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An empty stretch of swampy river, and a silent and merciless death.Margo Fontaine, Private Detective, steps into the crowded ballroom and admires the beautiful Half Moon Bay crowd that has been invited to the opening of Vinnie Chauvin's new Art Gallery. As the champagne flows freely and a violent thunderstorm bears down on the party, the bleeding corpse of the host is discovered out on the balcony, soaking under the pouring rain.With Sheriff Sam Stark missing, and the murderer on the loose, Margo has no choice but to take matters into her own hands to discover whodunit and why.Before long, Margo finds herself chasing clues all over the pretty seaside town. Vinnie Chauvin, the victim, wasn't an honest man, nor was he an honest art dealer. As she slowly uncovers his dubious past, she realizes that the truth about his murder lies far away in the forest lands, deep in the heart of Louisiana, where a treasure-trove of Native American artifacts is fiercely protected by one brave woman who's willing to die to keep its location secret.But when Margo joins an expedition to escort the young woman through the wilds of the Louisiana swamplands to safety, she is confronted by a new menace. Not only is the murderer following them, hidden by the deepest wilderness, but a silent killer slithers in their wake: an ancient and enormous alligator, with a hunger for human flesh. Now it has become a matter of who will get to her first, the invisible killer, or the enormous alligator, who will never stop stalking them, until one of them becomes its next prey.Follow Margo Fontaine and her cats in her Murder Mystery Series in the land of swamps, alligators, haunted hotels, and plantation homes, where well-kept secrets and the stories of old Southern families will conspire to keep you reading into the night.★ Book 1: The Burning Fire Of Greed★ Book 2: The Vanishing Bloodstain★ Book 3: The Black Rose Returns★ Book 4: The Golden Gift Of Silence★ Book 5: Alligator Hunt

A séance, a bloody knife, and a body buried under the gardenias. The Golden Gift Of Silence finds Margo Fontaine-daughter of legendary Opera singer Nicola Fontaine-settled comfortably into her South Louisiana home of Half Moon Bay with her two cats, Ice and Fenway. Nothing ever happens in the sleepy, pleasant seaside town. So, when an old man is discovered murdered on an empty stretch of beach, Sheriff Sam Stark, Margo Fontaine, and all their friends, team together to find out what happened to him. Before long, another dead body is found in an abandoned church out in swamp land. It's impossible to believe that the two deaths are connected, and yet, both victims have been murdered with the same exotic knife. Now, Margo is forced to take a closer look at the people around her. Because a long-lost treasure is waiting to be discovered, and a deadly race is on to decipher the clues that will lead to it. When a famous medium appears in town and organizes a seance, long buried Half Moon Bay old-family secrets surface. Margo is faced with a past that she's worked hard to forget. And the others at the event see with growing panic that the medium is laying their deepest secrets bare. It turns out that the woman is too talented for her own good. How much does she know? How much will she tell? But most importantly, is the murderer among the guests at the seance? Because before the medium says too much, he or she might be forced to kill again.Follow Margo Fontaine and her cats in her Murder Mystery Series in the land of swamps, alligators, haunted hotels and plantation homes, where well-kept secrets and the stories of old Southern families will conspire to keep you reading into the night.★ Book 1: The Burning Fire of Greed★ Book 2: The Vanishing Bloodstain★ Book 3: The Black Rose Returns★ Book 4: The Golden Gift Of Silence★ Book 5: Alligator Hunt