Hart, Carolyn G. (ed.) - Crimes of the Heart / Харт, Кэролин (ред.) - Преступления от всего сердца [1995, EPUB, ENG]

CUPID’S ARROW by Dorothy Cannell THE ROSEWOOD COFFIN; or, THE DIVINE SARAH by P. M. Carlson HARD FEELINGS by Barbara D’amato TOGETHER by Jeffery Deaver A CONTEST FIT FOR A QUEEN by Susan Dunlap OUT OF THE ASHES by Carolyn G. Hart ALL THAT GLITTERS by Joan Hess WITH THIS RING by Margaret Maron DO NOT RESUSCITATE by Lia Matera THE MATCHMAKER by Sharyn McCrumb ONE STRIKE TOO MANY by D. R. Meredith THE BAYVILLE KILLING by Audrey Peterson VALENTINE’S NIGHT by Nancy Pickard ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN by Marilyn Wallace

Welcome to the home of Remmington Boles and his mother, Audrey Antoinette (née Tattlinger) Boles. It is a small yet gracious house in the center of the historic district. At one time it was the site of fancy luncheons and elegant dinner parties. There have been no parties of any significance since the timely and unremarkable demise of Ralph Edward Boles. I believe this was in 1962, but it may have been the following year. Remmington, who is called Remmie by his mother and few remaining relatives, is forty-one years old, reasonably tall, reasonably attractive. There is little else to say about his physical presence. It’s likely you would trust him on first sight. He has never been unkind to animals or children. Audrey is of an age that falls between sixty and seventy. She was once attractive in an antebellum sort of way. In her heyday thirty years ago, she was president of the Junior League and almost single-handedly raised the money for a children’s cancer wing at the regional hospital. At this moment, Audrey is in her bedroom at the top of the stairs. Although we cannot see her, we can deduce from her vaguely querulous tone that she is no longer in robust health. . . .