Fall window
Judith Ivie,  Author, contemporary cozy mysteries and more  
teacups






Books
Why eBooks?

Murder on Old Main St. CoverMurder on Old Main Street
A contemporary mystery set in historic Old Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Order from Wings ePress
ISBN 978-1-59705-131-4 epub
ISBN 978-1-59705-877-7  paperback

Small-town gossip can be murder—especially when a ruthless blackmailer is involved.  If you enjoyed Waiting for Armando, you’re sure to like this sequel, due out this fall.  Set entirely in historic Old Wethersfield, Connecticut, Murder on Old Main Street features the same smart, sassy heroines who abandoned their law firm jobs in Armando to launch their own real estate business.

As the annual Autumn Festival gets under way, Old Wethersfield is in an uproar over a proposed nonsmoking ban throughout the historic district.  Then a vicious murderer strikes.  It’s truly a case of “speak no evil” as amateur sleuths Kate Lawrence and Margo Farnsworth race to discover the truth before a local business owner is unjustly convicted of murder, or even more unthinkably, Kate’s daughter Emma falls under suspicion.

In the background, Kate’s longtime romance hits the rocky shoals of culture shock, Margo is caught up in an unlikely romance of her own, and Emma is intrigued by a man in uniform.  When Kate is forced off the road by a sinister Trans Am, she knows that she has been warned.  Can she identify the murderer in time, or will someone’s indiscretion make her the next Murder on Old Main Street?

Available in Wethersfield at Antiques on Main and the Keeney Memorial Center Gift Shop, or order directly from the publisher at www.wings-press.com

Read a sample chapter

 

Don't Say Goodbye to Love CoverDon't Say Goodbye to Love
Order from Wings ePress
ISBN:
1-59705-028-8 e-pub
1-59705-970-6 paperback

Jeannie McKay, a 33-year-old mother of two small children living in Hartford, Connecticut, knows what it is to say goodbye to a loved one. Before her marriage to Carl, she lost her fiancé in a tragic accident. Five years ago, her father died of a massive coronary, leaving her mother a shocked and grieving widow. Now Jeannie faces a different kind of goodbye--a divorce from her husband of eight years.

Sample chapter

What the Reviewers Are Saying:

“How can you not root for characters like Jeannie and Carl? … a very touching love story with deep emotion and almost tangible scenery.”
– Lighthouse Literary Reviews

“Everything you’d expect to happen in a romance: family, tears, laughter, and sacrifice, happens here.”
– JoEllen Conger, author

“… an engaging microcosm of American marriage. I found myself crying as the story was so compelling. … a great read and a 5+ on my mascara scale …”
-- A. Dee Carey, author


Waiting for Armando

A contemporary mystery set in historic Old Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Order from Wings ePress
ISBN 1-59088-495-7 epub
ISBN 1-59088-547-3 paperback

Have you ever wondered what your secretary really thinks of you? I'll tell you what she thinks of you: If you would just get out of her way, she could run the office far better without you. And that's on a good day. On a bad day, her thoughts about you are probably homicidal, and that's when being a legal secretary could work to her advantage. If you work for lawyers long enough, my new friends tell me, you can easily learn how to commit murder. Even better, you can learn how to get away with it. At least, that's what everyone thought happened last summer at Bellanfonte, Girouard & Bolasevich…

Share the sometimes frightening, often hilarious exploits of four legal secretaries who band together to exonerate one of their own when she's accused of murdering her philandering boss, a prominent Hartford attorney.

What the reviewers are saying:

"A wonderful mix of characters... a real slice of life." --Lighthouse Literary Reviews

"What a delight! If you're looking for a sassy mystery with suspense, great characters and some romance thrown in, pick up or download this book … and sit back for a great adventure."
-- J.D. Webb, Author Shepherd's Pie

“An enjoyable ride through the streets where we live.”
--Joyce Rossignol


Sample chapter

 

Calling It Quits
Order from
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN No. 1-59374-320-3

Nobody likes a quitter. Yet each year, more than a million Americans quit their jobs-jobs they need to support themselves and their families-for reasons that range from stress to sexual harassment, burnout to boredom. Are they committing professional suicide…or taking a new lease on life? Meet 12 bright, capable, and thoroughly likable quitters whose candid insights can help you advance your career by Calling It Quits.

Table of Contents
Sample Chapter

 

Working It Out: The Domestic Double Standard
An exploration of how today's woman is having (to do) it all.
Order from Whiskey Creek Press
EBook formats ISBN: 978-1-59374-551-6
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-59374-550-9

For the vast majority of today's working women, from Paula Zahn to Paula Abdul, "having it all" might more accurately be characterized as "having to do it all." Despite the good intentions of a husband or significant other, it is rare that domestic responsibilities are actually shared equally. Meet dozens of working wives and mothers who have devised practical strategies for coping with the domestic double standard.

Table of Contents
Sample Chapter


Why eBooks?

[Home]   [Books]   [About Me]   [Links]   [Email]

 

 

Contents copyright 2007 by Judith K. Ivie
Website design by Karen's Web Works
Contact Webmaster