It's a battle of the sexes in little Rhineburg, Illinois, when Bruck University's fledgling football team clashes with female rodeo riders during the school's Halloween Homecoming Days. The face-off between the Big Bad Bruins and the Moore Sisters' Rodeo draws supporters to both sides, with the men of Rhineburg picketing President Garrison Hurst's office while the town's women rally in support of their cowgirl sisters. Even the Rhodes family is divided on this one. PhD candidate Martin Rhodes walks the picket line with the Bruins while wife Nikki masterminds the opposition from the safety of the town's post office. ER nurse Caroline Rhodes has a foot in each camp -- until death dons a Halloween mask for a midnight visit to the campus. When Martin is targeted as the prime suspect in the murder of an obnoxious football player, Caroline calls on Professor Carl Atwater, Maddy "Mad" Moeller, and the ladies of the Rhineburg Boarding House and Home for Gentle Women for help in clearing her son's name.

Published by Hilliard & Harris, Frederick, MD

Hdc. ISBN 1591330859 Tpb. ISBN 1591330866

The discovery of a rune stone threatens to disrupt Bruck University' annual Renaissance Faire. When eccentric Andrew Littlewort attempts to prove the stone is a genuine Viking relic, he stirs up a hornet's nest leading to murder.

Caroline Rhodes, RN, and Professor Carl Atwater track a killer without a conscience in Rhineburg, Illinois.

Death stalks the halls of a Chicago suburban hospital when a devious doctor steps over the line and meets his just reward.

With the help of Professor Carl Atwater and her friends from Rhineburg, Illinois, Caroline Rhodes, RN, fights to save an old friend accused of murder.

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