Highland Laddie Gone (22 page)

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PHERSON’S LAMENT

The chilling legacy of the Civil War shocks Elizabeth MacPherson when she ventures south to Danville, Virginia. Her brother Bill has gotten himself mixed up with some daughters of Confederate veterans—old ladies who’d asked him to sell an antebellum mansion but had something more sinister planned. To help him, Elizabeth has to uncover a Civil War secret that may be the key to the ugly truth.

ZOMBIES OF THE GENE POOL

Jay Omega drives an old writer friend to an unusual science-fiction convention and finds himself parked in the middle of a murder case. Jay must separate science fact from fiction and unearth a killer with his own tale to tell.

IF EVER I RETURN,
PRETTY PEGGY-O

Long-gone friends and the casualties of war haunt Peggy Muryan, a folksinger hiding from her past. A threatening postcard and a mysterious disappearance force Peggy to turn to Sheriff Spencer Arrowood, who has skeletons in his own closet. Arrowood must come to terms with his own past as he tries to prevent Peggy from being murdered by hers.

THE WINDSOR KNOT

Elizabeth MacPherson has a rather hectic summer in front of her. Between finishing her doctoral thesis and planning her impending wedding, she must solve the case of a man who has died twice. And if she can accomplish all this, she might just get to have tea with Her Majesty the Queen!

MISSING SUSAN

The unsinkable Elizabeth MacPherson is on a tour of England’s most famous murder sites with the cantankerous Rowan Rover, the tour guide who has been paid to murder an unsuspecting woman. No would-be assassin needs Elizabeth on his tail. And shell be there until the end of the tour or the completion of Rowan’s mission, whichever comes first.

PAYING THE PIPER

Elizabeth MacPherson is on an archaeological dig on a remote Scottish isle when several members of the team die under mysterious circumstances. Is the excavation cursed by the ancient dead, or is something—or someone—more modem responsible? With her own life on the line, Elizabeth is determined to unearth the answer.

SICK OF SHADOWS

The very wealthy and eccentric Eileen Chandler is set to be married, but someone is willing to resort to murder to halt the impending nuptials. Eileen’s beloved cousin Elizabeth MacPherson is on hand for the ceremony, and Elizabeth is not amused. No one in the wedding party is above suspicion when Elizabeth sets out to unmask the culprit.

LOVELY IN HER BONES

When the leader of her archaeological dig is murdered, forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson finds herself on the case. It takes a second mysterious death to start a cauldron of ideas bubbling in her head. And when she mixes a little modern know-how with some old-fashioned suspicions, Elizabeth comes up with a batch of answers that surprises even the experts.