Michael Bowen

Rep and Melissa Pennyworth attend a reenactment of a Civil War battle in Kansas City, Missouri, while seeking a cutting-edge copyright case for attorney Rep—and find a corpse instead. Melissa's best friend from girlhood, Linda Damon, worked for the victim before his death and, on one regrettable occasion, got a bit too intimately involved in her job. Linda's husband, Peter, an enthusiastic Civil War hobbyist, had a motive, an opportunity,

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Josie Kendall is a new player in the D.C. political scene, working for an "activist fundraising organization," while her husband Rafe, a longtime Washington insider, is on a new track as a literary agent while supporting Josie as she learns the political ropes. When the shady customer Josie was hitting up for a million dollars for alternative energy funding turns up dead, and the police suspect Josie of adultery and Rafe of homicide, they have to...

When Scott and Karen, a struggling married couple, take their daughter, Emma, to a picturesque lake house, they hope they can take the opportunity to put their problems behind them. Scott even hires a nanny, Gwen, to give them more time to spend together. Gwen does well working with Emma, but the little girl begins fixating on an imaginary friend she calls the Fish Man. Scott discards the notion, but Karen believes the friend is actually a strange...