"You're a librarian, not a detective," Catherine Penny's daughter reminds her. But Catherine, suddenly single in her sixties, finds it easy to slip into sleuthing mode when she leaves behind New York City and a failed marriage for a lovely 17th century cottage in the idyllic English village of Far Wychwood. But behind the town's quaint stone walls and lace-curtained windows lurk dark secrets and whispers of witchcraft. And when her crusty neighbor George Crocker dies in a tragic fire, Catherine alone suspects arson. Lacking hard evidence, the police pay little attention, and the villagers swear she must be mistaken. Catherine, however, is one feisty expatriate American who leaves no stone unturned when circumstances point to murder. She may not be Miss Marple--yet--but her ingenious knack for uncovering the truth is about to take Far Wychwood by storm!

Abandoned by her husband, sixty-something Catherine Penny leaves New York City for the peaceful English village of Far Wychwood, but soon discovers that her idyllic new home is home to a variety of dark secrets, including murder.

Abandoned by her husband, sixty-something Catherine Penny leaves New York City for the peaceful English village of Far Wychwood, but soon discovers that her idyllic new home is home to a variety of dark secrets, including murder.

An easy going drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.

Carthage, a picturesque fishing village was somehow untouched by the blight of progress ... until plans for ranch style housing developments and plans for a huge chemical plant. But somebody was determined to save the town whatever it took -- even murder. - Detective Book Club.

Fire Department City of New York honors the department's 137 years of dedicated service to the City of New York by chronicling its history of the department with a updated listing of all the firefighters that have been killed in the line of duty. This book features 272 pages of which 67 are full-color pages. It has been updated to include the photos of all 343 individuals that so bravely lost their lives on September 11, 2001.