The Deep End
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 1 of the Country Club Murders series
It's 1974 and Ellison Russell's life revolves around her daughter and her art. She's long since stopped caring about her cheating husband, Henry, and the women with whom he entertains himself. That is, until she becomes a suspect in Madeline Harper's death. The murder forces Ellison to confront her husband's proclivities and his crimes-kinky sex, petty cruelties, and blackmail. As the body count approaches par on the seventh hole, Ellison knows she has to catch a killer. But with an interfering mother, an adoring father, a teenage daughter, and a cadre of well-meaning friends demanding her attention, can Ellison find the killer before he finds her?
Only the Good Die Young
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 1.5 of the Country Club Murders series
Frances Walford's daughter, Ellison Russell, has developed the truly deplorable habit of finding bodies. And Frances can't help but scold her about it.
But when Ellison goes to Europe, Frances finds a corpse of her own.
Can she help catch a killer and keep her involvement a secret?
This is a short novella told from Frances's point of view. Chronologically it falls between The Deep End and Guaranteed to Bleed.
Guaranteed to Bleed
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 2 of the Country Club Murders series
With his dying breath, Bobby Lowell begs Ellison Russell, "Tell her I love her." Unable to refuse, Ellison struggles to find the girl the murdered boy loved. Too bad an epically bad blind date, a vindictive graffiti artist, and multiple trips to the emergency room keep getting in the way. Worse, a killer has Ellison in his sights, her newly rebellious daughter is missing, and there's yet another body in her hostas. Mother won't be pleased. Now Ellison must track down not one but two runaway teenagers, keep her promise to Bobby, and elude the killer-all before her next charity gala committee meeting.
Clouds in My Coffee
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 3 of the Country Club Murders series
When Ellison Russell is nearly killed at a benefactors' party, she brushes the incident aside as an unhappy accident. But when her house is fire-bombed, she's shot at, and the person sitting next to her at a gala is poisoned, she must face facts. Someone wants her dead. But why? And can Ellison find the killer before he strikes again? Add in an estranged sister, a visiting aunt with a shocking secret, and a handsome detective staying in her guesthouse, and Ellison might need more than cream in her coffee.
Send in the Clowns
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 4 of the Country Club Murders series
Haunted houses are scary enough without knife-wielding clowns. Especially murderous knife-wielding clowns. So thinks Ellison Russell, single mother, artist, and reluctant sleuth. Now death wears a red nose, and Ellison is up to the blood-stained collar of her new trench coat in costumes, caffeine, and possible killers. Who stabbed Brooks Harney, and why? Money? Jealousy? Drugs? With Mother meddling, her father furious, and her date dragged downtown for questioning, it turns out that Ellison's only confidante is Mr. Coffee.
Watching the Detectives
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 5 of the Country Club Murders series
Ellison Russell wanted a decorator, not a corpse. Too bad she finds Mrs. White in the study killed with a revolver. Things go from bad to worse when she finds Mr. White in the dining room killed with a candlestick. With so many bodies, is it any wonder Detective Anarchy Jones's new partner considers Ellison a suspect? With the country club gossips talking a mile a minute, an unexpected cocktail party, a visit from Aunt Sis, and a romantic decision, Ellison hardly has time to think about murder. Unfortunately, the killer has plenty of time to think about her.
Cold as Ice
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 6 of the Country Club Murders series
Ellison Russell's life resembles a rollercoaster ride. And rollercoasters make her ill. Her daughter Grace has a crush on a boy Ellison doesn't trust and she's taken to hosting wild parties when Ellison goes out for the evening. Worse, the bank which represents Grace's inheritance from her father may be in trouble. When a meeting with the chef at the country club leads to the discovery of a body, Ellison can't afford cold feet. She must save the bank, find the killer, and convince Grace (and herself) that powerful women don't need men to rescue them.
Shadow Dancing
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 7 of the Country Club Murders series
Visiting a psychic is outside the norm for Ellison Russell. Finding bodies is not. Unfortunately, the psychic's crystal ball says she'll soon be surrounded by death. Again.
Drat.
Now there's a corpse in the front drive, a witchy neighbor ready to turn Ellison and her (not so) little dog into toadstools, and a stripper named Starry Knight occupying the guest room.
How did 1975 go so wrong so quickly?
Ellison must handle Mother (who's found a body of her own), make up with a certain handsome detective, and catch a killer, or the death surrounding her might be her own.
Back Stabbers
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 8 of the Country Club Murders series
All Ellison Russell wanted was an update on her stock portfolio. Instead, she found her broker dead. With an unexpected out-of-town guest at her house, Ellison is too busy for a murder investigation. Only this time, Detective Anarchy Jones wants her help, and she can't deny the handsome detective. Can Mr. Coffee supply her with enough caffeine to keep her brain sharp and everyone else happy? Juggling bodies (one, two, three, four), two-faced friends, her social calendar, and a cat (yes, a cat) is taxing but Mother might be the biggest challenge of all. With a killer drawing closer, can Ellison put together the pieces or will she be the one getting stabbed in the back?
Telephone Line
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 9 of the Country Club Murders series
A killer is calling, and Ellison's life is on the line.
