{"title":"Lorna Barrett","description":"Lorna Barrett is the New York Times bestselling author of the Booktown Mysteries, including A Controversial Cover and A Questionable Character.","products":[{"product_id":"a-perilous-plot-hardcover","title":"A Perilous Plot - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily reunions are killer--literally--in the newest mystery in Lorna Barrett's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Booktown series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything was going great for Tricia Miles, right up until her estranged mother, Sheila, arrives on her front step with an urn she says contains the remains of Tricia's father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShocked and saddened, Tricia and her sister, Angelica, attempt to get to the bottom of what happened. But their efforts for clarity are dashed when Shelia disappears the very next day, leaving without a word. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaturally, the sisters are upset--especially after they take the remains to the local funeral parlor and discover that not only is the urn filled with kitty litter, but hidden inside is a valuable (and stolen) Rolex watch. Digging deeper, the sisters find their parents are in dire financial trouble and seem to be lurking around Booktown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTricia and Angelica can't help but wonder how many more secrets their mother was keeping...and whether that includes murder.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102876504287,"sku":"9780593819210","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/o9B46JbebL9780593819210.webp?v=1781087522"},{"product_id":"a-controversial-cover-mass-market-paperbound","title":"A Controversial Cover - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a famous children's author is murdered at the library, Tricia Miles has to find the killer before it's too late in the latest entry to Lorna Barrett's\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Booktown series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTricia Miles is ready to close the book on all her amateur sluething--she's tired of finding dead bodies and being accused of murder. But even the best laid plans often go awry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStoneham is all abuzz when Lauren Barker, a famous children's book author, arrives for an event at the local library. Lauren is a Stoneham native, and her new book strikes some members of the town as controversial. But when Lauren is found strangled to death after an altercation at the event, the plot twist throws Tricia right back into the middle of things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho could possibly have wanted Lauren dead? Was it Dan Reed, who had to be thrown out of the signing for spouting conspiracy theories and causing a disturbance? Stella Kraft, Lauren's high school teacher, who thought of the author as a protégé--something Lauren violently disputed? Or the mystery man who spoke to Lauren just before she was found dead? With the suspect count climbing higher and more information about Lauren's past coming to light, will Tricia be able to give this story a happily ever after?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102889742559,"sku":"9780593549452","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8Il7mKeFIV9780593549452.webp?v=1781087546"},{"product_id":"a-questionable-character-paperback","title":"A Questionable Character - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe murder of a local contractor may be the final nail in the coffin for Tricia Miles in the latest entry to Lorna Barrett's\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Booktown series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a busy summer in Booktown. Contractor Jim Stark is in great demand: he's overseeing a number of projects, including Angelica Miles's newly constructed building on Main Street, finishing up the new brew pub, and gutting a stone mansion off Main Street that Angelica bought to be the world headquarters for Nigela Ricita Asssociates. It'll house office space where her marketing staff and the rest of the NR Associates clerical personnel will work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTricia Miles and Angelica arrive at the mansion before their workday to see how the construction is going. They find the place unlocked and Stark's right-hand man, Sanjay Arya, dead--bludgeoned to death. The loss of the contractor's top man threatens all the projects in the works, which would effectively ruin the expensive marketing plan that the Chamber of Commerce has been working. Is Jim a suspect? (He'd be stupid to kill the person he depends on to keep the projects going.) But Stark also thinks his wife, who was very chummy with Sanjay, might have been cheating on him with the second-in-command, making him a likely suspect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce again Tricia finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation, but can she find the killer before he or she has the chance to bring the hammer down?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104868274399,"sku":"9780593549421","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9Qbrr7W_MO9780593549421.webp?v=1781111485"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/lorna-barrett.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}