Barbara Early Books in Order

Geometry teacher Donna Russell investigates a food bank colleague’s disappearance just before Christmas. With an EMT volunteering to help and a body recovered from the Niagara River, she must decide whether her appealing new partner can be trusted.

Liz McCall helps her retired police-chief father run a vintage toyshop, until a customer seeking an appraisal is found murdered there. With the family business threatened, father and daughter investigate the antique toys and the victim's connections.

At a local train and toy show, Liz McCall's childhood bully dies during an apparent publicity accident. When murder becomes likely, Liz investigates competing loyalties and suspicious business dealings, discovering the danger may reach her own family.

Liz McCall's boyfriend introduces her to his estranged Russian wife, who soon turns up strangled at the neighboring barber shop. With the police chief himself under suspicion, Liz and her retired detective father seek other possible motives.