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P.J. Benson Mysteries
P.J. Benson Mysteries
Series · 4 books · 2007-2016
By
Maris Soule
Books in series
#1
The Crows
2007
The crows are cawing when accountant P.J. Benson takes a walk in the woods with her four-month-old Rhodesian Ridgeback. Next comes gun shots. Quickly she returns to her house, ready to call the police, only to find a man dying in her dining room. It's tax season, and she's just started her home-based business. She doesn't have time to devote to solving a murder, but when she becomes the prime suspect, she has no choice. Either someone is breaking into her house and threatening her life, or she's becoming as schizophrenic as her mother.
#2
As the Crow Flies
2011
When P.J. Benson gives a talk at a local library, she hopes to help others—especially the elderly—avoid scams and maybe garner up some good pr for her home-based CPA business. She certainly doesn't expect one elderly woman to hand her a briefcase and ask for help. Soon P.J. is drawn into a blackmail scheme and murder investigation. Within days the body count is rising, people are missing, and P.J. is a prime suspect. To make matters worse, P.J.'s nemesis, Nora Wright, is out of jail and making threats, Detective Wade Kingsley is acting as if their romance is waning, and P.J. may have exposed her six-month-old Rhodesian Ridgeback, Baraka, to a deadly disease. Danger is never far away...as the crow flies.
#3
Eat Crow and Die
2015
P.J. Benson knows Sheriff’s Detective Wade Kingsley wouldn’t blow up his own boat to kill his ex-wife and her new husband, Michael Brewster. Sure, Wade wasn’t happy that his ex was taking their six-year-old son, Jason, to live in California, but Wade and Jason were also onboard the boat when it blew up. Wade would never have endangered his son that way. Nevertheless, the investigating detectives consider Wade their prime suspect,and Wade’s ex in-laws loudly accuse him and threaten to file for custody of Jason. Under the circumstances, P.J. is certain this isn’t the right time to tell Wade she’s pregnant, but bouts of morning sickness give her away. Wade is upset by the news. P.J. wonders if it’s because he’s afraid he’ll be put in prison for a double homicide he didn’t commit, or if he’s afraid the new baby will cause P.J. to become schizophrenic, as was the case with her mother. Even P.J. is worried about that. Although Wade doesn’t want her playing detective, P.J. soon discovers that Michael Brewster wasn’t as great a guy as everyone thought. But did anyone hate the man enough to kill him?
#3.5
Eye of the Crow
2016
It’s P.J. Benson’s wedding day. It’s also the day she walks in on a bank robbery. During the ceremony she should be thinking of her vows, not how unusual the bank robber looked. Wade Kingsley wants her to stay out of trouble, especially now that she’s his wife, but trouble seems to find P.J., no matter where she goes. Eye of the Crow is a short story that takes place two months after the end of Eat Crow and Die. This is a chance for fans of P.J. to “participate” in her wedding and reception, and discover how she once again stumbles into and solves a mystery.
Author
Maris Soule
Author · 14 books