[Eastern Shore Mysteries 02] • A Commission on Murder · An Eastern Shore Mystery (Eastern Shore Mysteries Book 2)

The old farmhouse on Little Wye Creek is creepy enough to be a murder scene, and there's even a dead man on the lawn, but Grace Reagan hopes the infamous Garret Bishop is just pulling another lame publicity stunt. Wealthy, eccentric Bishop has 'survived' an avalanche, a hijacking, and a kidnapping plot. Did he die for real this time in a tragic accident, or was he helped along to his last headline?

Bishop's death shocks everyone, especially Grace, who's so close to escaping the village of Mallard Bay she can nearly taste the lime in a Key West daiquiri. She has a few things to do before she goes, though, and selling the old Morgan farm is on the list. Even though the purchase contract in Bishop's coat pocket has a bullet hole in it, Grace isn't giving up. She's leaving Mallard Bay for good, and nothing's going to stop her, not even a murder.

A COMMISSION ON MURDER is the exciting sequel to SQUATTER'S RIGHTS. Come back to Mallard Bay, the village where history and gossip live hand in hand. Everyone can find something to their liking in the little town on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay. Sailing, fishing, antiquing and great food draw visitors down to the Eastern Shore where the occasional murder will also keep them entertained.

Reviews for SQUATTER'S RIGHTS:

“When the heroine buys a crumbling family house in a small Eastern Shore town, she also buys a lot more trouble than she bargained for, from the police, the locals and her own, estranged and angry family. It kept me turning pages right up to the end… a great beach read.” – Helen Chappell, author of THE OYSTERBACK TALES, CHESAPEAKE BOOK OF THE DEAD, and the Hollis Ball and Sam Westcott mystery series.

Cheril Thomas is the author of the Eastern Shore Mysteries series: SQUATTER'S RIGHTS, A COMMISSION ON MURDER, and BAD INTENT. She is also the co-author of a mystery novel/serial, WHISPERS, and is a published short fiction author. Cheril lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.