Denise Swanson
Author
Series
Welcome back to Scumble River volume 3
Language
English
Description
School psychologist Skye Denison-Boyd is getting ready to return to work from her maternity leave and hoping for a peaceful year in her job as a school psychologist. But when an elderly woman disappears on her first day back and a disgruntled parent threatens to sue the school, Skye realizes that her return will be anything but quiet. When the parent suing Skye's school is found dead and with the missing woman's case is still unsolved, Skye suspects...
Author
Series
Welcome back to Scumble River volume 1
Language
English
Description
Dead in the Water is a gripping mystery that won't let you go until you've turned the last page. A twister, a kidnapping, and a murder--oh my! Scumble River may never be the same. For school psychologist Skye Denison, there's certainly no place like home. When a violent tornado devastates her small hometown of Scumble River, she can't see how the community will ever recover--especially since town councilman Zeke Lyons appears to have perished in the...
Author
Series
Welcome back to Scumble River volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
School psychologist Skye Denison-Boyd is settling into the rhythm of being a working mom, but when school is put on lockdown, life gets messy again. Not only is she stuck in a room with her horrible superintendent, Dr. Wraige, it looks like the lockdown was a false alarm-someone left a cupid's bow and arrow in a classroom. Later, as Wally looks into an attempted break-in, he finds the superintendent murdered, his jugular cut with the arrow of a cupid...
Author
Series
Welcome back to Scumble River volume 2
Language
English
Description
School psychologist Skye Denison-Boyd had hoped that her maternity leave would be at least a little relaxing, but when she and her husband, Wally, meet with the priest to discuss their newborn twins' christening, an explosion at the nearby bowling alley rocks the rectory. And although the business was closed at the time of the blast, there's a body inside. As police chief, Wally is inevitably drawn into the investigation, which seems to indicate that...
Author
Series
Scumble River mystery volume 16
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
There's no place like Scumble River at Christmastime, and this year, school psychologist Skye Denison has twice as much to celebrate and to do. In addition to the usual holiday frenzy, Skye's wedding to police chief Wally Boyd is less than a week away, that is, if the groom isn't too busy working to attend. The town's sexy new librarian, Yvonne Osborn, has just been murdered, and the list of suspects is piling up faster than late fees on an overdue...
Author
Series
Scumble River mystery volume 12
Language
English
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Description
School psychologist Skye Denison reluctantly agrees to act as maid of honor in her California cousin's over-the-top platinum-style wedding- and is also expected to assist the control-freak wedding planner. But when Skye discovers the planner dead, just one week before the big event, Skye is suddenly working double-duty. While overseeing every nuptial detail, she's also helping the police find out who hated the bridal consultant enough to kill her....
Author
Series
Scumble River mystery volume 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When megamillionaire and imitation cowboy Rex Taylor proposes building a country music theater in Scumble River, everyone's ready to do the boot-scootin' boogie except school psychologist Skye Denison. She's been asked by Suzette Neal, Rex's assistant and a rising country star, to investigate her mother's suspicious death twenty-seven years earlier. No sooner does Skye agree to help than she finds Suzette literally flattened--and very dead."--P....
Author
Series
Chef-to-go mystery volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After unexpectedly inheriting a huge old house in a small college town, Dani, to fund her new personal chef business, takes in boarders, but when one of them is murdered and she becomes the prime suspect, she must serve up the real killer to clear her name and save her business
Author
Series
Chef-to-go mystery volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's the beginning of the university's fall semester and Dani can't wait for the college students to return to Normalton, Illinois--after all, without them, there is no one to support her Lunch-to-Go service, which is a vital part of her Chef-to-Go business. But Normalton University's orientation week is marred by a mysterious murder, along with a series of car-jackings and sightings of a mysterious creature in a pond on campus. And with the whole...
Author
Series
Devereaux's Dime Store mystery volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When the wife of wealthy philanthropist Elliot Wilson goes missing after she publicly opposes his plan to open a wildlife park on the edge of town, Devereaux and her tenant, a handsome private investigator, team up to prove Elliots innocence before someone else is preyed upon.
Author
Series
Scumble River mystery volume 13
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Who could be driven to kill by books and sweets? While school psychologist Skye Dennison eagerly anticipates the grand opening of a new bookstore called Tales and Treats, many of Scumble River's most outspoken citizens want to shut down the owners before they even open - and one is angry enough to commit murder.
14) Winner cake all
Author
Series
Chef-to-go mystery volume 3
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Normalton, IL, there aren't a lot of opportunities for small business owner Dani Sloan to cater big-ticket events. But that's about to change-a client named Yvette Joubert is marrying Franklin Whittaker, the richest guy around, and they want Dani to cater their engagement party! The swanky event is the perfect opportunity to put Dani on the map for wealthier clients. But when a storm hits the party after guests arrive, it becomes...
Author
Series
Devereaux Dime Store mystery volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Dev Sinclair is the happy new owner of the old-fashioned five-and-dime shop in her small Missouri town. When her ex's fiancee is murdered... and Dev's fingerprints are all over the weapons... she may find herself serving twenty-to-life!
Author
Series
Devereaux's Dime Store mystery volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Devereaux Sinclair, the owner of an old-fashioned five-and-dime store, must prove her friend Boone's innocence in the murder of Elise Whitmore, who had offered her a great deal on antique chocolate molds for Easter.
Author
Series
Devereaux's Dime Store mystery volume 3
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Opening an old-fashioned five-and-dime shop in her small Missouri hometown has been a great change for Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair. But when she hosts a reading group there, she learns that bad writing can mean life or death. To keep her new business in the black, Dev opens her shop to local clubs. But in the first meeting of the Stepping Out Book Club, the speaker storms out after members attack his poetry's sexism and scorn for small towns. Later that...
Author
Series
Scumble River mystery volume 15
Publisher
Center Point
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"When ex-Vegas showgirl and local business owner Bunny Reid starts an online dating service called Cupid's Cat's Meow, out-of-town visitors flock to her bowling alley for the speed-dating and cat show events she hosts to bring in extra cash. Bunny's scheme sounds harmless enough, but school psychologist Skye Denison knows all too well that an influx of strangers in Scumble River always spells trouble"--From publisher description.