Murder -- Investigation

An orphaned girl goes to her relatives's Adirondack Lodge only to find that she has been framed in the murder of her dead father's lawyer, who is in charge of her inherited estate.

On a frigid January night, Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne and Reverend Clare Fergusson are called to the scene of a raging fire that quickly becomes a double homicide and kidnapping. Which is the very last thing Russ needs. Currently he's struggling with the prospect of impending fatherhood. And his new wife is not at all happy with his proposal for their long-delayed honeymoon: a week in an ice-fishing cabin. The vestry of St. Alban's Church has called for the bishop to investigate Clare's unpriestly" pregnancy.

If a man kills in his sleep, is he guilty of murder? Lawyer Matt Fielder will argue he is not. The case concerns a sleep-walking man in New York State who is accused of murdering his grandparents.

Loren Graham, the mayor of Emerald Point - a picturesque little town on the shore of Lake George in upstate New York - is anticipating a wonderful holiday season ... Everything had been planned down to the last detail to make this holiday season the best one ever, but then someone else planned a different event that didn't add to the festivities. The shocking murder of a local woman - a respected nurse - in her own home--P. [4] of cover.

Political figures, vacationing in the Adirondacks, fall victim to robbery and murder.