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By Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press)

Is There Really a Fountain of Youth in Paradise? Welcome back to Bright’s Pond, where strange happenings are afoot at the Greenbrier Nursing Home. The folks have suddenly grown younger, happier, and even a bit friskier thanks to Leon Fontaine, the newest Paradise Trailer Park resident. But Mildred Blessing is suspicious and sets out to investigate while the wedding to end all weddings is being planned. Only, in Bright’s Pond, nothing ever really goes as planned.

By Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press)

Charlotte Figg makes me want to move to Paradise and bake pies and embrace the freedom to be who God made me to be. Once you’ve laughed and cried and eaten with the Paradise Angels, you’ll want to do the same. Kudos to Joyce Magnin, the Queen of Quirk. —Nancy Rue, bestselling fiction author Welcome to the Paradise Trailer Park where softball is queen, the pie is tasty, and the secrets must be told. Filled with a sudden burst of wanderlust after the death of her husband, Charlotte Figg moves to the Paradise Trailer Park with her dog, Lucky.

By Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press)

It’s Griselda’s Turn to Fly! Now that her morbidly obese sister, Agnes Sparrow, is comfortably dieting at the Greenbrier Nursing Home, Griselda learns to fly—literally—after a pilot makes an emergency landing and creates quite a ruckus in the otherwise sleepy town of Bright’s Pond. But Griselda’s newfound freedom—and her flight time with handsome pilot, Cliff—is hampered by other happenings in town. Like the gold digger who prances around town and is supposedly engaged to Stella Kincaid’s brother—the lottery winner who is in a coma. And there’s Ivy Slocum’s dog, Al Capone, whose adventures continue long after they should. When Chief of Police Mildred Blessing starts investigating the gold digger, however, things really heat up—for Griselda and all the residents of the unique Pennsylvania hamlet called Bright’s Pond.

By Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press)

Welcome to Bright’s Pond. Home of Agnes Sparrow!.

By Linda Shenton Matchett (Linda Shenton Matchett, Author)

May 1942: Geneva Alexander flees Philadelphia and joins the USO to escape the engagement her parents have arranged for her, only to wind up as the number one suspect in her betrothed’s murder investigation. Diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, she must find the real killer before she loses her sight…or is convicted for a crime she didn’t commit. Set in the early days of America’s entry into WWII and featuring cameo appearances from Hollywood stars, Murder of Convenience is a tribute to individuals who served on the home front, especially those who did so in spite of personal difficulties, reminding us that service always comes as a result of sacrifice. Betrayal, blackmail, and a barrage of unanswered questions… Murder of Convenience is the first in the exciting new “Women of Courage” series.

By Linda Shenton Matchett ()

In the year since arriving in London, journalist Ruth Brown has put a face on the war for her readers at home in the U. S. Thus far, juggling her career and her relationship with Detective Inspector Trevor Gelson hasn’t proven too challenging. The war gets personal for Ruth when her friend Amelia is murdered, and Trevor is assigned to the case. Life gets even more unsettling when clues indicate her best friend, Varis, is passing secrets to the enemy.

By Lorena McCourtney (Revell)

Once again private investigator Cate Kinkaid finds herself in more danger than her pay grade should allow when a straightforward case of attempted robbery turns out to be so much more.

By Lorena McCourtney (Rogue Ridge Press)

Ivy and Mac are in their motorhome, headed for their long-delayed honeymoon. Baja! Beaches! Romance, sunshine, and shrimp tacos! But a panicky phone call from good friend Magnolia, who is, as usual, looking into her complicated family genealogy, changes their plans. Magnolia has found a dead body. She’s lost a dead body. Ivy and Mac decide making a side-trip to a desert ghost town won’t take long.

By Lorena McCourtney (Rogue Ridge Press)

Ivy and Mac are on the road, headed for their long-delayed honeymoon. Baja! Beaches! Romance and shrimp tacos and sunshine!But then comes a panicky phone call from good friend Magnolia, who is, as usual, looking into her complicated family genealogy. What she’s found this time is not another fourth-cousin-three-times-removed, but a dead body in the middle of a desert town. Except that this body, unlike the dead bodies with which Ivy has had past experience, has vanished. Magnolia is uncertain if she made a foolish mistake about there ever being a body, or if something sinister is going on.

By Lorena McCourtney (Revell)

Cate Kinkaid has learned one thing during her short time as an assistant private investigator: Always find out if the victim actually has human Dna.