Lorena McCourtney
The Blue Moon (Mysteries of Sparrow Island Series #3)
By Lorena McCourtney (Guideposts Books)
Release date: October 1, 2007
While cleaning her office at the Sparrow Island Nature Conservatory, Abigail Stanton discovers a stunning blue diamond necklace hidden in her desk. Who could have hidden it there and why? Abby finds out that the jewel may be the famous Blue Moon diamond, and legend has it that anyone possessing this gem is doomed. Despite Abby`s attempts to keep the discovery quiet, the whole island is talking about it. Claims from “ owners” are flying in. Thugs threaten Abby.
Dying to Read: A Novel (The Cate Kinkaid Files-Book 1)
By Lorena McCourtney (Revell)
Release date: August 1, 2012
An intrepid young woman dips her toes into the world of private investigating only to be met with a dead body and no answers. Is she in over her head?
In Plain Sight (Ivy Malone Mysteries, Book 2)
By Lorena McCourtney (Fleming H. Revell)
Release date: April 1, 2005
Ever wonder how a little old lady with possum-gray hair could wind up on a homicidal hit list? Well, nothing is too outlandish for Ivy Malone. She’s back and she’s brought her mutant curiosity gene with her. And ever since the evil-intentioned Drake Braxton and his family threatened to make road kill out of Ivy, her life has been crazier than ever! With the ever-present threat of looming Braxtons, Ivy decides to get out of Dodge for a while. But for someone who slides down banisters and drives a T-Bird, hiding from the mob does not come easily. And when strange things start happening to her new neighbors, Ivy’s snooping sense kicks into overdrive.
Invisible (An Ivy Malone Mystery Book #1): A Novel
By Lorena McCourtney (Revell)
Release date: August 1, 2004
She’s not your average crime fighter!Ivy Malone has a curiosity that sometimes gets her into trouble, and it’s only aggravated by her discovery that she can easily escape the public eye. So when vandals romp through the local cemetery, she takes advantage of her newfound anonymity and its unforeseen advantages as she launches her own unofficial investigation. Despite her oddball humor and unconventional snooping, Ivy soon becomes discouraged by her failure to turn up any solid clues. And after Ivy witnesses something ominous and unexplained, she can’t resist putting her investigative powers to work again. Even the authorities’ attempts to keep Ivy out of danger and her nosy neighbor’s match-making schemes can’t slow her down.
Invisible (Ivy Malone Mystery Series #1)
By Lorena McCourtney (Fleming H. Revell)
Release date: August 1, 2004
She’s not your average crime fighter! Ivy Malone has a curiosity that sometimes gets her into trouble, and it’s only aggravated by her discovery that she can easily escape the public eye. So when vandals romp through the local cemetery, she takes advantage of her newfound anonymity and its unforeseen advantages as she launches her own unofficial investigation. Despite her oddball humor and unconventional snooping, Ivy soon becomes discouraged by her failure to turn up any solid clues. And after Ivy witnesses something ominous and unexplained, she can’t resist putting her investigative powers to work again. Even the authorities’ attempts to keep Ivy out of danger and her nosy neighbor’s match-making schemes can’t slow her down.
On the Run (Ivy Malone Mysteries, Book 3)
By Lorena McCourtney (Fleming H. Revell)
Release date: January 1, 2006
Super senior sleuth Ivy Malone is spunkier than Miss Marple, with a curiosity that just won’t quit. That inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Now Ivy’s headed across the country with a stray cat and God as her only companions. But just when she thinks she’s safe, two dead bodies turn up-discovered by Ivy, of course. A flock of emus, a survivalist outpost, and paintball are just a few of the strange things Ivy has to deal with in order to solve this latest crime.
RIPTIDE (The Julesburg Mysteries, Book Two)
By Lorena McCourtney (Rogue Ridge Press)
Release date: July 4, 2011
RIPTIDE is the second book in The Julesburg Mysteries, a three-book series of Christian romantic suspense set on the rugged Oregon coast. (Earlier published in paperback. )Twin sisters Sarah MacIntosh and Julie Armstrong have just found each other after being raised by different families and each never knowing the other existed. Their bond is strong and immediate, true “twins of the heart. ” They plan to buy and remodel Julesburg’s old Nevermore theater as a mini-mall for artisans and crafts people.
Stranded (Ivy Malone Mysteries, Book 4)
By Lorena McCourtney (Fleming H. Revell)
Release date: October 1, 2006
Super sleuth Ivy Malone’s inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Still on the run from the mob, Ivy ends up in a small town in the Pacific Northwest with a broken-down motor home, a young traveling companion running from a violent husband, and a stray cat. With no way to fix their vehicle, Ivy and her companion are invited to stay in an old Victorian house by a compassionate young woman attorney. But when Ivy discovers that the former resident was murdered and that the prime suspect happens to be Ivy’s kind benefactor, she’s on the case-digging up clues and getting into plenty of trouble along the way.
UNDERTOW (The Julesburg Mysteries, Book Three)
By Lorena McCourtney ()
Release date: July 4, 2011
UNDERTOW is the third book in The Julesburg Mysteries, a three-book series of Christian romantic suspense set on the rugged Oregon coast. (Earlier published in paperback. )Angie Harrison has fled a glamorous life as a New York model to come to Julesburg, where her brother and sister-in-law live. She tells herself that the past is behind her and buys the local weekly newspaper. She immediately becomes interested in doing an article on one of the historic old buildings in town, the Nevermore theater.
WHIRLPOOL (The Julesburg Mysteries, Book One)
By Lorena McCourtney ()
Release date: July 4, 2011
WHIRLPOOL is the first book in this re-release of a popular Christian romantic suspense series, The Julesburg Mysteries. Julesburg is a small town on the Oregon coast, but there are dangerous undercurrents beneath the town’s quiet surface. Stefanie Canfield’s life is swirling ever downward. Her mother’s death. Her husband’s infidelity, and the woman now flaunting her relationship with Hunter.