Serving as a guest of honor for the Scumble River Bicentennial celebration is none other than the town founder's great-great-nephew, Gabriel Scumble. But his visit is short-lived when he is found dead. Meanwhile Luc St. Amant has appeared out of the blue. Is there a menacing connection between Luc's arrival and Gabriel's murder? 
 Available only in Mystery 4 Series.

Murder of a Snake in the Grass: A Scumble River Mystery

Literature & Fiction

Denise Swanson

United States

Thorndike Press

Skye and Simon are seeking to expand their horizons by joining Scumble River's social club. That's how Skye ends up buying a week's worth of Instant Gourmet food at a home-product-peddling party hosted by Barbie Addison. Also club members, Barbie and her husband, Ken, maintain such perfect appearances and designer lifestyles, it's as if they're living in a toy maker's dream world. But when Skye stops by to pick up her food, she finds Barbie and Ken with ribbons tied tightly around their necks - both dead, and not looking so perfect either.  Available only in Mystery 4.

Murder of a Barbie and Ken: A Scumble River Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

An Agatha Award-nominated Series The last things Skye Denison expects to find in Scumble River are sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Then her brother, Vince, forms a band called Pink Elephant, the town goes wild - and things get very weird. But when one of the Pink Elephants winds up murdered, the music stops dead. Who's to blame? Everyone seems to think it's Vince - and now Skye has to clear her brother's name.  Available only in Mystery 4.

Murder of a Pink Elephant: A Scumble River Mystery

An Agatha Award-Nominated Series Yard sales bring out the worst in people. Nobody knows this better than Scumble River school psychologist Skye Denison, organizer of the First Annual Route 66 Yard Sale. Neighborly folk get downright nasty fighting over plastic knickknacks. But the worst is yet to come . . . Skye's former summer-job boss, Cookie Caldwell, has just been found murdered - and the sheriff suspects Skye.  Available only in Mystery 4 & 5.

Murder of a Smart Cookie: A Scumble River Mystery

Murder Of A Sleeping Beauty

Penguin USA, Inc.

A nasty faculty feud leaves one Scumble River teacher belly-up.... Her honeymoon may have been less than relaxing, but Skye Boyd née Denison is still high on marital bliss with her new husband, Wally. The fact that their family is about to get bigger is even more exciting, even if Skye is dealing with morning sickness - and trying to hide the news from her ever-meddling mother, May. But Skye quickly comes crashing down from cloud nine when the body of one of her coworkers, science teacher and volleyball coach Blair Hucksford, is found in the school swimming pool. The troublesome trainer was on the bad side of almost everyone on staff and many of the girls on her team, leaving Skye to sort through a huge roster of suspects. Now she must figure out which wronged party was mad enough to kill, and quickly - before someone else in town gets bumped off....

Murder of an Open Book (Scumble River Mysteries, 18)

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

The New York Times best-selling author of Dying for a Cupcake returns with a new mystery filled with lost family, hidden treasure, and long-buried secrets....Five-and-dime store owner Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair moved to Shadow Bend for her family. But when her long-lost mother shows up in town, she realizes too much kin can be killer....Shadow Bend's library closed years ago because of budgetary problems, so when a wealthy benefactor offers to reopen it, everyone, including Dev, is thrilled. But Dev's excitement wanes when she realizes the mysterious donor is actually her runaway mother Yvette's latest husband, Jett Benedict.Dev suspects that Yvette and Jett's intentions aren't as noble as they appear, but before she can discover what they're really up to, Jett turns up dead - and all clues point to Yvette as the prime suspect. Even though Dev has no loyalty to Yvette, she's in a bind. Setting the record straight could prove her mother is a killer. But doing nothing might get her mother booked for a crime she didn't commit....

Between a Book and a Hard Place (A Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery, 5)

Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death

Obsidian

There's something fishy just below the surface of Scumble River ... School psychologist Skye Denison-Boyd is getting ready to return to work from her maternity leave and hoping for a peaceful year in her job as a school psychologist. But when an elderly woman disappears on her first day back and a disgruntled parent threatens to sue the school, Skye realizes that her return will be anything but quiet. When the parent suing Skye's school is found dead and with the missing woman's case still unsolved, Skye suspects the crimes are somehow linked. With her chief of police husband, Wally, at her side, Skye dives into the investigations. But as tensions rise and Skye and Wally's suspect list lengthens, they start to wonder whether a member of their own tight-knit community could be behind it all ...

Come Homicide or High Water (The Welcome Back to Scumble River Series) (Welcome Back to Scumble River Series, 3)

Genre Fiction

Blackstone Publishing

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Denise Swanson. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Denise Swanson