Kate Lawrence Mysteries by Judith Ivie
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Overview: A lifelong Connecticut resident, Judith K. Ivie has worked in public relations, advertising, sales promotion, the international tradeshow industry, and an assortment of not-for-profit venues. Along the way, Judi produced three nonfiction books, as well as numerous articles and essays. In 2006 Judi broadened her repertoire to include fiction, and the Kate Lawrence mystery series, set in central Connecticut, was launched. Whatever the genre, she strives to provide lively, entertaining reading that takes her readers away from their work and worries for a few hours, stimulates thought on a variety of contemporary issues-and gives them a laugh along the way.
Genre: Mystery
1. Waiting for Armando (2009)
Legal secretaries everywhere will be thrilled with Waiting for Armando by Wethersfield author Judith K. Ivie. Instead of casting attorneys in the starring roles, Waiting for Armando celebrates the resilient, resourceful legal assistants who are so often overshadowed by their high-profile bosses in contemporary fiction. When a secretary at one of Hartford’s prominent law firms is suspected of murdering her philandering boss, her colleagues band together to exonerate one of their own. Each clue puts them closer to the truth but further into danger when the murderer decides to put an end to their meddling.
2. Murder On Old Main Street (2009)
Small-town gossip can be murder – especially when a ruthless blackmailer is involved. If you enjoyed Waiting for Armando, you’re sure to like this sequel. Set entirely in historic Old Wethersfield, Connecticut, Murder on Old Main Street features the same smart, sassy heroines who abandoned their law firm jobs in Armando to launch their own real estate business. As the annual Autumn Festival gets under way, Old Wethersfield is in an uproar over a proposed smoking ban throughout the historic district. Then a vicious murderer strikes. It’s truly a case of "speak no evil" as amateur sleuths Kate Lawrence and Margo Farnsworth race to discover the truth before a local business owner is unjustly convicted of murder, or even more unthinkably, Kate’s daughter Emma falls under suspicion. In the background, Kate’s longtime romance hits the rocky shoals of culture shock, Margo is caught up in an unlikely romance of her own, and Emma is intrigued by a man in uniform. When Kate is forced off the road by a sinister Trans Am, she knows that she has been warned. Can she identify the murderer in time, or will someone’s indiscretion make her the next Murder on Old Main Street?
3. A Skeleton in the Closet (2009)
Third in the Kate Lawrence Mystery Series set in Wethersfield, Connecticut. A Skeleton in the Closet features the often exciting, always hilarious, adventures of three women of a certain age who handle their complicated lives with intelligence and humor–and solve the occasional murder mystery.
4. Drowning in Christmas (2010)
Christmas has never been Kate Lawrence’s favorite time of year, but when a body turns up at Hartford’s venerable Wadsworth Atheneum, she knows the holidays are really going to be murder this year. In the long-awaited fourth installment of this popular mystery series, Kate’s realty business is on hiatus due to the down economy, friends and family are falling victim to the flu, and daughter Emma has a loathsome new beau. To top off the merriment, Kate’s ex-husband has persuaded her to host an at-home wedding for their nephew. And then a murderer strikes during Hartford’s famous Festival of Trees & Traditions. Ho ho ho. Kate’s positively drowning in Christmas. Can pals Strutter and Margo come to her rescue before she goes down for the third time?
5. Dying Wishes (2012)
No. 5 in The Kate Lawrence Mysteries: Kate’s turning 50, and as if that weren’t depressing enough, she’s about to become a grandmother – twice. Her investigation of a mysterious death at the Vista View retirement complex opens her eyes to the new realities of aging, some of which send her reeling. What really happened to the wealthy, tennis-playing cougar in Building One? Are residents covering up a sex-for-hire scandal? Will Kate’s longtime friend lose her job as Vista View’s business manager? Kate makes it her business to discover the truth – or die trying. Proceeds from all online sales benefit Our Companions Domestic Animal Sanctuary.
6. Auld Lang Syne (2013)
No. 6 in The Kate Lawrence Mysteries. It’s almost New Year’s Eve, and Kate finds herself at her 35th high school reunion, where she is confronted by The Mean Girls, circa 1978. Worse yet, she’s put on a little weight, and her high school steady is expected to show. Strutter’s teenage son faces a personal dilemma, and one of Margo’s clients is in big trouble. Should auld acquaintance be forgot? If only that were possible.
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