Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Gimme Five: Even More Halloween Mysteries






Albert, Susan Wittig.  Witches’ Bane
Texas herb shop owner and part-time private eye China Bayles sets out to catch a Halloween night killer when one of her friends turns up dead at the witching hour and another becomes a prime suspect.

Allan, Barbara.  Antiques’ Maul
As Halloween approaches, Brandy and her meddling mother must unmask a killer when a body is found at the antiques mall, supposedly mauled to death by a good-natured pit bull, launching an investigation that results in the disappearance of her ten-year-old son.

Bain, Donald and Jessica Fletcher.  Trick or Treachery: A Murder She Wrote Mystery
With the arrival of a spiritual medium in town, the annual Halloween party in Cabot Cave takes on a real scary tone. When a self-proclaimed witch ends up dead in the graveyard, Jessica stirs through a witches' brew of motives--and concocts a scary scheme of her own to make sure the guilty ghoul doesn't get away with murder.

Burley, W.J. Wycliffe and the Scapegoat
Each year at Halloween, high on the Cornish cliffs, a life-size effigy of a man is strapped to a blazing wheel and run into the sea—a re-enactment of a hideous ancient legend of human sacrifice. So when Jonathan Riddle, a respected local builder and undertaker, disappears, it seems all too likely that his corpse has gone the way of the historic “scapegoat.” As Wycliffe begins to investigate Riddle’s family life, more and more unpleasant facts begin to emerge, until eventually he’s left with an incredible, seemingly impossible, solution.

Campbell, Ann. Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
On Halloween night, Annie O'Hara's elderly tenant is found murdered, and her brother Tom is the number one suspect. With the help of her hot-tempered canine, Claudius, Annie must fetch the real killer.

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