Elizabeth J. Duncan

It's the most important night of the year for the Catskills Shakespeare Theater Company: the annual fundraising performance at the country estate of the wealthy widow Paula Van Dusen....

A Catskills resort's production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet takes a wickedly ironic turn when the leading lady, Lauren Richmond, is first poisoned and then stabbed....

Watercolor artist and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan is enjoying a retreat on the island of Anglesey off the coast of North Wales - until she discovers the body of a New Zealand journalist on a secluded beach just as the tide is going out, threatening to take the body with it....

Artist and spa owner Penny Brannigan has been asked to organize a formal dinner to mark the centenary of the armistice that ended World War One. After dinner, the guests adjourn to the library for a private exhibition of the Black Chair, a precious piece of Welsh literary history....

The competition is friendly and just a little fierce at the annual Llanelen agricultural show as town and country folk gather for the outdoor judging of farm animals and indoor judging of cakes, pies, and pastries. But this year, there’s a new show category: murder....

Local artist and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan has been spending her summer painting views of the once-lovely Gwrych Castle....

Spa owner and habitual amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan finds herself at a clerical conference at Gladstone's Library in North Wales....

The residents of Llanelen are brimming with excitement as a popular antiques show is coming to their Welsh town....

When the body of well-liked and respectable Glenda Roberts is discovered at the bottom of a former slate mine - now a busy tourist attraction - pandemonium erupts in the North Wales town....

The North Wales market town of Llanelen is abuzz when a Vietnamese family moves into Ty Brith Hall....