The wonderful, quirky citizens of Beryl's Cove, NC are at it again. Amateur sleuths Steve and Suzanne Thomas find themselves assisting local police chief, Nathan Sowinski with an automobile accident that turns out to be murder. His car careens out of control right in downtown Beryl's Cove, and our beach bunch sets out to solve the crime. Their paths soon cross with drug runners, a smarmy lifeguard and an unsympathetic TV station executive. Meanwhile, the residents of the Cove carry on in the midst of personal crises, not the least of which is Steve's broken leg. One of the more stable Cove...

Take an exciting plane trip to England, outstanding characters, and turbulence at 35,000 feet and you have the ideal setting for another outstanding mystery in author Jan McCanless' mystery series set in Beryl's Cove, NC. Murder in Midair, follows our lead characters as they solve the murder of an Egyptian national, aboard the flight to Europe, that finds the Thomas' couple, plus their friend Brother Jerome from the Monastery of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina. With only 6 hours of flight time left. Our principals are scrambling to find the killer among the passengers on a British airliner;...

That delightful bunch from Beryl's Cover, NC, is back. This time Suzanne's college reunion is coming up, and it promises to be exciting. All the grads will be taking a train excursion from the coast all the way through the Midwest to Chicago. Instead of the sightseeing and revelry they planned, however, the alumni are confronted with murder most foul. Amateur sleuth Steve Thomas, ably assisted by his gorgeous wife, realize they must solve this case and clear up the mystery, as multiple passengers go missing and the train inexplicably slows to a crawl. One plot twist after another make this...

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