Book 11

Rituals of the Season

by Margaret Maron

Published 1 January 2005
Judge Deborah Knott has a severe case of anxiety in the final days before her wedding to Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant. However, when a friend and colleague is shot on the icy drive home and Dwight becomes the lead detective on the case, Deborah is immediately involved. Issues of ethics and confidentiality suddenly face her...right on the next pillow. Renovations to the house where the newlyweds will live are shockingly behind schedule, Deborah's maid of honour is so heavily pregnant she may deliver during the ceremony and, somehow, Deborah must find a way to connect with her wary soon-to-be-stepson. Now she is in danger of losing sight of what really matters. But just when Deborah thinks she's finally got order in her court and her life, fate has one more surprise in store...

Book 12

Winter's Child

by Margaret Maron

Published 27 July 2006
It is one month after their wedding and the future looks bright for Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff's Deputy, Dwight Bryant. That is until a disturbing call from Dwight's eight year old son, Cal, brings him back to Virginia. When he arrives, he is shocked to find that his ex-wife has left the boy alone for almost twenty-four hours. Worse, as Dwight tries to confront her, she takes the child and leaves without a word. As Dwight embarks on his search, Deborah hurries to his side. But will they be able to work together to decipher the ex-wife's motives and, more importantly, rescue Cal before he is harmed?

Book 16

Christmas Mourning

by Margaret Maron

Published 5 November 2010
"It's Christmas in rural North Carolina's Colleton County. Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant and his wife, Judge Deborah Knott, have propped his traditional pine tree in the living room. Christmas lights have been hung. Aunt Zell's famous fruitcake has arrived. Deborah can't wait to celebrate with Dwight, her stepson Cal, and all of her colorful relatives. Then a tragic car wreck casts a dark cloud over the revelry. A beautiful young cheerleader dies in the crash, and her community is devastated. But Dwight soon learns that the girl's death wasn't a simple accident. And more lives may be lost before Christmas Eve unless Deborah and Dwight find the killer - or killers"--Page 2 of cover.