We were introduced to amateur sleuth Beth Hartley in her first novel, Milwaukee Winters Can Be Murder, now available from Avalon Beth Hartley, former lawyer and sometime sleuth, is at it again. When Beth's young neighbor Peter Barry comes to her for help in solving his father's murder, Beth can't find it in her heart to say no to the bereaved sixteen-year-old. Of course, since single-handedly (well, almost) solving the Grezinski murder last winter, Beth can't see any reason why she shouldn't be able to do the same with this case. As Beth begins questioning the nearest and dearest of the deceased, it becomes apparent that Phillip Barry did not live the quiet life of the stereotypical CPA. The list of suspects grows, and when another murder occurs, Beth must think fast before something more than the summer heat does her in.

Kathleen Anne Barrett is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated from St. Mary's Academy in 1971, and went on to obtain an accounting and a law degree from Marquette University. She also spent several years at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. She has practiced law in Milwaukee and Philadelphia law firms, and worked for a time in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kathleen currently resides in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia with her husband and six-year-old son.

Milwaukee Summers Can Be Deadly is the second novel in this series.

The Milwaukee Mystery Series
MILWAUKEE WINTERS CAN BE MURDER
MILWAUKEE SUMMERS CAN BE DEADLY
MILWAUKEE AUTUMNS CAN BE LETHAL