Helen Goodman

• Jun-2021
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The Purr-fect Friend is about the excitement and joy of picking her out. The wonder and joy she gave me and my family; hiding around, chasing my feet under the covers, taking naps with my dad. CATitude rocks. Dedicated to the memory of my mom, Est...

• May-2010
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In the 1890s in rural Michigan, women have few choices, but Jess Newby longs for a life of "possibilities." She's determined to go to high school, even though her mother tells her she has no need for more schooling. A pair of muddy shoes, a Meissen t...

• Sep-2009
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A LESSON IN MURDER Predictability can be a nice perk to small-town life -- a nicety Allison Aldridge notes when her life suddenly becomes quite unpredictable. Somebody broke in to her classroom and her house, and now her elderly neighbor is missing....

• Oct-2007
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MURDER CRASHES THE WEDDING Fonnie Beachum is the delighted mother of the bride at the scenic North Carolina beach wedding of her grown daughter -- and the ceremony is perfect. The reception, however, proves deadly. When one of the guests, a prominen...

• Feb-2007
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TROUBLED WATERS It's a beautiful, languid North Carolina summer, and divorced teacher Allison Aldridge hopes a visit to the Blue Goose Lodge on Lake Lucia will rejuvenate her sagging spirits. But instead of offering serenity, the Blue Goose is embro...

• Jul-2005
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When her roommate at Springwillow nursing home dies suddenly, no one except Fonnie Beachum seems to find the event suspicious. Perhaps it was Fonnie's training as a nurse; perhaps it was the dead woman's warning about an evil man among them. Either w...

• Sep-2000
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Recently recovered from a stroke, Fonnie Beachum is ready to reclaim her life--with a little help from her grandson, a rookie cop, and a competent but preoccupied aide who helps out daily. But her bustling North Carolina town is embroiled in a bitter...