Murder by Invite
Sybown Press, June 2021 ISBN 979-8507634057 Edna Davies should be planning a wedding, but when her husband is accused of murder, she drops everything to prove his innocence. With her favorite detective otherwise occupied and her usual confidant in the hospital, Edna has nobody to help her except an old rival. Confusing the situation, a woman shows up who is a dead ringer for Edna’s best friend. Nobody knows who she is or where she came from, but Edna believes she’s the eye-witness who can clear Albert’s name. As she gets ever closer to identifying the doppelganger, Edna begins to wonder if she’s hunting the killer. Buy now |
Murder by Exercise
Sybown Press, July 2019
ISBN 978-1080364893
As Edna Davies leaves the new fitness club in town, she discovers one of the instructors hiding in her car. Her willingness to help the young woman throws Edna into the vortex of domestic abuse, ambition and business sabotage. Problems escalate when her best friend, geocaching in an old cemetery, stumbles upon the body of the stowaway’s husband—not yet buried, because he’s not yet cold. When her friend becomes the prime suspect in his murder, Edna marshals all the resources of small-town friendships and gossip to get to the truth.
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cover by Karen Phillips
Sybown Press, July 2019
ISBN 978-1080364893
As Edna Davies leaves the new fitness club in town, she discovers one of the instructors hiding in her car. Her willingness to help the young woman throws Edna into the vortex of domestic abuse, ambition and business sabotage. Problems escalate when her best friend, geocaching in an old cemetery, stumbles upon the body of the stowaway’s husband—not yet buried, because he’s not yet cold. When her friend becomes the prime suspect in his murder, Edna marshals all the resources of small-town friendships and gossip to get to the truth.
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cover by Karen Phillips
The Wrong Coat
Sybown Press, March 2018
ISBN 978-0692098011
Beryl Fishen and Nadine Rodd, residents in a Colorado retirement community, attend a performance at a local theater after which Beryl mistakenly receives another’s coat. In one of the pockets are scraps of paper, but no information as to the owner’s identity. Beryl is outraged to think someone would swap her new coat for one that looked to have come from a rummage sale. With Nadine’s help, a grocery list, a library receipt and candy wrappers, Beryl sets out to find a thief and discovers a killer.
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cover by Karen Phillips
Sybown Press, March 2018
ISBN 978-0692098011
Beryl Fishen and Nadine Rodd, residents in a Colorado retirement community, attend a performance at a local theater after which Beryl mistakenly receives another’s coat. In one of the pockets are scraps of paper, but no information as to the owner’s identity. Beryl is outraged to think someone would swap her new coat for one that looked to have come from a rummage sale. With Nadine’s help, a grocery list, a library receipt and candy wrappers, Beryl sets out to find a thief and discovers a killer.
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cover by Karen Phillips
Murder by Decay
Sybown Press, September 2016
- ISBN 978-1537476438
Edna Davies is distressed, suffering from the worst toothache she can remember.
Her dentist can’t help. He is the prime suspect in a homicide, and his office has been sealed off as the crime scene. His guilt would mean he purposely led Edna
into a trap, an act of betrayal she will not accept. As she attempts to learn the truth, she stumbles into a web of intrigue dating back ten years. With the help of a little stray terrier, she finds her answers, but nearly loses her life in the process.
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cover by Karen Phillips
Murder by Arrangement
Sybown Press, March 2015
ISBN 978-0692404836
Edna Davies is angry and worried. “Innocent until proven guilty” is the way our justice system works, but apparently not the way people react. Rose Beck was questioned repeatedly after the death of her husband, but she was never arrested, never charged. When Edna’s nine-year-old granddaughter meets and befriends Rose’s daughter, Edna must examine her own feelings. By ignoring the rumors, she may be endangering her family. If she were to shun the woman for no cause, she’d be going against her every instinct. A second death propels Edna into action as she is forced to seek the truth or face the consequences.
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cover by Karen Phillips
Murder by Christmas
Sybown Press, September 2013
ISBN 978-0615867762
Edna Davies is frantic. The demands of an invalid husband have put her behind schedule and now, five days before Christmas and with family gathering for the first time in years, she hasn't even put up a tree. As a blizzard descends on the town, the owner of a local cat shelter is found dead and neighbor Mary Osbourne disappears. Trying to juggle holiday plans with the search for her friend, Edna confronts a killer and may miss Christmas.
