Böcker av Laurinda Wallace

A string of bad decisions lands reporter Gideon Flynn in Bisbee, Arizona where he plans to start over and finally establish some roots-maybe. The town is struggling to survive the economic woes of 1934 and Gideon isn't sure his decision to come to the dying mining town was altogether wise. When a local woman, Sara Colter disappears under suspicious circumstances, he begins uncovering the woman's past which only becomes murkier at every turn. Nothing is as it appears and Gideon finds that his own past is about to catch up with him as he sifts through a handful of puzzling clues to find the missing woman.

The village of Deer Creek isn't its usual quiet self. Mysterious lights in the night skies are attracting UFO fans, plus neighbors are squaring off over a windfarm proposal. When the main windfarm supporter turns up dead near the construction site, a local UFO aficionado of uncertain mental stability becomes the chief suspect. Kennel owner, Gracie Andersen uncovers plenty of motives and suspects when she attempts to help the victim's widow in her time of loss. While Gracie strays into some rather dangerous territory, her persnickety cousin, Isabelle unknowingly rounds up the suspect pool at a political soiree. Then things get interesting.

Gracie Andersen's friend, Marci is opening The Mistletoe Bed-and-Breakfast after months of restoring the crumbling Victorian estate outside of the Western New York village. The grim history has captured the interest of the travel world and local residents. The house begins to reveal its macabre past on the cusp of the B & B's opening, enmeshing Gracie and her husband, Marc into investigating crimes both past and present. Does evil still lurk under the Mistletoe?

No good deed goes unpunished as Gracie Andersen, owner of Milky Way Kennels quickly learns during Deer Creek's worst winter in 75 years. Who knew offering hospitality and volunteering at the library would land her at a murder scene? A valuable Civil War knife, accounting irregularities, and one very frozen body are adding up to big trouble for the Deer Creek Library. Gracie's suspect list is full of people she's known for years and the risk of ruining friendships piles on the pressure to find the truth. She and her intrepid Labrador, Haley make a few wrong turns on the way to finding an elusive cold-blooded killer.

In the fall of 1886, the village of Castile, New York was shocked when an ex-Salvation Army lieutenant shot and killed one of their own. At the center of the crime was 16-year-old Evangeline Roy, half-sister of the victim, Will Roy. Will was 21 and worked on a farm outside of the rural village. Was it jealousy? Was it madness? Was Evangeline to blame? The ensuing trial brought much to light about the Roy family, the murderer, Robert Van Brunt alias "Happy Bob," and the secrets they kept.The murder trial followed by two appeals, suicide, and a slander suit made this crime one of the most sensational cases in New York State during the late 1800s. The sordid details were kept before the public for over a year as the lives of Evangeline and Robert were scrutinized in the press. This multi-layered story of deception and delusion brought not only tragedy, but notoriety to Evangeline, who became a Victorian-age media star.

Gracie Andersen is up to her eyebrows in wedding details when her mother, Theresa Clark concocts an intervention for a friend who's become a hoarder. Just as Gracie's plans for a casual outdoor wedding turn into a literal pipe dream, Theresa stumbles into a mystery surrounding a stolen heirloom quilt. A death in the hoarder's garage only complicates matters, and Theresa convinces Gracie to help her find answers to the surreptitious activities on Oak Street. If that wasn't enough, Cousin Isabelle is scheming to commandeer the wedding, and Marc is having second thoughts about his career path. Everyone is on, you guessed it-Pins & Needles.

Gracie's vacation to Arizona to sort out her relationship with Deputy Marc Stevens immediately turns deadly. A battered body in a mountain stream, suspicious treasure hunters, and a missing teen are players in a dangerous drug cartel case. Her romantic life may fizzle as Marc focuses on the investigation, leaving her to explore on her own. A spur-of-the-moment hiking trip with her B & B hostess leads the pair to discover a crucial piece of evidence in an unmapped cave. That's when her vacation in the high desert heats up.