Amy Lillard
O Little Town of Sugarcreek
By Amy Lillard (Guideposts)
Release date: June 1, 2018
Christmastime has come to Sugarcreek, but the sleepy Ohio town is anything but calm. Cheryl Cooper expected a quiet holiday season, filled with new friends and new traditions. Instead, Lance Martin, her ex-fiancé shows up and proposes again! Then, one of her aunt’s heirlooms turns up missing, followed by the disappearance of the engagement ring Lance intended for her. When the Millers’ estranged daughter Sarah leaves her English husband and returns home, Cheryl finds herself wondering what more could happen to spoil her Christmas cheer? A lot, evidently. The town is turned upside down as it discovers there’s a thief in their midst.
Shoo, Fly, Shoo!
By Amy Lillard (Guideposts)
Release date: September 21, 2018
When Albert Yoder is arrested for illegally transporting and selling raw milk across county lines, Cheryl and her mystery-solving sidekick Naomi step up to help. And just in time! Albert’s very pregnant wife has to be rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section, leaving their six young daughters to milk the cows and care for the dairy farm. Things get more complicated as an environmentalist begins to picket at the Yoders’. Is he responsible for all the missing milk? Or is it the owner of the farm-to-table restaurant who wants it for his organic dishes? What about the crotchety neighbor across the road who has been in competition with them for years? Add in a strange English girl who has long-ago ties with Albert, along with a mysterious barn fire, and Cheryl and Naomi may have stumbled across a mystery too big for even them to solve.
Stranger Things Have Happened
By Amy Lillard (Guideposts)
Release date: September 21, 2018
Strange things are happening in Sugarcreek, from stampeding pigs to barn explosions! Some locals place the blame on a new family in town, the Patels, originally from India. A few members of the community, in particular, are not happy about these newcomers—from the local diner owner whose business is threatened by the new competition to an odd, wet-behind-the-ears local reporter, to the owner of a local car dealership who is intent on breaking off his teenage son’s budding romance with the Patels’ daughter. Could one of them actually be the perpetrator of these crimes and mishaps? Or is it someone even Cheryl doesn’t suspect? She and Naomi must work together to stop the spread of suspicion and mistrust that threatens to pit neighbor against neighbor and to reinforce the Golden Rule—that we are to love our neighbors as ourselves.
N. J. Lindquist
Glitter of Diamonds (Manziuk and Ryan Mystery Series #2)
By N. J. Lindquist (MurderWillOut Mysteries)
Release date: May 1, 2007
In Glitter of Diamonds, the second book in her Manziuk and Ryan series, N. J. Lindquist once again hooks us with deftly-drawn characters, complex story-lines and thought-provoking issues, served up with her unique mix of tongue-in-cheek humor and gentle compassion. This time, she takes readers into the world of major league baseball and its surrounding media. She also asks subtle questions about the prices people are willing to pay to see their dreams come true.
Shaded Light (Manziuk and Ryan Mystery Series #1)
By N. J. Lindquist (MurderWillOut Mysteries)
Release date: October 25, 2004
A recipe for murder and mystery that simmers slowly and emits an enticing aroma reminiscent of earlier delilghts.
Robert Liparulo
Comes A Horseman
By Robert Liparulo (Westbow Pr)
Release date: November 3, 2005
The ancients saw Death as a blazing figure on horseback, swift and merciless. Those facing the black chasm often mistook their pounding hearts for the beating of hooves. Now, two FBI agents pursuing a killer from a centuries-old cult realize they have become his prey.
Deadfall (A John Hutchinson Novel)
By Robert Liparulo (Thomas Nelson Publishing)
Release date: April 6, 2012
Deep in the isolated Northwest Territories, four friends are on the trip of a lifetime. Dropped by helicopter into the remote Canadian wilderness, Hutch, Terry, Phil, and David are looking to escape the events of a tumultuous year–a bitter divorce, bankruptcy, depression, and job loss–for two weeks of hunting, fishing, and camping. Armed only with a bow and arrow and the basics for survival, they’ve chosen a place far from civilization, a retreat from their turbulent lives. But they quickly discover that another group has targeted the remote region and the secluded hamlet of Fiddler Falls for a more menacing purpose: to field-test the ultimate weapon. With more than a week before the helicopter rendezvous and no satellite phone, they must risk everything to help the townspeople who are being held hostage and terrorized.
Deadlock (John Hutchinson, Book 2)
By Robert Liparulo (Thomas Nelson Inc)
Release date: March 31, 2009
Hutch is a newspaper columnist, single dad. and last defense against a lunatic’s high-tech killing machine. Special Forces veteran-turned-billionaire Brendan Page has some dirty not-so-little secrets.
Frenzy (Dreamhouse Kings)
By Robert Liparulo (Thomas Nelson Inc)
Release date: May 18, 2010
Their destiny is to fix history. Their dream is to get home. When you live in a house that’s really a gateway between past and present, you have to be ready for anything. It’s a painful fact the Kings have faced since moving to Pinedale eight days ago. Desperately trying to rescue their mother from an unknown time and place, brothers Xander and David have lunged headlong into the chaos of history’s greatest–and most volatile–events.
Gatekeepers (Dreamhouse Kings Series, Book 3)
By Robert Liparulo (Thomas Nelson Inc)
Release date: January 8, 2009
With their mother still missing after going through a Civil War time portal in their spooky house, and their father in jail under a false accusation, Xander, David, and their younger sister continue to try to bring their mother back, now with the help of an old relative who has turned up unexpectedly.