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cover by Karen Phillips
ISBN 978-0615867762
Edna Davies is frantic. The demands of an invalid husband have put her behind schedule and now, five days before Christmas and with family gathering for the first time in years, she hasn't even put up a tree. As a blizzard descends on the town, the owner of a local cat shelter is found dead and neighbor Mary Osbourne disappears. Trying to juggle holiday plans with the search for her friend, Edna confronts a killer and may miss Christmas.
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cover by Karen Phillips
Murder by Mishap
Sybown Press, April 2012
ISBN 978-0615622866
Edna Davies is heading for the Providence Art club when she spots a brooch in the newly-tilled soil of a friend's yard. Her discovery solves a 50-year-old mystery but precipitates a murder. As she tries to make sense of the killing, Edna matches wits with someone who may be hiding behind a false identity. She must determine who is friend and who is foe before another person dies.
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cover by Jamie Reddig
ISBN 978-0615622866
Edna Davies is heading for the Providence Art club when she spots a brooch in the newly-tilled soil of a friend's yard. Her discovery solves a 50-year-old mystery but precipitates a murder. As she tries to make sense of the killing, Edna matches wits with someone who may be hiding behind a false identity. She must determine who is friend and who is foe before another person dies.
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cover by Jamie Reddig
Murder by Proxy
Mainly Murder Press, February 2011
ISBN 978-0-9827952-3-1
Edna Davies discovers that automation can be convenient, but it can also be deadly. In the Colorado Rockies on an errand of mercy, Edna is confronted by a private detective and challenged to find a missing woman. Anita Collier appears to be alive. Her paycheck is deposited, her bills are paid, her phone is answered; but closer inspection reveals everything is automated. Nobody has actually seen her for several weeks, except perhaps Edna's son, but he isn't talking. In her search for the truth, Edna plunges deep into danger when she uncovers more than one murder and struggles to prevent another .
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ISBN 978-0-9827952-3-1
Edna Davies discovers that automation can be convenient, but it can also be deadly. In the Colorado Rockies on an errand of mercy, Edna is confronted by a private detective and challenged to find a missing woman. Anita Collier appears to be alive. Her paycheck is deposited, her bills are paid, her phone is answered; but closer inspection reveals everything is automated. Nobody has actually seen her for several weeks, except perhaps Edna's son, but he isn't talking. In her search for the truth, Edna plunges deep into danger when she uncovers more than one murder and struggles to prevent another .
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Murder by Yew
Mainly Murder Press, November 2009
ISBN 978-0-615-29010-2
Murder by Yew was my first published full-length novel and was situated in Rhode Island because that’s where it needed to take place. When I began to research natural poisons, I started to realize how many highly toxic plants and bushes surrounded the homes where I grew up. Couple my new-found knowledge with a mother who loved concocting herb spreads to serve to friends and relatives ... well, I just couldn’t resist.
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ISBN 978-0-615-29010-2
Murder by Yew was my first published full-length novel and was situated in Rhode Island because that’s where it needed to take place. When I began to research natural poisons, I started to realize how many highly toxic plants and bushes surrounded the homes where I grew up. Couple my new-found knowledge with a mother who loved concocting herb spreads to serve to friends and relatives ... well, I just couldn’t resist.
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Tales from Mistwillow
Mistwillow Crime Wave"
RMFW Press, 2007
ISBN 0-9760225-1-6
My short story “Mistwillow Crime Wave” was a winner in the 2007 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers contest for the anthology Tales from Mistwillow. The story is based on a phenomenon that plagues police departments everywhere, large or small—that of people confessing to crimes they didn’t commit. One of the more astounding examples of this is the man who confessed to being Jack the Ripper. The police wasted no time in finding the man was only two years old at the time of those infamous deeds. Less fortunate was the sailor who was hanged for starting disastrous fire in Chicago, although it was determined that he had been at sea during the time in question.
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RMFW Press, 2007
ISBN 0-9760225-1-6
My short story “Mistwillow Crime Wave” was a winner in the 2007 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers contest for the anthology Tales from Mistwillow. The story is based on a phenomenon that plagues police departments everywhere, large or small—that of people confessing to crimes they didn’t commit. One of the more astounding examples of this is the man who confessed to being Jack the Ripper. The police wasted no time in finding the man was only two years old at the time of those infamous deeds. Less fortunate was the sailor who was hanged for starting disastrous fire in Chicago, although it was determined that he had been at sea during the time in question.
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