Books by Deborah Adams

"A series rich in provocative themes and artful plots."

 *Joan Hess

THE TOWN FLORIST WILL SOON BE PUSHING UP DAISIES.

For Meredith Bradley *Jesus Creek's most successful businesswoman *life has been no bed of roses even though she's the proprietor of the Back Door Florist shop. Now, while other Jesus Creekers are partying at the grand opening of her daughter-in-law's NewAge tea room, Meredith Bradley is murdered.

Who did it? And why? Warmhearted cop Kay Martin hasn't a clue. Perhaps Meredith's illegitimate daughter is the culprit. Perhaps members of the mysterious Brotherhood of Strength. Or one of the mayor's extraterrestrial friends. With Chief Reb Gassler gone fishing and the rest of the J.C.P.D a tad short on brains, Kay has a hard row to hoe, especially since she'd do anything to help the bereaved family. Anything at all. Except cover for a killer. . . .

"Deborah Adams brings the rustic wit and wisdom of Lake Wobegon to the plains of middle Tennessee."

 *Sharyn McCrumb

"An original sleuth, a delightful Southern setting . . ." D.R. Meredith

From the author of "All the Great Pretenders," another Jesus Creek mystery.
First there's the spectacular blaze that totals the antebellum home of genealogist Oliver Host. Then the appalling murder of librarian Estelle Carhart, a lady too softhearted even to collect fines for overdue books. Delia Cannon, a library volunteer and something of an amateur genealogist, suspects a connection between the crimes. But Delia doesn't yet realize that she already knows too much for her own good . . . and that somebody in Jesus Creek wants her to check out of the library and the sleuthing business -- permanently.

The police have warned Jesus Creek folk that the town is on the Night Terror's itinerary, but thanks to the confabulations over the imminent St. Patrick's Day celebration, no one has time to stew over a madman who kills pretty blondes.

The only immediate consequence is that clever Kay -- Jesus Creek poet, waitress, and purveyor of cosmetics -- seizes the opportunity to promote her Lady Mystique Bashful Brunette hair color. But when she finds a pentagram and the words You Next carved into her front door, Kay feels the chill of the hunted.

When there's yet another murder, this one signed with the familiar pentagram, the Night Terror becomes Kay's personal horror, a constant nightmare from which she cannot seem to awaken....

Patrice Gentry is everyone's favorite nurse in Jesus Creek, Tennessee. When her body is found inside her red T-bird in the parking lot of the nursing home, Police Chief Gassler suspects the charming Dr. Steve Gentry who's rumored to be sleeping with half the women in town. But the good doctor has enough alibis for three or four people and the Chief gets dizzy just trying to sort them out.

Twin Elms Inn Was Becoming a Three-Ring Circus...

...featuring the disappearing act of an eccentric rich girl and the psychic hired to find her. Innkeeper Kate Yancy has all she can do just to live there, let alone manage the place -- coping with a beauty-queen chambermaid, a religious-fanatic cook, a handful of eccentric guests, and a yardful of reporters.

It's a heady shot of excitement for little Jesus Creek, Tennessee, already in the throes of a Sesquicentennial celebration.

Murder is the only thing missing -- but not for long.

Set in the sultry heat of a Southern summer, Deborah Adams's first mystery is alight with small-town mischief, modest mayhem, and a homespun cast of unforgettable characters who turn a rural shindig into a real-life soap opera.

"This gentle, funny, suspenseful mystery series deserves a huge audience of devoted fans."
Nancy Pickard
Arriving in Jesus Creek, Tennessee, fledgling nanny Janet Ayres is amazed at the hectic atmostphere surrounding her employer's antebellum mansion, which also serves as a secret shelter for victims of domestic violence. The family next door is the kind Janet would like to have one day. But Janet isn't so sure about that, when the happy home seems to have been invaded by demons and the family is scared to death....
Earlier adventures in Deborah Adams' Jesus Creek series include ALL THE GREAT PRETENDERS (an Agatha Award nominee for best first novel), ALL THE CRAZY WINTERS, and ALL THE DARK DISGUISES.

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