Susan Rogers Cooper

Someone is out for revenge against Milt Kovak, sheriff of Prophecy County, Oklahoma. A sinister note is taped to the office front door, and a dummy found hanging in the interrogation room. If that wasn't disturbing enough, the brake lines on a deputy's car are cut, causing his wife to crash. Meanwhile, two friends of the mother of Milt's other deputy are taken to hospital, poisoned after eating her peach melba. It's not long before Milt and his team...

While on a seven-day cruise with his family, Sheriff Milt Kovak gets caught between two murder investigations when a body turns up on his cruise ship and another one is found back home in Prophesy County.

E.J. has a surprise twentieth wedding anniversary present for Willis--a weekend away in the Texas hills. She's found the perfect Bed and Breakfast- the Bishop' Inn in the quaint town of Peaceful. Unfortunately, they've barely arrived before the inn's troubled elderly owner, Carrie Marie Hutchins, confides in them about a harrowing event from her childhood involving her dead father...and his spirit, which won't go away...E.J. has little time to digest...