Murder at the Jubilee Rally (A Samuel Craddock mystery, 9)

Review\nReaders new to the series will find themselves quickly at home in Jarrett Creek ― Publishers Weekly on A Reckoning in the Back Country\nSeries fans and newcomers with a taste for well-wrought regional mysteries will be rewarded ― Publishers Weekly on A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary\nShames's superior sixth Samuel Craddock mystery [is] a timely story with resonance in the era of Black Lives Matter ― Publishers Weekly Starred Review of An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock\nA surprise ending makes this entry one of Shames' best in an enjoyable series that raises small-town problems and their solutions to an art form ― Kirkus Reviews on A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary\nShames's award-winning series will appeal to fans of Steven Havill and the late Bill Crider ― Library Journal on A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary\nCraddock’s understated first-person narration, the vivid secondary characters, and a nicely drawn small-town setting . . . Should win Shames new fans\nSuggest for fans of mysteries featuring small-town police forces, including novels by Claire Booth, Steven F. Havill, and Tricia Fields ― Library Journal Starred Review\nA neat character-intensive combo of clever police work and family angst ― Kirkus Reviews\nChief of Police Samuel Craddock faces a race against time to solve a perplexing murder at a motorcycle rally before the event comes to an end.\n"Suggest for fans of mysteries featuring small-town police forces, including novels by Claire Booth, Steven F. Havill, and Tricia Fields" - Library Journal Starred Review\nWith the annual Jubilee Motorcycle Rally approaching, Jarrett Creek residents are divided. Some despise the rowdy, unsavory behaviour of the bikers, but they bring welcome money to local merchants. What's to be done?\nAt a town meeting to find a solution, temperatures flare as Amber Johnson and Lily Deverell - family women on opposing sides of the debate - throw accusations at each other. Attempting to appease both camps, Chief of Police Samuel Craddock enacts a curfew to dissuade late-night revellers.\nNevertheless, trouble strikes. With the rally in full swing, Amber is found murdered at the event. Why did Amber leave her home that night? What secrets was she hiding from her family?\nCraddock quickly faces more challenges as he offers to take in his rebellious teenaged niece, Hailey, whose parents are at their wits' end. He soon understands their pain. Can Craddock keep Hailey under control, or will dealing with her allow a murderer to escape justice?\nFrom the Back Cover\nTERRY SHAMES 
MURDER AT THE JUBILEE RALLY\nWith the annual Jubilee Motorcycle Rally approaching, Jarrett Creek residents are divided. Some despise the rowdy, unsavory behaviour of the bikers, but they bring welcome money to local merchants. What's to be done?\nAt a town meeting to find a solution, temperatures flare as Amber Johnson and Lily Deverell - family women on opposing sides of the debate - throw accusations at each other. Attempting to appease both camps, Chief of Police Samuel Craddock enacts a curfew to dissuade late-night revellers.\nNevertheless, trouble strikes. With the rally in full swing, Amber is found murdered at the event. Why did Amber leave her home that night? What secrets was she hiding from her family?\nCraddock quickly faces more challenges as he offers to take in his rebellious teenaged niece, Hailey, whose parents are at their wits' end. He soon understands their pain. Can Craddock keep Hailey under control, or will dealing with her allow a murderer to escape justice?

Literature & Fiction

Shames, Terry

Genre Fiction

Severn House

Chief of Police Samuel Craddock faces a race against time to solve a perplexing murder at a motorcycle rally before the event comes to an end.\nWith the annual Jubilee Motorcycle Rally approaching, Jarrett Creek residents are divided. Some despise the rowdy, unsavory behaviour of the bikers, but they bring welcome money to local merchants. What's to be done?\nAt a town meeting to find a solution, temperatures flare as Amber Johnson and Lily Deverell - family women on opposing sides of the debate - throw accusations at each other. Attempting to appease both camps, Chief of Police Samuel Craddock enacts a curfew to dissuade late-night revellers.\nNevertheless, trouble strikes. With the rally in full swing, Amber is found murdered at the event. Why did Amber leave her home that night? What secrets was she hiding from her family?\nCraddock quickly faces more challenges as he offers to take in his rebellious teenaged niece, Hailey, whose parents are at their wits' end. He soon understands their pain. Can Craddock keep Hailey under control, or will dealing with her allow a murderer to escape justice?

Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store (A Samuel Craddock mystery, 10)

Perilous Waters (A Jessie Madison thriller)

FBI dive instructor Jessie Madison's survival skills are stretched to breaking point when she is plunged into danger in this exhilarating thriller - the first in a pulsating new series. JessieMadison escaped to the Bahamas when she made a terrifying discovery at home anda bad decision got her dismissed from the FBI training program. Three monthslater, Jessie is ready to return to Virginia to pick up the pieces of her shatteredlife - until she and a friend are attacked during a boat ride and thrownoverboard, with devastating consequences. &nbsp; Jessie isdetermined to bring their attackers to justice. Who are they? What were theylooking for on the boat? And can she trust Nick, the handsome but enigmaticstranger who claims he wants to help her? Jessie must draw on all her survival andinvestigative skills if she is to stay alive long enough to get answers . . .

The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson (A Samuel Craddock mystery, 11)

FBI dive instructor Jessie Madison's survival skills are stretched to breaking point when she is plunged into danger in this exhilarating thriller - the first in a pulsating new series. Jessie Madison escaped to the Bahamas when she made a terrifying discovery at home and a bad decision got her dismissed from the FBI training program. Three months later, Jessie is ready to return to Virginia to pick up the pieces of her shattered life - until she and a friend are attacked during a boat ride and thrown overboard, with devastating consequences. Jessie is determined to bring their attackers to justice. Who are they? What were they looking for on the boat? And can she trust Nick, the handsome but enigmatic stranger who claims he wants to help her? Jessie must draw on all her survival and investigative skills if she is to stay alive long enough to get answers . . .

Lone Star Lawless

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Pryor, Mark

Burt, Alexandra

Hamrick, Janice

George, Kaye

Montgomery, Scott

Oles, Laura

Albright, Gale

Chandler, V.P.

Waller, Kathy

Mystery

Wildside Press

In this award-winning debut mystery novel, the chief of police of a small town is also an unreliable drunk. So when Dora Lee Parjeter is murdered, her old friend and former police chief Samuel Craddock steps in to investigate. He discovers that a lot of people may have had it in for Dora Lee—the conniving rascals on the farm next door, her estranged daughter, and her live-in grandson. And then there’s that stranger Dora Lee claimed was spying on her. As Craddock digs to find the identity of the killer, the human foibles of Jarrett Creek's residents—their pettiness and generosity, their secret vices and true virtues—are also revealed.

A Killing at Cotton Hill: A Samuel Craddock Mystery (Samuel Craddock Mysteries)

Seventh Street Books

Small town mystery and veteran's issues collide as retired police chief Samuel Craddock investigates a murder. Right before the outbreak of the Gulf War, two eighteen-year-old football stars and best friends from Jarrett Creek signed up for the army. Woody Patterson was rejected and stayed home to marry the girl they both loved, while Jack Harbin came back from the war badly damaged. The men haven't spoken since. Just as they are about to reconcile, Jack is brutally murdered. With the chief of police out of commission, trusted ex-chief Samuel Craddock steps in--again. Against the backdrop of small-town loyalties and betrayals, Craddock discovers dark secrets of the past and present to solve the mystery of Jack's death.

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