Books published by Bridle Path Press

The summer of 1988 brings all kinds of new developments to Bassville. Mona Butterfield's busy establlishing her farm stand, Dirty Girl Veggies, while Maw Cooper cooks up a fresh scheme to make fame and fortune off his world famous minnows. At Traysons Crossings the first houses have been built and two families have moved in. While the locals decide how they'll welcome the new people, the Wissipaw River carries a new threat to its shores, dividing the town's loyalites in its wake. The third of Melissa Westemeier's novels set in Bassville brims with humor, humanity and life in a rural riverside town.

In the third Nora Tierney Mystery, American writer Nora awaits the arrival of a traveling theatre troupe who will perform Noel Coward's farce BLITHE SPIRIT at Ramsey Lodge in England's Lake District. Her son now six months old, Nora must juggle parenting with helping her friend Simon Ramsey run the lodge. She's also hoping to further her relationship with the only lodge guest not in the cast: Detective Inspector Declan Barnes, ostensibly there for a hiking trip. When a series of pranks and accidents escalate to murder, Nora realizes her child is in jeopardy and determines to help Declan unmask a killer. Written in traditional British mystery style, this contemporary novel features chapter epigrams that are lines from the play. The series has been compared to Agatha Christie with a modern twist, and won Chanticleer Media's award for Best British Mystery.

The 4th Nora Tierney Mystery finds the American author contemplating a move back to Oxford to cement her relationship with DI Declan Barnes, despite feeling she's being followed. How this ties in with Declan's new murder case will see the family they are trying to create being challenged in unthinkable ways.

Trudy Genova has the best job any nurse could want, working onset as a medical consultant for a movie studio. No more uniforms, bedpans or emergencies, until the actor whose overtures she's refused dies suddenly while taping a hospital scene--but not before pointing his finger accusingly at Trudy. When detectives view Trudy as a suspect, she interferes with their investigation to clear her name. Then a second death occurs, and Trudy realizes she's put herself in jeopardy. Based on the author's real life work experience, Death Unscripted takes readers behind the scenes of a Manhattan soap opera. Graff gets behind the scenes of soaps just right, as well she should--she was there! Marilyn Chris, Obie and Drama Desk Award winning actress; Wanda Wolek on "One Life to Live." Your blood pressure will soar during M.K. Graff's new Manhattan Mystery series, as nurse Trudy Genova takes the pulse of a killer during a soap opera filming in DEATH UNSCRIPTED. You won't even think about changing the channel during this smart, suspenseful mystery. -Edith Maxwell, Agatha-nominated and national bestselling author of the Local Foods Mysteries "An engaging story featuring a charming amateur sleuth. A great start to a mystery series." Helen Smith, author of The Emily Castles Mysteries "Soap opera drama is as intense on the set as it is on the screen. Sometimes Trudy Genova, consulting nurse, feels like the only sane person in the room. Join her as she copes with huge egos, daily melodrama, an attractive detective, and life in New York ... plus murder. The city and the studio provide intriguing backgrounds for this entertaining mystery." Triss Stein, author of the Erica Donato mysteries about Brooklyn, past and present

The second book in the Nora Tierney mystery series follows Nora to the Lake District where she is expecting two things: the publication of her first children's book and the birth of her first child. When Nora stumbles across the corpse of the heir to Clarendon Hall, she sets in motion a series of events that will test her detecting skills for those she's come to love, even as she puts her life and that of her unborn child in jeopardy.

The murder of Bryn Wallace draws American writer Nora Tierney, living in Oxford, into the investigation to clear her close friend Val Rogan, who has been wrongfully accused of Bryn's murder. Nora quickly becomes embroiled in the case, much to the dismay of Detective Inspector Declan Barnes and the illustrator of Nora's children's books, Simon Ramsey. The men's efforts to save Nora from herself become increasingly frantic as Nora is forced to use her wits and her wiles to prove Val's innocence. The first in a series of Nora Tierney mysteries, THE BLUE VIRGIN is a compelling story of love and intrigue. Nothing, Nora learns, is what it seems, and even the most innocent of choices can lead to murder and revenge.