Eleanor Boylan Books in Order

After her detective husband dies, Clara Gamadge investigates an old family disappearance linked to her aunt’s sudden death. Sorting through memories and conflicting clues, she must determine whether a mystery from fifty years earlier conceals more than one murder.

A childhood friend reappears after forty years with a case for Clara Gamadge, then becomes a murder victim himself. Clara investigates a stolen inheritance and altered identities, following a trail that reaches from New York to Ireland.

Hospitalized over Christmas after a bookstore party, Clara Gamadge realizes her illness may have been an attempt on her life. A second poisoning threat and an old friend’s arrival draw her into investigating deception, extortion and murder from her hospital bed.

Boylan explains how to create puppet plays, build scenery and a miniature theater, and bring characters to life through movement and voice. Practice scripts offer opportunities for individual performers, partners and larger groups to try the techniques.

Clara Gamadge returns to her old school after an actress abruptly leaves her three daughters in its care. When a body disrupts commencement, Clara investigates the family secrets and conflicting motives threatening the academy and its unexpected young boarders.