#1 Witches Bane by Susan Wittig Albert
Texas herb shop owner and part-time private eye China Bayles sets out to catch a Halloween night killer when one of her friends turns up dead at witching hour.
#2 Trick or Treachery: A Murder She Wrote Mystery by Donald Bain and Jessica Fletcher
Halloween brings some unexpected surprises to Cabot Cove, Maine, when a reclusive woman rumored to be a witch turns up dead during the town’s local holiday festivities, and mystery writer Jessica Fletcher must sort through a host of suspects to find the killer.
#3 The Hunt Ball by Rita Mae Brown
When a faculty member from the local prep school turns up dead at the annual Halloween dance, “Sister” Jane Arnold discovers that the case is complicated by a controversy over local historical artifacts in the school collection that were made by slaves.
#4 Wycliffe and the Scapegoat by W.J. Burley
Every year, at Halloween, high on the Cornish cliffs, a life-sized effigy of a man is strapped to a blazing wheel and run into the sea — a re-enactment of a hideous old legend where the figure had been a living sacrifice. And now Jonathan Riddle, well-known and respected local builder and undertaker, has disappeared — and it seems all too likely that his corpse has gone the way of the historic ’scapegoat’. As Chief Superintendent Wycliffe begins to investigate, more and more unpleasant facts emerge until he is left with an incredible, and seemingly impossible, solution.
#5 Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing by Ann Campbell
When one of her tenants turns up dead on Halloween night and her brother Tom, the woman’s business partner, becomes the prime suspect in the crime, Annie O’Hara sets out to clear her brother’s name and find the real killer, with the help of her canine sleuthing partner, Claudius.
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