Author: phyllishmoore
Meg Miller is notified of an inheritance. It will rock her world, a world she was perfectly happy to inhabit. The deceased is Meg’s maternal uncle, Neal Calihan, a man Meg has never met. She hadn’t met any of her mother’s family. As she will learn, her mother left home when she was seventeen and never returned. Meg’s brother encourages her to visit the property and learn about the family they’d … family they’d never met. Her best friends, Jean and Tom agree to accompany her on a road trip. The history is rich, the scenery captivating, the caretakers are…
Jealousies and a body wash ashore during a summer retreat on the beach. Meg and Tom Richards negotiate a house trade for the summer. She will get a beach cottage on Galveston Island facing the Gulf of Mexico, and Tom will house sit for her while he wraps up the Hillard case from A Dickens of a Crime. What begins as a relaxing get away, becomes more complicated as Meg meets a family of locals … family of locals with a troubled past. Her closest temporary neighbor, Echo Charles is quirky and mysterious and, Meg decides, irritating. Although Meg enjoys…
Meg Miller discovers a dead body in Darrow House just a few hours before the annual homes tour. It could be someone she knows. Of course, she’s a suspect. She’s the only other person in the house. But, why would a retired librarian, community volunteer, and widow strangle a prominent socialite? Detective Penny Crawford intends to get to the bottom of the crime, even if she has to interview Meg … interview Meg several times. Meg doesn’t mind. She’s willing to do surveillance, bake a batch of cranberry scones, or hide in a closet to help solve the murder. However,…
On Galveston Island, two strangers from different generations take shelter together during a hurricane. Despite their differences, the women begin a friendship that will illuminate their difficult histories…
In 1948, a shocking crime shatters the peace in a small Texas town. Decades later, a woman seeks redemption at the end of her life in this moving tale of memory, family, and forgiveness.