Judy Penz Sheluk Books in Order

Journalist Emily Garland investigates suspicious deaths amid plans to redevelop a historic schoolhouse in Lount's Landing. Antiques dealer Arabella Carpenter joins her as opposition to the project exposes local secrets and a possible connection to murder.

Three mystery stories follow a young woman drawn to a deceptive older man, a cyclist making a disturbing discovery, and a triathlon team whose swim training turns deadly. Each explores danger beneath apparently ordinary encounters.

Callie Barnstable inherits an unexpected house in Marketville, but her father's will requires her to live there and investigate her mother's murder. A thirty-year-old mystery and an intrusive psychic turn the inheritance into a search through family secrets.

Three brief stories examine lives without easy resolutions: a wife considers her marriage, a teenager confronts her mother’s suicide attempt, and another faces an unplanned pregnancy. Together they explore the uncertainty hidden within everyday relationships.

An antiques shop's charity golf promotion goes wrong when Arabella Carpenter discovers a corpse beside her stray tee shot. With her ex-husband the chief suspect, she and Emily Garland investigate while questioning whether they can trust him.

Callie Barnstable launches Past & Present Investigations with her friend Chantelle and receives a family's historical mystery as their first case. Investigating Anneliese Prei's death in 1956 uncovers unexpected connections between the woman's past and Callie's present.

A phone call from someone claiming to be long-missing Brandon Colbeck revives questions about his disappearance in 2000. Callie Barnstable and her investigative team follow old deceptions to discover where his journey led and whether he remains alive.

Emily Garland's hopes of buying a historic house clash with a reality-TV host's plans for it. Meanwhile, Arabella Carpenter's estate appraisal uncovers a hidden will, complicating the sale and exposing secrets among the people competing for the property.

Veronica Goodman disappeared after work on Valentine's Day in 1995, leaving only a silver pendant behind. Her daughter hires Callie Barnstable to investigate, but the case echoes Callie's own family history and draws her back into unresolved questions.

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