MURDER ON UNION SQUARE: A Gaslight Mystery
by Victoria Thompson (978-0-399-58660-6; May 1, 2018; $26.00)
Frank and Sarah Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make their family official by
adopting Catherine, the child Sarah rescued and has been raising as her daughter. Parnell
Vaughn, an actor and Catherine’s legal father, is looking to fatten his pockets by insisting
on a financial settlement to relinquish his parental rights. Even though exchanging money
for a child is illegal, Frank and Sarah’s love for Catherine drives them to take a chance.
When Frank returns with the money and finds Vaughn beaten to death, all evidence points
to Frank as the culprit. A relatively unsuccessful actor with no money and little promise,
Vaughn seems to be an unlikely candidate for murder, but Frank soon uncovers backstage
intrigue.
MURDER, SHE WROTE: A DATE WITH MURDER
by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain and Jon Land (978-0-451-48927-2; May 1, 2018; $24.00)
Jessica Fletcher begins investigating when her friend Babs’ husband Hal suffers a fatal
heart attack―that Jessica has reason to believe was actually murder. At the heart of her
suspicions lies a sinister dating site Hal had used while he and Babs were having marital
issues, a site that may be complicit in somehow swindling him out of millions. Jessica’s
sleuthing reveals that Hal wasn’t the only victim, and when his former business partner is
also killed, a deadly pattern emerges. Jessica teams up with a brilliant young computer
hacker to follow the trail. Soon, Jessica finds herself being stalked by the killer she is trying
to catch. She must now set the perfect trap to avoid her very own date with murder.