Roger and Bess Mystery Series (2-4) by M. Lee Prescott
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Overview: M. Lee Prescott is the author of numerous works of fiction for adults, young adults and children. Three of her nonfiction titles have been published by Heinemann and she has published numerous articles in the field of literacy education. Lee is Professor of Education at a small New England liberal arts college where she teaches reading and writing pedagogy. Her current obsessions are the triolet and sonnet, forms she never thought she would/could write! She uses these poetic structures to bring life and authenticity to her fiction. Lee’s current research focuses on mindfulness and connections to reading and writing. She regularly teaches abroad, most recently in Singapore. Her passions are grandchildren, yoga (she loves Kripalu!), swimming, bouncing and walking. Before moving to higher ed. Lee spent many years teaching in a Quaker School, which was, mercifully not troubled by murder and mayhem! Lee loves to hear from readers.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery /Thriller
#2 – In the Name of Silence
A shocking murder on the eve of a wedding sends Roger Demaris, and his elite homicide team to the village of Old Harbor where the son of the village’s wealthiest citizen is found dead in the woods with an arrow through his heart.
No hunting accident, Demaris’ team pursues a ruthless killer as they delve into the victim’s past and what lies beneath the silence. Six weeks away from marriage to Bess Dore, a local teacher and old flame of Demaris, the deceased has left a string of women who loved him and a village mourning a popular, generous citizen. What lies beneath the silence? What or who hides behind a name?
#3 – The Silence of Memory
Once again the quiet, seaside village of Old Harbor is shaken by a series of murders. Someone is killing members of a women’s mystery book club and all clues lead back to lothario, Dennis Harrison, who appears to have slept with half the women within a ten-mile radius. When a child goes missing and a woman’s body is found in the woods zipped into a golf bag belonging to Harrison, Roger Demaris, head of RHD, an elite regional homicide team, is yanked from his honeymoon to investigate.
As newlyweds Roger and Bess move into their new house and anticipate the arrival of his children for a visit, RHD races to find a killer before he or she strikes again. Then, another member of the book club is killed, a third viciously attacked, and two villagers vanish. Will Roger, Pete, Greta and Brendan find them in time or has a stealthy predator slipped the noose again?
#4 – Silencing the Pen
The wait is over! Silencing the Pen, book four of the Roger and Bess Mysteries is here.
This time, Roger Demaris brings his RHD team (Regional Homicide Division), including his second in command, Pete Dugan, to Gooseberry Island to investigate the brutal murder of young poet, Daisy Davis. A participant in a writers’ retreat also attended by Bess, Roger’s wife, her friend and colleague, Jane Fellows, Hillary Dobbs, Pete’s girlfriend, and a host of other colorful characters, Daisy is killed in the newly constructed yoga studio where her mother, Fawn is teaching. As RHD team and Bess and Jane race to discover the murderer’s identity, shadows from the past loom over them, provoking another murder.
Under Demaris’s gruff, authoritarian exterior lies a kind and loving spirit, and a heart big enough to embrace them all, including the killer. Protecting Bess and his team of detectives, who are like family, while investigating multiple murders, tests every skill in Demaris’s arsenal. As this beloved series continues, join RHD as they interview suspects, uncover clues, and discard red herrings in this cozy, island mystery.
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