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A HARAS OF HORSES – A JOY FOREST COZY MYSTERY Dr. Joy Forest, a social scientist, is called to her childhood home for an emergency, but soon discovers a mystery … the neighbor’s gorgeous black stallion seems to have disappeared into thin air. What happened to him? It looks more and more like dirty deeds are involved. Discover with Joy not only what happened to the beautiful horse, but also what all the whirling, swirling, unfolding events around her reveal to her about her childhood friends and family … and her heart. The JOY FOREST COZY MYSTERY SERIES is a world of eccentric small-...

It’s a New Mexico Christmas. The lights are strung, the luminarias are set along the sidewalks. Treats are abundant and Charlie Parker is getting ready for her mother-in-law’s holiday visit. But there is trouble in the neighborhood and when death shows up - right next door - Charlie’s bright, festive plans suddenly take a turn for the dark.

Smart and sassy 1890s bookkeeper-turned-sleuth China Bohannon is a magnet for danger. Assigned to office duties in the Doyle & Howe detective agency, she lands smack in the middle of the detective’s latest murder case when a suspicious character tries to bribe her - and she takes the bribe! In an adventure that is destined to go downhill from there, China is thrown overboard from a steamboat into Coeur d’Alene Lake to drown. Escaping that, while hot on the trail of the murderer, she’s arrested on charges of prostitution in the wild mining town of Wallace, Idaho.

How does a middle aged woman embark on her upcoming second marriage? She whisks herself and her fiancé; Speed off to Italy to meet his family, of course. Their journey back into his past is mysteriously guided by intricate visions, unresolved emotions, spectacular landscapes, delectable food and remarkable characters. All these threads weave themselves into a blanket that uncovers years of pain and family secrets.