When the quarrelsome head of the Dembley Ramblers Association, Jessica Tartinck, turns up dead in the field of the local baronet, the inimitable Agatha Raisin--in another attempt to gain community acceptance--sets out to clear Sir Charles Fraith's name.

When it comes to holidays, Minnesotans rise to the occasion-- and the little town of Lake Eden is baking up a storm with Hannah leading the way. The annual Christmas Buffet is the final test of the recipes Hannah has collected for the Lake Eden Holiday Buffet Cookbook. The recently divorced Martin Dubinski arrives at the buffet with his new Vegas showgirl wife-- all wrapped up in glitter and fur. His ex-wife, however, seems as cool as chilled eggnog....

"Everyone knows the name Hope McDonald-- and not just the couple thousand folks in Loon Lake. Her advice column is syndicated worldwide to about eighty million readers. When the wise old woman is found murdered in her home, Chief Lew Ferris can think of more than a few suspects-- and calls on Doc Osborne for help. Since Hope was dealing with some desperate souls, Doc and Lew will have to think of the perfect bait to net a cold-blooded killer ..."--Page...

Mayor and single mom Peggy Jean Turner is happily anticipating her favorite holiday in Cobb's Landing. But this year is different. Dealing with an obnoxious neighbor and organizing a reenactment of the first Thanksgiving for the tourists, she's being pulled in more directions that a wishbone. But Peggy is forced to put aside all thoughts of Thanksgiving when her antagonistic neighbor is found dead on the village green. Unfortunately, the murder weapon...

It's the week before Christmas, but the festive mood in Inspector Gerald Witherspoon's household fizzles when he' called to Richmond to investigate the murder of Sir George Braxton, found lying face down in a frozen fountain with the back of his skull bashed in. The case is complicated by a distinct lack of holiday cheer in the victim's three agrumentative middle-aged daughters -- and their sullen houseguests.

Lucy and her daughter, Elizabeth, travel to New York City after winning an all-expenses-paid mother-daughter makeover from Jolie magazine. The outing turns into a nightmare after Jolie's controversial fashion editor suddenly dies and Elizabeth falls ill from what turns out to be exposure to anthrax.