Carolina Danford Wright

Margaret Lennox sold her home in Washington, D.C. and moved to Marfa, Texas, hoping to escape the insanity, the crime, and the traffic of our nation's capital. Marfa was a place that welcomed artists, and Margaret hoped to find a quiet life there. But the Marfa Lights were not the only mysterious thing to worry about in this small Texas town. As soon as she moved into her renovated cottage on Austin Street, the bodies began to pile up. A mysterious woman was murdered and thrown from a train behind Margaret's house. She discovered one of the woman's shoes in the brush, and the shoe was full of money. Her neighbors and a neighbor's cat were poisoned. What was happening in this sleepy, remote place that was supposed to be her respite from crime and stress? Margaret's curiosity moved her to investigate, with the help of her friend Augustus Gemini, the disturbing events that were occurring in Marfa. The Texas Rangers did not appreciate Margaret's involvement. Meanwhile, Darnell Jackson, formerly known as Zeus Noonday Miracle, decides that finding Fountain, a long-lost piece of sculpture from 1917, is the key to making him a rich man. He sets out on a quest to track down this famous and long-lost work of art by Marcel Duchamp. As his search for the illusive Fountain becomes more frustrating, his vagabond life deteriorates, and he becomes desperate enough to kill. Possession of the most influential work of art of the twentieth century remains just out of Darnell's grasp as he hunts down his prey in Marfa.

When a hijacker forces the flight attendant toward the cockpit at knifepoint, Mercedes Carrington takes action. She grabs her cane and successfully brings down the hijacker. As a result of her courageous act, she is transported out of her quiet existence into the public maelstrom. She becomes a hero, but there is a price to be paid. Her life is in danger because Mercedes has foiled the hijacking, and she is forced to go into hiding. Everyone is searching for her ... from the media to the evil conspirators who are behind the operation.As Mercedes settles into Baird House in Nova Scotia and then into her new cottage on an idyllic island off the coast of Maine, she wonders if she will ever be safe again. Will Flower Island be an obscure enough hideout to protect her from the cabal that masterminded the hijacking she thwarted? Who are these brutes that want her dead? Can she successfully cover her tracks and avoid the obsessed free-lance journalist who is stalking the FBI agent in charge of her case?As powerful people pursue her, another mystery is unveiled when Mercedes moves into her Downeast home. How many twists and turns can this grandmother handle? Will the unexpected treasures, the subterfuge, and the bodies ever stop interfering in her life? Will the terrorists, who have an insatiable appetite for revenge, be able to find her and kill her? Will she ever be able to return to the life she once loved?

When a hijacker forces the flight attendant toward the cockpit at knifepoint, Mercedes Carrington takes action. She grabs her cane and successfully brings down the hijacker. As a result of her courageous act, she is transported out of her quiet existence into the public maelstrom. She becomes a hero, but there is a price to be paid. Her life is in danger because Mercedes has foiled the hijacking, and she is forced to go into hiding. Everyone is searching for her ... from the media to the evil conspirators who are behind the operation.As Mercedes settles into Baird House in Nova Scotia and then into her new cottage on an idyllic island off the coast of Maine, she wonders if she will ever be safe again. Will Flower Island be an obscure enough hideout to protect her from the cabal that masterminded the hijacking she thwarted? Who are these brutes that want her dead? Can she successfully cover her tracks and avoid the obsessed free-lance journalist who is stalking the FBI agent in charge of her case?As powerful people pursue her, another mystery is unveiled when Mercedes moves into her Downeast home. How many twists and turns can this grandmother handle? Will the unexpected treasures, the subterfuge, and the bodies ever stop interfering in her life? Will the terrorists, who have an insatiable appetite for revenge, be able to find her and kill her? Will she ever be able to return to the life she once loved?