When her husband, the chief of police in a one-horse town in Kansas, is murdered, cynical San Francisco native Susan Donovan decides to stay in Kansas and find her husband's murderer.

The Winter Widow

Literature & Fiction

WEIR, CHARLENE

United States

St Martins Pr

After moving to Hampstead, Kansas, to become Chief of Police, former San Francisco cop Susan Wren becomes caught up in uncertain weather, webs of deceit, and small-town intrigue when a prominent local citizen turns up dead

Consider the Crows

Police chief Susan Wren investigates the homicide of Dr. Dorothy Barrington and uncovers some dirty little family secrets in the little Kansas community, in the process

Family Practice

The last place that Chief of Police Susan Wren expects to find herself is in the middle of a real-life soap opera. But when a Hollywood film crew comes to the small town of Hampstead, Kansas, there seems to be more drama off the stage than on it. On a film shoot one day, a fatal accident befalls stunt-double Kay Bender. A dead-ringer for the stunning screen star Laura Edwards, Kay may have been the unfortunate victim of a murderous plot to get rid of the much-disliked actress. As Susan investigates, she finds that almost everyone has a motive for wanting to sabotage the film or to kill Laura. The film is running far over budget, and the temperamental director appears to be a likely suspect. Susan also uncovers a steamy affair between Laura's boyfriend, narcissistic actor Nick Logan, and Laura's rival for the part, actress Sheri Lloyd, who makes no effort to conceal her dislike for the beautiful and talented star. To top it all off, Susan discovers that Parkhurst, her deputy, was once married to the now-famous actress. Susan must battle both her jealousy of Parkhurst and Laura's past relationship and her attraction to this darkly mysterious officer whose feelings she is unable to guess.

Murder Take Two (Police Chief Susan Wren Series)

Minotaur Books

Brodie Farrell finds things for a living, and when she's asked to locate the whereabouts of Daniel Hood, she sees nothing suspicious in the request. She finds the young man, passes the details on to her client, and commends herself on a job well done. But when the young man is found brutally tortured and left for dead, Brodie is overcome with guilt. Still blaming herself when Daniel asks for help, Brodie finds it impossible to do the sensible thing and walk away. He needs to understand what happened: Until the attack, he'd never known an enemy in the world. The men who hurt him were looking for someone named Sophie, and Daniel knows no one by that name. Finding the authors of Daniel's misfortune, in the end, resolves nothing. It only leads them both into a deeper, more complex tragedy than either imagined possible...

A Cold Christmas

Genre Fiction

Murder Take Two: A Susan Wren Mystery (Police Chief Susan Wren Series, 4)

On the heels of a severe thunderstorm, Governor Jack Garrett comes to Hampstead with his friend and constant companion Wakely Fromm. Twenty years ago they battled a forest fire that left Wakely confined to a wheelchair and made Jack a hero. Now Jack is battling for his party's nomination as presidential candidate. Trouble brews for the campaign, however, when the business card of Sean Donovan, one of the campaign workers, and Susan's cousin, turns up at a homicide scene. Police Chief Susan Wren's investigation reveals evidence that points straight to Jack Garrett. Should Susan arrest a sitting governor or Sean Donovan?

Up in Smoke (Kansas Police Chief Susan Wren, 6)

A heat wave has struck Hampstead, Kansas, and Susan Wren, police chief of the sweltering town, has a vile flu. She struggles to keep up with work piling on her desk, while also dealing with a troubled teenage girl, a delusional World War II veteran, and a rookie cop who needs to be fired before her enthusiasm and inexperience get someone killed. If this weren't enough to contend with, trouble from the outside world enters the small town. Cary Black is new in Hampstead, hiding out from her abusive policeman husband, Mitch. The woman she was to stay with has disappeared, and Cary, not wanting to alert the police, assumes the woman's identity. Mitch will stop at nothing to recover his wife, but when he tries, he'll be on Police Chief Susan Wren's turf. This seventh entry in the highly praised series is the most thrilling and suspenseful yet. Charlene Weir weaves an intricate tale and Susan Wren encounters every obstacle she meets with courage and resourcefulness.

Edge of Midnight

Contemporary

Former big-city cop-turned-Kansas police chief Susan Wren follows a grisly trail of consecutive murders within the Barrington family practice to a well of tormented secrets as tragic as the crimes themselves. Reprint.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Worldwide Library

When the mutilated body of a furnace repair man is found in Caley James' basement, Police Chief Susan Wren begins to investigate the brutal murder and discovers that the victim had a dark past that he was trying to hide. Reprint.

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The Winter Widow

Consider the Crows

Family Practice

Murder Take Two (Police Chief Susan Wren Series)

A Cold Christmas

Murder Take Two: A Susan Wren Mystery (Police Chief Susan Wren Series, 4)

Up in Smoke (Kansas Police Chief Susan Wren, 6)

Edge of Midnight

Family Practice

A Cold Christmas