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Tam May
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17 Books (2 Series) -
First Book:
Gnarled Bones and Other Stories (November 2016) -
Last Book:
A Weekend Getaway Murder (March 2026) -
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Full Series List in Order
An Adele Gossling Mystery (Genre: Cozy Historical Mystery)
1 - The Carnation Murder (May-2022)2 - A Wordless Death (Jul-2022)
3 - Death At Will (Oct-2022)
4 - The Mystery of the Golden Cat (Jan-2023)
5 - Murder Under a Twilight Roof (May-2023)
6 - The Case of the Dead Domestic (Sep-2023)
Waxwood
1 - The Specter (May-2019)2 - False Fathers (Jan-2020)
3 - Pathfinding Women (Sep-2020)
4 - Dandelions (Dec-2020)
Books in Order: 17 titles
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A Weekend Getaway Murder
A weekend getaway turns murderous for the Moody County D.A.'s friends.No one is more surprised than Moody County's District Attorney Daniel Frazer when Walt, his old college roommate, shows up in a cabin along the river with a group of friends for a ...
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The Missing Witness
Violet's friend claims self-defense - but is it murder?In small towns like Gyver, WWI veterans don't have it easy. In a nation just emerging from an economic depression, jobs are few and far between. Disability and shell shock are real, and battle fa...
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The Case of The Washed-Up Corpse
Three sisters couldn't be more different, but they share one thing in common — a taste for crime!It's 1921, and Americans are still reeling from the effects of World War I. In Gyver, CA on the California/Nevada border, three sisters own the on...
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Murder Among the Rubble
San Francisco is in ruins — but can the worst disaster the city has ever known cover up a murder?On a quiet morning in 1906, an earthquake of horrendous magnitude shakes one of California's most vibrant cities. Buildings crumble to the ground....
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The Case of the Dead Domestic
A lady's maid is getting too big for her britches. But does that justify murder?So much more than I expected from a cozy mystery.Everybody in town agrees: Arabella Parnell thinks far too highly of herself. She worked her way up to lady's maid for one...
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Murder Under a Twilight Roof
Can Adele Gossling find out who killed the daring young man on the flying trapeze when the circus comes to town? In 1905, the Barry Circus makes its way to Arrojo, an event filled with chills, thrills, and enchantment. The whole town is buzzing wi...
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The Mystery of the Golden Cat
Will a thief ruin Labor Day for the whole town of Arrojo?For Adele Gossling, Labor Day is about giving voice to progressive reforms such as the eight-hour work day and minimum wage for women. But for business owners in Arrojo, Labor Day is about maki...
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Death At Will
Can Adele Gossling prove a son didn't kill his mother?Teddy Roosevelt has just been elected president and even Arrojo can't deny progressive reform is here to stay. Rebecca Gold, one of the era's New Women, comes to Arrojo to start her own law practi...
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A Wordless Death
Is the death of a schoolteacher suicide or something more sinister?Adele Gossling is adjusting well to small-town life after the hustle and bustle of San Francisco. Despite her progressive ideas about women and her unladylike business acumen, even Ar...
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The Carnation Murder
Can a forward-thinking woman help the police solve a murder in a backward-thinking town?California, 1903: Smart, inquisitive, and a firm believer in the new progressive reforms, Adele Gossling seeks a new life after the devastating death of her fathe...
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Dandelions
Vivian has more in common with her nemesis than she wants to believe.Waxwood, 1900: For Vivian Alderdice, the twentieth century begins with a new start. Now a working woman and progressive reformer, she's forsaken Nob Hill for the more modest Waxwood...
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Pathfinding Women
Sometimes the past refuses to stay in the past.Waxwood, 1899: Vivian Alderdice is twenty-six, unmarried, and has no prospective suitors. Her brother's tragic plight the year before left the family on shaky ground in Nob Hill society. Their soc...
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Lessons From My Mother's Life
How happy was the 1950s happy housewife?Women in post-war America were supposed to have it all: generous husbands with great jobs, comfortable suburban homes with nice yards and two-car garages, and all the latest gadgets to make their housework easi...
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False Fathers
Every young man needs a father figure in his life. Jake just lost his.Waxwood, 1898: When Malcolm Alderdice dies, nineteen-year-old Jake is left with a huge burden on his shoulders. Not only does he lose his grandfather, the only paternal figure he e...
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The Specter
To what lengths will one go to exorcise a specter?One rainy morning in 1892, people gather to mourn the death of San Francisco socialite Penelope Alderdice. Among them is a strange little woman named Bertha Ross, who claims to have known “Grace” ...
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The Order of Actaeon
Sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted. Jake is heir to the fortune and name of the prominent San Francisco Alderdice family. Although dearly loved by his sister Vivian, his passion for art and his contemplative temperament make him a pariah in the ...
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Gnarled Bones and Other Stories
In this collection of five short stories, strange and sometimes spooky events have a profound effect on characters' lives. A newly divorced woman goes back to school to begin a new chapter of her life only to find herself circling back to where she s...