The Lavender Butterfly Murders

The Lavender Butterfly Murders
Author: Sharon Duncan
Publisher: Center Point
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781585475353

Frustrated by her deteriorating love life and the return of a long-absent ex-husband, Scotia MacKinnon opts for seven days of tranquility at a retreat on neighboring Santa Monica Island. But all hopes of finding peace are dashed when Scotia becomes embroiled in a nasty struggle between the spa’s innkeeper and her rustic neighbors, a series of accidents, and what looks like murder. Looks like Scotia has found herself the vacation from hell! With three marriages and twenty years of law enforcement under her belt, if anyone can pick up the pieces of clues left behind, it would be Scotia MacKinnon. Sharon Duncan is a recognized linguistic scholar, former university instructor, and language test developer, who has turned to mystery writing. She is also an accomplished sailor who divides her time between Washington State’s San Juan Islands and hideaway on the Gulf of Mexico.

Lavender Lust [Purple Feather Murders]

Lavender Lust [Purple Feather Murders]
Author: Cricket Sawyer
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1606011367

[BookStrand Romantic Suspense] Mysterious lavender haze, which lingers around each victim, seems only visible to Heather Highmark. The haze defines each person. The fledgling physic doesn't yet trust her powers, but someone with a strong lavender aura is murdering members of the Recreation League one person at a time. Heather must discover who the lavender feather murderer is before she strikes again and she loses the two people closest to her in the world. Her brother Roy and his friend, her lover Langdon Cruise, could be next. Her only clue is the face in the lavender haze and time is running out. She is a deadly femme fatale out for revenge against real or perceived wrongs, and no one is safe. ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Lavender Blue Murder

Lavender Blue Murder
Author: Laura Childs
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2020
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451489667

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Who Murdered Butterfly Dancer

Who Murdered Butterfly Dancer
Author: J. Charles Harris
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2024-02-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1977272304

As a young man Jon Charles Harris sought guidance for his life by fasting for four days in the spiritual silence of mountains, searching for a sign. Although he did not know it then, he did find his answer when a butterfly visited him. He preferred a visit from a wolf but he got a butterfly; the butterfly talked but Harris did not understand. Little did he know what this visit really meant and how butterflies would become important to him, and in that moment, unbeknownst to him, his life started to change. And now, with Who Murdered Butterfly Dancer, J Charles Harris offers readers a chance to see what Butterfly Dancer taught Harris about what the butterfly said that Harris did not understand. A reader may see that what is often taught as incorruptible knowledge that should be enforced with perpetual tradition is not what Love is giving us a chance to do: to become the intention of the creation you were made to be. Just as young Harris himself changed when Butterfly Dancer visited him and asked him to understand “love me as I am,” Or a reader may be trying to express their true self within a community they fear will reject them, or, on the other side of that coin, may be trying to accept and have compassion for a member of their community they did not previously embrace. Those who challenge themselves to read this book, who dare themselves to consider possibilities outside what they have known, will discover what all explorers find when they persist: treasure

Murder in Lavender Silk

Murder in Lavender Silk
Author: Karen Sue Walker
Publisher: Laragray Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Happy Murder to You! It’s Max’s 30th birthday, but with her busy bridal shop, she barely has time to celebrate with her friends, her father, and her boyfriend, Detective Jason Cruz. When the night of her father’s gallery show ends in murder, she’s going to be even busier making sure he stays out of jail. As she sorts through the clues, Max starts to doubt even those closest to her. Will she figure out who she can trust before it’s too late? The latest in the Bridal Shop Cozy Mystery Series can be read as a standalone, or start with the first in the series: Murder in White Lace. This series has been called "charming" and "delightful" with an unexpected twist in each book.

Invitation to Murder

Invitation to Murder
Author: Beth Prentice
Publisher: Beth Prentice
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A workplace reunion at the television station where I formerly worked, sounded exciting. And the theme of the reunion is a Murder Mystery Party, so that should be fun, right? Wrong! One invitation I wished I'd turned down... A workplace reunion at the television station where I formerly worked, sounded exciting. And the theme of the reunion is a Murder Mystery Party, so that should be fun, right? Wrong! My first horror was coming face-to-face with my ex-boyfriend and his brand new, gorgeous wife. Second, the party happened to coincide with one of the worst storms of the season, knocking out utility lines and cell service. And when my less than-beloved ex-boss becomes the Murder Party's fake victim, me and my "team" are tasked with solving the fake murder before anyone else. The only bright spot? The sexy cameraman with the sparkling blue eyes and soft, full lips who happens to be on my team! But what started out as a game quickly became all too real when I stumble upon the actual dead body of my ex’s new wife. Did someone take the game too seriously? Is there a real murderer among the party-goers? Can following the clues to a fake murder help me solve a real one? Trapped by the storm, with "players" disappearing and time running out, I find myself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse... where not everyone will make it out alive!

Murder at Meadowlark

Murder at Meadowlark
Author: Doris Hay
Publisher: Rainbow Crush
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2018
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1370033249

Luella Genova has never been great at speaking her mind. When community-spirited high school student Chandelle Jervais asks her to bring one of her famous lasagnas to the potluck at Meadowlark Retirement Residence, the aging widow would rather stay home and swallow a bottle of pills. Who’d have thought lasagna could change a lady’s life? When Luella arrives at Meadowlark, a woman has just died—not an uncommon occurrence in a home for seniors, but Luella smells a rat. Even the old woman’s family is satisfied to believe that she died of natural causes, but that only makes Luella more suspicious. The only way to prove it was murder… is to find the killer! Book One in the Lasagna Lady Mysteries series.

FRED M. WHITE Premium Collection: 60+ Murder Mysteries & Crime Novels; Including 200+ Short Stories (Illustrated)

FRED M. WHITE Premium Collection: 60+ Murder Mysteries & Crime Novels; Including 200+ Short Stories (Illustrated)
Author: Fred M. White
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 10913
Release: 2016-12-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8026871669

This carefully crafted ebook: "FRED M. WHITE Premium Collection: 60+ Murder Mysteries & Crime Novels; Including 200+ Short Stories (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: By Order of the League The Midnight Guest A Fatal Dose The Island of Shadows The Crimson Blind Tregarthen's Wife Blackmail The Weight of the Crown A Shadowed Love My Lady Bountiful A Golden Argosy The Cardinal Moth The Corner House The Ends of Justice The House of Schemers The Lord of the Manor The Slave of Silence The Yellow Face The Nether Millstone The Five Knots The Edge of the Sword The Lonely Bride Craven Fortune The Law of the Land The Mystery of the Four Fingers The Sundial Netta A Queen of the Stage The Scales of Justice A Crime on Canvas The Golden Rose Paul Quentin A Front of Brass Hard Pressed The White Glove A Mummer's Throne The Secret of the Sands The Man Called Gilray The House of Mammon A Royal Wrong A Secret Service The Sentence of the Court Powers of Darkness The Mystery of the Ravenspurs The Day Ambition's Slave The Seed of Empire The Salt of the Earth The Lady in Blue The Case for the Crown The Wings of Victory The Leopard's Spots The Honour of His House The Man who was Two The Mystery of Room 75 The Councillors of Falconhoe The Master Criminal (True Crime Tales) The Doom of London The Gipsy Tales The Real Drama The Romance of the Secret Service Fund The Adventures of Drenton Denn… Frederick White (1859–1935), mostly known for mysteries, is considered also as one of the pioneers of the spy story.