Devereaux's Dime Store mysteries

Opening an old-fashioned five-and-dime shop in her small Missouri hometown has been a great change for Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair. But when she hosts a reading group there, she learns that bad writing can mean life or death. To keep her new business in the black, Dev opens her shop to local clubs. But in the first meeting of the Stepping Out Book Club, the speaker storms out after members attack his poetry's sexism and scorn for small towns. Later that...

"Shadow Bends library closed years ago because of budgetary problems, so when a wealthy benefactor offers to reopen it, everyone, including Dev, is thrilled. But Devs excitement wanes when she realizes the mysterious donor is actually her runaway mother Yvettes latest husband, Jett Benedict. Dev suspects that Yvette and Jetts intentions arent as noble as they appear, but before she can discover what theyre really up to, Jett turns up dead--and all...