Berthoud Community Library District

A Finalist for the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, Mainstream Mystery.

Dave, an investment counselor with PTSD, survives a blowout that kills his fiancée, Allison.

A year later, Dave has found unexpected happiness with Cathy. At Dave's high-school reunion, Dave is stunned that he doesn't recognize anyone there. Cathy, who was previously victimized by a con man, breaks it off. Late that night, Dave

When his drug-smuggling grandmother is murdered for informing on her employers, a journalist takes justice into his own hands
 
Four old women return from a Bahamas vacation with four more suitcases than they had when they left. They leave them behind at baggage claim, and a stranger picks them up—disappearing with the extra suitcases and the hundreds of pounds of cocaine they hold. The grandmothers are smugglers,

Hillside Manor's neighbors all adored proprietor Judith McMonigle Flynn's festive suggestion to deck the halls and houses in their cul-de-sac with eye-catching Christmas finery — except Enid Goodrich.The grumpy old humbug refused to cooperate.Then someone cooked her Christmas goose — silencing Enid's objections with a handy hatchet. Though Judith's already got a lot under her tree — what with holidy business booming and the anticipated