Elise M Stone: 10 books

For the third time in less than six months, Faith Andersen, self-professed computer nerd and skeptical Christian, must solve a murder. Mira Levinson dared to challenge the local gamer club's male brotherhood of geekdom. She wrote a game about feelings. A good game. For that she had to die. The...

Is a blue ribbon worth killing for? Lilliana Wentworth expects the Rainbow Ranch Retirement Community's African Violet Show to be thrilling. The former librarian has developed her first hybrid, a plant with unusual deep blue flowers, and hopes to win a first place ribbon. Maybe even best in...

When Faith Andersen agrees to join a retreat at the Crazy Creek Guest Ranch for a weekend of horseback riding, barbecues, and fellowship, she thinks her biggest problem will be rekindling her romance with the handsome pastor of Desert Water Christian Church—until the ranch foreman is found murdered and mutilated, and the primary suspect is her best friend's husband. ​

Lilliana Wentworth is preparing for Christmas, relieved that life in the Rainbow Ranch Retirement Community has settled down and gone back to normal. Until the retirement home is sold… And she literally stumbles over the body of the new administrator. To make matters worse,...

Murder on the 4th of July The village of Rainbow Ranch, Arizona is all abuzz since famous rodeo star Fox Fordyce came back home. But not everyone is happy to see her. Fox has a lot of history in the small town. Most of it not very good. When the aging rodeo queen is shot...

A murder in plain sight, yet no one saw it happen. Lilliana Wentworth's reputation as an amateur sleuth has drawn a slew of new people to the next meeting of the African Violet Club. Everyone is curious about the famous resident of the Rainbow Ranch Retirement Community. She hopes to...

A quest for truth draws Faith Andersen into the world of human smugglers; and a life-changing experience in the Arizona desert.  When Faith Andersen's best friend asks her to help a stranger, she has no idea the problem is murder. The victim, a smuggler who brought both drugs and human beings...

Who haunts the abandoned town of Greenville? Rainbow Ranch, Arizona is neck deep in controversy over the development of a nearby ghost town into a tourist attraction. The business people see the ghost town as a boon. The townspeople see it as a blight. The dispute has the town choosing...

A prophecy. A discovery. A murder. Persuaded by her best friend to attend a local psychic fair, retired librarian Lilliana Wentworth doesn't really believe in fortunetelling. But her romance with a handsome and mysterious Scotsman has thrown her off-balance, disrupted her equilibrium, and she's...

Discover a feisty retired librarian with a talent for solving murders. True Blue Murder Lilliana Wentworth expects the First Annual African Violet Club Show and Sale at the Rainbow Ranch Retirement Community to be thrilling. The former librarian has developed her first hybrid, a plant...