When Private Investigator Beatrice (Bea) Winslow's Aunt Julia McKenna purchases a used car, little does she realize she acquired more than meets the eye. A receipt, a body and a cruise to the Caribbean unravel murder, greed and jealousy. Later, Bea receives a desperate phone call pleading for assistance in the disappearance of Ms. Cora Leigh Bowles, Mrs. Lydia Gross' sister and the secrets of these siblings are revealed adding to the intrigue. I'll Love You Till You Die is a taut mystery and suspense, clues and suspects will keep you turning the pages. This is the first novel in a series of five about Beatrice (Bea) Winslow, P.I., a gutsy, witty heroine. Beguiling characters intertwine giving suspense to the multitude of suspects. Feisty yet gullible Aunt Julia, an amateur sleuth, wants to help her niece solve the crime, throwing herself constantly in harm's way. A late romance, a deftly-plotted mystery and Miles' multilayered plot constantly excites and bedazzles the reader, pulling the wool over our eyes in grand style for a fine surprise ending!
Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi, and the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast were still reeling from the double murder in August of 1987 of a distinguished Judge and his wife, when a week before Christmas of the same year, the newlywed couple of recently elected District Attorney Wendell Matthew Holmes, Jr. of Warren County, Mississippi, and his wife Emma, are discovered dead in a refrigerator car in the Lafouchfeye County railroad yard. Percy (Teaspoon) Dinwiddle was found guilty of the Holmes' murders and sentenced to thirty years in prison. The first case went unsolved, Sheriff Travis died of a heart attack and after the first of the year, his son, Jim Travis was elected Sheriff on January 6, 1988. Twenty years later a young lawyer named Taylor L. Lipton, was researching both sets of homicides. New evidence through DNA was introduced concerning Percy Dinwiddle and Percy was set free February 1, 2009. Greed, revenge, and deception erupt like a volcano, throwing Jim, Bea and Aunt Jewels into a whirlwind of chaos.
Ah Spring! Private Investigator Bea Winslow and Aunt Julia McKenna, whom she fondly calls "Aunt Jewels", have finally begun digging in their flowerbed at their home in Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi. They are interrupted by Ernie, their mailman, who delivers a certified letter from Bea's childhood friend, Rebecca Bennett Cunningham, who resides in Washington, D.C. During an impromptu rendezvous between Mrs. Cunningham, who is the wife of the Deputy Director of The Central Intelligence Agency, and a prominent Senator, she discovers him dead. Later that evening, at a soiree given by Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, the Senator and his wife arrive alive and well! Murder? Conspiracy? It is up to Bea Winslow to resolve this web of deceit and treachery. With its multiple story lines and exciting plot devices, Until Death Do Us Part is a fast-paced read. From Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi to the nation's capital, you will be drawn into the action and humor produced by Bea Winslow and her Aunt Jewels, who continually places herself and Bea in harm's way. A missing piece of luggage, strangers hiding in shadowed doorways and unexplained coincidences seem to pop up out of nowhere, building suspense and tension as both ladies come up against a dangerous group of players who could end their very lives before Bea reveals the murderer.
Lenny Faison has served six years in Parchman Prison for assault and battery. During this time he has honed his comedy skills. When he is released, he hits the comedy circuit and finally is going to get his big break at the Saenger Theatre in Biloxi, MS. While daydreaming about his premiere performance, someone takes several shots at him. He falls and his sight is impaired. While attending Lenny's performance several nights later, Bea Winslow, private investigator and her Aunt Jewels, plus Bea's fiance, Sheriff Jim Travis of Lafouchfeye County, MS and Aunt Jewels boyfriend and Lenny's uncle, Captain Eric VonBoatner witness another attempt on his life. From then on, murder doesn't take a holiday and Bea and Aunt Jewels end up with Lenny staying at their house. There are enough twists and turns to keep the pages tuirning, wondering what is going to happen next!
Just before midnight on Christmas Eve, December 24 in Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi, distinguished Judge Joseph Patrick Winslow was found murdered. At the scene of the crime, Mrs. Julia McKenna, a long-time adversary was discovered standing over the deceased with the gun still in her hand, by Sheriff Jim Travis. A jury of her peers have found her guilty of murder. Did she do it? December 23, the day before, Bea Winslow, Private Investigator boarded All Nippon Airways, flight 1073 for Luizhou, China. She didn't know the plane had been sabotaged. That same afternoon, Judge Joseph Patrick Winslow intently watched Bea's Aunt, Mrs. Julia McKenna, while she stood on the lower deck of the Coral Princess waiting to get underway for a Christmas in the Bahamas. Slowly he withdrew his cell phone from inside his overcoat and dialed the Captain's number. He smiled as the Captain handed Julia the phone. "Hello Julia," he softly spoke, "I have some tragic news...
Seven years ago the housekeeper, Maudelle Perkins, found Horace Fletcher, Director of Shady Rest Funeral Home, dead at his desk. Cyrus Dedeaux, one of three morticians hired by Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, was declared guilty. However, new DNA evidence, presented by his lawyer, had proven Mr. Dedeaux innocent and he has been set free Three days after Cyrus returned, there has been an alleged attempted murder on Rose Fletcher, Horace's widow, and a body has washed up on the beach. Before attending the gala benefit honoring environmentalist, Dr. Horatio Banks, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Mrs. Julia McKenna and her boyfriend, Captain Eric VonBoatner, are supposed to pick up a 1927 Model T. Ford, which she won two months earlier in a drawing. During an impromptu shopping spree, Aunt Jewels and a dog named Maggie May are kidnapped and dog napped respectively. Upon inspection of the floorboards inside of the antique car, her niece, Private Investigator Bea Winslow, discovers small specks of dried blood. Mystery, mayhem and merriment, follow these two sleuths as they weave their humor, crime solving tactics and hilarious antics, through a host of unsavory characters, the funeral parlor, saving the environment, Christmas festivities in the Bay and finding Aunt Jewels and Maggie May.
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