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Books by Nancy Pickard






The Scent of Rain and Lightning(Reprint)
A Novel
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by Ballantine Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-345-47102-4, ISBN: 0-345-47102-4

"One beautiful summer afternoon, Jody Linder receives shocking news: The man convicted of murdering her father is being released from prison and returning to the small town of Rose, Kansas. It has been twenty-three years since that stormy night when her father was shot and killed and her mother disappeared, presumed dead. Neither the protective embrace of Jody’s three uncles nor the safe haven of her grandparents’ ranch could erase the p ..."






The Blue Corn Murders(Reprint)
A Eugenia Potter Mystery (The Eugenia Potter Mysteries)
by Nancy Pickard, Creator-Virginia Rich
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1999 by Dell
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-440-21765-7, ISBN: 0-440-21765-2

"Kernels of Truth....When Eugenia Potter stumbles upon some ancient pottery shards on her ranch, she feels a profound connection with the past.  And a deep desire to learn more about the relics.  Now, she's heeding the call of her soul--by visiting an archaeological camp amid the magnificent cliff dwellings of Colorado's Mesa Verde.But strange things are happening at Mesa Verde, from the director's increasing mental confusion to a visito ..."






Bigger, Better, Braver
Conquer Your Fears, Embrace Your Courage, and Transform Your Life
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2020 by Top Reads Publishing Llc, United States
ISBN-13: 978-1-970107-12-8, ISBN: 1-970107-12-X

"The book is a journey in itself, as Nancy lays out time-tested tools to identify, face, and overcome shadow beliefs from childhood that hold us back, get free of the limits of our comfort zone, come to terms with and cultivate fear as a ..."






The Virgin of Small Plains(Reprint)
A Novel
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2007 by Ballantine Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-345-47100-0, ISBN: 0-345-47100-8

"Small Plains, Kansas, January 23, 1987: In the midst of a deadly blizzard, eighteen-year-old Rex Shellenberger scours his father’s pasture, looking for helpless newborn calves. Then he makes a shocking discovery: the naked, frozen body of a teenage girl, her skin as white as the snow around her. Even dead, she is the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen. It is a moment that will forever change his life and the lives of everyone around ..."






The Whole Truth
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2007 by Gallery Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8385-1, ISBN: 1-4165-8385-8

"With The Whole Truth, Nancy Pickard taps neatly into our national fascination with true crime in a daring novel that seems structurally and philosophically at odds with the conventional mystery story. We know, apparently, "who did it"--as do most true crime readers. People who pick up Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me, for example, are usually aware that Ted Bundy was the man responsible for the murders she chronicles. We come to those ..."






The Scent of Rain and Lightning(1st Edition)
A Novel
by Nancy Pickard
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by Ballantine Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-345-47101-7, ISBN: 0-345-47101-6

"One beautiful summer afternoon, from her bedroom window on the second floor, Jody Linder is unnerved to see her three uncles parking their pickups in front of her parents’ house—or what she calls her parents’ house, even though Jay and Laurie Jo Linder have been gone almost all of Jody’s life. “What is this fearsome thing I see?” the young high school English teacher whispers, mimicking Shakespeare. Polished boots, pressed jeans, fres ..."






Twilight(1st Edition)
(Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 10)
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1996 by Pocket
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-78290-0, ISBN: 0-671-78290-8

"Preparing for the stressful Autumn Festival, Jenny Cain is hired by recent widow Melissa Barney, who lost her husband on a dangerous hiking trail and wants the trail closed, but Jenny uncovers a deadly controversy. Reprint. PW. "






No Body(Reprint)
(Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 3)
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 255 Pages, Published 1987 by Pocket
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-73429-9, ISBN: 0-671-73429-6

"New England sleuth Jenny Cain must discover who murdered Sylvia Davis and hid her body in John Rudolph's coffin and why 130 bodies are missing from the local cemetery"






The Scent of Rain and Lightning(Large Print)
by Nancy Pickard
Hardcover, 447 Pages, Published 2010 by Center Point Pub
Large Print
ISBN-13: 978-1-60285-812-1, ISBN: 1-60285-812-8






Bum Steer
(Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 6)
by Nancy Pickard, Linda Marrow
Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2007 by Gallery Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8383-7, ISBN: 1-4165-8383-1

"From witty, suspenseful, sexy mysteries featuring the charming and complex amateur sleuth, Jenny Cain. In Bum Steer, a mysterious murder and a strange bequest send Jenny to the wild, wild West."






The Secret Ingredient Murders
A Eugenia Potter Mystery (The Eugenia Potter Mysteries)
by Nancy Pickard, Virginia Rich
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2002 by Dell
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-440-21768-8, ISBN: 0-440-21768-7

"A DINNER TO DIE FORSummoned from her Arizona ranch to take charge of her teenage great-nephew and his twin sister, Genia Potter takes a rental on the Rhode Island coast. Old acquaintance Stanley Parker is only too happy to welcome her. And soon Genia is busily preparing for the tasting party that she and Stanley are hosting that evening at her cottage. An avid cook and recipe collector, Stanley has already roped Genia into collaborati ..."