Ellison Russell is planning the event of the season-and she's stressed. Why not yoga?
Because the yoga instructor gets murdered during class-and Ellison's stress level rises exponentially. Now, in addition to raising a ridiculous amount of money, she's babysitting a deranged cat (named after the devil himself), taking ten million phone calls (most of them from Mother), and finding more bodies (they're popping up like dandelions after a spring rain).
There's no such thing as balance when the killer makes it personal. Can Ellison catch a murderer or will her next namaste be her last?
Stayin' Alive
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 10 of the Country Club Murders series
Springtime. Love is in the air. So is murder.
When Ellison Russell, reluctant finder of bodies, chairs a gala in conjunction with the museum's Chinese funerary exhibit, she expects disaster. So, she's not remotely surprised when a body turns up.
Ellison is willing to leave the investigation to the police till an attempt is made on her life.
Now she's juggling evading a killer, her aunt's overly-amorous beau, her dog's new love interest, and Mother's displeasure.
With bodies piling up, if Ellison's not careful, staying alive might be impossible.
Killer Queen
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 11 of the Country Club Murders series
Another day, another dead woman in Ellison Russell's study.
Only this one claimed to be Mrs. Anarchy Jones.
As Ellison juggles mothers, daughter, unhappy wives, and near-miss murder attempts, one thing is clear-someone will go to any lengths to hide the truth.
Can Ellison and Anarchy catch a killer before the body count rises? Or will Ellison be the next corpse in the study?
Night Moves
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 12 of the Country Club Murders series
Spring is in the air, and Ellison Russell has places to go, people to see, bodies to find. Strike that. For once, Ellison doesn't discover the body.
When Detective Anarchy Jones investigates a friend's husband's murder, Ellison can't help but get involved.
Now she's waist-deep in toxic gossip, struggling with the soaring heights and nocuous lows of her teenager's mood swings, fending off the advances of her first love, planning a wedding, and (of course) tripping over fresh corpses.
With her life a whirlwind of conflict, can Ellison unmask a devious killer, or will death poison her future?
Lyin' Eyes
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 13 of the Country Club Murders series
Get me to the church on time! Not so much the church, as the patio. And not if Ellison can’t stop finding bodies.
She’s finding corpses in pairs now and planning a wedding, and trying, really trying, to steer clear of the murder investigation. But when she finds a third body, Ellison becomes a suspect.
Will Ellison get her happily ever after or will a devious killer turn her wedding into a funeral?
Evil Woman
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 14 of the Country Club Murders series
More Murder.
More Mayhem.
More Ellison and Anarchy.
Big Shot
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 15 of the Country Club Murders series
More Ellison.
More Anarchy.
More murder.
Fire and Rain
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 16 of the Country Club Murders series
More Ellison.
More Anarchy.
More laughs.
More murder.
Killing Me Softly
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 17 of the Country Club Murders series
Ellison Russell Jones's best friend Libba has a questionable track record when it comes to men. But finally-finally-she's selected a good one.
Charlie Ardmore hales from a fine family, plays a mean game of golf, and is a cardiologist.
Even Mother approves.
But when Charlie's patients start dying, the whispers begin. Is Charlie a killer?
Could Harrington Walford, Ellison's beloved father and one of Charlie's patients, be the next to die?
Can Ellison stop a killer in time?
Back in Black
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 18 of the Country Club Murders series
When Ellison's friend Kay Morrison visits Kansas City from New York, there are certain women who turn green with envy. After all, Kay works in the fashion industry, she actually attended the Battle of Versailles, and her clothes are to die for. Maybe literally.
Ellison is convinced someone is trying to kill her friend. Kay is convinced that finding too many bodies has made Ellison paranoid.
Both of them are right.
Can Ellison catch a killer before it's too late?
Somewhere in the Night
A Country Club Murders Thanksgiving Novella
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 18.5 of the Country Club Murders series
Thanksgiving night in Kansas City means the Plaza Lighting Ceremony.
When Ellison Jones and her family go to her great-aunt's apartment to see the lights come on, she doesn't anticipate a murder (she never does). But when a shirt-tail relative falls from a seventeenth-floor balcony, she and Anarchy are drawn into the investigation.
Can they catch a killer before anyone else dies?
Tight Rope
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 19 of the Country Club Murders series
A dead body in the trunk of a car. It's the Kansas City mob's signature.
So why is a member of Ellison's circle found shot to death in a sedan at the country club?
Did Baxter Phelps have ties to the mafia? Did they make him an offer he couldn't refuse? Is Baxter's widow Helen in danger?
As Ellison is drawn into a dangerous investigation, she can't help but think maybe this time Mother is right. She should mind her own business.
Bad Blood
by Julie Mulhern
read by Callie Beaulieu
Part 20 of the Country Club Murders series
Prudence Davies is one of Ellison Jones's least favorite people on earth. She's vindictive. She's mean. And the two share a twisted history. Or, they did.
When Prudence is murdered after a very public spat, Ellison finds herself a murder suspect. Worse, the investigating officer has it in for Ellison's homicide detective husband.
Old secrets. Old lies. New drama.
Can Ellison find the killer or will the bad blood between her and Prudence mean the end to all she holds dear?