Peg Cochran
For middle-aged "Jersey girl" Lucille Mazzarella, only two things in life really count—her family and her friends. When her brother-in-law's body falls out of a church confessional, everything she holds dear is threatened, especially when the police arrest her husband for the murder.
Plagued by hot flashes, a thickening waistline, a mother addicted to the home shopping channel, and a sexy old flame who's come back to town, Lucille
...Autumn is settling in on Cranberry Cove, but things are starting to heat up when Monica's stepmother shows up at her back door gripped by panic. Gasping out an explanation, she tells Monica she'd been dozing in her realtor's car when he was shot dead. Refusing to alert the police for fear that the killer will target her next—or that the police will consider her their prime suspect—Monica's stepmother goes mute, and Monica decides to
...Lucille Mazzarella is back, and this time she's investigating the murder of her own poor cousin Louis. Tracking down a killer might lead the fifty-something housewife into the clutches of a Godfather she never wanted to meet.
When Lucille discovers the body of her cousin Louis in the church parking lot, her first thought is that he may have skipped one service too many, but when the cops shock her with the news that Louis was killed
...The hilarious Lucille Mazzarella is back, and this time she's investigating a murder linked to her favorite pizzeria. When the fifty-something housewife goes undercover at a restaurant to solve the case, she quickly learns that if the killer doesn't get her, the calories will.
When the owner of Lucille's favorite pizzeria drops dead at her feet, she's left wondering who could have harmed such a kind man—and wondering where
...14) Unholy Matrimony
Desperate to see her pregnant daughter Bernadette married before the baby comes, Lucille is engrossed in all things wedding. Nothing will distract her from planning this Mazzarella main event. Nothing, that is, except for the murder of the mother of the groom.
Just when things couldn't possibly get any worse, Lucille is named as the prime suspect, and it's a race against time as she and her best friend Flo struggle with shady financial dealings,
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