Books by Cheril Thomas

WHO'S BURIED IN THE BACKYARD?Julia Reagan's dying wish sends her daughter to Maryland's Eastern Shore to save a decaying mansion and deal with angry relatives who never left the little town on the Chesapeake Bay. But before she can buy the first can of paint, Grace stumbles into a grave, a murder, and tantalizing clues to the one question she's never been able to answer: What happened to her father? Grace leaves Washington and her hard-earned law practice to take on a new life in Mallard Bay. She'll renovate Delaney House, sell it, and start over somewhere - anywhere - that isn't the Eastern Shore. She'd rather avoid those angry relatives, but no such luck. A handsome contractor complicates things, too, but it's the murder investigation that will change her life. The body buried in the backyard isn't the only mystery in Grace's new house, and what she doesn't know could kill her.SQUATTER'S RIGHTS is Book One in the Eastern Shore Mystery Series

Bad Intent is Book 3 of the Eastern Shore Mystery series. Editorial review: Five Stars for BAD INTENT: In the third Grace Reagan outing, our lawyer heroine is about to cut ties with Mallard Bay, her legal practice, her family, and other characters of this small Chesapeake Bay town. She's on her way to France, or so she thinks. Unfortunately, the path to the lavender fields is full of potholes and boulders. A quarrelsome trio of sister wives wants Grace to find their missing husband. He may be in trouble, or he may be running as far and fast as he can. Grace's personal life isn't in any better shape than her clients'. Her cousin has a new business that is burning through Grace's money faster than she can earn it. Meanwhile, Grace's fiancé - the one she doesn't love - is planning their wedding.And that was just Tuesday.Suspenseful, funny and tragic and filled with more mysteries than Grace wants or needs, Bad Intent is Cheril Thomas's best offering yet.Helen Chappell - Author of Chesapeake Book of the Dead and Oysterback Tales