Books

	Once She Knew Author: Sheila Connolly Published: September 3, 2012 by Beyond the Page Publishing Category: Suspense Main Character: Claire Hastings, Jonathan Daulton Claire Hastings, professor at a prestigious women’s college, has retreated to an isolated cabin in Maine in midwinter to work on the book that will guarantee her tenure, but she’s having trouble finishing it. Then disgraced journalist Jonathan Daulton stumbles into her cabin late one night, soaking wet and bleeding from what seems to be a gunshot wound. She recognizes him from a romantic encounter at a conference years earlier, one she’s been trying desperately to forget. Much to her relief, and embarrassment, he doesn’t appear to remember her. Click for more info.

	Sour Apples Author: Sheila Connolly Published: August 7, 2012 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: Orchard Mystery Series Category: Cozy Mystery Main Character: Meg Corey, Seth Chapin Apple orchard owner Meg Corey is finally feeling settled into her new life in Granford—she's made friends, and her relationship with Seth Chapin is warming up—when her old Boston coworker Lauren Converse comes barreling into town, running the Congressional campaign for a former hometown football hero. But Meg doesn’t have time to worry about why Seth seems reluctant to back Lauren’s campaign when her neighbor, local dairy farmer Joyce Truesdell, is found dead from an apparent kick to the head from one of her cows. Click for more info.

	Fire Engine Dead Author: Sheila Connolly Published: March 6, 2012 by Berkley Prime Crime Category: Traditional Mystery Main Character: Nell Pratt, James Morrison, Marty Terwilliger *Nell Pratt, president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, has to stoke her intuition to find an arsonist/murderer whose identity is veiled in smoke…* Click for more info.

	Bitter Harvest Author: Sheila Connolly Published: August 2, 2011 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: Orchard Mystery Category: Traditional mystery Main Character: Meg Corey, Seth Chapin WHERE DO MEG'S TROUBLES STEM FROM? Now that Meg Corey's first apple crop has been harvested and sold, she's enjoying some free time. Especially since she's snowed in without power or heat. Luckily, her maybe-boyfriend Seth Chapin is keeping her company, and has agreed to help her clean out her house. Click for more info.

	Let's Play Dead Author: Sheila Connolly Published: July 5, 2011 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: Museum Mystery Category: Traditional mystery Main Character: Nell Pratt, James Morrison, Marty Terwilliger *For this killer, murder is child's play* *The president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, Nell Pratt, is jolted into action when someone is electrocuted at a colleague's children's museum* Click for more info.

	A Killer Crop Author: Sheila Connolly Published: December 7, 2010 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: The Orchard Mysteries Category: Traditional mystery Main Character: Meg Corey, Seth Chapin When Meg Corey's mother arrives unannounced in Granford, Massachusett , Meg's sure it's not just to pay a surprise visit to the apple of her eye. The timing is terrible–it's harvest season and Meg is understaffed in the orchard. Plus Elizabeth Corey is clearly hiding the real purpose of her trip from her daughter. Click for more info.

	Fundraising the Dead Author: Sheila Connolly Published: October 5, 2010 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: The Museum Mysteries Category: Traditional mystery Main Character: Nell Pratt, Marty Terwilliger, James Morrison At the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, fundraiser Eleanor "Nell" Pratt solicits donations–and sometimes solves crimes. After all, murder is not good for public relations . . . At the museum, a few missing documents could be a major embarrassment. So when a collection of George Washington's letters is lost on the day of the Society's grand Gala, heads will certainly roll . . . but no one expects an archivist to be found dead. Click for more info.

	Red Delicious Death Author: Sheila Connolly Published: March 2, 2010 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: The Orchard Mysteries Category: Traditional Mystery Main Character: Meg Corey, Seth Chapin Granford newcomer Meg Corey has more than enough to do, between restoring the colonial house she's inherited and trying to manage her orchard. Then a trio of young chefs fresh out of cooking school arrives in town to open a restaurant using local foods, and Meg volunteers to help them out. But then one of the chefs is found dead in a farmer's pig wallow. When Meg begins looking into the death, her investigation digs up some old town secrets–and Meg soon realizes that they have a locally grown killer on their hands. Click for more info.

	Snake in the Glass Author: Sarah Atwell Published: September 1, 2009 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: The Glassblowing Mystery Series Category: Traditional mystery Main Character: Em Dowell, Cameron Dowell, Matt Lundgren When a nervous stranger appears at Em Dowell’s glassblowing studio begging to use her glass kiln for an experimental gem treatment, she finds it a little odd, though it doesn’t seem like anything to be alarmed about. After all, the annual Gem Show is in town, and everyone in Tucson seems obsessed by it at the moment. Click for more info.

	Rotten to the Core Author: Sheila Connolly Published: July 7, 2009 by Berkley Prime Crime Series Name: The Orchard Mysteries Category: Traditional mystery Main Character: Meg Corey, Seth Chapin Spring has come to Meg Corey’s apple orchard—and it’s quickly becoming a killer season. Just as she’s getting the hang of managing the two-hundred-year-old orchard she’s inherited, the dead body of a local organic farming enthusiast is found in her springhouse. And the only thing that’s sprung is a murder accusation—against her… Click for more info.