"You're a librarian, not a detective," Catherine Penny's daughter reminds her. But Catherine, suddenly single in her sixties, finds it easy to slip into sleuthing mode when she leaves behind New York City and a failed marriage for a lovely 17th century cottage in the idyllic English village of Far Wychwood. But behind the town's quaint stone walls and lace-curtained windows lurk dark secrets and whispers of witchcraft. And when her crusty neighbor George Crocker dies in a tragic fire, Catherine alone suspects arson. Lacking hard evidence, the police pay little attention, and the villagers swear she must be mistaken. Catherine, however, is one feisty expatriate American who leaves no stone unturned when circumstances point to murder. She may not be Miss Marple--yet--but her ingenious knack for uncovering the truth is about to take Far Wychwood by storm!

An easy going drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.

Fire Department City of New York honors the department's 137 years of dedicated service to the City of New York by chronicling its history of the department with a updated listing of all the firefighters that have been killed in the line of duty. This book features 272 pages of which 67 are full-color pages. It has been updated to include the photos of all 343 individuals that so bravely lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

Actually five books in one, Return to Lmuma is a continuation of life and love for three teenage boys introduced in Mystery of the Lmuma Mine. Ron Martin, Wildlife Photographer and Explorer tells his story of adventure, murder, and lost treasure in Mexico, Africa and Arizona. Rex Franklin joins the US Navy as a Frogman and sees plenty of action during the Korean War. Rex is charged with murder, but proves instead to be the scape-goat victim of a large political scam. Tim Caruthers is a top notch fire investigator for the Portland Fire Bureau. Lots of gritty smoke filled action until Tim finally outwits the serial arsonist. Reunion at Lmuma Mine: Some 40 years after the original Lmuma Mine story (also included), the three main charaters (now retired) return to see if they can find the old mine. Some town people are cooperative, but many are not. The mine is located but found occupied by big money criminals

Collection of fifteen stories of heroism.

File "M" for Murder Librarian and former New Yorker Catherine Penny has already sleuthed out the truth behind a deadly house fire since settling in the tiny English town of Far Wychwood. But nowhere is too far for painful memories to find her when her ex-husband, who left her single in her sixties, arrives with his new lady love to attend a family affair. Catherine can't avoid him at the awards ceremony honoring their son-in-law, Peter, who is a shoo-in for a prestigious appointment at Oxford's Mercy College. But the shock of Peter not being chosen is matched only by who is: pompous, womanizing scholar Edgar Stone. And when Stone is found murdered, Peter's guilt seems hardly academic.... Patricia Harwin, who introduced a "charming, compassionate" (The New Mystery Reader) heroine in Arson and Old Lace, shows once again why an American woman in an English town can unearth a whole lot of trouble.

A widow trying to fill her empty heart and empty nest with stuff is saved from the clutter and guided toward love by friends in the local garden club.

Book One in the Intuition Series A shadowy predator with a murderous appetite for fire stalks a northern Minnesota town. When an elderly woman dies, the local police rule it an accident. Officer Erin Ericsson doesn’t think so. She thinks it was murder. The youngest officer on the department, Erin is determined to do whatever it takes to solve the crime. Even if it means defying her superior officer. Allie has recently relocated from Canada to be with Erin. A city girl, Allie struggles to fit in to small town life, but she hides a secret. A secret that gives her nightmares. A secret she fears will tear her apart. Erin knows her well enough to suspect that Allie suppresses a gift. One with a connection to the killer she seeks. She must find a way to convince Allie to help her. Together they use their skill, and a bit of intuition, to unmask the culprit behind an escalating series of deadly crimes. Their search leads them through unforgiving back woods and face-to-face with evil. Book Two in this series: Burning Intuition