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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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She came home to save the ranch… and found the cowboy she never forgot.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


Short Cut by Jo Dereske

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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)

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By: Jo Dereske

A Ruby Crane Mystery - Book 3
Dell
June 1998
On Sale: June 1, 1998
Featuring: Ruby Crane
336 pages
ISBN: 0440222230
EAN: 9780440222231
Paperback
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery Woman Sleuth

They were sisters separated by distance, hurt and secrets. Now murder is bringing them together....

It was a long way from northern Michigan to the mountains above Albuquerque. But the distance between Ruby Crane and her glamorous, successful sister, Phyllis, was even greater. Until Phyllis trekked through the Michigan snow in her designer boots to beg Ruby for help. And while Ruby knew there were some things she couldn't help her sister withβ€”like her drinkingβ€”she couldn't say no to a matter of life and death.

A boy had died on a construction site, and Phyllis, the engineer on the project, was being blamedβ€”for a design she claimed someone had altered. While Ruby, an expert in handwriting analysis, tries to find out if the designs are forgeries, a sudden, vicious murder changes everything. Now a stalker is lurking around Phyllis's once-elegant life. And for the two sisters, the time has come for unspoken wordsβ€”and a fight for both of their lives....

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