Bøger af Helen Macie Osterman

Emma Winberry is a senior sleuth with a sixth sense who talks to her Guardian Angel. This is the second book in the series. In this story she becomes involved with an anorexic teenager and her abusive uncle, two thugs who think she is someone else, and a group of homeless people. She believes thieves are looking for something that may be tied to a murdered inventor found in an alley. Can she figure out the puzzle before someone else is killed?

The year is 1950. The place: Hillside State Mental Hospital. In this atmosphere of hopelessness and despair come student nurses from surrounding hospitals for their three month psychiatric rotation. Mary Lou Hammond and Kate Stephens are two of these young girls. Mary Lou begins receiving messages from a woman who died in the previous century. She becomes obsessed with finding proof that the woman existed. Follow Mary Lou to the life threatening climax in this frigid winter of 1950.

Why do a sleazy antique dealer and a wealthy collector suddenly become interested in an unknown artist named Jo Allison? Is it the mysterious goblet she used in three still life paintings? Jo's apartment is burglarized and she is followed and threatened. When she attempts to determine the provenance of the goblet, she discovers that it might be a priceless artifact. Thieves follow her to Chicago and to the home of a blind woman in Riverside, who also owns one of the goblets. The exciting climax takes place on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago between the roaring lions.

Praise for Helen Macie Osterman's Emma Winberry novels: "Emma Winberry is Miss Marple reincarnated...this time as a with-it woman with a Chicago condo rather than a cottage in St. Mary Mead. Her curmudgeonly significant other, Nate Sandler, is a perfect sleuthing partner."-Diana Vickery, Cozy Library"Osterman is a nurse who understands what it means to care and be cared for. Her writing is scalpel sharp and much more intelligent than some of the cozies I have read...Fans of my books will have a great time with it. Bravo, Helen Osterman!"-Michael Palmer, M.D., New York Times Winning AuthorEmma Winberry and the Evil EyeThis story combines mystery, suspense, humor, pathos and romance as the reader is introduced to amateur woman sleuth, Emma Winberry.A world famous tenor, Marcantonio Speranza, a vendetta by a rival singer, and a boy named Angelo with a voice of an angel. Put them together and they could be a plot for an opera.Emma's sixth sense tells her Speranza is in danger. To investigate she becomes a supernumerary (extra) for the Midwest Opera Company. She meets Nate Sandler, a fellow super, and they become romantically involved.Emma had bizarre dreams and tries to warn the tenor that he is in danger but to no avail.In the exciting climax, during a performance of the opera, A Masked Ball, an unexpected sequence of events puts Emma in mortal danger as she tries to save Speranza's life. Does she succeed?The Accidental SleuthSixty-something Emma Winberry depends on her sixth sense and her Guardian Angel to get her through life. Nate Sandler, tries to keep her out of trouble. Most of the time.When she leaves her house in the suburbs and moves into a posh condo in Chicago's lake front with Nate, Emma finds herself mixed up with a self-abusive, anorexic teenager, her cruel uncle, a couple of tough hoodlums who mistake Emma for someone else, and a cadre of homeless people.Emma feels the problems are somehow tied in to the murder of an inventor found in a downtown alley.She calls on her Guardian Angel for help, but can her celestial guardian keep her out of harm's way as the complex puzzle unravels to a pulse-pounding climax involving treachery, deceit, and murder?Stranger in the Opera HouseEmma Winberry returns for another adventure. This time she and Nate Sandler, are at the Midwest Opera for an upcoming production of The Ghosts of Versailles. This tile turns prophetic when the lead soprano screams that there is a strange man lurking in her dressing room. Although a police search turns up no evidence that anyone was there, the cast and crew are left on edge. And nerves become more frayed as the 'stranger' is seen again and again but never caught despite numerous attempts to apprehend him. Emma's sixth sense tells her he may be more than he seems. The rehearsals continue to be fraught with mishaps. When a large sum of money is stolen from the office and a guard seriously injured, everyone assumes it is the work of the mysterious 'stranger.' Everyone except Emma.After finding an old trunk in a storeroom in the basement with documents dating back to the Underground Railroad, someone assaults the librarian in an attempt to steal them. The 'stranger' is again blamed, but Emma becomes convinced the apparition is a lost soul trapped between two worlds. Her Guardian Angel tells her she must help him cross over. But how?Adding to the mystery is a figure in black secretly leaving packages in a hidden niche. Can Emma solve this puzzle and release the 'stranger' at the same time?Determined to uncover the truth, Emma and friends are led on a life-threatening adventure that could very well be their last.Scroll up to buy The Emma Winberry Mysteries box set now to enjoy three fun and exciting cozy mysteries by Helen Macie Osterman!

Eve Moore appears to have an ideal life: a lovely home, two grown children and a husband who is a good provider. Samuel Moore's alcoholism escalates and he becomes abusive. After a violent episode, she leaves. Through a mutual friend, she meets Paul Connors, a retired psychologist. They fall in love, but live three hundred miles apart. Neither is willing nor able to give up their lifestyle. Can Eve and Paul sustain a meaningful long distance relationship? Does their love transcend the limits of space? Is any love deep enough?

Someone is following me. I can feel it. Am I getting paranoid? No! I know who he is. His car has been driving by the house too many times to be a coincidence. Wherever I go, he's there: at the park with my daughter, in the parking lot at the hospital where I work. He approaches me with his lies, his fantasies, his insane love letters. I take out a restraining order against him. Will he honor it or ...?

Dipped in Danger is the sequel to Danger by Design. Superstitious Italian, Net Petrone takes a part-time job at The Toffee Shop. The shop is broken into, equipment is destroyed, and a man is murdered. Who is responsible? Can feisty Net helps solve the mystery?

Senior citizen, Net Petrone, moves into a senior living community. She soon finds out that some of the wealthy widows have joined a secret society, supposedly for the betterment of the environment.Net soon realizes that the head of this society, Brother Rupert, is a scam artist and coerces some of the women to sign over all their assets to the society. Follow Net and the other characters into the world of secrecy, intrigue, and danger.

Delia Armanetti, a member of the chorus of the Midwest Opera Company in Chicago, suffers a devastating stroke, leaving her paralyzed and unable to speak. Delia's new daughter-in-law, June, is resentful of the responsibility and wants to be rid of her.Enter Emma Winberry, a friend of Delia's and suspicious of June. Her sixth sense and her Guardian Angel tell her there is trouble brewing.Delia begins to recover and is able to communicate with Emma. But June is hiding something in her past and wants both Emma and Delia out of her way. Follow the persistent Emma Winberry as she puts herself in danger to save her friend. Is she successful?

Emma Winberry and Nate Sandler go to the UK to investigate a threat to Emma's newfound niece., Lindsey Bellingham and her cousin, Isabel. A legend of a treasure buried somewhere in Bellingham House induces a wealthy American to offer to buy the house, but Lindsey refuses to sell. Follow Emma to the surprising and dangerous climax to the mystery of Bellingham House.