Carolyn J Rose: 20 books

(If you enjoy this book, check out the sequels: NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MATURITY, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MYTH, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MISTAKES, and NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MOTIVES.) A sleuthing substitute teacher tackles her first case and it's nearly her last. Notice:  This...

A sleuthing substitute teacher comes up against a Pacific Northwest legend as she searches for a killer. (Sequel to NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MURDER, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY, and  NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MATURITY) Is Bigfoot prowling around Reckless River, Washington? Has Sasquatch come to...

(If you enjoy this book, check out the sequels: NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MATURITY, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MYTH, and NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MISTAKES, all featuring a sleuthing substitute teacher with a spoiled dog named Cheese Puff.) Substitute teacher Barbara Reed knows better than to say the word "perfect."...

A sleuthing substitute teacher with a cute dog named Cheese Puff gives the wheels of justice a shove when her overbearing sister is accused of murder. After tangling with killers (NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MURDER) and a deranged drug dealer (NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY), substitute teacher Barbara Reed...

Chaos is, as usual, the default setting for substitute teacher Barbara Reed’s life in Reckless River, Washington. Her ex-husband is in trouble for lying to a judge, her overbearing sister is tailing her, and a series of error-ridden memos have teachers in an uproar. On top of that, if her condo...

A rural noir mystery set in New York's Catskill Mountains. (If you like this mystery, please check out the sequels, THROUGH A YELLOW WOOD and THE DEVIL'S TOMBSTONE.) Arson. Murder. Vengeance. Betrayal. Love. Loss. Redemption. Ghosts. For generations only a few families held title to land...

Book 8 in the Subbing isn’t for Sissies Series   It’s January in Reckless River, Washington—cold, dark, damp, and dismal. Stuck in a rut of routine, substitute teacher Barbara Reed wishes for change. It hits with the force of a hurricane.   The high school principal’s...

(Sequel to NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MURDER, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MATURITY, and NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MYTH. Featuring a sleuthing substitute teacher with an entitled dog named Cheese Puff.) When substitute teacher Barbara Reed agrees to fill in for an instructor at a juvenile detention...

While Barbara Reed’s drug-cop boyfriend is away, her life spins out of control. Dave’s daughter shifts to drama-queen overdrive, Cheese Puff hits new levels of canine entitlement, and Barb’s overbearing sister demands help with a mid-life makeover. To complicate matters, things go missing from...

(If you like this book check out the sequel, DECEPTION AT DEVIL'S HARBOR.) When the body of an unscrupulous land developer washes in with the tide, there are more motives for murder than grains of sand on the beach at Devil's Harbor, Oregon. Vince Grabowski created an environmental...

A woman determined to hold onto her land. Financial sharks out to make a killing. A life-or-death struggle by the SEA OF REGRET. A year after the violence and tragedy of AN UNCERTAIN REFUGE, Kate Dalton's life is shattered again. Developers want Evie Hopkins' former dairy farm...

(The sequel to DEATH AT DEVIL’S HARBOR) It’s bedlam by the bay. It’s chaos on the coast. It’s another dustup in Devil’s Harbor, that quirky Oregon community. When an image appears scorched into a breaded crab cake some say it’s a miracle. Others say it’s...

(If you like this book, check out the sequel, Sea of Regret) A child orphaned by violence. A woman sworn to protect and raise him. A killer come to claim him. A few deadly minutes in An Uncertain Refuge. Kate Dalton lives by the rules of honesty and fair play until she steps between...

A rural noir mystery set in New York's Catskill Mountains. Murder. Mystery. Ghosts. Legends. A sniper's brand of justice. Seven months after cheating death in the dark waters of Hemlock Lake, Dan Stone discovers a search dog trainer and his dogs shot down at a remote cabin in the Catskill...