Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 1)
Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 1)

Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce

Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1643750631

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This Edgar Award-winning cozy mystery series for middle-graders introduces us to Myrtle Hardcastle, everyone's favorite 12-year-old amateur detective and Young Lady of Quality. Wickedly smart and keenly interested in the new tools of criminology, Myrtle has a nose for murder in the Victorian English village where she lives with her father, who is the local prosecutor, and her governess, Miss Judson. More mysteries await in How to Get Away with Myrtle (Book 2) and Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Book 3).

Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 3)
Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 3)

Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce

Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers

Published: 2021-10-05

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 164375226X

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Amateur detective extraordinaire Myrtle Hardcastle is back for Book 3 in this Edgar Award-winning, cozy mystery series. Just as she was in Premeditated Myrtle (Book 1) and How to Get Away with Myrtle (Book 2), Myrtle is on the case again, tracking down a killer out for revenge amid the Christmas festivities in Victorian England.

How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 2)
How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 2)

Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce

Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1643751182

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Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite amateur detective, is back to solve another murder (committed on a train headed for an English seaside village with a tragic past) in the second installment of the delightful Victorian cozy mystery series for middle-grade readers.

The Importance of Being Myrtle
The Importance of Being Myrtle

Author: Ulrika Jonsson

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0141933003

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Is a death in the family the chance for a new start? When Myrtle's husband, Austin, dies on the bus one morning, everything seems to freeze. But in reality Myrtle has been frozen for nearly forty years, locked into an emotionless marriage. So if the barriers have been lifted, why does she still feel trapped? Her daughters are a mystery to her - one prickly and defensive, the other with a closely guarded secret. And thanks to Austin's cold presence, friends are a rarity. How is a widow supposed to find herself when she's alone and unconfident of her place in the world? But hope might rest with Gianni, the kind stranger in whose arms Austin died. And when nosy neighbour Dorothy discovers Myrtle's sad news, she also refuses to let her wallow. But Myrtle will never move on until she's dealt with her past and the reason for her devotion to Austin. The truth must out, even though the consequences might prove devastating for Myrtle and her daughters ...

Death on the Boardwalk
Death on the Boardwalk

Author: Caleb Wygal

Publisher: Franklin/Kerr Press

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 9781735437323

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The Myrtle Beach Boardwalk is normally an idyllic place. Until death arrives on recently widowed bookstore owner Clark Thomas' doorstep. When the body of a local businesswoman and environmentalist gets dumped by the back door of his shop, Clark finds himself in a unique position to investigate the crime. But should he? When it comes to murder, something else drives him he doesn't want to admit. As he launches his own search for the killer, Clark comes across a variety of colorful Boardwalk inhabitants who might have had reason to kill an otherwise beloved person. Can he do it and start putting his wife's death behind him in the process, or will it open up a fresh wound?

In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 4)
In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 4)

Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2022-10-04

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1643753312

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This twisty, cozy murder mystery finds Amateur Detective Myrtle Hardcastle investigating the case of an heiress lost at sea—an inquiry that runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim. When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the Snowcroft family fortune, Myrtle Hardcastle’s father, a lawyer, is asked to help prove—or disprove—the girl’s identity. Is this truly Ethel Snowcroft, believed to be lost at sea with her parents, or a con artist chasing a windfall? Mr. Hardcastle’s pursuit of the case takes a detour when he’s hospitalized for a tonsillectomy—only to witness a murder. Or does he? With no body at the scene, Myrtle and her governess, Miss Judson, fear the so-called murder was a feverish delusion—until a critical piece of evidence appears. But where’s the victim? And who at the hospital could be harboring murderous intent? Myrtle is determined to find out before the killer comes after her father. With stakes this high, her sleuthing has put Myrtle, her family, and the patients and staff at the Royal Swinburne Hospital In Myrtle Peril.

The Myrtles Plantation
The Myrtles Plantation

Author: Frances Kermeen

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2007-09-03

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0446510726

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Welcome to The Myrtles, the most haunted house in America -- and featured in Netflix's #1 TV show Files of the Unexplained. Broken clocks tick...beds rise in the air...paintings fly across the room...locked doors fling open...crystal chandeliers shake...heavy footsteps and eerie piano music sound in the dead of night -- and that's just for starters. Welcome to the Myrtles Long. Recognized as America's most haunted house both by parapsychologists and the media, The Myrtles is a twenty-eight-room Louisiana bed-and-breakfast once owned by Frances Kermeen. In this spine-tingling chronicle, Frances tells the story of how she was drawn to this former plantation mansion, its bone-chilling history, and the incredible encounters of the ghostly kind she had that forever changed her beliefs about the supernatural -- and just may change yours. Along with the sometimes terrifying, sometimes benevolent hauntings, her years at The Myrtles also brought death threats from the Ku Klux Klan, the tragic loss of friends, a catastrophic betrayal, and other personal challenges. And they would all converge with the paranormal phenomena around her into one cataclysmic event...