Me Bobby" Brixton, along with his mentors, attorneys Mac and Annabel Smith, discover that the answer is a resounding yes as they try to help Jayla King, a medical researcher at a small D.C. pharmaceutical firm, carry on the work of her father. Dr. Preston King's experiments in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and the discoveries he made led to his brutal murder and the theft of his papers.
Did her father's lab assistant kill the doctor and steal his research? Is this shadowy figure prepared to kill again to keep Jayla from profiting from her father's work? Does her recent paramour's romantic interest reflect his true feelings-or will he sell her out and reap the rewards for himself?
And to what lengths would Big Pharma's leading lobbyist go to cover up his involvement with King's death...and to protect a leading champion of the pharmaceutical industry, a Georgia senator with a shady past?
As Mac, Annabel, and Brixton soon realize, no pill can ease the pain that the answers to these questions will inflict on everyone in this tale of greed, betrayal-and murder.
Murder is in fashion in the newest entry in the USA Today bestselling series.Jessica Fletcher's been invited to New York Fashion Week to see a show from Cabot Cove's own Xandr Ebon. But after two models die it's clear someone had fatal designs-and the police think it's Xandr.
Jessica knows that her crime-solving instincts are going to be put to the test if she's to exonerate the designer. But the fashion industry's egos, conflicts of interest, spiteful accusations, and secrets mean she'll have to work especially hard to uncover the real killer. Or another death could happen in a New York minute.
The USA Today bestselling series returns as Jessica discovers a real estate deal to die for…
Jessica’s friend, Eve Simpson, is Cabot Cove’s premier real estate agent and is currently trying to sell one of the town's oldest properties—the Spencer Percy House. Unfortunately, not only is the building in deplorable condition, it’s also rumored to be haunted. Things only get worse when the home’s elderly occupant dies under suspicious circumstances. Now as Jessica investigates, Eve hires a medium to rid the house of the alleged apparition. But if Jessica isn’t careful, she may join the ranks of the dearly departed.
Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui, giving a lecture at Maui College on community involvement in police investigations-a subject she knows well. Her colecturer is legendary retired detective Mike Kane, a behemoth of a man who shares his love of Hawaiian lore, legends, and culture with Jessica.
Sadly, all the talking stops when the body of a colleague is found at the rocky foot of a cliff.
Mala Kapul was a botanist and popular professor at the school, known for her activism and efforts on behalf of the volcanic crater Haleakala. The high-altitude crater is already the site of an observatory, but plans to place the world's largest solar telescope there have split the locals, and Mala argued fiercely to preserve the delicate ecology of the area. Was someone trying to muffle the protesters? Or was Mala's killer making a more personal statement?
Now it's up to Jessica, along with Mike, to uncover who was driven to silence the scientist and betray the true meaning of "aloha."
Jessica Fletcher learns that the movie biz can make you, break you, or kill you.... Cabot Cove is about to be invaded-by Hollywood. One of Jessica's older novels is being made into a big-budget movie. The producer has decided to shoot most of the film on location in town, since the book was loosely based on a murder that shocked Cabot Cove over a decade earlier. The murder occurred when a judge was gunned down while walking her dog. The prime suspect: an enraged husband whom the judge ruled against in a child custody case. But further investigation pointed to the victim's own husband-and ultimately to his mistress, accused of eliminating her rival. Unfortunately, everyone on the set has a hidden agenda. A novice director wants his shot at the big-time. A fading star, making a comeback, has many unreasonable demands. Her astrologer sees trouble in the stars. And a stranger on the movie lot is stalking Jessica. But fiction and reality fatally collide when the actress playing the judge is shot-the only witness her dog-and there's a cast and crew of possible suspects. With tensions between locals and the Hollywood horde mounting, Jessica must find the killer before anyone else is left on the cutting-room floor.
Jessica Fletcher and her friend Scotland Yard detective inspector George Sutherland are invited to attend a New Year's Eve ball at Castorbrook Castle, thanks to her British publisher. Shortly after arriving in the idyllic English countryside, Jessica discovers the body of a lady's maid in the garden.
While their host, Lord Norrance, his snobbish third wife, other members of the household, and party guests squabble over the tragic death in tight-lipped, perfectly mannered, thoroughly British style, family relations are strained as old wounds are reopened and cutting remarks are handed out freely. And that's only during teatime!
As midnight beckons at the ball the next night, the earl offers a toast, complete with fireworks. But the merriment crashes to a halt when he falls ill and dies, apparently poisoned-and the number of suspects with a grudge against the lord of the manor sprouts like English ivy.
Now it's up to Jessica and George to find the killer-or killers-before another corpse welcomes in the New Year.
Jessica Fletcher must diagnose a killer with a taste for bad medicine.... Bestselling author Jessica Fletcher is in Tampa with her good friend, Cabot Cove's own Dr. Seth Hazlitt, who is visiting a renowned Cuban physician. Alvaro Vasquez is developing a potentially groundbreaking cure for Alzheimer's disease. If he's successful, his American backers stand to make millions. But there is a growing fear that the drug may fall into the hands of a powerful pharmaceutical company. Jessica attends a party at Vasquez's lavish home, but the celebration ends abruptly when guests witness Vasquez seemingly struck by lightning. Jessica and Seth do some digging into the physician's checkered past and learn that his death was no accident. As they work together to find a cure for the common killer, they begin to wonder if they'll ever see Cabot Cove again.
Jessica has always been civic-minded, so when the director of the Cabot Cove women's shelter asks her to join the board, she readily accepts, even though the shelter has been in the crosshairs of an unreasonable councilman who'd like to see it closed.
One night while Jessica is at the shelter, a woman walks in battered and bruised. Her husband is a respected businessman and regarded by all as a pillar of the community. Could this paragon of virtue have beaten his wife?
Despite Jessica's support and advice, the woman refuses to stay at the shelter, press charges, or even report the abuse. But a few days later the entire town is shocked to hear that domestic abuse has turned to murder.
Investigating the crime, Jessica soon discovers that the woman's family has secrets and lies that go beyond domestic violence-and that the real killer may be hiding behind a wall of silence that could send the wrong person to prison....
Margaret Truman's beloved Capital Crimes series continues with Donald Bain's Internship in Murder.
Twenty-two-year-old Laura Bennett has led a privileged life. When her father's connections land her an internship in a congressional office in Washington, D.C., she takes the position without question, eager to get a feel for life in the nation's capital.
Her boss, Congressman Hal Gannon, is serving his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to his political position, the congressman with movie-star good looks is a staunchly moral "family advocate." According to city gossip, he is a womanizer. Laura quickly falls for the charming-and married-Gannon, but when she catches a stewardess at Gannon's apartment, she vows to destroy him.
Before she has a chance to carry out her threat, Laura goes missing. Searching for clues the police might have missed, her family hires private investigator Robert Brixton, a former cop who has also worked for the FBI. Brixton tracks down rumors about Gannon, but the congressman vehemently denies having anything untoward to do with Laura. Then Laura is found dead in the congressional cemetery, and many more questions are raised.
