Small town life is anything but dull, as Lucy Nan Pilgrim is beginning to learn. Things have settled down since her guardian angel, August Goodnight, came into her life and helped her through a difficult mystery involving the history of her home and a few suspicious deaths in town. Life has set...
Minda Hobbs returns to her home town of Angel Heights, South Carolina.to find some purpose in her life after the death of her husband. she finds her cousin Otto dead in the girls bathroom of the historic Minerva Academy an all girls school that is now like a museum. she also meets her guardia...
Mary George Murphy is not very good at committing suicide. She tried poison and it tasted bad, she didn't have enough gas in her tank, and the rope was frayed. When she fell through the banister when the rope broke, she hears a voice and meets Augusta Goodnight, her standin guardian angel.With ...
Ballard, MignonMysteryPrentice Dobson didn't think she had anything left to lose. Unemployed and abandoned by her boyfriend, who refused to say "I love you," Prentice returns to her family's home to mourn the recent deaths of her father and estranged sister. Trying to deal with big questions abou...
When Kate McBride returns to her hometown of Bishop's Bridge, North Carolina, for a family reunion, she expects questions about her husband's conspicuous absence. What she doesn't expect is murder.Soon after arriving, Kate finds her great uncle's housekeeper, Ella Stegall, badly injured and incoh...
Head hit a rock, they said. Well, that was a coincidence! And now rumor was the coroner believed it was likely Cynthia Murphy had died in the same way, probably from a blow to the head. He knew from personal experience the woman could drive a man to violence; why, any of them might’ve done it. It...
Willie Elrod suggested to his friend Junior Henderson. “We can pretend to be soldiers and Ruthie and Lee Anne will be the enemy. We’ll take ’em prisoner and lock ’em in your garage.” “Oh no we won’t! The last time we did that, Lee Anne broke all the fruit jars in there tha...
Whatever had been thrown over me had been collecting dust for at least a hundred years, and I coughed and gasped for air, making the situation even worse. Somebody standing over me grunted as he tugged at the fabric, and I cried out as what felt like a foot came in contact with my back, rolling m...
The Herald Angel Screamed: An Augusta Goodnight Mystery (with Heavenly Recipes) id you notice Preacher Dave’s face?” I said to Augusta as we drove away. “He was as white as Logan’s cat.” Augusta immediately turned on the heater. “Logan’s cat?” “It’s a term my grandmother used,” I explained. “Exce...
“I’m gonna let you close up, Jesse Dean. Lord, it’s been a long day! I’m ready to go home and soak my feet in some Epsom salts.” He pulled down the shade on the front door and looked about to see if he’d missed anything. “Now if anybody comes, just pretend you don’t hear them. If they don’t have ...
Dimple said, hanging up the receiver, and Annie knew by her expression that something was terribly wrong. “I’ll come with you,” she said, her hand on the doorknob. Phoebe Chadwick sighed. “You might as well tell me what’s going on. I’m not deaf and blind, you know. It has ...
Lou said when she and Jo stopped by the local police station before leaving for home that morning. And Reece, occupied with a stack of papers on his desk, looked up in surprise. “You’re right. I thought you two would probably be halfway to Elderberry by now.” He started to rise. “What can I do fo...