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The Chesapeake Conference Center Mysteries

In Over My Head

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In Over My Head

Book #1 in
The Chesapeake Conference Center Mystery Series
by Diane Marquette

Jill McCormick works as the night security guard at an exclusive, high-level conference center on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. When a conference center guest is drowned, the evidence points to Jill’s boss, the center’s general manager. When the local sheriff seems content to look the other way rather then suspect his good friend the manager, Jill enlists the help of her deputy lover, Mitch Garrett, to conduct an investigation of their own, even though it may implicate both their bosses in the murder.

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Too Close For Words

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Too Close For Words

Book #2 in
The Chesapeake Conference Center Mystery Series
by Diane Marquette

Jill McCormick, former Chesapeake Conference Center security guard and now a sheriff’s deputy, is summoned by the U.S. Secret Service to assist in security operations during an international summit at the prestigious facility. After Jill discovers evidence of a potential bomb on the conference center property, she confronts the would-be assassin, putting herself, as well as the President and other world leaders, in deadly danger.

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Suitable For Framing

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Suitable For Framing

Book #3 in
The Chesapeake Conference Center Mystery Series
by Diane Marquette

When the Governor of Maryland holds his annual staff retreat at the prestigious Chesapeake Conference Center, sheriff’s deputy and former conference center security guard Jill McCormick is assigned as the bodyguard to the governor’s new wife. As Jill uncovers evidence about the death threats the First Lady has been receiving, Jill finds herself being targeted by someone determined to keep the truth from being told.

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Other Novels by Diane Marquette

Almost Mine

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Almost Mine
A Novel by Diane Marquette

When thirty-year-old Helen Pratt marries Adam Montgomery, his teenaged daughter, Missy, makes Helen’s role as her stepmother a very difficult one. Helen and Adam desire to start a family of their own, but it’s young Missy who becomes pregnant. Not having become a mother herself, Helen must now prepare for her role as step-grandmother, unaware of the enormous impact the little boy will have on her life. Sometimes unanswered prayers are really blessings.

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