When grad student Dulcie Schwartz hears a wolf late one night she tries to dismiss it, but the noises, the dark building, and an unnerving sighting of her adviser all combine to give her the creeps. The next morning Dulcie learns that a university student was savagely attacked that very night. A woman who looks…
Tavia Gilbert delightfully portrays Dulcie Schwartz, gothic doctoral student. The story includes Dulcie’s ability to elicit details from the past, her present-day college quandaries, and sage words of advice from her ghost cat, Mr. Grey. Dulcie’s career is about to die a tragic death when she’s accused of murdering a visiting scholar whose research creepily…
In the fourth Dulcie Schwartz mystery, the gothic studies graduate student has a lot on her plate: possible identity theft, murder accusations, a haunted manuscript, and pressure from her advisor to complete her dissertation. Tavia Gilbert navigates the ups and downs of Dulcie’s life with a bright, upbeat tone that highlights Dulcie’s resiliency and a…
When a student goes missing and a professor ends up dead, Dulcie Schwartz realizes that midterms are going to be worse than ever. She’s hard at work on her thesis, but present day concerns – including the destructive mischief of her growing kitten – keep dragging her back into a tangle of motive, misbehavior, and…
On the very night she gets engaged to the man she loves, sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis’s professional life takes a shocking turn that threatens everything she holds dear. While Anna is enjoying a romantic dinner capped off by a marriage proposal, a few miles away two separate groups are gearing up to raid a…
Detective MacKenzie and her partner are given the case of a man found murdered in a church whose body has a message pinned to it. Their investigation leads to connections with the world of crime, in particular a female boss and her head of security. Tavia Gilbert’s performance is mixed. Her Spanish and Spanish accents…
Five teenage girls have been murdered. One survived, and only she can reveal the secrets of a disturbing ring of people who kidnap and sell teenage girls on the black market. But those responsible for the crimes will do whatever it takes to maintain her silence. Susannah Vartanian and Luke Papadopoulos have both sworn to…
Not long after his brother, Simon, was revealed to be a ruthless serial killer and met his demise, Special Agent Daniel Vartanian is drawn back into Simon’s dark past. A series of recent killings are mimicking an unsolved murder from 13 years ago which is somehow linked to a collection of photographs that belonged to…
Tavia Gilbert’s well-paced narration of Karen Rose’s latest suspense keeps things hopping. Philadelphia homicide detective Vito Ciccotelli calls upon the expertise of archaeologist Sophie Johansen to track a sadistic sociopath who uses medieval torture devices to make his kills. When Vito and Sophie come face-to-face, it’s lust-at-first-pheromone, and as the sexual tension builds, so does…
There’s a poisonous secret behind these bucolic scenes… When a powerful development company sets its sights on Mason County, Virginia, as the location for a sprawling resort for the rich, the locals begin taking sides. Many residents see the resort as economic salvation for the small Blue Ridge Mountains community, while others fear the county…