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Ellen Hart was named the 2017 MWA Grand Master, the most distinguished lifetime achievement award offered in the mystery community.When Guthrie Hewitt calls on restaurateur and private investigator Jane Lawless, he doesn''t know where else he can turn. Guthrie has fallen for a girl-Kira Adler. In fact, he was planning to propose to her on Christmas Eve. But his trip home with Kira over Thanksgiving made him uneasy. All her life, Kira has been haunted by a dream-a nightmare, really. In the dream, she witnesses her mother being murdered. She knows it can''t be true because the dream doesn''t line up with the facts of her mother''s death. But after visiting Kira''s home for the first time, and receiving a disturbing anonymous package in the mail, Guthrie starts to wonder if Kira''s dream might hold more truth than she knows.When Kira''s called home again for a family meeting, Guthrie knows he needs Jane''s help to figure out the truth, before the web of secrets Kira''s family has been spinning all these years ensnares Kira too. And Jane''s investigation will carry her deep into the center of a close-knit family that is not only fraying at the edges, but about to burst apart.In The Grave Soul, MWA Grand Master Ellen Hart once again brings her intimate voice to the story of a family and the secrets that can build and destroy lives.

In this intimate mystery from Ellen Hart, a wrongful conviction leads Minnesota private investigator Jane Lawless on a quest for justice and the truth behind a shocking murder.Everyone thought Rashad May and Gideon Wise were happily married. That is, until Rashad was convicted of his husband''s murder.Four years later, Rashad''s brother contacts Ray Lawless – Minnesota private investigator Jane Lawless''s father and the original defense attorney on the case – with potential evidence of a wrongful conviction. When the case is reopened, Jane and her father must work together to attain justice for a grieving widower.Who actually killed Gideon and why? There are suspects and motives galore, and Jane must discover the truth. She must also track down her missing brother, Peter, who was involved in the original trial, and who might be hiding secrets of his own.Twisted at the Root is a gripping installment in Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Ellen Hart''s Lambda Award-winning Jane Lawless series, showcasing the importance of uncovering the truth in this intricate web of secrets, deception, and murder.

Beloved heroine Jane Lawless finds that some secrets don''t stay buried forever in Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Ellen Hart''s In a Midnight Wood, the 27th mystery in this cultishly popular series.Minnesota private investigator Jane Lawless is headed on a little getaway. She and her best friend, Cordelia Thorn, plan to visit their old friend Emma in her hometown of Castle Lake, while also participating in the small town''s local art festival. Between the festival and an upcoming high school reunion for the class of 1999, no one in Castle Lake is quite sure who will make an appearance.But back in 1999, Emma''s boyfriend and Castle Lake high school senior Sam Romilly went missing. Everyone thought he ran away, though the town rumor mill has always claimed his father murdered him. Today, within a week of his class''s 20th reunion, Sam’s remains are found in someone else''s burial plot. Suddenly the case is warming up fast. People who knew Sam—friends and enemies alike—will be in town for the much anticipated reunion. It’s up to Jane to sort the innocent from the guilty, before it''s too late.

Ellen Hart was named the 2017 MWA Grand Master, the most distinguished lifetime achievement award offered in the mystery community.Restaurateur and part-time P.I. Jane Lawless is taking some much-needed time off at her family''s lodge when her best friend, Cordelia, arrives with news that Tess, one of their good friends, has taken a nasty fall and needs their help with rehearsals for a play that is set to open in a week. When Tess isn''t on crutches, she helps run the Thunderhook Lodge, the premier resort on Lost Lake. And while she clearly needs Jane and Cordelia''s assistance, she isn''t exactly acting all that grateful.A man who claims to be a journalist has arrived in Lost Lake with an old photograph and some questions for Tess that go back decades. His questions have put her on edge, and when he shows up peeking through her kitchen window, everyone else is right there with her. As beloved as Tess is, there are plenty of people who don''t care about any so-called journalist and are happy to protect her, but how far are they willing to take it? And when will they need answers to questions that that only Tess can provide?In The Lost Women of Lost Lake—the most engrossing mystery yet from Lambda and Minnesota Book Award–winning, MWA Grand Master author Ellen Hart—Jane''s only hope of protecting her friends from the secrets that are surfacing all around them is to uncover the whole truth before anyone else can.