Confession(Large Print)
A Jenny Cain Mystery ( Mystery)
by Nancy Pickard
Hardcover, 504 Pages, Published 1995 by Thorndike Press
Large Print
ISBN-13: 978-0-7862-0344-4, ISBN: 0-7862-0344-7

"Jenny Cain is shocked by the appearance of David Mayer, who claims to be her policeman husband's son and wants him to help investigate his parents' alleged murder/suicide, until carefully placed clues lead them to another violent murder A ..."






Bum Steer(Reprint)
(A Jenny Cain Mystery)
by Nancy Pickard, Linda Marrow
Paperback, 275 Pages, Published 1991 by Pocket
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-68042-8, ISBN: 0-671-68042-0

"When a cattle baron leaves a huge ranch in his will to the Port Frederick Civic Foundation, amateur sleuth Jenny Cain leaves Massachusetts for the wilds of Kansas to investigate the bizarre bequest and finds herself probing the brutal murder of the founda"






I.O.U.
(Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 7)
by Nancy Pickard, Linda Marrow
Hardcover, 234 Pages, Published 1991 by Pocket Book
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-68041-1, ISBN: 0-671-68041-2

"After lying for years in a coma in a psychiatric hospital, Jenny's mother dies. At her funeral someone whispers a mysterious message in Jenny's ear. Jenny tries to discover the events in her family's past that led to her mother's mental collapse, but she is stonewalled by an old boy network."






The Shamus Winners
America's Best Private Eye Stories: Volume I 1982-1995
by Robert J. Randisi, John Lutz, Bill Pronzini, Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, Mickey Spillane, Marcia Muller, Nancy Pickard, Benjamin M. Schutz, Brendan Dubois, Linda Barnes, Max Allan Collins, Sue Grafton
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by Perfect Crime Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9825157-4-7, ISBN: 0-9825157-4-X

"Stories by all-star mystery writers that have won the coveted Shamus award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Volume I includes tales by John Lutz, Bill Pronzini, Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, Mickey Spillane, Marcia Muller, Nancy Pickard, Benjamin M. Schutz, Linda Barnes, Max Allan Collins, and Sue Grafton. Collected and introduced by Robert J. Randisi."






Ring of Truth
(Marie Lightfoot)
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2007 by Gallery Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-7596-2, ISBN: 1-4165-7596-0

"Sex, violence, evil, and betrayal -- the shocking murder case splashed across the Florida headlines has all the right elements for true-crime writer Marie Lightfoot's next bestseller. And tell the tale she does, in a book that reveals the secrets of a love affair gone fatally wrong. But there are disturbing twists, which leave Marie sensing in her gut that something does not jibe. Twist number one: the accused is a man of the cloth, wh ..."






Dead Crazy
(Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 5)
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2007 by Gallery Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8375-2, ISBN: 1-4165-8375-0

"Award-winning author Nancy Pickard has been receiving high acclaim for her mystery series starring sleuth Jenny Cain. This time Cain finds herself following the trail of a possible paranoid schizophrenic slasher--only to uncover clues that put her squarely in the sights of a cold-blooded murderer! "An outstanding mystery series that just keeps getting better".--ALA Booklist. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition."






Seven Steps on the Writer's Path(Updated)
The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment
by Nancy Pickard, Lynn Lott
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2004 by Ballantine Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-345-45110-1, ISBN: 0-345-45110-4

"The blank page, the impossible deadline, the rush of inspiration: There is no profession more maddening or more rewarding than being a writer. Yet surprisingly, all writers pass through the same sequence of stages in the course of their careers. It was this remarkable insight that inspired veteran authors Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott to write one of the wisest and liveliest guides to the literary life ever penned— a volume of astonishing ..."






Ring of Truth(Reprint)
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2002 by Pocket
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-88796-4, ISBN: 0-671-88796-3

"True-crime writer Marie Lightfoot, the heroine of The Whole Truth, heads to Florida to investigate a bizarre case in which a minister is convicted of killing his wife in collusion with his lover, a crime in which his lover walks free. Reprint."






Ring of Truth(1st Edition)
by Nancy Pickard
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by Atria
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-88797-1, ISBN: 0-671-88797-1

"With the bestseller THE WHOLE TRUTH, Nancy Pickard introduced gutsy, charismatic Marie Lightfoot and kicked off a thrilling new series with 'an intriguing story, faxcinatingly told' (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Now, Pickard once again 'pushes the presumed limits of crime fiction' (Los Angeles Times) as she sends her emotionally complex heroine into the darkest realm of human nature. Sex, violence, evil and betrayal: the shocking murde ..."



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