When Birdie Swallow invites her long-time friend Demary Jones to visit, she's hoping for a big favor. Against her better judgement, Demary agrees to look into the twenty-two-year old murder case that put Birdie's Gran into a psychiatric institution. To her surprise, Demary discovers that few people were even questioned in the unsolved double homicide. Although the Swallows claim the case was solved, it looks like a case of an influential family wielding considerable power.

Some cracks in the family's facade are exposed and when Demary's conviction of a miscarriage of justice disturbs the Swallow's peaceful lives, another murder occurs. Can Demary solve this mystery and stop the danger that is everywhere?

A former Seattle resident, E.L. Larkin now lives on the Long Beach peninsula with nothing between her front door and Japan but sky and sea. Retired after many years in the business world, she now has the time and space to pursue a lifelong ambition to write.

As the owner/operator of restaurant and cocktail lounges in Washington, California, and New Mexico, Ms. Larkin has seen many different lifestyles, all of which have contributed to her writing.

The Swallow Murders is the fifth book in this series.

Avalon Mysteries by E.L. Larkin:

The Demary Jones Mystery Series
DIE IN TEXAS
HEAR MY CRY
HEAR ME DIE
DIE AND DIE
DEAD MEN DIE
THE SWALLOW MURDERS