DENISE SWANSON

Website URL: www.deniseswanson.com

When school psychologist Skye Denison stumbles over the body of pushy promfest chairperson Annette Paine during a Halloween fund-raiser, it looks like a clear-cut case of promicide. Annette was not the only prom mom desperate to see her daughter crowned queen — and her skirt-chasing hubby is no prince either.

Skye's anxious to investigate, but she keeps getting sidetracked by the overeager new social worker at school and also by her beau's emotional distance. Still, one question haunts her: Since Annette Paine was wearing a witch costume identical to Skye's, which witch was the intended victim? Will Skye realize too late that finding this killer is a matter of her own life and death?

Denise lives in Illinois with her husband, classical music composer, David Stybr, and her cool black cat Boomerang.

Scumble River Mysteries:

Book 1, July 2000: Murder of a Small-Town Honey
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20055-1
Large Print: Thorndike $27.95 * ISBN 0-7862-3329-X

Book 2, April 2001: Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20272-4
Large Print: Thorndike $27.95 * ISBN 0-7862-3674-4

Short Story, June 2001: "Not a Monster of a Chance"
in the anthology And the Dying is Easy
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20329-1

Book 3, April 2002: Murder of a Sleeping Beauty
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20548-0
Large Print: Thorndike $29.95 * ISBN 0-7862-4402-X
Also on audio cassettes! Read by Deborah Hazlett
Chivers North America $54.95 * ISBN 0-7927-2553-0

Book 4, April 2003: Murder of a Snake in the Grass
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20834-X
Large Print: Thorndike $29.95 * ISBN 0-7862-5629-X

Book 5, November 2003: Murder of a Barbie and Ken
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-21072-7
Large Print: Thorndike $29.95 * ISBN 0-7862-6126-9

Book 6, July 2004: Murder of a Pink Elephant
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $5.99 * ISBN 0-451-21210-X
Large Print: Thorndike $28.95 * ISBN 0-7862-6798-4

Novella, February 2005: "Dead Blondes Tell No Tales"
in the anthology Drop-Dead Blonde
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-21444-7

Book 7, July 2005: Murder of a Smart Cookie
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-21584-2
Large Print: Thorndike $28.95 * ISBN 0-7862-7765-3

Book 8, August 2006: Murder of a Real Bad Boy
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-21828-0

Book 9, April 2007: Murder of a Botoxed Blonde
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-22141-9

Book 10, April 2008: Murder of a Chocolate Cover Cherry
Obsidian (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * 978-0-451-22368-5

Book 11, April 2009: Murder of a Royal Pain
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * 978-0-451-22658-7
* Large Print ISBN 978-1-60285-486-4

Coming April 6, 2010: Murder of a Wedding Belle

"Finger in Every Lie" in the Mayhem in the Midlands Anthology
Hats Off $16.95 * ISBN 1-58736-091-8

Breaking and Entering, compiled by Denise Swanson
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A Publication of Sisters in Crime; © 2004 Sisters in Crime