A Small Sacrifice

by Ellen Hart

Published 13 September 1994
A crime thriller featuring investigator Jane Lawless, in which Jane's best friend Cordelia accepts an invitation to a college reunion, and animosities and jealousies from the past begin to resurface when one of the group is murdered. From the author of STAGE FRIGHT.

An Intimate Ghost

by Ellen Hart

Published 11 March 2004

Faint Praise

by Ellen Hart

Published 29 September 1995
Jane Lawless and her friend Cordelia Thorn investigate the suspicious death of a well-known TV personality who fell from the famous Foshay Tower in Minneapolis.

Taken by the Wind

by Ellen Hart

Published 8 October 2013
"PI and restaurateur Jane Lawless must track down two missing teenagers Although Eric and Andrew have been trying to keep up a semblance of normal life, they know their thirteen-year-old son Jack has been having a tough time of it since they separated. They've been concerned, but now they're terrified--Jack has run away from home. It happened once before, just after the separation, but then it was only a matter of hours before Eric found him. This time, Jack disappeared with his cousin, and the two of them haven't been seen for more than twenty-four hours. Desperate, Eric and Andrew call on private investigator Jane Lawless, a friend of Andrew's from years ago. Despite the fact that her business partner, A.J. Nolan, is now in a wheelchair and struggling with depression, Jane agrees to help out. But after examining Eric and Andrew's home, Jane's first impression of the case isn't good--in fact, she's not convinced the boys ran away at all. She thinks they may have been abducted...or worse. Taken by the Wind, the latest riveting mystery from award-winning author Ellen Hart, is a race against the clock for Jane and the terrified parents of two missing boys"--

"Although Eric and Andrew have been trying to keep up a semblance of normal life, they know their thirteen-year-old son Jack has been having a tough time of it since they separated. They've been concerned, but now they're terrified--Jack has run away from home. It happened once before, just after the separation, but then it was only a matter of hours before Eric found him. This time, Jack disappeared with his cousin, and the two of them haven't been seen for more than twenty-four hours. Desperate, Eric and Andrew call on private investigator Jane Lawless, a friend of Andrew's from years ago. Despite the fact that her business partner, A.J. Nolan, is now in a wheelchair and struggling with depression, Jane agrees to help out. But after examining Eric and Andrew's home, Jane's first impression of the case isn't good--in fact, she's not convinced the boys ran away at all. She thinks they may have been abducted...or worse. Taken by the Wind, the latest riveting mystery from award-winning author Ellen Hart, is a race against the clock for Jane and the terrified parents of two missing boys"--

Killing Cure

by Ellen Hart

Published 11 August 1993
After seventy-five years of respectability, the Amelia Gower Women's Club is in trouble. One distinguished director has been strangled. Another, the founder's granddaughter, has taken a fatal plunge down the club's elegant staircase. As soon as restaurateur-sleuth Jane Lawless begins a bit of discreet snooping, wheels within wheels begin to turn, meshing the private lives of Gower friends and family with the club's inner workings and the wealthy Gower Foundation's supersecret agenda. Even Jane's new lover, Dorrie, is somehow involved. The way things are going, the Gower Club murders may well be Jane's last case . . . .

Hallowed Murder

by Ellen Hart

Published 15 January 1993