The Rune Stone Murders

Caught Between a Rock and a Dead Place The discovery of an ancient Viking rune stone during Bruck University's annual Festival of Knights pulls Caroline Rhodes into an unexpected mystery. Is the stone authentic, or is this a practical joke being played on an unpopular professor? When the stone is used as a weapon to murder the local postmistress, Caroline realizes this is no prank. Between shifts as an E.R. nurse, Caroline and her friend Professor Carl Atwater hunt for a link between the victim and the valuable artifact. What they find is a shocking double life and clues that point to more buried secrets on campus grounds. Following a trail of greed, corruption and cold, hard cash, Caroline races to outsmart a clever killer before her own murder becomes written in stone....