Mama Pursues Murderous Shadows 
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Mass Market Paperback, 192pp.
Bantam Books, Incorporated
Pub. June 2000

Mama Rocks the Empty Cradle

Author:  Nora Deloach
Publisher:  Bantam Books, Incorporated
Date Published:  October 1999
Format:  Mass Market Paperbound

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Two things Mama knows: sweet-potato pie...and murder.

Old bones and buried secrets...

I would have thought a bunion operation might slow Mama down, but I should have known better. We found ourselves knee-deep in somebody else's trouble even before the surgery, when we saw crazy old Miss Birdie at the grocery store with a baby that didn't belong to her. It wasn't twenty-four hours later that the baby's mother, a young woman with a wild reputation, was murdered--and the baby had vanished.

And when my Daddy's wandering dog began bringing home old bones of the most shocking kind, no way Mama wasn't going to start snooping--with me doing her legwork. It's a good thing I still had two good feet, because before long, I was running for my life...as babies' cries and women's tears mingled in a crime fueled by motives as ancient as human memory--greed, jealousy, and old-fashioned revenge.

Mama Stalks the Past

Author:  Nora DeLoach
Publisher:  Bantam Books, Incorporated
Date Published:  November 1998
Format:  Trade Paper

When my mama receives an angry visit from Nat Mixon, she learns some startling news. Nat's mother and Mama's neighbor, spiteful recluse Hannah Mixon, has just died--and left a large parcel of land to Mama! Nat is convinced Mama stole his inheritance, and to save her reputation, Mama's determined to find out why Hannah named her in her will. And when it turns out Hannah was murdered, Mama needs to find more answers. With the help of three notorious local gossips--and me--Mama uncovers a long, bloody history of greed and family betrayal connected to the land Mama's inherited. And unless she discovers the truth about this plot of land, it may become her burial plot....

Mama Saves a Victim: A Holloway House Mystery

Author:  Nora Deloach
Publisher:  Holloway House Publishing Company
Date Published:  August 1997
Format:  Trade Paper

The third book in the highly acclaimed "Mama" detective series, this volume is a fascinating tale of sinister impersonation and missing bodies. Once again Mama and daughter Simone save the day just as the sun is going down.

Mama Stands Accused

Author:  Nora DeLoach
Publisher:  Holloway House Publishing Company
Date Published:  August 1997
Format:  Trade Paper

When her meddlesome, untrustworthy sister is murdered, her husband is the first suspect, but Mama is next in line. Everyone in Hampton, South Carolina, had a reason to kill Aunt Agnes. However, the authorities suspect those closest to her had the best; and in this case they were right.