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PRAISE FOR

Angels Advocate

Stanton packs this story with murder, mystery, and suspense... An entertaining mystery with a dash of the unknown.

Darque Reviews

Stanton has melded legal procedure, medieval philosophy, and theology into a fresh, unique, and ever-expanding world.

ReviewingTheEvidence.com

A very intriguing, impossible-to-put-down mystery.

Romance Junkies

A brilliantly plotted whodunit... I couldnt put it down!

Fresh Fiction

Highly original and plain fun!

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Great new series from Mary Stanton... A very unique take on a cozy legal!

Gumshoe Review

Defending Angels

Engaging and charismatic... A breath of fresh air for fans of paranormal cozy mysteries.

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Witty, charming, and briskly paced.

Romantic Times (pick of the month)

Mary Stanton brings a unique mixture of charm and quirkiness... Bree and her unconventional employees are impossible to resist.

Suspense Magazine

Dont start reading too late at nightits one of those books you cant put down until you finish.

The Compulsive Reader

Packed with Southern charm and spooky foreshadowing that will delight readers!

Fresh Fiction

This is not one of the cozies that make for some mundane reading, but instead it is a mix of hilarity, heart-stopping danger, and clever storytelling.

Roundtable Reviews

Spooky Southern charm and a wonderfully inventive approach to the afterlife with a celestial twist makes Mary Stantons Defending Angels a real standout. Brava!

Madelyn Alt, bestselling author of Where Theres a Witch

Mary Stantons Defending Angels gives heavenly choirs reason to sing! From its opening scene in a haunted graveyard to its final, satisfying conclusion amid a quartet of suspected killers, Defending Angels successfully spices the madcap zaniness of Bridget Jones with the determined goodness of a young lawyer fighting to build her first practice.

Mindy Klasky, author of How Not to Make a Wish

Mary Stanton has truly captured the spiritor spiritsof Savannah.

Don Bruns, author of Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

Intriguing and wholly different and original. Defending Angels is at once charming, erudite, and chilling. This book should give Mary Stanton the same kind of cult following usually reserved for Charlaine Harris.

Rhys Bowen, award-winning author of the Molly Murphy Mysteries and the Royal Spyness Mysteries

Mary Stantons imaginative Defending Angels definitely has wings. An elegant enchantment with a delightful heroine and a historic setting.

Carolyn Hart, author of Merry, Merry Ghost

Berkley Prime Crime titles by Mary Stanton

DEFENDING ANGELS
ANGELS ADVOCATE
AVENGING ANGELS

Titles by Mary Stanton writing as Claudia Bishop Hemlock Falls Mysteries

A TASTE FOR MURDER
A DASH OF DEATH
A PINCH OF POISON
MURDER WELL-DONE
DEATH DINES OUT
A TOUCH OF THE GRAPE
A STEAK IN MURDER
MARINADE FOR MURDER
JUST DESSERTS
FRIED BY JURY
A PUREE OF POISON
BURIED BY BREAKFAST
A DINNER TO DIE FOR
GROUND TO A HALT
A CAROL FOR A CORPSE

The Casebooks of Dr. McKenzie Mysteries

THE CASE OF THE ROASTED ONION
THE CASE OF THE TOUGH-TALKING TURKEY
THE CASE OF THE ILL-GOTTEN GOAT

Anthology

A PLATEFUL OF MURDER

For Bob and Eleanor

One

Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards
And seal the hushed casket of my soul.

John Keats, To Sleep

Brianna Winston-Beaufort wasnt interested in antiques, particularly, but the desk really was a beautiful old piece. Made of dark, hand-rubbed cherry, it had legs that ended in hand-turned lions paws. The top was inlaid with fine-grained leather, edged with a hairline of gold leaf. Gold-leaf bees danced in a fanciful design in the desks center. The auction people had set it on a raised dais, but it was crowded on all sides by the sheer weight of the other stuff due to be auctioned off.

Bree flipped through the auction catalog and found the desk listed on a page all to itself. (Probable) Empire campaign desk, circa 1789. May have been carried by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Egypt campaign of 1799 .

An old silver inkstand sat to the right of the golden bees, and a cloisonn jar with a jade lid sat to the left.

Gorgeous, Antonia said. I think this is part of the lot that Tully ORourkes trying to buy back from her husbands estate. She cocked her head speculatively. It might even be the desk where he shot himself. Russell ORourke, that is.

Ugh, Bree said. Her sister had a ghoulish side. So we should make a bid on it when it comes up?

Dont be a jerk, Antonia said crossly. Im here to... well... just sort of make contact with the widow.

No! Bree said in feigned surprise. I thought you were here to pick up some inexpensive stuff for your theater group.

Antonia was the stage manager for the Savannah Repertory Theater. It had been her brilliant idea to attend the auction for the ostensible purpose of picking up props for the theaters upcoming winter season. The ORourke estate was part of a larger (and much cheaper) sale of various items from the World of Art Auction Mart. Yesterdays sudden announcement that the auction was to be held early Sunday morning had swept through Savannahs gossip mills like brushfire. Brees aunt Cecilia had called Antonia, Antonia had called Savannah Reps finance guy and talked him into handing over a modest budget, and here they were.

You know perfectly well why were here. Aunt Cissy promised to introduce me if we just happen to run into each other here, and how can I pass up a chance like this? But Ill tell you this! Trying to grab her dead husbands desk out from under her nose isnt going to make the best impression on Tully. Antonia poked fretfully at her hair. I dont know why you insisted on dragging along with me, anyhow.

Well, heres a fine thing, Bree said indignantly. This is the first Sunday Ive had off in weeks. Im only here because you flat-out begged me to come.

I dont want Tully to think Im trolling for a job.

You are trolling for a job.

Hush up. Somebody will hear you.

Bree rolled her eyes. She could be jogging along the Savannah River with her dog Sasha. She could be drinking a nice cool glass of white wine at Hueys. She could even be catching up on back copies of the Law Review. Instead she was stuck indoors with a couple of hundred gawkers all trying to catch a glimpse of the notorious Tully ORourke and maybe grab a piece of the bankrupt estate. And on top of it, she had to put up with the company of her aggravating little sister.

Rumors about Tully ORourke had been flying around Savannah for weeks. The widow had recovered both her composure and a pile of insurance money after her late husbands headline-grabbing suicide. The most persistent rumorand the one most important to Antoniawas that she had decided to bring back the internationally known Shakespeare Players to her hometown of Savannah. But first, Tully was going to recover the contents of her several mansions from the bank that had grabbed them at the conclusion of ORourkes bankruptcy.

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