In two classic mysteries, an English teacher by profession discovers that sleuthing—of the strictly amateur variety—may be where her truest passions lie. J.

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When a murder occurs after the arrival of three new families in the quaint Ocean Tide community on the coast of Maine, Sarah Deane, a recently unemployed Ph. D.

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Recuperating from a heart attack and targeted after witnessing a murder, English professor Julia Clancy enlists the help of her niece, Sarah Deane, for a bit of