Jane Tesh

There's nothing playful about murder ....

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Welcome to the website of Jane Tesh, author of the Maclin Investigations mystery series from Poisoned Pen Press, and the new Grace Street Mysteries

NEW SERIES!

STOLEN HEARTS is the first in a new series, The Grace Street Mysteries.

Struggling PI David Randall feels responsible for the car crash that killed his little daughter, Lindsey, and finds refuge in his friend Camden's old house, 302 Grace Street, where he meets Kary Ingram, a beautiful and confident young woman.  Camden, a reluctant psychic, is trying to win the heart of Ellin Belton, a fierce career woman, who is producer of the Psychic Service Network.

A seemingly minor case involving the recovery of a missing songbook leads Randall into a full-blown murder investigation.  Complications arise when Camden is possessed by the composer's restless spirit.  Hearts are broken and healed and ghosts confronted as Randall searches for answers, family, and forgiveness.

"A gratifying blend of the surprising and the spirited."  Publishers Weekly

MIXED SIGNALS, the second Grace Street Mystery, will be published in November, 2012

AND ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE MADELINE MACLIN SERIES:

A Little Learning
is the third in the series featuring former beauty queen and fledgling private investigator Madeline Maclin. This time, Madeline is concerned that quiet small town life isn't enough for her husband, Jerry, who's given up his cons and schemes (but not his phony seances).

She becomes involved with the mysterious death of Amelia Lever, an unpopular teacher at Celosia Elementary School, even as Nathan Fenton hires Madeline to help solve a riddle left to him by late Uncle Elijah, a man who loved to play games.

Are the teacher's death and this strange riddle somehow related? "A little learning" turns out to be a dangerous thing for everyone involved.

Past Series Titles:

"On this nice July morning in Parkland, North Carolina, the office of Madeline Maclin Investigations might as well have been an Egyptian tomb: hot, dusty, and dead."
 
It doesn’t help that her landlord Reid Kent, does a brisk business…and briskly hits on Mac to rejoin his agency. He maintains no one will hire a former Miss Parkland as a serious PI.

Mac has been friends forever with Jerry Fairweather. Jerry claims to be psychic and is, unlike his two brothers, somewhat screwy. And he refuses to claim a share in the Fairweather fortune. But he shares some good news with Mac—his Uncle Val has died and left him a house.
 
The two friends drive out to Celosia, a half hour away, where they discover a local beauty pageant in trouble and a house just perfect for setting up shop. A Psychic Shop.
 
The arrival of lawyer Olivia, Jerry's shark-like girlfriend, rouses both Mac's interest in the mystery at the pageant and the one in her own heart.

And then comes the first murder….

A Case of Imagination is Jane Tesh's playful first mystery, the start of a series by an author who admires Terry Pratchett, Martha Grimes, Carl Hiaasen, and P.G. Wodehouse.
 
A Hard Bargain is the second in the Maclin Investigations series. Jerry's old house becomes the setting for a horror movie featuring Celosia's mythical monster: Mantis Man, and setting for murder.

Now in paperback!  A Little Learning, is the third adventure, in which Mac has to solve the murder of an unpopular teacher and solve a riddle that may be connected to the crime.

 

 

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Appearances

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Reviews

Jane's novels are drawing great reviews from critics and fans, including the reviewers of Publishers Weekly.

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Contact

You may email Jane at sjtesh@ hotmail.com


How To
Order

A Hard Bargain can be found at amazon.com at this link (for the first edition hardcover). 

A Case of Imagination can be found at amazon.com at this
link (for the first edition hardcover).
 
A Little Learning can now be ordered from amazon.com ... be one of the first to read Jane's latest! Click here for additional details!

And of course, you can always order directly from the publisher's
website.