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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 ..."






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 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 ..."






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 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 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
(Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 9)
by Nancy Pickard, Leo Orenstein
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2007 by Gallery Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8774-3, ISBN: 1-4165-8774-8

"Jenny Cain would never forget the hot Massachusetts summer day fate knocked at her door. Fate was a teenaged boy with rumpled clothes, a motorcycle, and a shocking but credible story: Jenny's husband, Geof, was his biological father. The boy, David Mayer, wasn't looking for an emotional reunion, but he did have an agenda. His parents -- and he was quick to make the point that Geof was nothing to him -- died earlier in the year, a murder ..."






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 ..."






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(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 ..."






The Whole Truth(1st Edition)
by Nancy Pickard
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2001 by Pocket
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-88794-0, ISBN: 0-671-88794-7

"Nancy Pickard debuts an unforgettable heroine in this bestseling masterpiece of psychological suspense. Marie Lightfoot tracks criminals across the pages of her bestselling true-crime books. While researching her most chilling work yet, the story of convicted murderer Raymond Raintree, she becomes suspicious about the case. No one knows where Raintree took a bright, independent girl after he abducted her, or how she was even lured away. ..."






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. "






Generous Death(Reprint)
(Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 1)
by Nancy Pickard
Hardcover, 239 Pages, Published 1992 by Dark Harvest Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-913165-67-6, ISBN: 0-913165-67-0

"A Jenny Cain Mystery Nancy Pickard. "Geof Bushfield?" I hesitated before I held out my hand to the tall cop I thought I ... "Thank you," he said, straight-faced. " These days, I know that only means sit down. It doesn't mean I should take a chair ..."






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."






Dead Crazy
(Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 5)
by Nancy Pickard, Linda Marrow
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1989 by Pocket Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-73430-5, ISBN: 0-671-73430-X

"Jenny Cain's wish to establish a recreation hall for former mental patients in the basement of a burned-out building is thwarted when a man is killed there and it appears the killer may be mentally ill"






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






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 ..."






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."






The Secret Ingredient Murders(1st Edition)
A Eugenia Potter Mystery
by Nancy Pickard, Virginia Rich
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by Delacorte Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-31227-1, ISBN: 0-385-31227-X

"Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "one of the most delightful new detectives to appear in years," Eugenia Potter is back in the kitchen -- hard on the case of a wily killer who has shattered the peace of an idyllic New England town. The beloved detective and chef extraordinaire created by the late Virginia Rich continues her adventures in this delectable mystery, penned by Rich's collaborator, Nancy Pickard. Now Mrs. Potter retur ..."



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