Amanda Rafferty

Murder and Mayhem Amanda Rafferty

Ellen Haley has been working for her boss, Clifton Lindsey - private detective, for six months. She's dating his handsome nephew, Kent. Things are going great. Yet, Ellen can't keep from wishing she could sink her teeth into a new mystery. Then Donald Baron enters the scene. Don is a toothy, dashing salesman who's pushing government bonds to Oceanvale's wealthiest citizens. Ellen doesn't like him from the start and isn't sure what to think when his body is found in a house fire. But she's got Miss Birch's new German club to deal with, Lou McLane working as Mr. Lindsey's newest assistant detective, and Janet's worries about escalating tensions with Japan and Germany. Things get stranger when Kent comes back from a trip to San Francisco and reports that he's sure he saw Don Baron alive and well. Add into things a strange message in the classified ads in German and the fact that Ellen's brother, Chet, has disappeared, and Ellen suddenly has more mysteries than she knows what to do with. Please Note: Second Volume of the Ellen Haley Mystery Series. Approximately 51,000 words in length. It is a standalone (reading prior or future volumes not required to enjoy the book, no cliffhanger). Themes include: Mystery, arson, conman, secret message, 1940s, World War 2-era