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Also by Jo Dereske:

Index to Murder, May 2008
Mass Market Paperback
Catalogue of Death, April 2007
Paperback
Miss Zukas and the Stroke of Death, December 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Bookmarked to Die, June 2006
Paperback
Glom Gloom, February 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence, February 2001
Paperback
Miss Zukas in Death's Shadow, December 1999
Paperback
Final Notice, November 1998
Paperback
Short Cut, June 1998
Paperback
Cut and Dry, September 1997
Paperback
Out of Circulation, July 1997
Paperback
Miss Zukas and the Raven's Dance, November 1996
Paperback
Savage Cut, September 1996
Paperback
Miss Zukas and the Island Murders, April 1995
Paperback
Miss Zukas and the Library Murders, March 1994
Paperback (reprint)

MISS ZUKAS AND THE STROKE OF DEATH
By: Jo Dereske

Miss Zukas Series, #3
Avon
December 2006
On Sale: November 28, 2006
Featuring: Helma Zukas
272 pages
ISBN: 0380770334
EAN: 9780380770335
Paperback (reprint)
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery Woman Sleuth

Civic-minded librarian Miss Helma Zukas has reluctantly agreed to use her long-dormant skills as a canoeist to paddle down Washington Bay on behalf of the Bellehaven Library relay race team. But before Helma has a chance to test her aquatic talents, she is once again matching wits with the local police over the identity of a killer. And this time it involves keeping her somewhat flaky artist friend, Ruth Winthrop, off Death Row.

When the flamboyant Ruth rejected the attention of a dirty old man in a local bar, she never thought it would be to put him off permanently. But when his body shows up just outside her studio, the police consider her a prime suspect. Helma knows for sure that Ruth is no killer, but she didn't suspect that asking too many questions about the life of the unsavory dead man would unearth some long- buried scandals...and cause someone to want to close the book on one inquisitive librarian.