Peg Herring

The three following tales complete the story of Seamus, Dead Detective, as he comes to terms with Life, Death, and What Happens Next. THE DEAD DETECTIVE AGENCY: Tori wakes up dead, and she needs to know why. Seamus is there to help her find out. DEAD FOR THE MONEY: Mr. Dunbar was pushed off a cliff, and he's pretty, sure it was someone after his money… Seamus takes on the job of finding out the truth, along with an apprentice detective, who isn't...

Uneasy and bored with life on the ship, Seamus decides it's time to do what he's been avoiding for decades of Earth Time. Though he knows his wife and best friend teamed up to murder him, there are things about the crime he doesn't understand, as well as emotions he hasn't yet been able to face. With fellow Dead Detective Ronnie to assist, Seamus returns to 1953 to face his memories and answer questions that remain about his death. In a world much...

Tranquil Peace or Death Trap?Gwen Trobert is a mess: grief-stricken, drug-dependent, and convinced her husband is cheating. When Aunt Marge, a woman she hardly knows, offers to let Gwen stay at her farm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Gwen sees it as a chance to reflect on the future and heal herself.But Marge's farm, Giiwe, is a place of secrets, some of them disturbing. Marge is taciturn and unfriendly. Her farm hand Charlie has a shocking, violent...

In Book 7, Retta and her FBI agent boyfriend stop in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the night. Lars goes out on a mysterious errand and disappears, leaving a text message that says he's dumping Retta for an old flame. The police take the message at face value, but Retta, sure it's a lie, calls in sisters Faye and Barb. As they begin following leads, they meet three sisters who might be future versions of them: Betty, a sweetheart, who loves the Green Bay...

Scotland's King Macbeth has been dead for a decade, yet his legacy changes forever the lives of his twin nieces, Jenna and Jessie MacFindlaech. Viking raiders on a blood feud come to their home in the Cairngorm Mountains, intending to kill all males of Macbeth's line. Finding only female descendants in the clan-hold, the Vikings declare they will seek out the older sister, who has two sons. Knowing she must somehow warn Tessa, Jenna escapes the marauders....

When a long-time friendship dies, does murder follow? Decades past junior high in a small, northern Michigan town, Caroline Batzer is snubbed by her best friend. At first confused, she's later stunned to learn Sarah Leigh betrayed her in a way she'd never have suspected. In an all-too-public setting, Caroline airs her anger at the woman everyone else in town considers saintly. When Sarah disappears soon afterward, it looks like Caroline murdered her....

When one of Edward VI's council members is poisoned, Elizabeth fears a plot against her brother the king. Her fears worsen when whispers surface that she herself is responsible. With no one she can turn to at the palace, she asks her old friend Simon Maldon to help her prove that she isn't guilty of murder and treason, but they face a clever killer, who cannot be caught.