New Releases by Jeanne M. Dams

Hilda Johansson, a Swedish maid in South Bend Indiana, is asked by her brother to investigate the murder of his sixth-grade teacher.

Dorothy Martin''s neighbor and closest friend, Jane Langland, has been having a fling with Bill Fanshawe--or, as much of a fling as two 80-year olds in a small town are allowed. Now there are rumors that Jane and Bill may move in together, and Dorothy needs to know exactly what''s happening. What neither woman expects is that Bill is missing, and that within a day his body is going to be discovered in the tunnel under the Sherebury town museum. Why would anyone want to harm a harmless old man, a historian who loves the town and the people who live there? Given his age, and the strange letter found in his hand, Dorothy thinks that whatever happened has its roots in WWII. Everyone, including her husband, retired police office Alan, looks askance, but when another old man is murdered--a man who served at the same RAF base as Bill--no one denies Dorothy''s suspicions may be right. Dorothy investigates, knowing that the best Christmas gift she can give her friend Jane is the truth about what happened to Bill. And Jane has a surprise of her own for Dorothy... At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Swedish immigrant Hilda Johansson is delighted by her reunion with her family, but when one of her brother''s friends turns up badly beaten, Hilda turns sleuth to uncover the truth.

When the coal mine strikes of 1902 spill into places that would be considered immune to such strife, a South Bend politician turns up murdered, and Patrick Malloy''s uncle Dan has gone missing and become the prime suspect, the Malloy family asks Hilda Johansson to put her talents to work for them.

Hilda Johansson grows suspicious that a group of anarchists in South Bend, Indiana, may be connected in some way to the assassination of President McKinley and sets out to investigate.

Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world at the turn of the last century, a young Swedish immigrant''s struggle to be a good servant is compromised when she discovers the dead body of a woman on the estate where she works.

A lovely old building hides a nasty crime... A Shereby resident for a year now, American Dorothy Martin is still learning her way around the charming English cathedral town. But she recognizes a dead body when she sees one. As town debate rages over what to do about the decaying town hall, Dorothy is at that very site when the body of an unknown young man is found. Her passion for mysteries is as hot as ever, of course. Despite warnings from her dear friend Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt not to get in the way of the official investigation, Dorothy simply can''t resist taking a look around. What she discovers is that there are plenty of skeletons in local closets, enough to keep an amateur sleuth on her toes -- unless the hands of a murderer reach her first.